Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1937, Page 2

_A-—2 u» WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 193’7. : THE EVENING STAR, : 7 - PLANES' COLLISION 1S FATAL TO FOUR Investigators Seek to Fix Blame in Crash at South Bend Airport. B the Associated Press. SOUTH BEND, Ind., September 13. —Investigators sought to place blame today for an airplane collision 500 feet above the ground that took four lives near here. Two planes, banking from opposite directions for a landing on Bendix Field, St. Joseph County airport 5 miles west, came together yesterday. One, a black and white cabin mono- plane, dived into a field south of the airport and killed ali its occupants. They were Floyd Alumbaugh, about 40, of Elkhart, Ind, and Chicago at the controls; Lloyd Butz, 29, of Misha- waka; Mrs. Abbie M. Beebe, 32, wife | of Albert E. Beebe of South Bend, and Fred B. Kidder, about 50, of Houl- ton, Me. Other Plane Lands Safely. The other, a monoplane, glided to & safe landing in brush in the same field. Charles Selge, 19, the pilot, and Donald Eldredge, jr., 16, both of South Bend, were not hurt. Frank S. Estil, Air Commerce Bu- Teau investigator, flew here from In- dianapolis for an inquiry. Arthur Stanley, assistant manager of Bendix Airport, said Alumbaugh broke two field traffic regulations. He said he made a right bank, turning his plane from westward to north- ward, and did not yield the right of way to the other ship, though it was below him. Witnesses Exonerate Seige. Three pilots who were just ready to take off and saw the collision said Selge, who got his transport pilot's li- cense three weeks ago and has been making flights here for an aviation firm, was not at fault. They were H. F. Le Gendre and Jordan Oistad of Gary and Verne Rutherford of South Bend. Selge was flying east and banking to the left when the plane piloted by Alumbaugh struck his propeller with its left wing. The tip of the wing lodged against his windshield. He landed without 2 propeller. The plane that crashed was owned by Herbert Bucklen of South Bend. Bystanders said Alumbaugh had talked of buying it. Scouting Plane Expledes. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash.,, Sep- tember 13 (A).—One man was killed and another saved when a lfarine Corps Reserve scouting plane caught fire and exploded in mid-air during maneuvers over Puget Sound off here Yesterday. Technical Sergt. John F. Billsbor- Tow of Beattle “bailed out” when the plane burst into flames, but he struck the plane’s tail and hit the water without his parachute opening. He was killed. Capt. Joseph P. Adams, commander of Scout Squadron No. 9, Marine | Corps Reserve, Seattle, successfully bailed out shortly. before the plane ‘exploded. The plane, & two-seater Grumann scouter, was flying at an elevation of sbout 2,500 feet and leading & second through maneuvers over Port d Bay. f Dies in Flaming Plane. . KENVIL, N. J,, September 13 (). — yd Hoagland, 26, of Kenvil burned death yesterday in an airplane that nose-dived and crashed just after it had taken off in a field near the foot of Mine Hill. Alone and strapped in the cockpit, Hoagland was unable to free himself When the wreckage took fire. COTTON BELT HOPES FOR DRY WEATHER Muddy Fields, Wet Pickings and | Other Factors Reported as Marketing Is Curtailed. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Septembver 13.— Weather — the perennial problem of tillers of the soil—confronted farmers in the Nation’s cotton belt today as the | big question mark in their efforts to | market the season’s estimated 16 mil- | lion bale crop. | After approximately two weeks of | unseasonable rains, during which un- estimated crop damage occurred, { planters Jooked forward to a brief re- | spite. | Generally clear skies were forecast for the belt for early in the week, “followed by showers toward the end.” Wreckage of plane terday, killing Alumbaug it as both ships were la: passenger. A.F.L“QUTLAWS” NEWSPAPER GUILD Action Follows Newsmen’s‘ 3,392-1,691 Vote to Quit Green’s Body. Ey the Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, September 13.—Sever- | ance of the American Newspaper Guild | from the American FPederation of | Labor was absolute today with “out- lawry” of the C. I. O. unit by A. F, L. President William Green. Green sald all State apd central A. F. L. bodies will be instructed to expel local chapters of the guild, “as they are no longer eligible to mem- bership because of their association with the C. I. 0.” The action followed by three months the guild's convention decision here to affiliate with the John L. Lewis group, which guild headquarters said had been supported, 3,392 to 1,691, by a membership vote. In “a militant drive” against the C. 1. O. guild, the A, F. L. yruxdem! explained in a prepared statement, “all news and editorial employes of mews- | papers