Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1940, Page 4

President Remains Third-Term Enigma On Anniversary Silent on Intentions . As He Begins Eighth Year in White House B the Associated Press. President Roosevelt reached the sevenths anniversary of prece- dent-breaking New Deal regime to- day in an atmosphere teeming with speculation over whether he would continue to challenge tradition and seek a third term. ‘The Chief Executive told reporters on Saturday, however, that he would not utilize the occasion to disclose his intentions. Third term or not, the graying President at 58 still gets a kick out of his job, his associates say, despite reports that he is tiring of it. Rumors continue to float around the Capitol corridors that he will favor Secretary of State Hull or At- torney General Jackson as his suc- cessor if he takes himself out of the picture. But no one apparently is ready to state with any definiteness what his position might he when the Democratic convention meets on July 15. . ‘Welles Report Seen As Factor. Many politicians believe the con- fidential report on peace prospects which Undersecretary Welles will bring back from Europe may help the President chart his political course. Always the performer of the dra- matic and the unexpected, the President attained the seventh mile- stone of his administration by en- Jarging on one of his many “firsts.” His Panama cruise added more than 4,000 miles to the presidential travel record which he set a year ago. His total now is about 178,000 miles. Even before Mr. Roosevelt an- nounced in his 1933 inaugural ad- dress that he would do “first things first,” he had indicated his disre- gard for time-honored practice by flying to Chicago in 1932 to accept his ‘nomination. He has nnt flown since. Faced Trying Period. Franklin Delano Roesevelt's first 100 days in the White House were his busiest. It was a gloomy March 4 seven years ago, when he stood on the Capitol steps and promised action to a people who had seen their world twisted awry by an eco- nomic tempest. Even as he touched a damp hand on his old family Bible and pledged himself to support the Constitution, the banking structure of his coun- try crumbled. Searching through 15-year-old wartime laws, Mr. Roosevelt found the authority under which he pro- claimed a four-day bank holiday, an embargo on the withdrawal of gold or silver, and heavy penalties for violators of his numerous emer- gency-proclamations. (It was from these same laws that he drew the authority for his limited national emergency proclamation when the European war started last September.) Then he went to the radio and told the Nation in simple language what he had done. It was the first White House “fireside chat.” Calls Special Session. Five days after his inauguration he called Congress into special ses- sion. He had an emergency bank- ing bill ready. It passed the House in 38 minutes without a dissenting voice. Three hours later the Senate passed it 73 to 7. Mr. Roosevelt then began send- ing to the Capitol ready-made bills in rapid-fire order, some designed to meet emergency conditions, some loaking fhto the future, but all re- flecting & new philosophy of gov- ernment. So ready was Congress to accept his proposals that it later became known as the White House “rubber stamp.” In those early days of the New Deal there were the familiar A. A. A. and N. R. A. Acts—which later were invalidated by the Supreme Court— the C. C. C.. the T. V. A, a program for job-giving public works, renun- ciation of the gold standard, de- valuing the dollar and many others. As time marched on, much criti- cism was heaped on the laws that came out of the special session. Broad powers vested in the Chief Executive were the main targets, and the Supreme Court knocked out keystones of the New Deal program. Begins Second Administration. Democratic leaders, however, be- lieved their “Chief had about fin- ished with new legislative ideas when he began his second administration after winning 46 States in the 1936 election. But on February 5, 1937, he sent his memorable message to Congress proposing a reorganization of the Supreme Court. This plan split the Democratic” party into bitterly-op- posing factions and finally was put to death by the Senate after another historie 100 days. Mr. Roosevelt later, though, had the opportunity of naming a ma- Jority of the court through the- filling of vacancies, and the bitterness aris- ing from the court bill battle has become less noticeable. Conditions confronting Mr. Roose- wvelt today present the double prob- lem of keeping out of war under a new neutrality policy and finding a solution to such domestic mat- ters as unemployment. The President told Congress in January that the impact of wars abroad made it natural to approach the “state of the union” through a discussion of foreign affairs. But this did not mean, he said, that the Government - was overlooking the great significance of domestic poli- cles. “The