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Weather Forecast : ‘ Showers tonight and probably tomor- 3 row; slightly warmer tonight; minimum about 50; cooler tomorrow. Tempera- tures today—Highest, 65, at 3 pm.; lowest, 48, at 2 am. From Onif States Weather Bureau report. s Hip i ey o YT T ‘From Press to Home # With.in?ho Hour’ Most people in Washington have The Star delivered to their homes gqvery evening and Sunday uymlng. . Closing New York Markets, Page 20. 88th YEAR. No. 35,051 WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940 —FIFTY PAGES. #+% Norse Poised For Assault On Trondheim Defenders Reported Concentrated at Steinkjar, on Fjord By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, April 18—Re- ports reaching here from the Norwegian frontier said today it was only a question of hours be- fore a Norwegian attack will be started against German positions In the Trondheim district. Swedish newspaper correspondents said the Norwegians were concen- trated at Steinkjar, on the inner part of Trondheim Fjord, and at a rail- road junction connecting with Nam- 80s, about 100 miles farther north on the coast. These réports said it was believed the British had landed at Namsos, which they called the Britons’ best base for sending reinforcements to the Norwegians in the Trondheim area, Five German planes were reported destroyed in British .air raids on German west coast positions yes- terday. Nazis Closer to Sweden. The German invaders of Norway tolled closer to Sweden, who clamped new restrictions on foreigners with- in her territory in hope of main- taining her precarious neutrality. Halden, close to the southern Nor- wegian-Swedish frontier, was cap- tured by the Germans. Other in- vading forces were threatening the Fossum fortifications in the Mysen neighborhood about 50 miles south- east of Oslo. Although the Norwegian military commander of the region, Gen. Erichsen, crossed into Sweden, the Fossum fortifications were still re- plying to German attacks. Norwegian military circles said the fortification line, a row of concrete forts. was equipped to withstand a long siege. 1,200 Germans Hold Halden. Reports from Halden sald a force of 200 Germans first occupied the city and later were reinforced by 1,000 more. Military restrictions immediately were imposed forbid- ding all citizens to leave the region. With war at her doorstep, Sweden barred foreigners from all harbor and railway stations except when hecessary to their travels and from all foctories unless they are em- loyes. Foreigners also were for- idden to use private automobiles or taxis in traveling between towns, the only exception being made for Norwegians, Danes and Finns, who were in Sweden prior to January 1. ‘The Germans strengthened their positions in southern Norway while in the north allied and Norwegian forces battled for control of the Narvik area. Foreign observers in Btockholm were of the opinion that the fighting for Narvik, where the Germans had been pushed 10 miles south of the ore port, was secondary and that Norway's fate would be decided in the south. Communications and highways from the Narvik region southward are poor and it seemed probable the allies would have to land expedition- ary forces elsewhere than at Nar- vik—perhaps Stavanger, Trond- heim, or Bergen—in order to engage the main German units. The Germans were reported in control of the railway eastward from Trondheim to the Swedish frontier. Pocketship Reported Grounded. A Norwegian reaching Sweden from Trondheim today reported the German Pocket Battleship Luetzow, formerly the Deutschland, was ashore in Osjenfjord northeast of ‘Trondheim. The Luetzow, 10,000-ton sistership of the scuttled Admiral Graf Spee, was renamed last October by the Germans, who said the name Deutschland was to be given an- other warship. The newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported a contingent of about 400 Germans, transported in tri-motored bombers, had landed on the ice 6 miles from Namos, 125 miles north of Trondheim and terminus of the railway from the south. The newspaper’s special corres- yondent declared allied landing forces must come quickly if their task is not to be made much more “(Bee STOCKHOLM, Page A-4) Total Submarine War Coming, British Told By the Associated Press. LONDON, April 18—The British Press Association carried a report today that Germany would launch unrestricted submarine warfare *“after May.” A survivor of the torpedoed Brit- ish steamer Stancliffe was quoted as saying that the commander of the attacking German submarine had told those aboard that the Germans would “sink every ship at sight and spare nobody after May.” Powell Junior High On WMAL Today $tudents