will be invited to join Federal | ing. “will be accorded the fullest support by the mechanical trades unions of | the A. F. L. | “It is expected members of the guild who voted against affiliation with the Committee for Industrial Organization, or against its political policies, will form the nucleus of this new organization.” He declared the A. F. L. “for 50 years has been fighting for a free press,” warning that guild members “may be commitied by their associa- tion with' the C. 1. O. to a definite political policy.” “Can the public be expected, under such circumstances, to place its trust in the impartiality of newspaper re- ports?” Green commented, and added the federation “will use every re- source at its command to combat and destroy such a menace.” Takes C. I. O. Post. Reports of muddy fields, wet cotton | at the gin and seed with high moisture content at the mills came from throughout the cotton country, The result has been a marked re- | duction in the amount of lint and | seed moved to markets; a loss in value | of ginned cotton; and a complete loss of quantities of seed that “heated” in storage or sprouted in the bolls in fields. Attempts to stave off further losses were made by numerous gins and cot- | tonseed oil mills suspending opera- | tions. Agricultural leaders urged farm- | ers to delay picking and leave the cot- | ton to dry in the fields when the sun | shines again. Recent rains have caused an es- | timated 7,500,000 damage to Alabama | cotton alone. GEORGETOWN CLASS REGISTRATION IS 300 Freshman Group 25 Per Cent| Larger Than Last Year. Classes Next Week. A class of approximately 300 | freshmen registered at - Georgetown | College early today to start a week | of orientation in preparation for the new academic term. | Dr. John E. Grattan, 8. J., dean | of the College of Arts and Sciences, | sald the registration was between 20 and 25 per cent higher than last year. Freshmen will be required to take Pplacement examinations this week. Throughout the college this year, Dr. Grattan said, there will be an | expansion of elective courses in his- tory, government, economics and so- clology in an effort to integrate the upper divisions of the college with the work of the graduate school, A number of the graduate professors, {night when agricultural floats, farm SEATTLE, September 13 (#)—H. Richard Seller, president of the Seattle Chapter of the American Newspaper Guild, announced his resig- nation from the staff of the Post-In- telligencer last night. Seller said he had accepted & posi- tion with the Committee for Industrial Organization. Chicago to Mark Farm Week ‘With Celebration Tonight. CHICAGO, September 13 (#).—A barnyard atmosphere will prevail along historic Michigan avenue to- implements and truck loads of cattle appear in a parade featuring the Chicago charter jubilee’s farm week festival. One thousand chickens will be tossed to the scrambling public from trucks. One in every 10 will have an order with $5 tied to a leg. Even a Pig is to be released and will become the property of the first who cap- tures it. From other trucks apples, peaches, bananas and breakfast food are to be showered on the crowd. FIRES IN PITTSBURGH Two Rlazes Drive 28 Families Into Streets. PITYSBURGH, September 13 (#).— Two multiple slarm fires ravaged Pittsburgh yesterday, causing $30,000 damage and driving 28 families to the street. On the northside, a five-alarm blaze leveled nine frame houses and sent 70 persons into the street. In Mount Lebanon firemen battled for five hours to extinguish a fire which started in an averhead bakery zflated by Floyd Alumbaugh, which crashed at Sou and three passengers. This is the plane of Charles Selge, 19, showing propeller broken when the wing o;uflane piloted by Alumbaugh struck Selge landed safely with his Four Die as Planes Collide in Landing o Yes- FLOYD ALUMBAUGH. —Copyright, A. P. Wirephotos. U.S. Tung Oil In Demand as W ar Hits China Paint and Varnish Need Ingredient for Drier. The conflict in the Par East may prove a boon to a struggling domestic industry—the production of tung ofl. China now is chief supply source for | this ofl, which L. A. Wheeler, foreign trade expert at the Agriculture De- partment, said today, is utilized in high-grade varnishes and paints for its fast-drying qualities. More than 100,000,000 pounds of this oil, valued at from $13,000,000 to $18,- 000,000, has been imported in recent years, the bulk coming from China. Since 1900 tung tree orchards have been established on about 40,000 acres of semi-tropical lands in the United States. Dr. Harry Crane of the Bureau of Plant Industry said these produce about 2,000,000 pounds of oil annually—a small part of domestic | consumption. Nuts from tung trees in China were first tmported to California and seed- lings from these later planted in Flor- | ida and Georgia and on a