Evening Star Newspaper, April 14, 1940, Page 19

Poll Tax Payments To Swing Convention Delegates Charged Probe of Compicints Asked, Says Gillette, Committee Chairman By the Associated Press. Chairman Gillette said yesterday his special Senate Elections Com- “mittee had received complaints that “wholesale payments of poll taxes” were being used to influence selection of delegations to national presidential nominating conven- tions. The Senator said the sources of the complaints must remain confi- dential until after the committee acted, but commented that it ap- peared to be a “very fertile field” for investigation. “No one factor could be used more to influence the election than these poll tax statutes,” he said. “For in- stance, in a State with a poll tax of 8250, boosters for a presidential candidate could go in and swing an important bloc of votes by spend- ing $5,000.” Senator Gillette said investiga- tions had been asked in “all States where payment of poll taxes are a requisite for voting.” He said a complete inquiry into this broad field would be a “huge task” and would involve a policy de- cision for the committee which was | directed by the Senate to police the election of the President, Vice Presi- dent and Senators. He also indicated that some com- plaints were of a very general na- ture while the committee has taken the position that complaints should be required to make specific charges. “As a general rule we have asked | that complaints be under oath and making specific charges,” Senator Gillette said. “However, we can act upon our own authority and initia- tive.” The chairman said he would con- sult other Senators on the commit- tee about the ‘‘poll tax complaints.” Minor Hudson Honored By Advertising Club Minor Hudson, president of the ‘Washington Junior Board of Com- | 12 outstanding men of America un- | age by the Ad- vertising Club | of New York, it Selected will be York Thursday. Mr. Hudson, an attorney, be- came a member | of the junior| board shortly after it was formed and has held the offices of secretarv, vice president and president. His term expires June 30. He js 28, . Mr. Hudson served for two yefrs a5 national director of the United States Junior Chamber of Com- merce and has been active here in Community Chest work. He received his law degree at George Washing- ton University in 1934, was admitted to the bar a few months later and in 1938 was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court. Man Killed by Gun Rigged fo Guard Shack Br the Associated Press. EVANSBURG, Pa., April 13.—A hidden shotgun rigged up to guard a woodland cabin against thieves |- fatally wounded a church sexton today as he opened the door in search of a shovel to dig his auto- mobile from the mud of a highway ditch. Still unaware what had shot him, James, O'Brien, 30, staggered half a mile back to his automobile and gasped to his companion, Miss Ber- nadette Landy, 24, of Philadelphis “They shot me in the shack.” O'Brien died on the way to a hos- pital. County detectives and State police rushed to the cabin and surrounded it. [Entering with drawn pistols, they found the shotgun, a wire strung from its t®igger to the door. Gregory Cheston, 45, of Philadel- phia, owner of the cabin, was placed under arrest. District Attorney Frederick B. Smillie of Montgomery County said he would be charged with involun- | ¥ Smillie quoted tary manslaughter. Cheston as saying he had placed the gun trap because articles on sev- eral occasions had been stolen from the shack. Striking Miners Agree To Return to Work B the Associated Press, HARLAN, Ky, April 13—Ap- proximately 1,300 striking Harlan County miners agreed late today to return to work Monday, Secretary- ‘Treasurer George Titler of the Dis- trict United Mine Workers’ Union (C. I. 0.) announced. The walkout, a week ago, followed | 3 a dispute growing out of what one coal company described as the load- ing of “dirty coal.” Mr. Titler said the strike was unauthorized, but added that “every miner on strike” had “unsettled grievances with the company.” ‘Trinidad will spend $1,000,000 for defense in the next year. Nazis' Invasion to Help Foes’ Blockade, House Member Says By the Associated Press. 3 A member of Congress, who spoke from experience gained as a prisoner abroad a German submarine in 1918, predicted yesterday the Nazi in- vasion of Scandinavia would enable the allies to block the principal World War route of German sub- marines to the Atlantic. This view was expressed by Rep- resentative Izac, Democrat, of Cali- fornia, who was taken to Germany by the submarine which torpedoed the United States troop transport President Lincoln. He was serving 8s a lieutenant aboard the trans- port, which was torpedoed 600 miles off the French coast. His escape from Germany with valuable in- formation for the allies won him the Congressional Medal of Honor and decorations from foreign gov- ernments. The Californian recalled that his captors took him to Germany through the very waters in which fierce naval battles were reported this week—the Skagerrak and Kat- tegat—which he said constituted a “back door” to the German naval base at Kiel. He said the submarine used one of three narrow channels, known as the sound, leading from the Kattegat to the Baltic. Because it | was Danish territorial water, Mr. Izac said, the sound was not mined THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO Izac, German Captive in 1918, Sees Allies’ Position Aided REPRESENTATIVE 1ZAC. —Harris-Ewing Photo. during the World War and the German subs used it continuously because the allies had mined North | Sea approaches to the Kiel Canal. Now that Denmark’s neutrality is no longer a restraining factor on the allies, Mr. Izac said, they should be able to mine the channels around 'the Danish islands. Brody and Murray Win Hearing on Ouster A hearing has been granted by the Commissioners on an appeal from the decision of the special Police Trial Board. which recom- mended the dismissal from the force of former Detectives Hubert E. (Steve) Brody and Leo (Nix) Mur- ray, but a date for the hearing is yet to be set. The case is expected to be one of the first important matters to be i considered by the Board of Com- missioners with John Russell Young as & member as successor to George E. Allen resigned. Mr. Young is scheduled to take the oath of office Tuesday morning. The twe former officers were found guilty on bribery charges by the special trial board at a trial granted at the request of Senator Byrnes of South Carolina. E Large cement plants are being es- tablished in Ethiopia. THE ELECTRICAL CENTER LIMITED TIME ONLY! 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They begin { life under a different set of condi- tions from those I experienced 50 years ago and it is our part to make evident to them those things that p:olrl‘dg' the real and abiding values of life. Will Attend Conference Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, presi- dent of the National Travelers' Aid Association, and John J. Pelley, president of the Association of American Railroads, willebe among the Washington representatives at the biennial convention of the Travelers' Aid Association opening ‘Wednesday in Cleveland, Ohio. London is breaking ‘records for the number of weddings. Joan Callahan Wins Holy Cross Scholarship Joan Callahan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Callshan, 807 Tewkesbury road N.W., an eighth- grade pupil at Sacred Heart School, won a four-year scholarship at Holy Cross Academy in recent examina~ tions taken by 122 girls from paro- chizl schools of tne District. 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