Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1940, Page 7

Federal Operation Of Railways in Event Of War Discounted Willard and Johnson State Views at Union Station Ceremony A railroad president and an As- sistant Secretary of War agreed to- day there will be no Government operation of railroads in the event of the United States going to war. Speaking at the dedication of a bronze tablet at Union Station com- memorating the co-operation of American railroads with the Gov- ernment and the services of the Railroad War Board in 1917, Daniel ‘Willard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, declared: “I do not hestitate to say that with the railroads as now organized and with the War and Navy Depart- ments also organized as they now are to deal promptly and under- standingly with the difficulties cer- tain to arise in time of war, there need be no feeling of concern about the ability of the railroads under private ownership and management, with the co-operation of the Gov- ernment, to handle promptly and effectively in the future any trans- portation situation with which they may be confronted.” Johnson Backs Views. “I thoroughly agree with Mr. Wil- lard,” replied Assistant Secretary of ‘War Johnson, adding *“You have created and perfected an organiza- tion to meet the demands of war under private individual manage- ment.” Some 300 Government officials. ranking Army and Navy officers, in- dustrial and agricultural leaders and railroad executives attended the dedication ceremony at a luncheon at the station. ‘The plague was unveiled by Mr. Willard, a surviving member of the war-time board, and Miss Barbara Baird, eldest granddaughter of Fair- fax Harrison, who was chairman of the board. The plaque will be permanently | placed on an interior wall of the station. Mr. Willard described the volun- tary setting up of the War Board in April, 1917, five days after the United States declared war at a meeting of 50 executives of Class I roads at the Willard Hotel. The board co-ordi- nated all rail activity in the country until the roads were taken over in December of 1917. He quoted from | & report prepared for the Senate | Committee on Interstate Commerce | that during 1917 the increase in ton | miles handled by the railroad was | greater than the total ton miles in the last year of record handled by | all the railro: of Canada, Great | Britain, Germany, Russia, France and Austria combined. Btresses ‘Patriotic Accomplishment.’ | Mr. Willard said it seemed to him | “highly appropriate” that the me- | morial should be placed in the shad- ow of the Capitol not only to com- memorate the work of the five mem- MIAMI.—SEEKS DIVORCE— Marie Phillips Curley, wife of Paul Gerard Curley, son of the former Governor of Massa- chusetts, shown at her home here after filing divorce pro- ceedings against her husband. She asks $150 a week alimony. She says her husband was =intemperate and had an un- governable temper. —Wide World Photo. Representative May of Kentucky, Jesse H. Jones, administrator of the Federal Loan Agency; Joseph B. Eastman, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission; Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, member of the War In- dustries Board; Emil Schram, chair- man of the Reconstruction Finance Corp.; John M. Carmody, adminis- trator of the Federal Works Agency; Admiral Emory 8. Land, chairman of the Maritime Commission; Otto S. Beyer, chairman of the National Mediation Board; James S. Hood, president of the American Short Line Railroad Association, and Mur- ray W. Latimer, chairman of the Railroad Retirement Board. Jackson and Harriman Will Address Institute The Democratic National Com- mittee announced today Attorney General Robert H. Jackson and Henry I. Harriman, former presi- dent of the United States Chamber of Commerce, will discuss business and Government co-operation at the forum session of the National Institute of Government. The discussion will be held Fri- THE EVENING BSTAR,” WABHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1940, Willkie Disagrees With Roosevelt's Ideas of 'Liberal’ Tells Publishers Entire Country Suffers From Curbs on Business BY the Associated Press. NEW YORK, April 26.—Utilities Magnate Wendell L. Willkie dis- agrees with what he says is Presi- dent Roosevelt’s definition of a “liberal.” Addressing members of the Amer- ican Newspaper Publishers’ Associ- ation last night, the Commonwealth & Southern Corp. president said Mr. Roosevelt had raised the issue of “liberalism” in a recent speech. “From his viewpoint,” said Mr. Willkie, who is considered a pos- sible dark horse candidate for the Republican presidential nomina- tion, “he made the issue very simple: “All New Dealers are liberal; all others are reactionary.” Discussing “liberalism” as an issue .of the coming presidential campaign, Mr. Willkie declared that all definitions of the word must include: “The liberal is a man who be- lieves in freedom for himself and for other people.” The utilities leader and William S. Knudsen, president of General Motors Corp., joined in a charge that the New Deal has unjustly punished business to the detriment of the whole country. Confidence Gone, He Says. Mr. Willkie asserted that the Government has criticized business “for being unable to do what the Government prevents it from doing.” He said the New Deal has “drained the vitality and confi- dence” from industry and has turned to “denounce it for its fail- ure to recover and make wild charges concerning a ‘strike’ of capital.” Urging the Government to relax “restrictive” processes he said were stifling industry, he added that the three basic factors of economic en- terprise, the inventor, the investor and the administrator, “can provide -jobs enough and products enough to restore prosperity to America.” Mr. Knudsen declared that “this idea of having everybody get so poor so nobody can get rich is not going to work in the long run” and con- tended that “business needs a lot of encouragement.” S Calling for co-operation among industry, labor and Government, he said business should receive a “reas- onable amount of credit” for putting | people to work ‘“rather than con- | stant