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Ickes Raps Carter, Says Texan's Goal is Roosevelf Defeat Forecasting Re-election, Cabinet Member Predicts ‘Rush to Pie Counter’ By NELSON SHEPARD. After his blast at the Garner-for- President movement in Texas, in which he forecast President Roose- velt's re-election, Secretary of the Interior Ickes was sitting back today awaiting expected repercussions. His views were addressed to Amon G. Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and one of the principal supporters of Vice President Garner. At noon today there had been no reply from the publisher, but it was hardly to be expected that the Garner supporters in Texas would long remain silent in the face of the barbs contained in Mr. Ickes’ letter. .Copies of the letter were sent to all members of the Texas delegation in Congress. In it Secretary Ickes coupled his prediction of President Roosevelt's success with a stinging declaration that when the time comes his Democratic opponents would be first to “rush to the pie counter.” To Mr. Carter he said: “The move- ment in which you are such a shin- ing light is not for the nomination of any particular man. It is to de- feat President Roosevelt.” His letter was sent to the Texas publisher in response to a critical editorial accusing Secretary Ickes of “carpet-bagging” tactics in connec- tion with his recent visit to the te. “After all,” Mr. Ickes wrote, “the eoming election is not to elect a| President of Texas, but of the United | Btates, of ‘which I am a citizen.” At the outset of his remarks, Mr. Ickes denied he had made a political speech during his Texas visit nor that he had talked privately of pol- itics. He had gone to the State to take part in the celebration of the discovery of the East Texas oil field, but he insisted that he could, with propriety, have discussed the presi- dential situation. Publication of the letter followed vigorous third-term activity by | Roosevelt supporters in Texas, aimed | at shutting off the Garner-for-Presi- dent support in the Texas delegation at the Waco State convention on | May 28, it was claimed in well-in- | formed circles. “If our political institutions are not a sham,” Secretary Ickes’ letter stated, “every citizen has a right. peacefully, to influence the opinion of others if he can. I understand that you (Carter) and your asso- ciates sent ‘carpetbaggers’ into Wis- consin and Illinois prior to the re- cent primaries in those States. If I did not have good authority for this, I would seriously question it, Judging from the election results.” Wisconsin Results Cited. Mr, Ickes pointed out that Presi- dent Roosevelt hac defeated Mr. Garner in Wisconsin by about three to one. Declaring that the Garner-for- President movement in Texas was simply to defeat the President for re-election, the Secretary told the Fort Worth publisher: “You call yourself a Democrat, but if you were, you would be satis- fled to let the people rule. And you would insist that every citizen be given a full chance to declare whom he wants as his candidate. You think of yourself as a sportsman. But if you were, you would grace- fully accept the results when the people have spoken in Wisconsin and Illinois and Nebraska, where people are really allowed to vote as free men. “You prate of loyalty to your party and yet you allow the spokesmen of a small minority in Texas to ac- claim loudly to the world that, while Yyour candidate is able to garner only & handful of votes here and there, he nevertheless has enough to de- feat the President as the Democratic nominee in November.” Then Secretary Ickes concluded: “And when the President shall have been re-elected in November, you and other such ‘leaders’ will be the first to hie you to the pie counter.” Military History Study Material on Exhibit An exhibit of books, manuscripts, maps, illustrations and other m: terial essential to the study of mili- tary history will be seen by the public tonight at the headquarters of the American Military Institute, 8112 Q street N.W. The institute, which includes | many high-ranking Army and Navy officers, both active and retired, as well as many civilians interested in the study of military history, is dedicated “to make possible in the United States the creation of a body of original mnitmy thought comparable to that of “other na- tions,” according to a pamphlet de- scribing its activities. “It attempts nether to formulate military policy nor to devise means of waging or/preventing war. It's purposes are to furnish materials, render helpful criticism and facili- tate the publication of objective studies in any of these directions,” the pamphlet continues. The exhibit is composed of con- tributions from many of its mem- bers and from many governmental agencies. Private organizations in- terested in the subject of military history, such as the Carnegie