social and economic forces which have been mismanaged abroad until they have resulted in revolution, dictatorship, and war,” he asserted, “are the same as those which we here are struggling to adjust peacefully at home.” Uniform Lighting Of Trucks Sought By the Associated Press. The Commerce eDpartment wants to do something about that Christ- mas tree effect a big truck gives when seen from the rear at night. As part of its attack on inter- state trade barriers, the depart- ment, in co-operation with the Bu- reau-of Standards, is seeking to pro- mote uniformity in‘ State laws gov- erning the lighting of motor car- riers. The bureau has found : that six different colops—red, fiy:luow. blue, purple, green ~ crystal—are re-; Quired by varis tates, following services at St. John’s Tth anniversary of his first inauguration as President. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. ATTEND ANNIVERSARY CHURCH SE&WCES—Pusldtnt Roosevelt is shown with members of his family and a friend Episcopal Church today on the With MONDAY, .C, Closer Red-NaziTies : Seen by Foreign him, left to right, are Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roose- velt, his mother, and Mrs. Endicott Peabody, wife of the head- master of Groton Preparatory attended. School, which the President —Star Staff Photo. More Nazi Troops Reported Arriving On Western Front In Numerous Local Military Actions By the Associated Press. PARIS, March 4 —French military rdispatches reported fresh divisions were entering the German lines amid mounting activity today on the west- ern front. Reichswehr reinforcements of “‘several” new divisions trained dur- ing the winter were said to be ar- riving behind the active front while aerial feints back and forth across it intensified over the week end, stressing the belligerents’ anxious watch of each other for a hint of springtime tactics. Other German units were reported moving into the region facing Swit- zerland. The Germans simultaneously took | the initiative in & series of week end | raids between the Rhine and Mo- | selle Rivers. | A German raiding party succeeded | in taking several French prisoners after an attack yesterday on the edge of the Vosges Mountains ap- parently in search of information on | French troop assignments. French Use Ambush., The French countered with an ambush in the Wissembourg Gap on the eastern flank of the front where a German squad was trapped and several of its members captured. A broader German -assault on two | French advance posts in the Nied| River sector near the center of the | front also was reported repulsed. ‘These were only some of numerous | miniature battles breaking out all| along the front, with infantry skirmishes setting off heavy artillery barrages. The action, however, remained, at least temporarily, on the local scale despite a combination of spring weather and the advent of Europe’s often momentous month of March— which some observers had been pre- dicting would breing a German “blitzkrieg” attempt. Allies Claim Air Victories. ‘The allies reported seven victories in sharpened aerial action, with the British and French air forces each credited with two German planes Saturday. & One more was reported “cer- tainly” to have been brought down by the British and two more “prob- ably” by the French yesterday. The war in the air, however, was still largely a conflict of photog- local taxes (if any), LaSallé prices begin at $1240 optional raphers and pampleteers, with & bomb. and machine gun attack on a British liner in the English Chan- nel at a probable cost of 108 lives as a noteworthy exception. Today's French communique, one of the longest in the half year of war, said “numerous aerial flights” had taken place, resulting in prob- able destruction of two German pursuit planes. y Thrusts Made Into Reich. French planes, many of them American-built, made deep thrusts into Germany without losses, the | high command reported. (The German communique yes- .O.erdny acknowledged that two ‘German scouting planes were missing, but said one French plane was shot down in a battle between 4 German planes and 12 French over the Moselle River sector. Three French craft were said to have been brought down in other encounters. Germany reported also that on Saturday “Northern France as far as the Paris region was scouted,” while the British reported reaching Berlin Saturday night, the fifth such flight in six days.) Clear, crisp weather also stirred urz minor land action, with the French command reporting a localized at- tack repulsed east of the Moselle. ‘The communique added: “These last days have on the whole been marked by a decided re- newal of activity on the part of contact units as well as patrols and reconnaissances on the entire front between the Rhine and the Moselle.” 