Evening Star Newspaper, June 8, 1940, Page 9

Labor Law Outlook Changes A. F. L. and War Prompt Amendments To Wagner Act By DAVID LAWRENCE. Tt doesn't pay to be faithless, either in politics, lobbying or any thing else. The American Federa- tion of Labor entere ( into an under- standing several weeks ago with members of the House Labor #& Committee, in- cluding its chairman, that the A. F. of L. § would support § the s0 - called Norton bill and would virtually abandon its ef- forts on behalf of other amend- ments to the Wagner Act. The impression was general that the administration forces on Capitol Hill would in re- turn support the A. F. of L. proposal ‘Then came a letter written by Chairman Norton to a C. I. O. union confessing that she was not at all interested in the bill that bears her name and didn’'t want any amend- ments passed at this session Promptly the A. F. of L. went into fction. It made peace with the Smith Committee, whose original bill had been given the cold shoulder by the A. F. of L. Certain char in the bill proposed by the majority of the Smith Committee were asked for by President Green of the A. F. of L. and now the House has ap- proved a modified measure recom- mended by the committee headed by Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia, which has been investi- gating the Labor Board. ‘War Factor Enters. ‘This switch in mclic;s on the part of the A. F. of L. forced on it by the betrayal of its position has com- pletely altered the outlook for labor legislation at this session. The war psychology also has had much to do with it. This is not a time in which crusaders and zealots can be left in charge of governmental agencies dealing with labor and pro- duction. A technical-minded board which is interested in helping unions organize and get members instead of administering a law intended to be faithfully enforced is not going to help, but frustrate national de- fense. Britain and France can lay the blame for their failure to get production going to the interfer- ences of left-wing labor agitators. America has lately had her eyes opened to the many ways in which left-wing strategists bore from within and take advantage of lib- eral-minded persons who are inno- cent of such tactics. Perhaps one of the most signifi- cant signs of the times is the way Government officials from Attorney General Jackson down are resigning from the National Lawyers' Guild because the latter will not rid itself of Communist influences. Many members of the National Labor Re- lations Board staff have been active in the Lawyers’ Guila. It will be interesting to see whether they, too, follow the lead of the Attorney Gen- eral and Assistant Secretary of State Berle in disconnecting themselves from such organizations as the Lawyers' Guild while they are in Government employ. The whole picture here as it relates to the labor situation is changing. The American people do not want to see either labor or management ex- ploited. They do not look with favor on emasculation of the Wagner Act or on the introduction of any bar- riers to legitimate and proper use of bargaining power. ry co-operation is lacking in the ranks of labor and management will more drastic legis- lation limiting kes be urged. The general belief is that the labor problem can be handled in the American way—that is without coer- eion of any kind from any quarter. Time For Labor Statesmanship. During the last war, labor found management not only fair, but lean- | ing over backward tc avoid labor | troubles. The late Samuel Gompers of the A. F. of L, the greatest labor statesman the world has ever known, | steered labor through the war and | David Lawrence America never really was conscious | friendly, on the ground. All about |help themselves. of labor difficulties. Men like Wil- | liam Howard Taft served with him and concurred in his decisions. To- day men can be found labor difficulties fairly and objec- tively as they may touch national defense and production generally. But fairness on the part of vol- unteer counselors in the national defense setup cannot be depended on alone to maintain uninterrupted production. The presence of a law on the statute books which has been interpreted by the Labor Board in fantastic ways cannot but inter- fere with the attainment of pro- duction goals unless the interpreta- | tion or the law changes. The Smith committee amendments are mild in character. They do not propose the | subtraction of a single substantive | power related to collective bargain- | ing, but they do insure a fair deal on matters of procedure. Even if this does operate to produce some delays, it will, on the other hand, produce a better feeling and a mu- | tual trust without which the bene- fits of a law cannot be of any avail. | Senate Struggle Seen. ‘What industry and business need | Just now is an indication of encour- | agement {rom Congress about the| handling of the labor problem. The | fact that the president of the| A. F. of L., America’s largest labori organization, sets forth his approval of the Smith committee amend- ments as now modified is proof at least that employers have not been given any advantage in the amend- | ments. The passage by the House‘ of the Smith bill will mean a strug- | gle in the Senate, but it would not be surprising~if the measure passed, | though the views of the President | will have an important bearing on | what happens. Mr. Roosevelt has not discussed the Wagner Act changes and no- body has a right to say he will veto the measure as it finally comes to him. The country is waiting pa-| tiently for Congress to remedy the abuses uncovered by the Smith col mittee and any interference with that objective will certainly not | build up confidence among man-| agement and producing units, espe- | clally at a time of national crisis, (Reproduction Rights Reserved.) to handle | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1940. The