from Powell Junior High School will appear on the radio today to explain the value d availability of library facil- ies for students of the Wash- ington schools. They will be assisted by the girls’ glee olub and student artists, The broad- case will be heard over WMAL at 4 p.m, Thi nother in a series of public service features spon. sored by The Star with the co- operation of the Board of Edu- eation and the National Broad- easting Co. Will Not Accept ‘Protection’ For Indies, Dutch Tell Tokio Hull Statement Conforms to Own Wishes For Islands, Japanese Declare By the Associated Press. THE HAGUE, April 18—The Netherlands government has in- formed Japan that it neither will ask any foreign government to pro- tect the Netherlands Indies in case the war should spread to Holland nor accept an offer of protection if it 1s made, it was announced today. Meanwhile the Dutch received with guarded satisfactfon the state- ment by United States Secretary of Btate Hull, insisting that “the in- terests of many countries” would be affected by any attempt to inter- vene in the affairs of the Indies. There was no official comment on Mr. Hull’s statement. The Secretary’s statement was re- ceived too late for most of the morning newspapers. The alter- noon papers, apparently on inspired advice, gave it no extraordinary prominence. Talks Held With Japan. The official announcement on the diplomatic conversations with Japan said: “In view of the published reports regarding conversations of Japanese Foreign Minister Arita with the Netherlands Minister at Tokio (Gen. Britain Reassures Balkans Against Allied Menace Land, Sea and Air Forces Battle to Break Nazi Hold on Norway By the Assoctated Press. LONDON, April 18.—Prime Min- ister Chamberlain today gave as- surances against any allied menace to Southeastern European nations while in the north Britain’s forces by land, sea and air fought to break Germany's hold on Norway. Following a hint to non-belligerent Italy by Minister of Economic War- fare Ronald H. Cross to watch her step and to Sweden that she might be the next target of Nazi lightning, Mr. Chamberlain sought to calm some of the war worries of South- eastern Europe, where Britain is launching an economic offensive. He told the House of Commons that British envoys to Southeastern European nations had left or were leas for their posts after some niné days of London conferences on “outstanding problems” there. “The purpose of the discussions,” he said, “has been in accordance with the settled policy of his maje esty’s government—the preservation of peace and promotion of security in the Balkans and the Danubian countries. “No one of these States * * * has any cause to fear that the allies or their forces will ever threaten their independence or integrity.” Two Raids on Stavanger. In the North, the Air Ministry an- nounced two air raids on Stavanger, German-occupied Norwegian port, yesterday, and during the night in a day of extended aerial operations in which Stavanger also was bom- barded by British warships. German airplanes were destroyed on the ground and in the air and runways were struck with bombs, the British announced, while in overwater operations a German $ub- marine_was hit and a supply ship attacked. Official silence continued on the activities and locations of the British forces in Norway, but it was pointed out that the first moves likely would sever German communication lines. The press reiterated speed was of the utmost importance in giving ef- fective aid to Norway both to halt the German conquest and to in- fluence Italy. Import Limitation Asked. As one result of the German thrust into Scandinavia, a spokes- man for the Ministry of Economic Warfare told the House of Commons Britain is communicating with “sev- eral neutral countries” regarding “limitation of their imports and stocks of certain commodities.” He said the need for such action (See LONDON, Page A-32) Hot News! Intelligent . Americans have increasingly keen appetites for war news served hot off the wires. 