narrow strip of land along the Gulf of Mexico, in- and Texas. Because the trees grow wild in China and nuts are harvested and processed with cheap labor, Crane said, domestic producers have had an uphill battle. ‘Wheeler said most of the Chinese tung ofl is produced in South China, while fighting up t0 now has been in | central and northern areas. He said shipments from Hong Kong had not been blocked as yet, although an ef- fective blockade could change the out- look. 200 CRAFT READY FORREGATTA RACE |Opening Events of Presi- dent’s Cup Program to Be Held Saturday. At least 200 sailing craft are ex- pected to compete in opening events | of the annual President's Cup regatta |on the Potomac River here next Saturday and Sunday, regatta officials | said today. | ‘The regatta will be climaxed the | following week end, September 24, 25 |and 26, with a series of outboard | and inboard motor boat races. Indi- | cations are that a record fleld of 14 | speedy power boats will compete in | the final President’s Cup event, offi- | cials said. The sailing races, with competitors from as far South as Florida and as | far North as Long Island Sound, will begin at 1:30 p.m. next Saturday, when assorted craft will sail over a two-lap course about Hains Point. ! International .sportsmen will be among the competitors for the Presi- dent’s Cup. Entries include Count THheo Rossi and Guido Cattaneo with unions organized by the A. F. L., which | cluding Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi | their speedboats Alagi and Aradam. | Boats representing Canada and France | are expected. “From the present outlook there will be the greatest field that ever | lined up for the event here and great- | est in point of competition that ever | raced to the starting line in an event of this kind,” said L. Gordon Leech, chairman of the Race Committee. Outboard races will start at 11:30 a.m. Friday, September 24. Entries include nearly every record holder in the United States, officials said. Arrives for Regatta. Count Theo in the recent Gold Cup race arrived at Washingtorn Airport therefore, will give courses in the college. & oven. The fire threatened s whole business block. here next Saturday and Sunday. Greeting him are chairman of the Race Committee, Leach, Counctlor, general chairman. ‘,f Rossi ‘(left) of Italy, who made the fastest lap at Detroit, pictured today as he Jor the President’s Cup Regatta . Gordon and James A. —Star Staff Photo. { KLANISSUEUSED INNEW YORK RACE Copeland Says Mahoney, New Dealer, Is “Tarred With Same Stick.” By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, September 13— United States Senator Royal S. Cope- land, Tammany candidate for Mayor of New York, today brought the name of Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black into the mayorality campaign and charged that Judge Jeremiah T. Mahoney, his opponent for the Demo- cratic nomination, “is tarred with the same stick of the Ku Klux Klan.” Copeland charged Mahoney, by a | declaration of being a “100 per cent New Dealer” had proved he would have sustaified the appointment of the former Alabama Senator to the Supreme Court bench. Copeland, & bitter foe of President Roosevelt’s New Deal policies in the Senate, said: “Mr. Mahoney is tarred ,With the stick of the Ku Klux Klan, and he will have to sweat it out as best he can.” Charges Follow Story. Senator Copeland’s charges followed the publishing of a copyrighted story in the New York Times today, orig- inating in the Pittsburgh Post-Ga- zette, alleging Justice Black, newly appointed to the Supreme Court, was | and “now again is a member of the Ku Klux Klan.” “I charge that Mr. Mahoney would have sustained the President even to the extent éf placing a Ku Klux Kiansman on the bench,” Senator Copeland said. “That’s an indictment of Mr. Ma- honey to which there is no answer. His allence has given consent to the emasculation of the court and plac- ing upon the court a Klansman who wears a black robe by day and a white 1bbe of the Klan by night.” New York's most jumbled munici- pal primary in recent‘years headed into the home stretch with confusion still the keynote. Battles ove. what the issues were rather than over issues themselves held the spotlight as the mayoralty rivals—Florello La Guardia, Mahoney and Senator Copeland—headed their campaigns toward Thursday’s voting climax on three pointedly divergent tacks. Copeland, Tammany Hall anti-New Deal Democrat, will oppose La Guardia, pro-New Deal Fusion incumbent, in the Republican primary, and Mahoney, New Deal Democrat, in the Demo- cratic. The leading dispute was over whether the New Deal, on which the election is expected to be'a barometer of nationa. significance, was an issue in the campaign. Copeland, the designee of Tammany Hall, Manhattan Democratic organi- zation at war with the administration, | denied