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1.5, GUARDSMEN ELECT GEN. LEACK Increase in Ultramodern Armaments Is Urged by Association. By the Assoclated Press. MONTGOMERY, Ala, Oct. 30.— The National Guard Association of the United States today called for ad- ditional ultramodern armaments and elected Brig. Gen. George E. Leach, Mayor of Minneapolis, to succeed Brig. Gen, S. Gardner Waller of Virginia as president. | San Prancisco was chosen for the 1938 convention. The executive coun- cil asked to fix a date whereby dele- gates could attend the American Legion meeting at Los Angeles Septem- ber 19-22 and the guard convention on the same trip. Brig. Gen. James C. Dozier, adju- tant general of North Carolina, was chosen vice president to succeed Gen. Leach. Ten additional Air Corps observa- tion squadrons, which a resolution held could be “readily absorbed,” were asked, along with an “adequate com- plement” of anti-tank weapons and | a “full complement” of up-to-date anti-aircraft artiller: . Lack of sufficient modern anti- aircraft artillery was deplored by several speakers, including Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser, assistant chief of the United States Army general staff. Brig. Gen. Fred M. Waterbury of New York and Brig. Gen. Milton R. McLean of Kansas were reelected sec- vetary and treasurer, respectively. Auto and Garage Burn. TAKOMA PARK, Md, Oct. 30 (Special) —Fire of undetermined ori- * gin destroyed an automobile and ga- rage at the home of George W. Pritchett, 104 Westmoreland avenue, this afternoon. The rear of Pritchett's home was scorched, but Takoma Park firemen prevented the fire from spreading. | doubted is that he had not the disposi- Made Mistake of Trying to Avoid Force and Bloodshed. By A. G. GARDINER, LONDON, Oct. 30.—Ever since the surprising and equivocal result of the general election in the Irish Free State, the position and intentions of De Valera have been the subject of much conflicting speculation. The election, in leaving him largely de- pendent on the labor and independent factions, struck a heavy blow at his prestige, and the new constitution has done nothing to restore his for- mer unchallenged supremacy. In attempting to establish a sort of a dictatorship under the forms and with the sanctions of democracy, he attempted the impossible. It was & mistake which none of the successful dictators has made. Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Kemal and the rest made a clean sweep of the whole parapher- nalia of democracy as a first condition of autocratic power, and in their sev- eral ways they have ruthlessly stamped out any embers of constitutionalism that lingered after they had seized power. Whether De Valera could have done this had been so disposed may be doubted. What cannot, I think, be tion. In his strangely compounded character, in which the medieval monk, the fanatical nationalist, the uncompromising doctrinaire and the Puritan jostle each other, there is no vain egotism, no passion for personal power for its own sake and there is a real devotion to the democratic idea. If he was to be a dictator, he wished to be & dictator by consent—certainly not by the compulsion of force and the shedding of blood. And now that the consent is visibly waning, rumors are rife as to his course of action. It was confidently asserted a few weeks ago that -he contemplated resignation; but this rumor may be dismissed except in so far as it rests upon the still disquiet- ing condition of his eyesight. What is obvious is that his policy has reached something like an im- passe, and, if a way out is to be found, o : (DAY STAR, WASHINGTON, ; Failure Confronts De Valera In Democratic Dictatorship EAMON DE VALERA he may be compelled to resort to other measures or leave it to other men to resort to them. Whatever may be the fate of the gospel of exclusive nationalism in Ger- Italy and the other dictator- failure in Ireland is oper and palpable. The stagnation of ths coun- try is evidenced by the gathering vol- ume of the flight to England and Scot- land. In 1932 it was 7,919. By 1936 it had swollen to 28916, and, as the Spectator observes, it threatens to as- sume dimensions which will create a problem for England as well as for Ireland. The exodus indeed is much bigger than the figures indicate, for they do not include the large propor- tion who cross the Irish Sea by way of Ulster. With all the obstructions which the policy of ironclad isolation has devised, the trade with England still refuses to perish. Both in imports and exports, it is the only substantial trade that | the Free State has. Tried by whatever test, exclusive na- tionalism is proving to be a policy of | bankruptey. While it continues, the prospect of a united Ireland will be unattainable. It is this dilemma that | casts its shadow over De Valera's| future. (Copyright, 1937.) Elections (Continued From First Page.) buster,” is running on the Fusion ticket with La Guardia for district attorney, and Dewey is a Republican. Undoubtedly a defeat for Mahoney would be a check for the Democratic