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Pabst), the Netherlands gov- ernment has made known to the Japanese government that she does not intend to ask any foreign coun- try—in case the Netherlands in Europe becomes involved in war, which is to be hoped against—for protection of the Netherlands East Indies, nor will she accept such an offer if it is made. “The observation also was con- veyed that the government of the East Indies'in the supposed case (of war) will be able in reality as well as by right to secure the government in these possessions and to maintain order to the full extent.” Gen. Pabst ‘called on Foreign Minister Arita today. The official statement was given out here for publication in connec- tion with a Domei (Japanese news agency) ‘dispatch from Tokio report- ing that Foreign Minister van Klef- fens, on April 18 at the Hague, had given Itaro Ishii, the Japanese min- ister, similar assurance that the Netherlands was determined to re- fuse any protection or intervention in the Indies. . Secretary Hull's declaration that (See INDIES, Page A-3) Dutch Clamp Down On Nazis fo Throtfle Traiforous Moves Suppress Activities Of Party in Effort To Keep Neutrality The writer of the following ar- ticle is @ British quthor and pub- licist who has spent many years in Germany and who, since the beginning of the European war, has been representing British newspapers in Amsterdam. By VICTOR BODKER. AMSTERDAM, April 18—NANA. By Radio).—The reported arrest in Holland of some Dutch Nazi leaders has focused attention on how the Netherlands is dealing with the problem of Qerman sympathizers 8nd the steps being taken to defend Holland’s integrity and rleutrality. If Adolf Hitler should ever order his legions to invade Holland, his troops would certainly get a most unpleasant reception from the Duteh Army and the vast msjority of Dutch people, who have no ng whatever for Hitlerism. But there would be a welcome for German troops mnevertheless—{rom members of the Dutch Nasi party, urider the leadership of Dr. Anton Mussert, the would-be dictator of the Nether- lands. It is estimated there are about 50,000 male and female members of the Dutch National Socialist (Nazi) party and it is against these people that the Dutch government, the other day, uttered its warning about “the peril within” and its threat to suppress ruthlessly any efforts to sabotage or undermine the activities of the state. In 1932 the German bovernment made precisely the same threat toward the Hitler move- ment. Nazi Movement Unpopular. All the information I have been able to gather in Holland about Mussert and his movement has con- vinced me it is not to be taken too seriously, at the present moment at least. The Dutch Nazis are treated contemptuously by the Dutch people as a whole and have little chance, it seems, of doing anything active as long as the army and police are loyal to the existing democratic gov- ernment. The party has to work in secret and so great is its unpopu- larity that the party’s newspaper, the National Dagbladt, only pub- lishes adveftisements under a code number so that indignant Dutch- men are unable to tell whether the shop from which they buy goods is_owned by a Dutch Nazi or not. What Mussert's followers would do if Hitler’s troops should march into Holland one day is a matter for conjecture, but it is safe to say there would be a certain number of traitors who would do all they could to aid the Nazi invaders and put their party interests above those of their country, as was the case in Oslo. There is reason to believe a cer- tain number of Dutch Army officers have Nazi sympathies and that the recent “purge” in the higher ranks of that army, beginning with the commander in chief, Gen. Reynders, was mainly due to Queen Wilhel- mina’s determination to rid the army of all those tainted with Nazism, which she herself abhors. The Dutch police force is also re- (See HOLLAND, Page A-4.) Summary of 'age. | Labor Board etonomist denie ~om- Page. Amusements, Roosevelt Seeks Discretion in Relief Fund Use Asks Power to Spend Full Amount in Eight Months if Needed By JOHN C. HENRY. President Roosevelt asked Con- gress today for a 1941 relief ap- propriation of $975,000,000, with discretionary authority to use the full amount in the first eight months of the coming fiscal year, if necessary. Meanwhile, at a press confeyence, Mr. Roosevelt "indicated he had abandoned hope of getting from Congress the $460,000000 in new taxes requested in January. Mr. Roosevelt's request was sub- mitted in a.letter addressed to Speaker Bankhead and follows two weeks of consideration of the relief problem by a House Appropriations Subcommittee. Yesterday, the President conferred with House leaders on this matter, présumably making his decision known to them at that time. ‘The figure mentioned in his letter today is approximately that given in his budget message of last January, with the significant portion of his present recommendation being the voting of discretion on use of the funds. Mr. Roosevelt asked that this discretion be given either to him or to the Work Projects com- missioner. “I can assure you,” he wrote, “that if this * discretionary authority is provided in the appropriation act, the appropriation will not be ex- pended within the eight months un- less it is absolutely necessary to avold suffering and hardship. “Limited Discretion.” “I