it, in the face of dual New Deal opposttion. Seek Conservative Support. Republican leaders backing La Guardia, conspicuous for his hearty indorsement of the national adminis- tration, also minimized the New Deal issue, with a view to gaining further conservative support. They declared that “good govern- ment” and the defeat of Tammany Hall was the primary consideraion. Another conspjcuous dispute was over the importance of the defection of John R. Crews, Brooklyn Republi- can leader, from Copeland to La Guardia. The Copeland camp made light of the development, while La Guardia supporters hailed it as a boon to their anti-Tammany drive. Another minor controversy over the size and response of rally crowds arose when Copeland in week-end speeches vigorously denied reports that some ot his campaign meetings had been un- enthusiastic. MRS. F. C. TEST DIES IN HOSPITAL HERE Wife of Commandant of Oregon Cadets Was Descendant of Robert Livingston. Mrs. Edith Livingston Pryer Test, wife of Col. Frederick C. Test, In- fantry, U. 8. A, died Saturday night in Walter Reed Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm. tomorrow in Fort Myer Chapel. Burial will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Mrs. Test was married here in 1918 while Col. Test was attached to the general staff. Col. Test now is com- mandant of cadets at the Oregon State College. Mrs. Test was a sister of Mrs. Spencer 8. Wood, wife of Rear Admiral Wood, 2808 N street. Born in Albany, N. Y., July 14, 1883, Mrs. Test was the daughter of Alex- ander and Clara Catlin Fuller Fryer. She was a descendant of Robert Liv- ingston, early New York settler, and other prominent early settlers of this country. Mrs. Test was a member of the Rufus King Chapter, D. A. R., Forest Hills, Long Island, and of the De- scendants of the Royal Order, Knights of the Garter. Besides her husband and sister, among survivors are a daughter, Miss Jo J. Test; another sister, Mrs. Andrew Clark, Albany, and a brother, Alex- ander Fryer, Coconut Grove, Fla. MISS ANNIEisTOU{DIES; EX-TREASURY EMPLOYE Charter Church Member Active in Philanthropic Work—Rites in Virginia. Miss Annle W. Stout, 72, of 1708 Newton street, retired *Treasury De- partment clerk, died Saturday at the home of her brother, William Carey Stout, at Stevensburg, Va. Funeral services are being held there this afternoon. Burial will be in the fam- ily plot at the Stevensburg Baptist Church, Miss Stout retired about two years 2g0 from the office of the Register of the Treasury, after service dating from the World War. Since then she had divided her time here with her sister, Mrs. Fannie L. Crittenden, at the Newton street address, and the brother at Stevensburg. Active here in religious and philan- thropic work, Miss Stout was a char- ter member of the National Baptist Memorial Church and assisted in aid- ing shell-shocked war veterans at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Besides the sister and brother, she is survived by another sister, Mrs. H. M. Cockerill, Purceéllville, Va., and two other brothers, William ®. and John H. Stout, both of this city, } H HARRY E. take-off. ARRY EDWARD WILHELM, one-time memory master marvel, hunched up his shoulders and sucked in a huge breath. ‘Then he began, so fast it sounded like one big, long word, “Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California,” etc. In 13 seconds, without taking a breath, he had finished the 48 States. “That’s amazing, isn't it?” Repre- sentative Sol Bloom asked the crowd of people in his office this morning. The people said it certainly was. because he said he could repeat the Constitution, word for word, with/the amendments, and he can,” Bloom said. “He has a job in the mailing room here at the headquarters of | the United States Constitution Sesqui- centennial Commission.” Represent- ative Bloom is director general of the commission. “Now, what else can you do?” Bloom | asked. “I can recite the States and cap- itals in 32 seconds without taking a breath,” Wilhelm, replied, and obliged by proving it. Only, as he said, it took a lot out of him and he had to sit down in a .chair a minute and rest. Representative Bloom then inter- posed some of Wilhelm’s background. He is 43, weighs 205 and did quite a bit of fighting—with boxing gloves and bullets—during the World War. ‘ds Wilhelm explained wheén he got his bresth, he fought “16 good fights” when he was in the Army and "a whole lot of little ones.” He came back after the war to get a crack at it seems Jack Dempsey beat him to it. 8o he took up vegetable and fruit peddling, with memorizing on the side. Took 2 Year {0 Do It. In 1933 an Army officer told him no one had ever memorized the Constitu- tion, so Wilhelm did it. It took him a year, with amendments and the names of the signers. In a pinch he can do the recitation in 30 minutes, but prefers