organization in Greater New York as well as in Manhattan, the Tammany Tiger's lair. Since La Guardia has been a consistent supgorter of the President and his New Deal, it may be difficult for the Republicans to as- eert with any degree of truth that a victory for La Guardia was a defeat for the national administration. In New York's neighbor State, New Jersey, the Republicans and Democrats are fighting for Governor. New Jersey has one of the few Republican Gov- ernoxs today—Hoffman. The G. O. P.'s candidate in this campaign is a ‘Presbyterian clergyman—with a big church—the Rev. Lester Clee, Who also is a State Senator. The Demo- erats have put forward their strongest vote-getter, Senator A. Harry Moore, who has twice before been elected Governor. Senator Moore opposed the President’s bill to increase the mem- bership of the Supreme Court. -For this reason he may get a number of Republican votes, it is said. If Senator Moore is elected Gov- ernor, he doubtless will receive con- sideration by the Democrats as a pres- {dential ibility in 1940. Certainly ghould Clee win, he would be in a position to make a try for the Repub- lican presidential nomination. Forty- nine years old, Clee is a dynamic speaker and campaigner. Clee is a comparative newcomer to politics, which he entered in New Jer- sey three years ago. He defeated the Republican machine in Essex County, the most populous in the State, and was elected first to the Assembly and then to the Senate. Chairman Clayton E. Freeman of the Republican State Committee is claiming a Clee victory by 150,000 votes. Clee has made no personal attack on Senator Moore, nor has Senator Moore attacked Clee. They are connected by marriage— Clee’s brother married Senator Moore's | sister. Clee has gone after Frank | Hague, the Democratic boss of Hudson County and the State and Democratic national committeeman, in hammer and tongs style. Hague insists Senator Moore will win his greatest victory. | lard, Republican, | A. Goodwin, Republican, who repre- who will be more lenient toward sit- down strikes. Reading, in a five-man race for the mayoralty nomination, ran about 30,- 000 ahead of O'Brien. Observers give him a good chance to defeat O'Brien. It is not expected that the C. I. O. will be able to gain control of the City Council. The three congressional elections in New York State may give some inkling of the way the political wind is blow- ing. In the seventeenth congressional district Bruce Barton is running as! the Republican candidate, with the | La Guardia Fusion backing. The| Democratic nominee is Stanley Osser- | man, with Tammany backing. There | is a third candidate, Charles Backer, nominee of the American Labor party, who may cut into the Democratic | strength. Backer is a wealthy man, | son-in-law of Mortimer Schiff, and has cast his lot with the Labor party. This is the district which at one time was represented in the House by the late Ogden Mills. If the Republicans win, it will be a loss to the Democrats, who have held the district during the last two Congresses. The other two New York districts are up State, and have been strongly Republican. The Republicans expect to hold them both. In the 25th dis- trict Ralph Gamble, Republican, is running against Homer A. Stebbins, Democrat. Stebbins has been twice beaten in the past by Charles D. Mil- who resigned his seat to be nominated for surrogate. For the vacancy in the House caused | by the death of Representative Philip | sented the 27th district, Lewis K. Rockefeller is the G. O. P. nominee and Mrs. Nancy Schoonmaker is the | Democratic candidate. Mrs. Schoon- maker has made a bid for the non- partisan support of the women voters. Rockefeller is expected to win by a good margin. The election for the third Virginia congressional district is no contest for the Republicans failed to nom- inate. This is the Richmond district, in a State that is strongly Democratic.. The election is to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Rep- resentative Montague. A vacancy in the 11th congressional | district of Massachusetts will be filled | Re at a special election on December 14. John Higgins, Democrat, resigned to be appointed to the State Supreme Court. A vacancy also exists in the Senator Moore won the governorship in 1831 by 231,000 votes and in 1934 by 234,000. The Republicans hope to | \ control the New Jersey Legislature, to which a full Assembly and 21 Senators | must be elected. | There is keen interest in the contest | for Mayor of Detroit and the City | Council: The C. I. O, through its afiliate, the United Automobile Work: ers of America, is striving desperateiy to elect its candidate, Patrick H. O'Brien, as Mayor and to gain control of the City Council. O’'Brien’s oppo- nent for Mayor is Richard W. Reading, | present city clerk. O'Brien has been | a lifelong Democrat and at one time | was attorney general of the State. | Reading is a Republican. However, | in this so-called non-partisan elec- tion strict party politics have been dropped. The Democratic organiza- tion has not officially indorsed O'Brien. Reading