would like to make it clear that I am asking only for authority to exercise a limited discretion in the expenditure of the appropriation, and that I am not asking that the principle of apportionment which is written into the current appropri- ation act be abandoned.” By the present supply measure, expenditure of relief funds must be apportioned over a 12-month pe- riod, a plan which was calculated to impose most careful economy in re- lief and eliminate the necessity of making deficiency appropriations. For the present fiscal year, Con- gress made available. for relief about $1,500,000,000. Mr. Roosevelt's budget estimate for next year represented, therefore, a defrease of approxi- mately one-third from the amount currently available. If foreed to be m Over 12 months, the Chief tive sald today, the $975,000,000 would provide an average employ- ment “of only about 1,330,000.” In making known his proposal to- day, Mr. Roosevelt recalled that in his January budget message he had predicated his estimate upon in- dustrial activity as of last December. “I regret to inform you,” he said today, “that the hopes which I en- tertained at that time * * * have not been suficiently realized and that it is therefore, in my judge- ment, now necessary to adopt meas- ures for dedling with the situation which exists today and which may be quite confidently predicted for the next few months.” Difficult to Predict. Asked at his press conference if he had any new opinions on the Pederal debt picture, Mr. Roose- velt said this was about as difficult to see in advance as was the ques- tion of reliet and employment. With his budget figures for both expenditures and income leaving the Federal debt close to its $45,000,- 000,000 limit, the President had sug- gested in January that there might be enacted legislation for an addi- tional $460,000,000 in tax receipts. Today, however, he said that Con- gress may cut his expenditure figure by a total of $200,000,000 while tax re- ceipts may exceed estimates by an- other $200,000,000. With this hope, he said that the Federal debt might be kept within its statutory bounds without tax legislation. The President pointed out to his conference that all appropriations made this year would not n be spent in the coming 12 months, In this category he mentioned s (Bee RELIEF, Page A-13) Louisiana Tornado Levels 30 Rural Homes By the Associated Press. ALEXANDRIA, La., April 18— About 30 rural houses were demol- ished by a tornado that struck sev- eral small communities 40- miles south of here early today, but no deaths or serious injuries were re- ported. Today's Star munism charge. Pa ] B Washington and Vicinity Norwegians poised for offensive on Trondheim. Page A-1 British planes twice raid Nazi Sta- vanger base. Page A-1 Netherlands bars any “protection” for Indies. Page A-1 Chamberlain reassures Balkans on fears of allied attack. Page A-1 British consolidating positions near Ni s Page A-3 Allied forces in Far East prepare to defend Indies. Page A-3 National Navy considering. 50,000-ton war- ships, Stark declares. Page A-1 Roosevelt asks authority to spend re- J. Edgar Hoover flays un-American bodies before D. A. R. Page A-1 Planning Board picks site 7r Ceves o or Guard Building here, Page B-1 Editorial and Comment This and That. Answers to Questions. Letters to The Star. Miscellany After Dark. Bedtime Story. Cross-Word Pussle, Letter-Out. Winning Contract. Dncle Ray’s Corner. Statistics. Hef funds in 8 months. Page A-1| Vital U. 8. lacks confidence in New Deal, aays Deway. Page A8 § Service Orders. PageB-14 Senator Taft fo Leave Maryland Primary Field fo Dewey Cards Would Be Stacked Against Him by G. O. P. Party Fight, He Says By G. GOULD LINCOLN. Senator Taft of Ohio today an- nounced he would not enter the Maryland Republican presidential preferential primary in opposition to Thomas E. Dewey, New York dis- trict attorney. The Ohio Senator gave as his rea- Son the fact that the heads of the Republican organizations in the State had declared for Mr. Dewey. The cards, he said, would be stacked against him under such circum- stances. Senator Taft's statement follows: “My name will not be entered in the Maryland primary. A very bitter fight 1s going on there between two ! factional organizations of the Re- publican party for control of the party. The Republican party in Maryland is a minority party. The vote in the Republican primary is light and will be controlled by these organizations. “Former- Gov. Nice and Mr. Broening, the bosses of both fac- tions, have declared for Mr. Dewey. The national committeeman, former Senator O. E. Weller, and the State chairman, Mr. David Tilghman, have both urged me to stay out to avoid an