an hour and a half to include the little niceties of emphasis and punctuation. On the Representative’s well-clut- tered desk was a sort of show bill in red, white and blue lettering with a picture of Wilhelm on it. It read: “World’s state and capital naming champion, Harry Edward Wilhelm, the memory master marvel. He can name the 48 States in 13 seconds and in one breath the States and capitals in 30 seconds. He can recite the Constitution of the United States and amendments, Declaration of Inde- pendence and Lincoln’s Gettysburg ad- dress precisely as written and the names of their signers.” Memory Marvel Names States In 13 Seconds With One Breath “that big cornstalk, Jess Willard,” but | PRESOENT WEEHS JDRNEY 0 WEST He Will Confer With Hull on Return Tomorrow on Need of Staying Here. BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG. The big question confronting Presi- dent Roosevelt when he returns to the White House tomorrow from his vacation in Hyde Park, N. Y., will be whether he should abandon tempo- rarily the trip he has planned to the West Coast. Tentative arrangements have been made for the journey across the con- tinent, but there is a possibility Mr. Roosevelt may decide that, because of the dangerous situation in the Far East, he should remain in Wash- ington. WILHELM, The memory wiward, shown as he huffed and pufled for the —Star Staff Photo. Mr. Wilhelm was pretty well re- covered by this time. “Mr. Wilhelm,” Bloom asked, “would you mind reciting the Constitution for us?” Mr. Wilhelm squared off and pre- pared to oblige when somebody asked, “Howll we kmow it's right?” That seemed fairly pertinent, so there was a short hunt for a copy of the docu- ment. Several were produced. A second time the memory marvel squared off, but stopped suddenly and asked for another coat. The “I hired this man last Thursday double-breasted one he was wearing didn't quite meet in the middle and, since the Constitution also takes quite a bit out of you, the coat might gap even more—and, too, photographers were going to take pictures this time. Somebody produced a nice, flowing, single-breasted coat from a closet. Cynices Trap Him. Members of the audience leaned back in- their chairs and Wilhelm | planted his feet with an air of finality. | For a hundred or so words he was | s0 letter perfect that somebody sug- gested he do Article 3, which he did | just as perfectly. The cynics were about 'to give up when one sug- gested Wilhelm tell in what courts the judicial power of the United States was vested. “Common Courts,” Wilhelm replied hesitantly. Then, asked to recite, be- ginning at article 3 again, he quoted perfectly: “The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as Congress * * * Wilhelm caught on and grinned. “I always did have trouble that way. In school I memorized my lessons, but unless the teacher or somebody would start me off I was sunk.” Wilhelm would like to recite the Constitution before the President on Constitution day. ‘Wilhelm came here from Baltimore, | but his home is in York, Pa. JOB GOES BEGGING ISLE ROYALE, Mich.,, September 13 () —The three R's apparently will have to go begging on Isle Royale this Fall and Winter. Presumably fearful of the Winter's rigors and isolation on the Lake Superior island, not a single teacher has applied for the job of manning the little cabin school house. This despite a classified advertise- ment run for weeks in mainland papers by the Keweenaw County School Commission. Previously few teachers for the children of the island’s fishermen fam- ilies have stayed more than one school year—a six months’ period. Pigeon “Bodyguard” Saved i/ al LITTLE NELL EBpecial Dispatch to The Star. EARSON, Md., September 13.— Nell Quirk's most constant companion is her “bodyguard” pigeon Dickie. For six years the pigeon has “guarded” iJell wher- ever she goes. Nell, who is 13, res- cued the bird one day from the jaws| of & cat, and nursed it back to health. Later another cat tore its crop and - Bird Refuses to Leave Side of Girl Who It From Cat. AND DICKIE. Nell again rescued it and nursed it back to health. ‘When a physician started to give Nell some medicine during an illness from scarlet fever, the pigeon flew at him and beat at him flercely with wings and bill. The pigeon sleeps over Nell's bed or over the door to her room and never wants to leave her side. When Nell has to go to school her family must pen Dickie or he will follow her. . At the time the President revealed his contemplated Western trip he ex- plained that everything depended on the situation in China. Advices from the State Department since then are to the effect that matters have grown worse. The President has been in close touch with Secretary of State Hull during his absence, and one of his first acts on reaching the White House tomorrow will be to confer with the State