23,000,000 Are Added To Job Hunfers in Decade By the Associated Press. BERKELEY, Calif, March 4— Twenty-three million young men and women became 21 years old nd started looking for jobs between 1930 and 1940, .the National Re- sources Planning Board fleld office here estimated today. The last decade was the first in the Nation’s history, a board report said, that the number of available workers increased so much more rapidly than the total population. The trend is expected to last another 10 years. High birth rates between 1910 and 1920, when large families were the rule in mi localities, especially among the foreign-born, was cited as the reason for the working age group’s gain. The report said it was “significant that the number of unemployed has not risen appreciably during the last few years,” in view of the number of youths coming of age, and also of the adverse economic conditions and technological improvements in industry. Services (Continued From First Page.) School, offér a prayer for spiritual guidance for the Chief Executive and for deliverance “from cruelties of war.” The church was little more than a fquarter filled for the services. Mem- bers of the cabinet were there, Speaker Bankhead, Senate Majority Leader Barkley and other individ- uals high in the administration. Mrs. Roosevelt and the President’s 85- year-old mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt, were already on hand when the Chief Executive, wearing a dark blue business suit, entered by & side door on the arm of Brig. Gen. E. M. Watson, his secretary and mili- tary aide. The President was ac- companied also by another secretary, Stephen Early, and Capt. Daniel J. Callaghan, naval aide. . Ne Sermon. | There was no sermon—only | :lymns, prayers and responsive read- | ngs. Participating in the direction of the services in addition to Dr. Pea- body, were the Rev. Frank R. Wil- son, rector of Mr. Roosevelt's church at his home at Hyde Park, N. Y.; thé Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson, rec- | tor of St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church, : where Mr. Roosevelt ordinarily wor- | ships while in the Capital, and the | Rev. Oliver J. Hart, rector of St.| John's. | Reynolds Will Propose Caribbean Negotiations ;» Resolutions requesting President‘; Roosevelt to open negotiations with | England and France for Atlantic and Caribbean islands important to | the defense of the United States are being prepared by Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina. H Announcing his intention to sub- mit the resolutions at an early date, | Senator Reynolds suggested that ! England and France's war debts to the United States should be consid- ered in the transaction. He said negotiations with Britain should in- 1‘ volve Bermuda,«Bimini, Nassau and | several islands in the Caribbean. Negotiations with France, he added, should involve several islands in the Caribbean and two islands near Newfoundland. Garrigues to Speak ° “Special Fire Alarm Equipment” will be discussed by Fred L. Gar- rigues at-a meeting of the Electrical Contractors’ Association tomorrow at 8 pm. at the Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. 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NAtional 3300 SEE YOUR ‘NEAREST CADILLAG-L:SALLE DEALER §2,986,217 Slashed From Interior Budget By House Commitfee Congress Reductions In Estimates Now Total $293,000,000 By the Associated Press, The House Appropriations Com- mittee today slashed a total of $2,- 286,277 from President Roosevelt's recommendations for the Interior Department. y The committee recommended $119,071,187 for all of the depart- ment’s activities. the total of congressional reduc- tions, in presidential budget esti- ma! past $293,000,000. Disallowed was a $985,350 request | for & new map-making project by | the Geological Survey. The com- | mittee said that since the maps were suggested as being of strate- gic military importance, the money should ke provided under the head- | ing of military appropriations. All told, the Geological Survey was cut $1,247,150 below the Chief Execu- tive's request. Bonneville Dam Funds Cut. Another reduction was in funds for Bonneville Dam, in Washington and Oregon. The committee al- lowed $5,650,000, or $1,000,000 less than the White House recommend- ed, for construction of a power-dis- tribution system there. On the other hand it increased the | appropriation for the all-American canal in California from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. ‘The net reduction was made up of the balance between many re- ductions and many increases. Other Reductions. In the appropriation bill, recom- mended to the House for considera- tion late today or tomorrow, the following major items were included: Bureau of Indian Affairs, $30, 497,736—$456,125 less than budget estimates; Bureau of Reclamation, $48,214,600—$195,000 less than the budget; National Park Service, $8,- 948,770—$117,770 less. The total carried in the bill rep- resented & reduction of $29,789,443 below current appropriations for the same functions, due chiefly to cuts made at th®¢ White House be- fore the estimates were presented to Congress. Its action pushed | Policy Association Says British Blockade Result in '‘Attack On Soviet by Al!ns B9 the Associated Press, ‘The Foreign Policy Association |said yestertay that developments in Europe’s two wars may force Russia into.s closer collaboration with Ger- many than Moscow intended when it signed the Russo-German pact last summer. What Russia desired, the associa- tion said, was to divert German or Japanese expansion from Russia to the Scandivanian Peninsula, it may be forced into closer collaboration with Germany -in a gigantic strug- gle against their common e Hopes o ave 3,000 InBrigade, Says Kermit Roosevelt Expects to Reach Finland Soon to Become Colonel Under Mannerheim By the Associated Press. * 3 LONDON, March 4.