Evening Star Newspaper, March 20, 1940, Page 5

Roosevelt’s Denial Repudiation‘of Newspaper Column Examined for Clue to His Intentions By JOHN C. HENRY. Relatively overlooked in his more [dramatic remarks on the religious i1ssue in politics, President Roose- velt's sweeping repudiation of a hewspaper column in which he was reported saying he wished to retire | from the presidency and that he looked upon Secretary of State Hull as & fit successor was being re-ex- [amined today as perhaps the most revealing third-term statement yet issued from the White House. For, in asserting somewhat gruffly and without qualification at a press conference latg yesterday that he had, never said to anybody that the placing of Postmaster General Far- ley, a Roman Catholic, on a presi- dential ticket would “stir up a lot of prejudices and emotions,” Mr. Roosevelt took particular pains to blast the entire article as “equally false” and made completely out of 'whole cloth. And in the article were the fol- lowing quotes ascribed to Mr. Roose- velt. “I'm not going to run again. I'm getting tired. It's time for some one else to take over this job.” Of course, in throwing down the | Farley part of the article yesterday Mr. Roosevelt might have felt that | the entire column should be treated | in like manner and his denial of ever having said he wants to quit | the presidency does not necessarily mean he does not feel that way. President Ill at Ease. Obviously somewhat ill at ease as he discussed the entire issue, Mr. Roosevelt was led into the subject Vvesterday by a question on his reaction to a Saturday night speech here by Mr. Farlev in which the latter declared race, color or creed must never be permitted to interfere with the presidential eligibility of a nalive-born American. The President described the Farley speech as “a perfectly grand thing” and went on to complain the reaction to his earlier failure to comment on the con- troverted column. As said before, he insisted, he had not read the column when previously questioned, but had done so since. His failure to comment on the article at the first conference after its appearance precipitated a storm of ecriticism. most of it from other newspaper columnists. Follows Seven-Year Rule. In further defense of this failure Mr. Roosevelt explained yesterday that he had followed a seven-year rule not to attempt interpretation of columns and that any such effort, even if it applied only to the “so- called respectable” ones, would be ean impossible task. But, of course, he said. the piece under discussion was made com- pletely out of whole cloth, he never mid such a thing about Mr. Farley, the rest of the article was equally false, and, although the column pur- ported to me almost a direct quote account of a conversation between | the President and an unnamed Democratic legislator, he had never talked along that line to any states- man. ¥n reply last night, Ernest K. Lindley, author of the column, de- scribed his article as “a piece of straight reporting of information which came to me from sources whose reliability I have no reason to doubt. Within 24 hours after its publication I received word from EVENING: STAR, - WASHINGTON, 2 USEFUL YAKS GIVEN ZOO BY CANADIAN GOVERNMENT—This pair of yaks, native to the highlands of Tibet and adjacent sections of Central Asia, arrived at the Zoo yesterday as a gift from our neighbors to the north. The Canadian government is experimenting with yaks in the northern regions. It is hoped they may become useful additions to the domestic herds. In Asia they are used as beasts of burden, their hair is woven into cloth and their milk and flesh are food products. The Zoo already has one pair of yaks. The importation of new blood will help to build up a herd. —Star Staff Photo. D. C. Taxes (Continued VPrpm First Page.) France (Continued From First Page.) | the tax from being applied to retail sales under 10 cents. The only important change made in the bill by the committee, it was | said, would make subject to the| sales tax sales of electricity or gas, | admissions to any place of amuse- | ment including moving picture thea- ters, theatrical performances, cir- cuses, athletic events, amusement parks, swimming pools, bathing es- tablishments and fairs. The commit- | tee also wrote in a provision spe- cifically exempting street car and! bus fares. District Day Uncertain. It had been the plan of Chairman Randolph to have the bill called up in the House Monday, the last “Dis- | trict day” of the month. He said | after the special meeting House lead- | ers had asked him to forego the “Dis- | trict day” Monday because they | | wanted to call up two important | appropriation bills. | confer with House leaders during | the day and attempt to arrange for week, 15 Attend Meeting. | Fifteen of the 20 members of the committee attended the special meeting, three of the latest addi- inons for the first time. They are | Representatives Goodwin, Repub- lican, of Towa and