Department head. The President also will lose no time in studying the latest reports concerning the Sino-Japanese hostilities. Cabinet Meeting Set. Later in the day he will confer with members of his cabinet for the first time in several weeks, and it is expected that within the next day or so he will be ready to announce definitely whether or not he will go through with the projected trip. Some of the President’s associates pointed out that there is no real pur- pose to the trip other than to visis his daughter and her husband, John Boettiger, in Seattle, and to inspect several Federal projects on the way. His opponents, nowever, have heralded the trip as an attempt to rally the people to his side in his fight to reorganize the Supreme Court, and incidentally to make reprisals on Democratic Senators who led the opposition to the plan. Denies Speech Making. ‘The President has insisted that he has no intention of making a speech on the journey, but there is reason to believe he will make many rear platform appearances and impromptu talks and receive many State leaders at various stops along the way. Mr. Roosevelt will be faced with another task on his return tomor- row—the writing of a speech he is scheduled to deliver here Friday night in connection with the ceremonies commemorating Constitution day. The President will make a brief ex- temporaneous talk during the fore- noon Friday, when he participates in the seventy-fifth anniversary celebra- tion of the Battle of Antietam at Sharpsburg, Md. On Thursday, - he will be host to & group of State Gov- ernors returning from the annual Governors’ Conference at Atlantic City, N. J. The President may remain in Wash- ington until Saturday night, when he will return to Hyde Park to stay until he starts his Western trip the middle of next week if he makes it. MARKHAM ADVISES ON TRIP. General Tells President He Could Inspect Dams. HYDE PARK, N. Y, September 13 (A).—Maj. Gen. Edward Markham, chiet of Army Engineers, today in- Dams, and how he could visit each conveniently in event he makes a ‘Western tour. “He could visit each of these on his way out,” Markham said, “but I was merely giving him preparatory in- formation. As far as I know, there has been nu decision on the trip.” Gen. Markham, whose four-year term as Army Engineer chief is up October 18, said he did not discuss his future assignment with the Presi- dent. “I told the President,” he sald, “he had an opportunity to view these vari- ous structures of which we are very proud.” He said the Mississippi 9-foot chan- nel from St. Louis to 8t. Paul, a proj- ect estimated to cost $120,000,000, would be completed with another year's expenditure. “It will then be in shape,” he added, ‘for taking navigation, dependably and on schedule, with a safe and con- venient channel and with installation of 126 locks and dams.” Fort Peck Dam on Missouri. He said the Fort Peck Dem on the Missouri River in Montana, started in 1934, was finished, except for the “quantitive” job of dredging to lift the lake higher. Bonneville, on the Columbia River between Oregon and ‘Washington, is “roughly finished,” he said, with power being available about November or December. He predicted the salmon industry would not be injured by the dam, | 88 some have feared. He said the temporary fish ladders were perform- ing well, with 124 salmon taking them every minute, and the permanent lad- ders would work 100 per cent. Some of his closest advisers are authoritatively reported to have urged the President not to go West because of the Far Eastern and European crisis. Others, it is said, have taken the position he should make the trip if for no other reason than that it would demonstrate a desire to keep the United States as far as possible out of foreign entanglements, See Undue Stress. These authorities argue that if he remains in Washington undue stress might be put on every conference the President had on foreign affairs, and popular emotions ‘unnecessarily stirred up. When the President leaves here late tonight he will have spent 18 days away from the White House. A cruise in Eastern waters accounted for five, ‘TWO more afternoons were spent on Hudson River cruises on the yacht Potomac. The last one was made yesterday during which Europe and the Far East figured in conferences with Norman H. Davis, Ambassador as Large to Europe; Col. J. M. Patterson, New York City publisher who recently returned from Europe, and James. A, Moffett, Standard Oil official and former Federal housing administrator, Morris L. Cooke, former rural elec~ trification administrator, who, with Mrs. Cooke, has just returned from a world tour, was a visitor with his wife here today. Davis sald ke saw nothing “very promising” in Europe, although he refused to say what he thought might happen. “Teere 18 nothing concrete anye Body can say,” he told news men. ? t