intensification of the parti- san contest. “Cards Would Be Stacked.” “Under the circumstances, in a two-week campaign, the cards would be stacked from the beginning, al- though the poll we have taken shows no preponderance of sentiment among the Republican voters of Maryland for Mr. Dewey. “There are 13 primary States. Mr. Dewey has failed to file in 8 of them, Massachusetts, New Hamp- shire, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, South Dakota, Oregon and California. I presume he failed to do so because he found that the Repuolican organization in those States was opposed to him. I shall stay out of Maryland for the same reason. “I had my papers ready to file last Saturday in West Virginia if any other candidate had filed. None did. Mr. Dewey has run his campaign in his own way. I propose to do the same.” The decision of Senator Taft not to enter the Maryland primary means apparently that there will be no open contest between these two candidates for the presidential nomination in primary States. Sena- tor Taft's name was entered in the New Jersey primary, but without his permission, and he later withdrew it. Mr. Dewey will be in that primary as well as in Maryland. The Ohio Senator made it clear he was ready to contest in West Virginia with Mr. Dewey had the New Yorker entered that primary for the delegation to the Republican National Convention. Neither Mr. Dewey or Senator Taft filed in West Virginia. Claim West Virginia Votes. The Taft supporters claim the West Virginia delegation to the na- tional convention, as well as those of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. It is on this nucleus of delegates that the Taft-for-President campaign is' being built. Taft support, it is in- sisted, has gone far beyond the con- fines of these States. Indeed, it is claimed by Taft managers that when the first ballot is taken in the national convention Senator Taft will have as many as 370 votes. This will be & much larger block of delegates than any other candidate will have, they say. The refusal of Senator Taft to Virginia tonight to deliver a speech. Mr. Dewey 1s now on a swing through the West and South, after in Indiana. He is expected Spring Style Show Roosevelt Talks With Farley Left Out Candidates- President Roosevelt told his press conference today he had talked about a lot of things with Post- master General Farley in a luncheon and baseball engagement Tuesday, but that presidential candidates was not one of them. The President said they had dis- cussed the question of permanent and temporary chairmen for the Democratic National Convention and other details of the sessions scheduled to begin July 15. A few weeks ago Mr. Farley, who also is Democratic national chair- man, announced he was in the presi- dential race to stay. The White House luncheon engagement Tues- day was the first meeting between Mr. Farley and the President since that announcement without others being present. Mr. Roosevelt said today he plans to make a radio address to the Young Democrats Saturday night from Warm Springs, Ga. His ad- dress, he said, will be short. 50,000-Ton Warships To Match Japan Studied by Navy Pleas Renewed for Air and Submarine Base at Guam BACKGROUND— Navy's request for 25 per cent increase in fleet tonnage trimmed to 11 per cent by House, which approved bill authorizing annual outlay of $557,750,000 for new surface vessels and $99,152,270 for new planes for next sir years. Measure does mnot appropriate funds for such expansion. By the Associated Press. Convinced that Japan is building at least 43,000-ton battleships, Admiral Harold R. Stark said today that the Navy contemplated future construction of superdreadnaughts of 50,000 to 52,000 tons. The chief of naval operations told the Senate,Naval Affairs Committee he believed Japan was building 8 of the large type vessels, but doubted that 12 were now under construction. Earlier, in a statement, the Navy renewed its advocacy of a major air and submarine base at Guam, tiny American Island outpost 1,500 miles from Tokio. A Guam base strong enough to make enemy operations against it & formidable undertaking, the Navy Department said, would tend to “stabilize the political situation in the Far East.” At the same time, the department rejected as “fantastic” any sugges- tion that the United States per- manently station a fleet superior to Japan’s in Far Eastern waters. The idea of a “two ocean” battle force was likewise dismissed. The statements were incorporated in a series of answers to questions propounded by Chairman Walsh of the Senate Naval Committee, which is holding hearings on legislation authorizing an 11 per cent expan- sion in fleet strength. Meanwhile, the Senate took