McMillan and Kennedy of New York, both Demo- crats. Chairman Randolph, it was | said, did not vote on any of the motions. No accurate estimate of revenue that the combination sales-income tax will raise has been given the committee. Roughly, the sales tax alone is expected to produce about $5,000,000 a year. The income tax, |it was said, may produce an addi- | | tional $1,000,000. | Aside from street car and bus | | fares, the only articles selling for | less than five cents that would be exempt under the sales tax wouldJ | be sales of food and food products |for “human consumption off the premises where sold,” sales of medi- | cine for human consumption and use, sales to or by the Government | of the United States and the Dis- However, he explained, he would | a special “District day” later in the ; lasted a half hour and then M. Daladier and-all his ministers, ex- cept one, who is in London on gov- ernment business, trooped out and went to Elysee Palace, where M. Daladier presented the resignation to M. Lebrun. The retiring government was the product of a September 13 gmplifi- cation for war purposes. Broadly, however, it was the same govern- ment which M. Daladier instituted April 10, 1938. Jeanneney, Herriot Called. M. Lebrun at once arranged fo the customary consultations on new government. Custom requires | that he summon first Jules Jean- neney, aged president of the Sen- ate, and then Edouard Herriot, presi- dent of the Chamber of Deputies. M. Jeanneney conferred with Le- brun and left after a half hour. M Herriot quickly followed M. Jeanneney to the palace for his taik with the President. He departed a half hour later without making | any statement. | M. Lebrun summoned M. Daladier for a conference after the discus- sions with the two parliamentary leaders. M. Daladier arrived at the Elysee Palace and was admitted immediately into Lebrun's office. Await New Cabinet. Certain Deputies among those who abstained from voting early today explained their inaction was based on a desire to know the character of | the new cabinet’s membership. Details of the Chamber's secret | Bourbon Palace—little more than | the vote was made public — were | guarded with the strictest confi- | dence. Observers, however, assumed that | M. Daladier—as did British Prime Minister Chamberlain yesterday— | against the Nazi regime. The vote of confidence included this testimonial: “The Chamber expresses to the | ;Finnish nation and army the hom- capable of administering several portfolios with equal efficiency. One name frequently mentioned is that of Gen. Maurice Gustave Gamelin, commander-in-chief of the allied armies in France. French Disunion Seen by Germans BERLIN, March 20 (#).—The res- ignation of the French cabinet of Premier Daladier interests the Ger- man government merely as a symp- tom of evident disunion within France, authorized sources stated today. “It connotes a sort of ‘Goetter- aemmerung’ (twilight of the gods) | D. C, Benning Citizens Oppose Sales Tax, Ask Race Track WEDNESDAY, For 4 Buses to and From River Terrace Opposition to a sales tax in the District of Columbia was voiced by the Benning Citidens’ Association last night following presentation by O. C. Spitzer, chairman of the Law and Legislation Committee. It was pointed out that although a sales levy would “catch the tourist passing through and all other out- siders who deal in the District it might prompt the Federal Govern- ment to reduce its share paid the District yearly.” Urge Race Track. The association urged a race track in Benning. Senator Reynolds’ bill peing favored “for the amount of revenue it should bring into the Dis- trict.” A motion to adopt a dispen- sary plan for liquor was defeated, 16 to 7, it being pointed out by B. L. Pitzen “that this would be a step toward prohibition and would throw a great number of people out of work.” ‘The group voted to become a mem- ber of the Northeast conference and elected Stephen Balcerowicz and J. G. Pasco as delegates. Bus Line Asked. In a discussion for a bus line in | the River Terrace area, Mr. Pasco stated families are moving into the section at the rate of 15 or 20 a month and at least two buses in the | ]morn'mg and two in the afternoon | are required. The association voted to have present at the next meeting officials of the B. & O. Railroad “to explain why the smoke nuisance re- | mains the same in Benning area.” | | A traffic light was requested at | Thirty-fourth street and Benning | | road N.E. i A picture by the American Air- | lines will be shown at the next| meeting behind the doors of the | among the French people.” one au- meeting, which will be called one- thorized commentator said. “The pa)f hour earlier due to the enter- | French people are beginning to re- | tainment. alize that their war inciters maneu- The meeting. held in the Benning | vered the nation into a situation 0 | gchool, was presided over by Claude | which it isn't equal and to which the | 5 "Wood, president. government also is proven not equal gy The Daladier cabinet resignation, H it was stated emphatically, can| Gandhi Calls on PCII'f)’ | neither change Germany’s determi- | % . 