has the support of | some of the A. F. of L. followers. The C. L O, if it can elect the Mayor, | hopes for the ousting of the present anti-union police commissioner and | the appointment of a commissioner e 2 e i T WITH THIS COUPON WA'I'GI! REPAIRING ANY MAKE WATCH Cleaned and Adjusted Main Springs YOUR OLD FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED These special prices include fourth Ohio district, due to the resig- nation of Representative Kloeb, Dem- ocrat, who was appointed a Federal | district judge by President Rooseveit. Gov. Davey has decided, however, to! let the vacancy continue until the | congressional elections next year. Mayoralty Fights Brisk. Mayoralty fights in Cleveland and | Pittsburgh are brisk. Mayor Burton, | a Republican, who supported Landon, is seeking re-election in Cleveland. | In Pittsburgh the Democrats appear | to have the best of it, although the Repubhcans are making a hard drive. In Philadelphia there is no mayoralty | contest, but other city offices are to| be filled. Senator Guffey, State Dem- ocratic boss, predicts that the Dem- ocrats will ciean up in both Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and that the Dz e0- cratic vote will be about as strong as it was in 1936 Boston is staging a real fight for mayor, with one Republican, Malcolm B. Nichois, opposed by three Dem- ocrats, one of whom is former Mayor, and former Gov. James A. Curley. Gov. Curley is striving to stage a | political comeback after his defeat | last year for the United States Senate | by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, jr. Some of the Republicans have turned against Nichols. 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NEW YORK, Oct. 30.—S8ir Willmott Lewis, noted British foreign corre- spondent, declared today that’ an American policy of isolation “is not a policy, it is a nostalgia—a desire to live in a world which no longer exists.” Addressing the Association of For- eign Correspondents, in a debate on the subject “Does England Expect Every American to Do His Duty?” Sir Willmott referred to his opponent, Quincy Howe, editor and author, and declared: “Mr. Howe believes that by lso!aflon, the United States may preserve—in some kind of a proud, aloof cuckoo land—the last vestiges of democracy. Interests Declared Common. “He neglects to mention that in the world today there is an identity of in- terests as concerns democracy and civilization—an identity of instinctive | interests involving every American, Englishman, Scandinavian and Bel- gian.” Sir Willmott, Washington corre- spondent for the London Times, warned that in a world from which the United States had withdrawn itself, there was danger of “a war which would prostrate Europe and create a creeping paralysis which might well affect the United States and countries to the south on this hemisphere.” CiWng Mr. Howe's allegation that British propaganda was forever asking the United States to pull British chest- nuts out of the fire, Sir Willmott dryly commented: ; “I had always assumed that those who drew chestnuts out of the fire re- tained the chestnuts.” Fears British Support. Opening the debate, Mr. Howe voiced two major contentions—that “Ameri- can foreign policy today tends to sup- port the British Empire” and that “this tendency \pv‘ll.s disaster to the Amer- ican people.” He continued: “Whatever President Roosevelt's do- mestic policies may be, his foreign policy has shown a consistent regard for. British interests. * * * On the issue of neutrality, Mr. Roosevelt has also followed & consistently pro- British course. “As the most richly endowed conti- nental area on earth, American na- tional interests are as different from British naticnal interests as day from night,” he said. f We do not need to scatter our Navy over the seven seas to protect our food supply. Our task is simply to protect the territorial United States.” Thrifty Housewives Elect. CLINTON, Md., Oct. 30 (Special).— Miss Sarah Blandford has been re- elected president of the Thrifty House- wives' Club, with Mrs. A. P. 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The convention called upon church members to help maintain the consti- tutional rights of assembly and speech in -communities where labor tension exists, urged religious organizations to “recognize the right of their laborers” to support organized labor and "“in a spirit of penitence for its own di- vided loyalties” deplored evidences of division in the ranks of organized labor. Informed churchmen said they be- lieved it was the first time that the convention, representing a denomina- tion of about 1,800,000 members, had indorsed collective bargaining. Jouett Sounds Warning. Beverly Jouett, an attorney of Win- chester, Ky., asked, “Why does the church want to get into the business of running the state?” “I say to you,” he declared, “that we're going to get ourselves into the worst jam that any church ever got into if we attempt to regulate hours, wages, the C. I. O, the A, F. L. and other things.” The Rev. H. 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