Evening Star Newspaper, June 2, 1940, Page 8

A—8 & Pershing Gives Talk On War at Dinner Of Baltic Society A. E. F. Group Celebrates i 23d Anniversary of Embarkation for France With European war developments dominating their off - the - record talks, Gen. John J. Pershing and two score members of the Baltic Society met at dinner last night at the Army Navy Club to celebrate the 23d anniversary of their em- barkation for France on the White Star liner Baltic on May 28, 1917. As the Marine Band Orchestra played “Over There,” “Tipperary,” the “Long, Long Trail,” “Madelon,” and other World War tunes, the commander in chief of the A. E. F. | and those who sailed with him on the Baltic exchanged reminiscences of 1917 and 1918 and discussed the latest war news from Europe. Accompanied by Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, his first chief of staff, and later commander of the S. O. S, Gen. Pershing, with military punc- tuality, arrived promptly. He was #warmly greeted by his Baltic ship- 4 mates, some of whom had traveled ! far to attend last night's reunion. ¥ Gen. Pershing made a 15-minute H off -the-record talk on the European & war situation. His address, an ex- § temporaneous one, was loudly ap- ¢ plauded. Those who'heard it said i that it was one of the finest speeches { he ever made. Gen. Pershing left + the dinner about 10 o'clock, leaving his colleagues to carry on. Gen. Harbord Presides. Gen. Harbord, who presided, also | discussed the European war. “Though the outlook for the Allies how seems dark, it is no worse than it was early in 1918, he said. Brig. { Gen. Samuel D. Rockenbach, who ¢ commanded the A. E. F.’s tank units, made a talk on the use of tanks and mechanized troops by the Nazi army in the present war. Other Baltfc | veterans also spoke. 4 _The trend of the discussions, it | 4 Wwas said, was strongly pro-ally. : 'l'he group accompanying Gen. { Pershing on the Baltic included 56 officers, 68 field clerks and civilians | &nd 67 enlisted men. These formed the nucleus of the American general { headquarters in France. i The party that sailed on the Baltic, { the first Army personnel to go to + France after our entry into the World War, included some of the ¢ A.E.F.s best known leaders. Among others in the party were Eddie Rickenbacker, famous flyer and automobile racer; war correspondent, and Col. Charles E. Stanton, author of the phrase, “Lafayette, we are here.” Pershing Commander of Society. Gen. Pershing is commander of | the society, and Gen. James G. Harbord, Col. Hugh H. Young and | Col. Hugh B. Moore are its vice commanders. Col. George E. Adam- | son, an Army veteran who has been with Gen. Pershing since punitive | expedition into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa, is secretary-treasurer | of the society, with Warrant Officer Charles B. Shaw, who is still on the active list of the Army, as deputy secretary-treasurer. Col. David S. Stanley is chairman of the Executive Committee. Other members of the Executive Committee are Col. George S. Patton, jr., commanding officer at Fort Mye! cluded Maj. Gen. Merritte W. Ire- land, Maj. Gen. Walter A. Bethel, Col. Parker Hitt, Front Royal, Va.; Col. James B. Taylor, Hampton, Va.; Col. John S. Chambers, Gov- ernors Island, N. Y.; Col. George E. Adamson, Col. Hugh B. Moore, Texas City, Tex.; Col. Baltimore; Maj. Maj. Samuel T. Hubbard, jr., New York City; Maj. Frederick H. 8chwartz, St. Louis; Capt. Grover W. Roth, Baltimore; Capt. Dixie B. Guynn, Capt. Thomas M. Wilson, Lt. George S. Linthicum, Baltimore; Warrant Officers Charles A. Part- ridge, San Francisco; bus, Ohio; Sergts. Harry Cooper and Louis A. Beaman, Camden, N. J.; Bertin E. Casson and Capt. Ray T. Middleton, Vienna, Va. Japanese Pick Pleplng For Air Capital By the Associated Press. PEIPING —Japanese plan to con- ‘vert Peiping’s civilian airport into ithe biggest in China. It was built . iby coolie labor two years ago, and | ‘already is considered too small for 7expanding air activities. The new sairport is projected as the hub of “air travel in North China. ‘Dead’ Soldier Returns Reported killed in France, C. F. Frederick Palmer, | Maj. Samuel T. Hub- | with Gen. Pershing since the punitive | Others attending the dinner in- | Hugh H. Young, | Eugene J. Heller, | Charles B.| Bhaw and Oliver E. Scheid, Colum- | | Pershing and Maj. Navy Club. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, JUNE 2, 1940—PART ONE. ‘Outlaw Communists 'And Bund, Dies Asks: F.B. 1. Speeds Defense | Texan's Committee Begins | Hearings Tomorrow on | Fifth Column in South | By the Associated Press. Representative Dies, Democrat, of Texas, proposed last night that Con- gress outlaw the Communist party | and the German-American Bund | and fix heavy penalties for mem- | bership in those groups “or any or- | ganizations controlled by them.” | | Mr. Dies, chairman of the House committee investigating un-Amer- | | fcan activities, said legislation to do | | this would be introduced this week, | | based on the committee's conclusion | | that the Communists were con- trolled from Moscow and the bund from Berlin. Meanwhile, Attorney General Jack- | |son created yesterday a “National Defense Investigation Unit” within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Headed by Hugh H. Clegg, veteran | G-man, at present an assistant di- rector of the F. B. I. in charge of training and inspection, it will deal | with “fifth column” and similar activities. About 250 F. B. I. agents will be | made available for this work by July 1, it was announced. Nathan Succeeds Clegg. Mr. Clegg was succeeded as assist- | ant director of training by Harold | Nathan, who has been assistant di- rector in charge of administraiion. P. E. Foxworth, special agent in charge at New York, was named to | succeed Mr. Nathan. His proposed legislation, Repre- sentative Dies said, would “outlaw the Communists and Nazis just as they have been outlawed in France { and would take away from them the legal standing which gives them a certain amount of protection as political groups.” | “It would not,” he added, “prevent | any person from advocating the | ideology of Communism or Nazi-ism but would prevent them from being | members of these organizations | which are known to be foreign- controlled. With the drive against “Trojan horses” expanding, Mr. Dies sug- gested that President Roosevelt create a council of home defense to co-ordinate all counter-subversive activities of the F. B. I, Secret Service, Army and Navy intelligence and the Dies Committee. He sug- gested “constructive, sane leader- | ship” of “men who are level-headed | and would not become hysterical.” Plan Hearings in South. |~ Mr. Dies said his committee would begin hearings here tomocrrow on “fifth column activities in the South.” An informed source said the hearings, to be closed to the public, would concern reports that Communists had obtained positions AT BALTIC SOCIETY REUNION—Left to right, Maj. Gen. James G. Harbord, former chief of staff of A. E. F.; Gen. John J. Gen. Merritte W. Ireland, as they sat together at the Baltic Soclety dinner last night at the Army —Star Staff Photo. Stern, Square-.lawed Veteran To Push ‘Fifth Column’ Drive Probably 250 F. B. I. Agents to Be Directed By Mississippian By the Associated Press. A stern, square-jawed, 41-year- old veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation took over. yester- day leadership of the bureau’s drive against sabotage, spies and “fifth| columns.” He is Hugh H. Clegg, & “G-man” | since 1926, who was named head of the bureau’s new Division of Na- | | tional Defense. | Under Mr. Clegg's direction ap- proximately 150 special agents will carry on work they already have started against subversive influences, and another 100 probably will s(ep into the job nex: month. Mr. Clegg is a bachelor. He was * out of Washington when creation | of the new division was announced and fellow officers of the bureau said he was not expected back \mm late this week. They described him as a man whose “hobby has been his work"— in recent years he has been assist- | ant director of the bureau in charge of training and inspection-of agents. An unusually good public speaker and ‘story teller, he has maintained an active interest in George Wash- ington University, where he received | HUGH H. CLEGG. | hls law degree and now is president | of the alumni association. Born in Mississippi, July 17, 1898, he attended Millsaps College at Jackson before coming to Wash- ington. In past years he has been in charge of bureau offices at Atlanta, ‘Washington and Chicago. | vestigation had brought forth, Mr. Dies asserted, a statement from “a reputable citizen of Dallas, Tex., that he has photographs of airbases along the southern United States | border in Mexico and would forward them to the committee.’ The committee plans hearings' along the Mexican border in Texas, he said, two or three weeks after the adjournment of Congress. These hearings, he added, would concern | reports that American Communists | and Nazis were co-operating in a move to bring on a revolution in | Mexico. California Newspapers Get Sales Tax Exemption By the Associated Press. SACRAMENDO. Calif,, June 1.— Gov. Culbert L. Olson said today he would permit a bill exempting news- papers from the State’s 3 per cent sales tax to become law.without his signature. The bill goes into effect at midnight tonight. The measure, passed unanimously | in both houses of the special session | of the Legislature, removes the dis- tribution of publications from the Jurisdiction of the State sales nnd} use tax laws. Assemblyman Charles W. L)on Los Angeles, declared it was nol the intent of the Legislature w* impose a tax on the distribution of | newspapers which the Legislature | considered a public service and nm.‘ tangible property. Danville Shooting Called | {Murder and Suicide By the Associated Press. DANVILLE, Va., June 1.—Police | answering an emergency call found Julian P. Hall, about 35 Roanoke printer, lying wounded’ across the, body of his estranged wife, Mrs. Myrtle Hail, in her apartment to- night. He died as officers arrived. Dr. H. A. Wiseman, city coroner, entered a verdict of murder and suicide. plumbing inspector. Mrs. Hall was struck twice in the head. Hall had a wound in the right temple. Police said one bullet had struck a wall. A revolver was found on the floor. Fairland P.-T. A. to Meet FAIRLAND, Md., June 1 (Special) —The Fairland Parent-Teacher As- sociation will meet Tuesday at 7:30 pm. A program will be presented hy the students. ORDINATION Gifts and Gallery & Co., | | greeting cards. 718 Eleventh st N.W. ‘Over 100 Pct. Tax | unanimously, Lawyers' Guild Split On War Profits Convention Opposes All Proposals for Registering Aliens I By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, June 1.—The Na- tional Lawyers’ Guild convenuon‘ was split today over a resolution calling for 100 per cent taxation of | profits on munitions and war materials. The resolution, adopted after bit-' ter debate by a 45-t0-39 vote, was denounced by several convention delegates as “stupid” and “silly.” | ‘Two hours later, a modifying res- | olution was unanimously adopted | recommending, instead, the elimina- | tion of “excess war profits.” | Declaring the dangers of “profit. eering in munitions and war mate. rials” had been “vividly disclosed by the Nye committee’s investiga- tion,” the second resolution said: “s ¢ * We favor legislation to elim- inate all excess war profits and until | the enactment of such legislation | | we oppose the repeal of the Vinson Act and the Vinson-Trammel Act and favor their extension to all mu- nitions and war materials.” Another resolution, also adopted opposed “all propos- | als” to register aliens and to tranfer | | the United States Immigration and | | Naturalization Service from the ‘ { Labor Department to the Justice Department. Delegates elected as President Robert W. Kenny, 38, California | | State Senator and former Superior | Court judge of Los Angeles. | Accepting the post Mr. Kenny| said: “All liberals are faced with a | tough fight during the next yea Hall is a son of L. J. Hall, city ’ Infer-State Society Dance fo Help Set Up Job Advisory Unit Service Would Guide Youth Migrating to Capital in Emergency An office that will perform an advisory service for hoys and girls migrating here seeking jobs in bu- reaus that will be expanded under the defense program is to be set up with funds from the Inter-State Society dance at the Mayflower Hotel Tuesday night. ‘The. office will be set up by the ‘Washington branch of the Alliance for the Guidance of Rural Youth to aid the thousands of young people expected here, similar to the influx of war days in 1917-18. “It is contemplated that the Wash- ington office of the alliance will be of great sssistance to Congressmen who receive thousands of inquiries from constitutents,” a statement issued yesterday explained. “Func- tioning as a clearing house to aid perplexed young men and women who want to train themselves for useful and financially independent lives, the office will draw on various Government and private agencies for data.” Newly-elected officers of the Washington branch, which was formed in 1937, are Mrs. Howard Bell, president; Mrs. Marguerite Zapoleon, vice president; Mrs. Frank Goodspeed, corresponding secretary; Bernard Joy, recording secretary, and Mrs, Julian Friant, treasurer. 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