En- dowment for International Peace, have contributed to the exhibit. Among things being exhibited are several illustrations by H. Charles McBarron, best-known military art- ist in the United States. Chevy Chase Baptist Services Announced At the Chevy Chase Baptist Church tomorrow at 11 am. the Rev. Edward O. Clark will preach on “The Light Has Not Failed.” ‘This message will be in answer to the recent criticism on the Christian church in an article, “The Light That Has Failed,” appearing in a magazine. Young people and teachers will meet at 5 p.m. for a teacher training course, entitled, “Learning to Teach Religion,” under the leadership of the pastor. Tea will be served. At 8 pm. the pastor’s topic will be “The Census in Bible Times and Today.” ‘The annual church meeting and banquet will be held Thursday at 6:30 pm. Officers will be elected. \ | whom I have worked shoulder-to- The Muryffip& Bruce Predicts Victory, Counting On Baltimore By WILL P. KENNEDY, Star Btaff Correspondent. BALTIMORE, April 27.—Follow= ing a conference with his chief ad- visers, National Committeeman Howard Bruce today stated he is confident he will be the next Sen- ator. He said he is counting on receiving the decisive votes in Baltimore, where he has been in business 40 years. Saying_he despaired of inducing Senator Radcliffe to debate the im- portant issues of this campaign, Mr. Bruce last night in a radio address and at eight rallies said that during the closing week of the campaign he would discuss the work before the next Maryland Senator. Specifically he urged that the great bulk of those on W. P. A. and similar em« ployment and on relief must be given places in private industrial enterprises. Mr. Bruce said: “After speaking at rallies in practically every section of Balti- more, and holding conferences with hundreds of persons with intimate knowledge of local conditions, I frankly state that I exepect to win the nomination on May 6 and the general election, and that the de-|" ciding votes in the primary will be garnered for me by the people with shoulder for nearly 40 years. These are the people who know me best, and that is a sufficient answer to opponents who have endeavored in this campaign to besmirch my character and standing: Extremely Gratifying. “It is extremely gratifying to me to find this condition in what has really been my home city, the scene of my industrial and business | efforts. In this city I have estab- lished many industrial plants and business _enterprises, which have | given employment to hungreds of | thousands of workers. In pay rolls I have distributed upwards of one hundred millions of dollars—practi- cally all of which I gather from all over the United States and abroad, and very little of which came out of the city itself. At all of my local rallies, as well as| throughout the counties, it has| heartened me to have people crowd | around me, reminding me—T used | to work for you. They have told | me ‘we are working to elect you | to the Senate’ They want to see | me elected to protect their interests’| in the United States Senate—and especially to remove the barriers against & man or woman being given a job after reaching the age of 45. I am proud to have their confidence, and will give all I have in me to justify their faith, and to solve their problems.” Bruce's Issue. The real issue of the campaign, according to Mr. Bruce, is adequate and competent representation in the | Senate. He reiterated his assertion that Senator Radcliffe “lacks a basic political philosophy and personal conviction on the major issues be- fore the country.” In his speech, Mr. Bruce discussed unemployment, frozen assets, idle credit, neutrality, anti-alien legislation, social security, the Wagner Labor Relations Act and the farm problem. On the Republican side, the forces | backing former Gov. Nice came up with a new strategic move, formation of a Baltimore City com- mittee working in Mr. Nice's behalf. Organizers said the group was formed because the Organization Committee in the city is controlled by forces supporting former Mayor William F. Broening. Mr. Nice's rival for the Republican senatorial nomination, Emil Budnitz, an at- torney, was named chairman. Lutherans o Hear Talk By Colorado Senator Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado will address the 70th an- nual convention of the New York Conference, Evangelical Lutheran Synod, at a dinner session at the Augustana Lutheran Church to- night. His subejct will ‘be “The Church, Democracy’s Safeguard.” The 250 pastors and lay delegates attending the conference yesterday formulated plans for a campaign to raise funds to aid needy persons in Scandinavia. Pasters will launch the drive on their return to parishes in the confemence territory—New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Maryland and the District of Columbia. The conference, which