—Kermit Roosevelt, second son of Presiden ‘Theodore Roosevelt, said yesterday he expected to reach Figland “soon” as leader of an international brigade to fight Russia. Clad in the uniform of a colonel of the “British contingent of the at his luxurious Ritz Hotel suite ¢ | that his unofficial army has 500 ex- perienced fighters and hopes to have 3,000, ¥ It was the first time he had made public declaration since the Finnish Ald Bureau announced his selection to command the force. His resignation as & major in the British Army, a commission taken soon after the war started last fall, was accepted Saturday King George. An hour later he was sworn in as colonel of the international Fald Pale From Iliness. The ehange in uniforms involved only some new silver buttons in- scribed “IN”.for “International Bri- gade. Officially he will not be a colonel of the Pinnish Army until he reaches Finland and is incorpo- rated in Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Manneheim’s Army. Pale from a recent bout with the British Empire, in 'hlchmglyz two totalitarian dictatorships would use not only the economic and mili- tary weapons, bat also the weapon of revolutionary propaganda.” Col. Myers, ‘Blind-Flying" Pioneer, Is Refired B7 the Associated Press. HAMILTON FIELD, Calif., March 4.—A genial, yarn-spinning officer— credited with a major part in avia- tion’s winning battle against the elements—retired from active serv- ice in the United States Army Air Corps today. He is Lt. Col. David M. Myers, 63, flight surgeon of this base, who ad- mits quietly that he regards his share in the initiation of “blind flying” as the “high spot in my life.” It was in 1926 that the officer and Col. William C. Ocker found the basis for overcoming the problem of flying without sight of the ground. 0 | _While both were at Crissy Field, | San Francisco, they began experi- menting and developed a bank and turn indicator designed to inform pilots accurately of their relation- ship with the ground. Col. Myers was born in Cambria, Wis., June 16, 1876; went to school |at Marshfield, Wi attended the University of Minnesota and won a M. D. C. M. degree from McGill Uni- | versity, Montreal. For years, he was ! a physician in Oklahoma Territory, | making his rounds with a six-shoot- | er on his hip. The officer is to be on a leave of absence until his formal retirement June 1. 5395 p ‘Those odd coats can be put to use by “mating” them cently, Roosevelt explained that he regarded Finland’s cawe as “part of the war for preservation of our- selves against the Gestapo and Ogpu soa)rnun and Russian secret po- ce).” His brigade will fight to the tune of the “Battle Hymn of the Repube lic.” Roosevelt said, adding that his father though it should have been , the American national anthem. For the benefit of American corre- spondents who might have forgotten it and for British who might not have heard it, Roosevelt read part of the hymn. All 500 Experienced. The present force of 500 men will not need much training, he said, because all have had experience— some quite recently—in the British army, in India and in the World War. They include Englishmen, ((‘anudtnm and some Americans, and ‘'we could use 2,000 more Ameri- cans,” said Roosevelt. Recruiting stations have been opened in various parts of England and eventually Roosevelt hopes to have contingents from Canada, Prance, Poland and “all countries who value democracy.” He predicted the Pinnish-Russian war in a few weeks will settle down to guerrilla fighting when rains and spring thaws bring “a state of quies- cence.” Mrs. Roosevelt said she was going to join her husband outside of Eng- Jand, but would not disclose whether she would go to Finland. The United States Embassy said Roosevelt still has an American passport and American citizenship singe he joined the .British army without pledging allegiance to the King, which would have deprived him of both. Lessen your speed and lengthen your life. Sriouss Oil-Taw Improved Sole Leather HANN ol f’, £48=200 TRy =X with a pair of Eiseman's Special Trousers. Hundreds of pairs to choose from in all wanted materials, colors and sises. Charge it, if you like. EISEMAN'’S I F ST. 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