5 | To Unite Behind Him | nation to fight for victory nor wrest ‘ By the Associated Press from her and Italy the initiative RAMGARH, India. March 20— which they assert they have held thuspIar | Mohandas K Gandhi closed _the Nationalist Con- “There seems to be some sort of | 553rg All-India panic in France, enhanced no doubt | gress today with a plea to sympa- by the events on Brenner Pass and | thizers of the independence move- military happenings of the past| ment to unite behind his leadership | days,” the sources said, “but it is| gn4 to prepare for speedup in the entirely immaterial to us “"h"h"|lrpedompcsrr’npmgn, Ly | Daladier returns wi!h a new WAr| wTyst me,” he appealed. cabinet or whether (Pierre) Laval or | Gandhi has insisted that civil anybody else succeeds him. disobedience to the British author- | “There is no occasion for us to|jtias be delayed until independence | alter our plans or attitude in the | organizations have been disciplined | slightest. to refrain from violence. | Gandhi said bluntly that the con gress was not yet ready for a civil disnhedience campaign, as he vir-; tually repeated his speech of Mon- day when the Congress rejected dominion status for India—"or any | | Sehool. | other status within the imperial| He was the brother of Msgr. Ed- Structure | ward A. Pace, former vice rectgrl emeritus of Catholic University, who | . dled in April, 1938. Friends said Mr. | Businessmen to Meet | Pace had grieved deeply over the The monthly meeting of the Fed- | death of his brother. | eration of Businessmen's Associa- In 1932, Mr. Pace created a sen- | tions will be held tomorrow at 6:30 | sation in the Senate when he en- \ pm. at the Continental Hotel. | tered the press gallery, brandishing | Pace (Contigued From First Page.) | sity and” the Georgetown Law MARCH 20, -1940. Committees Press Drive fo Employ Visiting Teachers $22,400 Fund Sought For Education of Handicapped Pupils ‘Two committees of the Association for the Education of Handicapped Children moved on different fronts today to press the drive for inclusion of $22,400 in the school budget to pay for visiting teachers now tem- porarily provided by W. P, A. - ‘While one commitiee met to plan tours in an effort to interest the wives of members of Congress in the plight of the children, another group planned to arrange an ap- pointment with District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan to confer about the matter. The two committees were ap- pointed last night at a meeting of the association at the Thomson 8chool. Those on the Tour Com- mittee include Mrs. William Har- iand, chairman, and Mrs. Grayson Waite, Mrs. Paul Fuchene, Mrs. Helen E. Becker, Mrs. Jerry Binder and Mrs. John E. O'Hara, president of the association. £ Those to call on Maj. Donovan in- clude Mrs. O'Hara, Mrs. Fuchene and Mrs. H. Harris. Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman, a su- pevvisor in the W. 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Interviewed at the District Build- ing after the news of his resignation had been announced at the White | Hpuse, Commissioner Allen said: | “Let there be no misunderstand- ing about this subject—I have not resigned as chairman of the Demo- cratic Committee for the District of Columbia. And, furthermore, one of these days I propose to call a meeting of this committee, for there is the matter of the selection of | delegates to the forthcoming Demo- cratic National Convention.” Commissioner First in 1933. Mr. Allen besame chairman of the | District Democratic Committee some months ago—or at least acting chairman, according to the point of view of active local Demociats— when John Colpoys, former chair- man, resigned because of his posi- tion as United States marshal for the District, which brought him under the Hatch Act. At the time there were some rumblings among some local Democrats whether an early meeting of the committee should be called to elect a new chairman, but Mr. Allen stood his ground and the storm subsided, at least on the surface. Mr. Allen first became Commis- sioner in November, 1933, receiving & recess appointment at the time of the original selection of Melvin C. Hazen as a Commissioner. Both were reappointed when Congress “eonvened and both received a regu- lar second-term appointment three years later. Mr. Allen resigned, effective Sep- tember 1, 1938, to become a vice president of the Home Insurance Co., and that resignation had been held up for some time at*the request of the President, who was loathe to see him go. ADVERTISEMENT. DON'T SQUEEZE SURFACE The sales tax would not become | was military tribunal trial of 44 effective until January 1, 1941. The income tax, however, would be ap- plicable to incomes in the current taxable year. 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