has 23,000 members, is one of the largest of the 13 in the United States. In concluding meetings tomor- row, the conference will hear brief Sunday school addresses by the Rev. Thure Holmer of Dubois, Pa., and the Rev. Edwin C. Carlon of Titusville, Pa. The Rev. Dr. E. E. Ryden of Rock Island, Ill,, will speak on “The Power of Prayer” at the 11 am service. Dr. Ryden is editor in chief of the Lutheran Companion, official organ of the synod, and president of the American Lutheran Conference. The final general assembly at 3:30 p.am. tomorrow will be under auspi- ces of the Luther League of the New York Conference. The confer- ence opened Wednesday. Son of_Edgar Wallace Weds U. S. Girl in Rome By the Associated Press. ROME, April 27.—Wydoline Van Dyke Jones of Columbus, Ohio, and Bryan Wallace, son of the late Ed- gar Wallace, author, were married in a civil ceremony at the Municipal Building on Capitol Hill at noon today. Witnesses at the wedding, which ended a six-month effort by the pair to overcome war-time restric- tions which had kept them on op- posite sides of the Atlantic, were Marchese Gaetanl Parente and Duke Paul de la Tour Corio. Guests at the ceremony included Prince Alvaro d'Orléans et Bour- bonne and Count and Countess Savilll, War Mothers’ Services American War Mothers will hold their sixteenth annual Mother’s Day services at 2:30 pm., May 13, in the amphitheater at Arlington National | the last State Assembly had before the| Cemetery. The group will place a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier following the services. . THE EVENING ' STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, SATURDAY, Campaign Radcliffe Charges Bruce Bungled Legislation By JACK ALLEN, 8tar Staff Correspondent. ANNAPOLIS, April 27—Senator Radcliffe swung into Southern Maryland today for a flying cam- paign trip through three counties, leaving an audience on his native Eastern Shore to digest an attack upon Howard Bruce's record as a “main power” behind the State Legislature. Senator Radcliffe declared his opponent’s own statements indicate “ft would not augur happily for the future of Maryland if this sort of man is named to represent it in ‘Washington.” He came here this morning for the dedication of the Gov. Ritchie memorial highway. He was to attend a luncheon given by the United Democratic Women's Clubs of Southern Mary- land at Capitol Heights, in Prince Georges County, and then enter Calvert County to meet constituents this afternoon and speak at Prince Frederick and North Beach tonight. The junior. Maryland Senator, in- cidentally, was to rub elbows with Mr. Bruce at the highway dedica- tion and luncheon, for his rival also was to be a guest at those func- tions. Speaks at Easton. Senator Radcliffe’s attack upon Mr. Bruce's record as a legislative adviser was made before a large and enthusiastic crowd of support- ers in the National Guard armory at Easton last night. He said that while Mr. Bruce rep- resents himself as a backer of the move to provide employment for men over 45 years of age, the latter, by his own admission, was unaware it bills that would have aided this group. He said that since Mr. Bruce didn't know about those measures, “it follows that the State income tax law is the only existing example of his legislative handiwork.” Hits Income Tax. “I am sure,” he stated, “the people of Maryland do not want & Senator who, by his actions, has proved he very probably would fail to know about what was going on, or else would sponsor bad legislation like that income tax law.” Senator Radcliffe’s campaigning yesterday was carried on in Talbot County, just across the Choptank | River from Dorchester County,| where he was born. His ancestors helped settle Talbot County in 1681. “Deal” Question Raised. The possibility of a deal by which | Mr. Bruce, should he be elected to | the Senate, would resign mnear the| close of his term in order that Gov. O’Conor might be appointed, thus obtaining the campaign advantage which accrues to the incumbent, was raised by another speaker. Philemon B. Coulter, former as- sistant State’s attorney for Balti- more city, explained that in the November general election voters would pass upon an amendment which would prohibit the Governor from succeeding himself. “What is to become of him if the amendment carries?” he asked. “He presumably does not want to be Mayor of Baltimore, there is no presidential election until 1942, nor will there be a senatorial campaign until Senator Tydings’ term expires | in 1942, | “But should our Senator elected | this November resign, our law em- powers the Governor to issue an ap- pointment to fill the office of the Senator, until the next election.” Workers’ Alliance Pickets| District W. P. A. Offices The District Workers’ Alliance to- } day put a picket line in front of | District W. P. A. headquarters, 460 | C street