up (See NAVAL, Page A-3) By the Associated Press. OSLO, Norway, April 18—German troops dropped with machine guns by parachute to overwhelm an un- dermanned Norwegian force were the conquerors of Sola airfleld at Stavanger, Norway’s most important airdrome, according to a reliable ac- count of the occupation just dis- stopping to make a fight for Indiana support in the national convention, In the Hoosler State the delegates to the national counvention are picked in State convention, Justice Gordon Better District Court Justice Peyton Gar- closed here. The British have made repeated attacks on the airport since the German of the don, who yesterday was eritically ill heart ailment, was reported by his family to be “definitely improved | fully. today after a good night's rest.” Roosevelt Affirms Hull's Warning on Netherlands Indies. - Will Leave for Georgia Tonight, but Be Prepared For Quick Return (Text of Hull Statement on Page A-8.) By GARNETT D. HORNER. President Roosevelt, preparing to leave tonight for a brief vacation in Warm Springs, Ga., said today he would be ready to return to the Capital at an hour’s notice if things should get worse in connection with wars in other parts of the world. The President coupled this an- nouncement with a new expression of hope that the status quo in the Pacific would be maintained in the interest of peace, as urged by Secre- tary of State Hull in a formal state- ment last night. Mr. Hull made it clear that the United States expects Japan as weil s other nations to keep “hands off” the Netherlands Indies, regardless of developments in the European war. His statement was considered a reply to intimations that Japan might occupy the Dutch colonial empire to “protect” it if the Netherlands should be engulfed in the war. Train to Be Kept in Atlanta. Mr. Roosevelt gravely told re- porters at his press conference he did not know whether the war sit- uation would get worse, but that he realized it might, and so would be available to return to Washington at an hour’s notice. He said his special train would be held in readi- ness at Atlanta throughout his stay at Warm Springs. Remarking that he might as well make this clear now, Mr. Roosevelt recalled that persons who claimed to have better information on world affairs than he did had criticized him for remarking when he left Georgia last spring that he would be back later if war did not break out. In expressing hope that there would be no new disturbances in the Pacific, the President said he be- lieved the statement by Mr. Hull covered that situation. In his statement last night, Secre- tary Hull challenged any Japanese claim to special interests in the Netherlands Indies, vital source of rubber, ¢in and other strategic ma- (S8ee HULL, Page A-2) *‘THREE CENTS." Anfi-American Bodies Scored By F. B. I. Head D. A R. Hears Hoover Attack Agitators Who Would ‘Save’ U. S. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investiga- tion, today charged that moves to discrédit his organization as an “Ogpu, a Gestapo or a na- tional police” emanate directly of indirectly from anti-American bodies who “would disrupt the entire United States.” Mr. Hoover said that last week “or- ders emanating from the Communist party of America demanded. na- tioral and concerted action against the P. B. 1.” In an address before the 49th Continentl Congress of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution in Constitution Hall, Mr. Hoover de- clared that any one charging the F. B. &. with practices of “inhuman uncivilized and un-American” or- ganizations “purveys a malignent falsehood.” Many Labeled Ingrates. “By oral and printed attacks,” the F. B. I. head warned the delegates, “numerous- thinly camoufiaged or- ganizations of questionable back- ground and endeavor have sought to wash away our national founda- tion in an ink-stream of villifica~ tion. It seems inconceivable that in a land dedicated to freedom ® * * there should be so many despicable ingrates. “Many of them come from coun- tries where political murderers have stained their hands with the blood of thousinds, where every decent thing in life has been ravaged, where every man is expected to spy upon his neighbor and betray his best friend, and where the underlying fundamental principle of govern- ment seems that of harassing hu- manity and defying God.” The more than 3500 delegates greeted Mr. Hoover with enthusiastic cheers and hand-clapping as he took his place on the speaker’s platform. Still a Good Outfit. “All T can say,” Mr. Hoover as- serted vigorously, “is that if the F. B. 1. was a good organization when flends like Bruno Richard Hauptman, John Dillinger, Alvin Karpis and hundreds of other blood- crazed