Evening Star Newspaper, April 13, 1940, Page 5

: Roosevelf Expected "To Keep Silent Unfil 6. 0. P. Nominates® Lee Declares President Must Remain Available Because of War Situation By the Associated Press. Usually reliable sources predicted today that President Roosevelt would withhold any statement regarding a third term until after the Republi- can convention June 24. ‘Two administration Senators, who declined to be quoted by name, said they had heard from presidential advisors that Mr. Roosevelt wanted to study the Republican nominees and platform before announcing his , ~ own intentions. These Senators observed that the Democratic convention had been de- layed until after the Republican meeting at Philadelphia in order to ~ give the Democrats any strategic advantage which might be gained from keeping the opposition guess- ing. This strategy, they added, vir- tually would be destroyed if Mr. Roosevelt made any third term dec- laration before the Republicans met. Silence Helps, Says Lee. Meanwhile, Senator Lee, Demo- crat, of Oklahoma, a third term ad- vocate, told reporters the President was making himself available for the nomination by his silence. “The tradition against a third term would make it awkward for him to announce as a candidate,” Senator Lee said. “The nomination must come from the rank and file of the Democrats.” 3 Senator Lee contended that in view of the war situation abroad “the President certainly can't take himself out of the race.” He added: “If he did announce against a third term, the Democratic factions would scatter like a flushed covey of » -quail. He has too much regard for the Democratic party to withdraw, because if he did it would make it awfully difficult for us to elect a President.” ., Senator Lee expressed the view . that Mr. Roosevelt would have noth- ing to say about a third term until, and unless, he is nominated by the Democratic National Convention, Wwhich meets July 15 at Chicago. South May Regain “Veto.” Incidentally, the way was paved Yesterday for possible restoration to Southern democracy of “veto power” which they held in party conven- tions prior to abrogation of the two- thirds rule. Pursuant to instructions “of the 1936 convention, Democratic Na- tional Chairman James A. Farley; yesterday appointed a subcommittee to study and report on a plan “for improving the system by which delegates and alternates to national | conventions are apportioned.” He named to the subcommittee Benator Green of Rhode Island, chairman; James A. Marsh of Colo- rado, Ramsay M. Walker of Idaho, Louis M. Jiggitts of Mississippi and Representative Folger of North Carolina. A South and West Linked. While only two Southerners were appointed to the subcommittee, pol- {ticlans noted that two Westerners were named, and recalled that in the past the West and South often have found common ground in con- vention questions. The 1936 convention was the first in 104 years to nominate a candi- date under a majojrity instead of & two-thirds rule. Action in or- dering a. study of the system of delegation apportioning, therefore, was something of a policy of ap- Ppeasement toward the solid South. Under the old two-thirds rule the Bouth often found itself in a posi- tion to veto a proposed nomination, even though it might lack the power to nominate & man of its own choosing. Bank Robbing Team No. 1 Hunted After Jailbreak By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash., April 13.—The Nation’s No. 1 bank-robbing team— two brothers-in-law who committed at least eight major bank hold-ups in the last five years—is being sought in the brush-covered reaches of lower Puget Sound after a daring escape yesterday from McNeil Is- land Federal Penitentiary. One of the eécapees, Joseph Paul Cretzer, 28, was ranked as “Public Enemy No. 5” by the Federal Bureau of Investigation before his arrest last August in Chicago. The second man sought is Arnold Thomas Kyle, 29, brother of Cretzer’s wife. Search for the men, each serving 85 years for robbing the Bank of America at Los Angeles in 1938, eoncentrated on McNeil Island as ‘Warden E. B. Swope theorized the escapees had not yet attempted to swim a 400-yard stretch of frigid water separating the island from the Olympic Peninsula. Col. Vandegrift Sworn In As Brigadier General Col. Alexander A. Vandegrift was sworn in yesterday as brigadier gen- eral of Marine Corps. Col. Vandegrift, a native of Char- lottesville, Va., is assistant to the Marine Corps commandant, Maj. Gen. Thomas Holcomb, who admin- Istered the oath. A veteran of 31 years’ service, Col. Vandegrift has been on duty here since 1936, when he was commander-of the Marine de- tachment at Pieping, China. Char- lottesville is his home. ADVERTISEMENT. 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MIAMI, Fla, April 13.—Sun- burned, mosquito-bitten and disil- lusioned, nearly half of a pioneering band of Californians have aban- doned their' search for an “ideal existence” on a remote island in the British West Indies. Little more than a month after | forsaking civilization to colonize East Caicos, 700 miles southeast of here, Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Lawrence returned yesterday with word that 9 of the original 19 had left the island. Mr. Lawrence, a former San Francisco salesman, leaned across Young Mother of Three Held as Gang Leader By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 13.—A 21- year-old mother of three was ac- cused by Police Lt. William Green- | halgh today of being the leader of | & band of eight youths charged with & series of beatings and holdups. Lt. Greenhalgh said the woman, | booked as Mrs. Ethel Brown, rode in | the front seat of the youths’ auto- | mobile—usually stolen—directed the attack, took charge of the loot and later distributed it at their hideout. The detective estimated the gang | beat more than 35 men, several so severely they required hospital | treatment. The woman and youths were held on robbery charges. Wife Seeks Divorce From Barney Oldfield By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 13.—Charg- ing cruelty, Mrs. Barney Oldfield has sued to divorce the noted automobile racing driver of years ago. They married in San Diego in 1925. Mrs. Oldfield estimated her hus- band’s income at $6.000 to $10,000 & year and asked ‘“reasonable ali- mony.” She claimed as her separate property a country club Mr. Old- fleld operates in San Fernando Val- ley, and a Reverly Hills house. WOODWARD 10™II™F A G StrEETS . “Lilac the rail of the motor vessel Monarch of Nassau and kissed the dock as he reached the mainland. Later he danced a jig. “I'll never go back,” said Mrs. Lawrence. “I've had enough.” The couple, reluctant to explain Betails of their experience, said R. C. 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