N.W,, in protest against lay- | offs from the Washington works pro- gram and against what the alliance considers a W. P A, “refusal” to deal with its leaders. Philip Bonosky is the chief of the ‘Washington branch of the alliance. Paul Edwards, District W. P, A. administrator, said he was unwilling to meet with the alliance wholly on the alliance’s terms—that the W. P. | A. and the alliance hold a weekly meeting at the alliance representa- tives’ convenience. He said that on Thursday the alliance asked for a meeting today. Mr. Edwards re- quested the submission of an agenda of grievances. The agenda was sub- mitted ‘at 4:30 p.m. yesterday, too late, in Mr. Edwards’ opinion, to be used as a basis of a meeting today. The District W. P. A. has cut its rolls by about 1,000 during the last five weeks as part of the national W. P. A. reduction drive. The rolls now have about 10,800 workers. New Suspect Is Held In St. John Slaying A 54-year-old Government engi- neer was held today as a suspect in the hammer-slaying of Robert Lee St. John, found mortally wounded Tuesday aboard his de- crepit 48-foot power boat, Tillicum, in Kingman’s Lake, just below Ben- ning Bridge. Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, chief of detectives, said the engineer was arrested last night by the homi- cide squad. ‘At the time St. John was found police said they had been informed he had quarreled frequent-"| ly with another white man living in the vicinity. Two Negroes and three white men, held as suspects, will be released, Inspector Thompson said. School Ground Beauty Program Seén Success Continued co-operation of civic organizations with the Committee on Beautification of School Grounds may carry the committee’s program to & successtul conclusion, Ernest H. Pullman, secretary of the commit- tee, stated last night in a radio address over Station WMAL. Mr. Pullman said it should not be & difficult task to beautify the grounds of the 190 public schools and lbraries in Washington, Boehne to Be Speaker Representative Boehne of Indiana will speak at the annual initiation banquet of the Oliver Wendell Holmes (Thets) Chapter of Sigma Nu Phi, national law fraternity, to be held at 7 o'clock tonight in the Hotel Continental. y (N.L.R.B. brderfi‘kzhiring | Telephone Co. of 17-Month Strike Is Ended in Chicago - 115 Workers to Return To Jobs; Election to Be Held in Six Months By the Associated Press. s CHICAGO, April 27—A signed agreement brought to an end last night the Chicago Newspaper Guild’s 17-month strike against Chi- cago Hearst newspapers. The agreement covers guild mem- bers in the editorial and commercial departments of the Chicago Herald American. i When the strike began December 5, 1938, it involved the Chicago Eve- ning American and the Chicago Herald and Examiner, a morning publication. Last August the papers were merged, with publication con- fined to the evening field. Under the agreement 115 strikers will return to their jobs Monday. In lieu of jobs, settlement pay will be given 52 others. The guild said this would total $24,000. In addition, the agreement es- tablished a scale of minimum wages, ranging up to $60 a week in the editorial department, and provided for a 40-hour week, severance pay, vacations, overtime and sick leave. It also created a board to settle future grievances. An election to determine the col- lective bargaining agent for “white- collar” employes in the editorial and commercial departments will be conducted within six months. At present some employes are represented by two A. F. L. unions, the Editorial Association and the Newspaper Commercial Associates. The guild is a unit of the American Newspaper Guild and affiliated with the C. I. O. The guild contended the strike was precipitated by violation of a contract on the part of the man- agement, This the management denied. During the strike various com- plaints were filed in the courts and with the National Labor Relations Board. The agreement provided that all legal actions growing out of the strike be dropped. 0f 3 C. I. 0. Radio Men By the Associated Press. Three Boston fishing companies | entangled in labor union rivalries were ordered by the National Labor Relations Board yesterday to rehire three C. I. O. radio operators found to have been discharged after A. F. L. trawler crews refused to sail with | them, William M. Leiserson, member of the three-man board, dissented from | the decision on the ground that the A.P. L. fishermen were “within their legal rights” in refusing to work with radiomen belonging to C.I. O.’s fimencan Communications Associa- tion. The case was based on complaints that the Cape Cod Trawling Corp., the Massachusetts Trawling Co. and the Booth Fisheries discharged J. Irving McIntyre, Jacob Fishbein and Eliot V. Matthews under “pressure” of A. P. L. trawler crews. The board majority, Chairman J. Warren Madden and