gangsters roamed America, then it is still good today when personalities like Earl Browder, Fritz Kuhn and other representatives of un-American organizations, no mat- ter under what name they masquer= ade, seek to lead you by lies, smoke= screens and innuendos into teache erous trials.” Mr. Hoover’s address was broad- cast over a Nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Co. “The representative of gangster governments finds a fertile fied for his recruits in the underworld,” Mr. Hoover explained, pointing to a con- nection between the “professional destructionists and the professional criminal.” Decrying the presence in this country of “international pirates masquerading as self-ap- pointed saviors,” Mr. Hoover added: “Why don't these perverted busy- bodies go back and save the coun=- tries which espouse their views?” Pointing to the recent union of “allegedly opposing factions” in European politics, Mr. Hoover said: “These newly allied destructionists stand for the complete overthrow of all American institutions.” Agitators Among Share-Croppers. Of the propaganda of these “de- structionists,” Mr. Hoover declared: “To these scoundrels the sanctity of the American home is meaning~ less. They dream of the day when every American school shall become their own training ground. They are under instructions to permeate our Army and Navy with proponents of revolution. Agitators have worked among farmers, particularly share- croppers, painting rosy pictures of the day when skies shall be red with lle de France Reporfed Ready for Troop Duty By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 18—A report from the British Broadcasting Co. said today that the French liner Ile de France, now in New York, “would soon follow the Queen Mary into service.” The broadcast was picked up in New York by the National Broad- casting Co. The Queen Mary sailed from New York March 21, one day after the Mauretania left the port where both ships had been tied up since the out- break of the war. The vessels were believed destined for transport serv- ice. The Mauretania passed through the Panama Canal and refueled at Honolulu, apparéntly bound for Australia. The Queen Mary has not been reported since sailing. Nazi Planes Dropped Gunners To Take Stavanger Airport the fleld and, as three Norwegian machine guns opened fire, dropped & number of bombs. ‘The bombs caused only insignifi- cant damage, but the bombers es- caped the Norwegian bullets, and suddenly German soldiers tumbled from the planes to land by para- chute. It was estimated that 120 men in all were dropped, each equipped with a machine gun. ‘The Norwegian machine gunners continued firing until their machine guns jammed and then took refuge in a dugout, where they carried on the battle with rifies and pistols. As the commander realized the One Norwegian ed—struck in the foot by a German hand grenade Nothing was sald of any German casualties. 12 s the flames of destruction, and that which has belonged to others shall change hands—simply for the taking.” Mr. Hoover asked the delegates to remember that “since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is in the first line of national defense against the saboteur, the espionage agent and the revolutionist, it also is among the first to bear the brunt of attack.” 2 “You have noticed that I have not designated all of our ism enemies by name,” Mr. Hoover pointed out. “There is a good reason: It is a part of present-day strategy among these different assailants of liberty to claim all good things for them- selves and all bad things for the organization down the street, thus creating confusion while they attack our institutions.” Enemles of Civil Rights. Mr. Hoover admonished the dele- gates to look into the background and study the “so-called panaceas™ of the “miserable type of destruc- tionists who seek to be our self- appointed savior.” He said they would find “ruth- lessness, the destruction of civil rights, destruction of happiness, de- struction of freedom and the de- struction of life, often in such great numbers that they beggar statistics. From a land of starvation, hatred, envy, greed, brutality and mass mur- der they come fawning to us with their lethal drugs.” The delegates earlier, by rising vote, expressed forma! approval of a resolution now before Congress which would prohibit recognition on election ballots of any political party advocating the overthrow of the United States Government by force. Would Bar Communists. Discussing the D. A. R. resolution, presented by Miss Emeline A Street, chairman of the Resolutions Com« mittee, Miss Janet Richards, charter speaker’s platform: “We should do all in our power to (See D. A. R., Page A-4)