scolding because we are not | doing enough for those working.” Norse Minister Talks. Wilhelm Munthe de Morgen- stierne, Norwegian Minister to the German invasion of Norway was as surprising as if “the Martian of Mr. Orson Welles had suddenly de- scended upon us.” The Minister, referring to Mr. United States, said last night the| HEADS DRIVE—A. F. E. Horn, who was named chairman of the National Symphony Or- chestra’s 10th annual sustain- ing fund campaign. The drive will be made from May 6 to 16 to raise the minimum goal of $107,600 necessary to main- tain the orchestra next season. ° —Harris-Ewing Photo. genstierne said, “my information ‘is that the reports of treason among our own people have been vastly ex- aggerated. These reports to a large extent were broadcast by the enemy as part of his well-organized propa- ganda, with the purpose to break our morale and shake the confidence of our friends.” He acknowledged that “there was a lot of sabotage and faked orders rand trickery of all kinds, but it was perpetrated by the invaders, hardly by the Norwegians.” Envoy fo Soviet to Leave For Visit to U. . By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, April 26. — United States Ambassador Laurence A. Steinhardt is leaving for the United States Sunday on a leave of ab- sence, his first trip home since he assumed his Moscow post last August. Mr. Steinhardt said today he did not know how long he would be gone, but since Mrs, Steinhardt was not accompanying him it was as- sumed the trip would be relatively short. He is going by way of Buch- | arest and is to sail from Genoa on | an undisclosed United States Line | ship. | Although the trip was described | as purely personal, the envoy un- doubtedly will give President Roose- velt and Secretary of State Hull his view of developments in Russia and Europe in recent months. It was known that Mr. Stein- hardt has planned his trip for some | time. Northern Ireland Government has set a maximum price for seed oats. AncHor FeNcES Philosopher Dewey And Federal Officials Laud U. S. Arists Work in Decorating, Public Buildings Cited As Cultural Contribution The bright picture of American art was painted against the dark background of the European war last night as a philosopher joined Government officials in paying tribute to the American artists for their work in decorating Federal buildings. Participating in the half-hour radio program, which was spon- sored by the fine arts section of the Federal Works Agency and the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. were Dr. John Dewey, Columbia University philosopher; Secretary of the Treas- ury Henry Morgenthau, jr.; Under- secretary of State Sumner Welles, Federal Works Administrator John Carmody, Senator La Follette of Wisconsin and Edward Bruce, chiéf of the fine arts section. America’s Duty. “With the single exception of music,” Mr. Welles declared, “art in Europe is a complete blackout. “When others are forced to take up arms rather tha: to create art and music and literature, it be- comes all the more our duty to keep alive the culture of the world. “As other nations have given to us abundantly from the deep wells of their civilization let us hope that we shall do all in our power to pre- pare a gift for them during the days of their unhappiness.” , Dr. Dewey, sounding a similar note, said that the work carried on ‘by American artists is a service to democracy so important that “to starve it or allow it to lapse would be a defeat for democracy as genuine as one taking place on & physical battlefield.” Immortality. Introduced as “this country’s most cultured citizen,” Dr. Dewey told the radio audience that “it is by creation of the intangibles of science and philosophy and especially by those of the arts that countries and communities have won immor- tality for themselves after material wealth has crumbled into dust.” Secretary Morgenthau pointed out that, great as were the public works of the Romans and the Greeks, these were survived by their sculpture and art. He also read a letter addressed to Mrs. Morgenthau from Mrs. KODAK Bargains COLOR FILMS (Columbia Photo Supply 1424 N. Y, Ave. Na. 0619 Lridescents t0o...1n famous Kuppenheimer Gabs Guabardine Suits for Men Roosevelt in which the latter de- clared she had “never wavered” in her belief that a great nation could not fail to utilize the services of its creative talents to the fullest. Mr. Carmody urged the public to see the inside of the Government buildings, as well as the outside, and Senator La Follette declared that he believed support of American artists “should be shared by all, re- gardless of political afliations.” Airline to Initiate New ‘Commuter Service’ Designed as a “commuter service” for the benefit of Washingtonians, & new schedule between Washing- ton and New York, with departure at 7 a.m. daily, will be started Mon- day by American Airlines. The new flight is scheduled to arrive at the new La Guardia Airport, New York, at 8:30 am. Breakfast will be served en route. At present virtually all of the early morning flights from Washe irgton to New York are made by through ai:planes from Californis or Florida and frequently space is lacking for local passengers. New summer schedules, which will g0 into effect Sunday night on the American Airlines system, will re- duce travel time between Washing- ton and Chicago by 27 minutes and between Washington and California by 1 hour and 15 minutes. The new schedules will bring American’s total daily flight mileage to 73,000 miles, an increase of 41.3 per cent over the daily total flown at this time last year. - ~el (@ LET'S GO FELLAS! to_the Do Jo Kaufman SPRING SALE 847 1 and 2 PANTS SUITS Reg. $25 SUITS Reduced to . . _ . Reg. $30 SUITS § and TUXEDOS . . "Reg. $35 SUITS § | day night, May 3, at the Riverside | Stadium. Senator James M. Mead, | Democrat, of New York will also participate, while Felix Morley, edi- tor of the Washington Post, will | represent the viewpoint of the in- dependent voters. Representative | Mary T. Norton of New Jersey will be moderator. The forum is one of a series spon- | sored by the women's division. 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