Edwin S. Smith, ruled that, by discharging the men, the companies discouraged membership in the C. I. O. union and encouraged membership in the A. F. L. organization in violation of the Wagner Act. Walter Clarkson Honored | By Friends at Dinner | * Walter B. Clarkson, for 10 years vice president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. and a direc- | tor of the Chesapeake & Potomac Virginia, who 2 will retire from active service on July 1, was? honored last night by friends and associates at an informal din- ner in the May- flower Hotel. Mr. Clarkson bhegan work for the Bell System in 1897, when he joined the Ches- apeake & Poto- mac Telephone = Mr. Clarkson, Co. in Washington. He served here in various capacities until 1908 when he became associated with the Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania. Subsequently, Mr. Clarkson re- turned to Washington as general commercial manager of the Chesa- peake & Potomac Telephone Cos. In 1928 he was made assistant to the president and in 1930 was ap- pointed vice president of these com- panies and & member of the Board of Directors of the C. & P. of Vir- ginia. Mr. Clarkson, who was born in Haymarket, Va., attended William and Mary College and received an LL. B. from George Washington University in 1889 and an LL. M. from the National University in the following year. He was admitted to the local bar in 1900. Long a prominent leader in civi® affairs, Mr. Clarkson frequently has been associated with the activities of the Community Chest and now is president of the National Cathedral Association and the Travelers' Aid Society of Washington. He also is a vice president of the University Club. Crowds Expected fo See Cherry Trees Tomorrow Given a tomorrow like today, Potomac Park will see & near-record crowd of spring-minded automobile drivers down to view the double- blossom cherry trees, which will be at the height of their splendor. The Office of National Capital Parks said today no extensive traffic arrangements had been made along Riverside drive in West Potomac Park and around Hains Point to facilitate those coming to see the display. Parking will continue to be permitted along one side of the dgive, it was said, but if things get Jammed park police will “keep them Five extra police are to be on duty around Hains Point and along Riverside drive to the Lincoln Memorial fl Allies Pledge Steps To Lessen ‘Impact’ On American Trade Announcement Ignores Dispute Over Censorship Of U. S. Mails By GARNETT D. HORNER. The United States today had British and Prench pledges to les” sen in “every practicable way” the impact on American commerce of the allied economic warfare against Germany and to return to liberal trade policies “at the earliest pos- sible moment.” ‘The promises were announced by the State Department last night in a statement summarizing the re- sults of conversations between American officials and two allied economic experts who came here March 6 to help the British and French Ambassadors ease the ten- sion over interferences with United States trade. This Government made it clear, the statement emphasized, that in discussing steps to mitigate the in- convenience to Ameriean interests in some cases it still reserved “all of its rights under international law and is not to be understood as ac- cepting any principle of interfer- ence with bona fide neutral trade.” The allied experts taking part in the conversations were Frank Ash- ton-Gwatkin, adviser to the British Ministry of Economic Warfare, and Prof. Chatles Rist, former deputy governor of the Bank of France and now economic adviser to the French Ministry of Blockade. Mail Dispute Ignored. ‘Their promises, couched mostly in general terms, dealt principally with problems arising from the allied blockade of German exports and restriction on imports of American agricultural products. The an- nouncement on conclusion of the talks ignored the dispute over cen- sorship of American mails, against which this Government has pro- tested. In general, the allied representa- | tives declared that their govern- | ments “desire to diminish the in- conveniences caused to neutral trade and interests in every practicable way so long as this does not lessen the effect of the contraband con- trol in all its branches which the United Kingdom and France con- sider an absolutely necessary part of the war.* * *” More specifically, they indicated | exemptions would be made in the blockade of German exports to en- able American importers to obtain | some goods impossible to buy outside of Germany, and promised to main- tain purchases of American agri- cultural products “at as high a level as s compatible with the circum- stances in which they (the allies) f are placed.” Restrictions Held Temporary. The allied trade restrictions were described as “of an entirely tempo- rary character,” with promises that “at the earliest possible moment the French and British governments would return to liberal commercial policies based on the principle of the progressive reduction of trade barriers and to world trade con- ducted on a multilateral basis” in accord with Secretary of State Hull's trade agreements program. In regard to the blockade of Ger- | man exports, the statement said, the | allled representatives stated that they realized these measures “had created hard cases” and promised re-examination of applications of American importers for exemptions which had been turned down. French and British consular officers will receive future applications for exemption “in respect of categories of goods which afford matter for special consideration and are unob- tainable elsewhere than in Ger- many,” they added. This refers to optical and precision equipment particularly. Discussions concerning allied pur- chases of American agricultural products, curtailed since the war in order to conserve foreign exchange for war materials, will be continued in Washington, London and Paris, it was said. Mr. Ashton-Gwatkin and Mr. Rist | pointed out here total exports from | this country to Great Britain and| France are increasing “and that in consequence products essential to| the conduct of the war must neces- sarily be given preference * * in the matter of foreign exchange and shipping.” New Theorems Presented To Mathematical Society New mathematical theorems de- veloped by a Chinese scholar amid the distractions of war at the na- tional university in Yunnan and sent to the United States by a round-about way through French- Indo China were presented before the annual meeting of the American Mathematical Society at George Washington University yesterday. These theorems, the work of Dr. L. K. Hua, were read to the mathe- maticians by Prof. Hermann Weyl, famous German authority on rela- tivity, who is now at Princeton. One of Dr. Hua’s new theorems calculates the number of ways of dividing a whole number into un- equal parts. For example, the num- ber five can be divided in two ways— four plus one or three plus two. For larger numbers many more types of subdivisions are possible. Dr. Hua obtained a general formula for the number of ways this can be done with any number. New theories of integral equations were described by Dr. A. G. Do- minguez, Argentine mathematician. A total of 82 papers was scheduled to be presented. Takoma Presbyterian Calendar Is Arranged The Rev. R. Paul Schearrer will preach at 11 am. tomorrow in the Takoma Park Presbyterian Church on “On Being Aware of Our Ally” and at 8 p.m. on “How to Study the Bible.” This will be the monthly Bible study night. The interdenominational May luncheon will also be held Thursday in the Review and Herald Cafeteria. ‘The senior high C. E. Soclety will have a party Friday evening at the home of Carol Pierce, 504 Aspen street. The Young People’s C. E. Society will have a picnic supper Saturday. The young people are asked to assemble at the church at 6 o'clock. \ APRIL 27, 1940. Roros after that town had been Storen (B). a stand. NORWEGIANS FLEE INTO SWEDEN—Hundreds of Norwegian soldiers were fleeing across the Swedish border (A) east of driving through the Glomma River Valley. Between Otta and Ringebu (C) a second German column was reported engaged in a bitter head-on battle with British troops dispatched from Heavy fighting also was reported 35 miles south- west of Lillehammer (D), where Norwegian forces were making Solid lines mark German drives and broken lines indicated Norwegian-allied drives. captured by a German column —A. P. Wirephoto. St. Lawrence Seaway | Proposal Condemned As "Ruinous’ Frontier Planning Board Issues Report After Five Months’ Survey By the Associated Press. BUFFALO, N. Y. April 27.—The Niagara Prontier Planning Board describes the proposed St. Lawrnece seaway as “generally ruinous to American commerce and industry, labor and capital.” That was a general conclusion set out by the board in an 140-page report of a five-months’ survey of the project which “conclusively demonstrates the proposed develop- | ment, considered in its entirely as (an undertaking which includes navigation as well as power works, | to be unsound.” “The seaway would be so generally ruinous to American commerce and industry, labor and capital, that its Naiton-wide deleterious effects would far exceed whatever claimed | advantages might redound to certain special interests from the waterway or to New York State and the Province of Ontario from the power | plan,” the report said. Copy Going to Roosevelt. Copies of the report, Chairman | Chauncey J. Hamlin said, would be cabinet, all members of Congress, | State Governors and Canadian officials. Specific conclusions, contained in the report and claimed to be based on United States Government esti- mates, include: A minimum total cost of $1,120,- 588.000; loss of $109,647,000 to Ame | fcan labor, transportation and in- dustry; possible maximum saving to the farmer of 3 cents a bushel, export grain, which would be ab- sorbed by the foreign purchaser and vessel owner. Subsidy Seen. Foreign tramp steamers with al- most exclusive use of the seaway, because of shallow drafts; responsi- bility for defense might endanger relations with Canada; subsidization | by United States of Canadian power to extent of $48,860,000; adequate | power potentialities exist in New York and Eastern Canada; and neither New York City nor Western New York is a practical market for St. Lawrence power. The Planning Board, comprising city and county officials in Erie and Niagara Counties, consistently has opposed the project. Randolph Plans Action On Cattle Truck Protests In answer to protests voiced by a delegation representing the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association, Chairman Randolph of the House District Committee planned today to foster a proposed bill to require interstate trucks of more than 3- ton capacity to follow the Bladens- burg road-Third street route. The delegation, headed by Harold J. Clay, president of the association, protested that trucks of chickens and cattle are parked at near Rhode Island avenue and Monroe street N.E. and that the cattle cries awake residents late at night. Similar complaints were investi- gated at the District Building, with- out any effective action being taken, members of the delegation declared. The group included Harry N. Ware, S. H. Casey, W. S. Walton, Forrest M. Manuel, H. E. Spitsbergen and Fred T. Devine. ’Youth Month’ Banquet Is Held at Church “Youth Month” activities of youths of Ninth Street Christian Church were climaxed last night with a banquet. The theme, “Youth Elects Christ,” was carried out at the banquet. Ad- dresses were delivered by Maurice Allen Hughes, whose subject Was | iebr: “Youth Cnmp:l;u for Christ”; Alice Margaret Harvey, Campaigns for Youth,” and Robert Wilfred Keagy, “Youth Elects Christ.” Miss Nellie Mae Jope, daughter of the Rev. Clifford H. Jope, pastor of {sent President Roosevelt and his | | rope, “certain quarters s “Christ | May the church, was chosen as the young person who made the largest con- tribution toward youth leadership in the church during the last year. ’ New Foreign Policy Is Slowly Evolving, Father Walsh Says Old ‘Path to War’ Being Opened, Georgetown Educator Believes The Rev. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, | S. J., vice president of Georgelm;mi University, declared last night “Re- ; sponsible American authorities be- | lieve absolute neutrality is no longer | Methodist Board Fears Government Liquor Monopoly Conference Calls on All Members to Pray For End of War By the Associated Press. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J, April 27, —The Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church advised the Gen- eral Conference today it feared the “growing evils of the present liquor system” would lead to Government manufacture and distribution of al- coholic ‘beverages. “Can you think of a system more sure to corrupt a democratic gov- ernment than that?” the board asked in a report to the conference. “Government alcohol monopoly in the United States would speedily mean, not the control of liquor by the Government, but control of gov~ ernment by liquor. “Monopolization by the Federal Government would mean the largest number of Government employes would be those engaged in some phase of the liquor business. Na- turally, these employes would be en- gaged in a constant effort to put the bottle to the lips of people in order that Government jobs would be preserved and increased * * ¢ Growing Use of Beer Reported. The board reported the consump- tion of beer and wine was growing at “an alarming rate” in the United States, adding that “the suggestion jof the ‘non-intoxicating’ character |of beer and the ‘harmlessness’ of wine probably did more to under- mine national prohibition than any other factor.” The conference yesterday called on all its 7,856,000 members in the United States to do without Sunday dinner on June 2 and pray for “speedy termination of war.” The delegates debated lengthily as to where the newly created Meth- odist Church’s administrative boards and commissions should be located. They rejected, temporarily at least, recommendations of the small Com- mission on Location appointed at Kansas City a year ago and turned the entire matter over to the large Committee on Temporal Economy for reconsideration. Debate to Be Resumed. Last night, however, the latter re- ported that after studying the Lo- cation Commission’s proposals for several hours it saw nothing wrong with them. That meant the dele- gates today would have to resume their debate where they left off. The Commission on Location wanted the Commission on World Peace and the Board of Lay Activie ties to be in Chicago. But a group led by Chester A. Smith of Peeks- kill, N. Y., wanted these two located in Washington “in the same building with the Board of Temperance.” obligatory in the present conflict” and predicted “the path to war” will | be opened to the United States| “along the old pattern.” | In his final lecture on American diplomacy, Dr. Walsh reviewed re- | cent moves by the Administration | to indicate that the traditional neu- | trality policy of the United States | has been changed. A new foreign policy has been slowly evolving since the war began, he said, adding | “what seems fairly certain is that | an organized drive will be loosed in the near future against the John- son Act, which prohibits loans or | credits to England and France. It will not come, however, until after next November.” Dr. Walsh said President Roose- velt and Secretary of State Hull | have made clear distinction between peace-loving countries and aggres- sor powers. He pointed out that while Mr. Roosevelt has declared no | American Army will be sent to Eu- ympathetic to the present conduct of American diplomacy” claim that American naval and air forces may be sent to| Europe if the allies seem on the | threshold of defeat. Secretary Hull's warning to Japan | that this country would not counte- nance any threat to seize the Dutch East Indies in the event the Nether- lands is invaded was cited by Dr. ‘Walsh as another step from previous diplomatic policy. “The philosophy underlying such a claim could, ¥ am convinced, lead us into a Pacific| war much faster and more surely than anything that has yet hap- | pened in Europe,” he said. The lecture series, at Memorial Continental Hall, was under the auspices of the School of Foreign | Service. . \ Sloan Sees ’tataslrophe’ If Allies Lose War By the Associated Press. NEWARK, N. J., April 27—Alfred P. Sloan, jr, chairman of General Motors Corp., asserted last night “it would be a catastrophe to civiliza- tion” if the allied powers lost the war, and then turned his attention to domestic problems with the ob- servation: “The state of unemployment in the Nation is evidence of lack of | intelligence in certain quarters. We | must tear down the barriers to private enterprise and private busi- | ness.” | Mr. Sloan addressed employes of | Gencral Motors' Hyatt Bearings Plant in Harrison, where he worked as a draftsman 25 years ago. “The coming elections mean & | great deal to the future of all of us. | I don’t recommend whom you gen- tlemen vote for but I point out that the outcome of the election this | November means a great deal to this country, * * * “We cannot go on as we have been going on, into a bigger and worse national debt. This November elec- tion is one of the most critical in our history.” — Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate and House in recess. Smith Committee continues in- Kmtry into operations of Wagner ct. Weather Report (Furhished by the United District of Columbia—Fair toni; lowest tonight about 40 degrees; gent: tomorrow. Maryland and Virginia—Fair in States Weather Bureau.) ght and tomorrow; continued cool; le northerly winds becoming variable the interior; some cloudiness on the coast tonight; tomorrow fair and continued cool. West Virginia—Fair with light slightly warmer. Weekly Outlook. North and Middle Atlantic States: at beginning of week. showers during mid- die and fair at end of week. Slowly rising temperature, followed by cooler at end of week. Ohio Valley and Tennessee: Showers during first part of week, except fair at beginning in Upper Ohio Valley. Fair to- wards end of week. Warmer near middle and cooler toward end of week, 1.007.5 millibars (29.75 inches). and tended by fresh to strong winds over a moderate ares. Pressure is high ove Eastern and Cen| s Marie, 30,49 inches), ance of considerabie in- tensity’ has developed over the Rocky Mountain region. Lander, w{"' 1.001.7 millibars (29.58 inches). 'During the last 24 hours there have rather general showers in the Pacific States and in tions of the Plateau and Rocky Mountain region. A few scatte also in the Plai States. Rather cool weather continues over the Eastern States. Riv Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers muddy at Harvers Ferry: Potomac siightly muddy at Great Palls today. Tide Tables. (Purnished by United States Coast Geodetic Survey.) - igh d | Abitene Alb frost tonight; tomorrow fair and Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature, Barometer, Yesterday— degrees.” " inches. 4 pm, 8 p.m. Midnight Today— Highest. 75, on_Apri west, 7, op January Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 90 per cent, at 1 a.m. today. West, 30 per cent, at noon today, Weather in Various Citles, 1 4. 29. GTemp. Rain- ro. High. 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