Capital Parade Phenomenon of Citizens Demanding Increase In Taxes Responsible for Defense Measure By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER. Like all the best political stories, the story behind the increase in the national defense tax bill is partly ludicrous and partly stirring. The joke is on the surface, being the spectacle of Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi encouraging his colleagues to rebellion in one breath, and in the next solemnly warning the House leaders and Treasury authori- | ties, “I can’t hold them; I just can't hold my boys.” The original tax bill was a makeshift. Having been wrung from the | administration by the extraordinary phenomenon of American citizens deluging the Government with demands for higher taxes, it still con- | tained traces of the original administration theory that taxes in an election year were sure political poison. The general idea was to present something as painless as possible, shove it through Congress rapidly, and then take credit for great po- litical bravery. Even before Pat Harrison got to work, Senator Robert M. La Fol- | lette of Wisconsin, Senator Harry | F. Byrd of Virginia, and one or two other members of the Senate Fi- nance Committee had decided that the bill was a fraud. At the very first committee meeting, they pro- tested bitterly against it, calling for really radical revision of the tax structure, a broadened income tax base, and surtaxes especially aimed at the fruitful field of $10,000 to $50,000 incomes. Harrison's ideas coin- cided with those of Byrd and La Follette. Seeing his chance, he quietly put his influence behind their movement. Before long the radical re- Vvisionists composed a committee majority and the Senate at large had begun to growl and snap. On Election Eve It was then that Harrison went to Chairman Robert L. Daughton of the House Ways and Means Committee, and to Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, jr, to announce that he could not “hold them.” Doughton had been extremely reluctant to attempt any sort of tax bill. He greatly disliked the notion of radical tax revision at this session, but the thought of radical revision in the Senate, followed by a long conference struggie between Senate and House, was even more repugnant to him. Consequently, he agreed to go along. Morgenthau also approved, and in the last days Doughton's committee has been working hard, with Harrison acting as a sort of Senate observer, on a bill planned on radical revision lines What is stirring about the story is the intimation of the patriotism and good sense of the average American, without whose ever-increasing | insistence on a tax program the radical revisionists could never have succeeded. La Follette, for example, has been preaching a broadened | income tax base for the last 10 years, always without success because | of Congress’ fear of the political consequences. Now, on the very eve of | the presidential election, 2,000,000 or more people are to be added to the | list of taxpayers—and all because the Congress is convinced that taxes | | have suddenly become good politics. | |War Profits | | The tax story is by no means at an end, either. In a remarkable speech, some days ago, Senator Byrd proposed a program of national defense expenditures far higher than the President has asked, accom- | panied by still more daring taxes and a 10 per cent cut in Government expenditures except those for defense. Shortly thereafter, without men- | tioning the Virginian, the White House indicated that all Government | expenditures ought to be cut 10 per cent wherever possible. Now Byrd | is going to take the President at his word, offering an amendment to the tax bill making the 10 per cent cut mandatory in all items except defense | and the interest on the public debt. The temper of the times is such furthermore, that little as the ad. ministration may like the Byrd amendment, it will be extremely hard to resist. Then, too, Treasury and Fed- eral Reserve officials and New Dealers close to the White House are beginning to murmur a little about the new tax plans. In the next session they had always ex- pected to introduce an excess profits tax, aimed at the large profits from rearmament. There was considerable pressure on Harrison and Dough- ton to include excess profits taxes in the program now before Congress, but they refused on the ground that there was no time to write a good bill of such complex character It is quite possible, however, that the President will suddenly demand an excess profits tax, taking a fling at war profiteers, before the summer adjournment. And if he restrains his natural impulse now but is re- elected, he will certainly follow the original scheme to ask for an excess | profits tax next January. l (Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) e 7 | Nature’s Children 1 Harvest Mouse | " By LILLIAN COX ATHEY. ! You no doubt have heard about! 1 CANT HOLD z mysovss 27 ¥ 8 T Py IM TAKING YOU AT o O : 97 YOUR WORD, & Supplies for his needs are right at| his front yard. these industrious little dwellers of | Throughout the summer, mice of | all ages may be found. From 4 to 6 the fields and furrows and yet never | babjegs are born in each litter and | have been successful in seeing even | these mice are known to be very | istered by the pastor. one harvesting his winter crop. This is because they travel under grass | and make such excellent speed they 'are well in advance of your ap- proach, footste; coming In some localities where food is abundant, they become so numerous they may be captured by setting traps on small bare areas under the cover of fallen vegetation or grass. | This big-eared harvest mouse travels over the Lower Sonoran val- | leys of all Southern Mexico. Some | since s ha the weight of your notified them of your | of them construct nests in bushes, but the one pictured here and its subspecies prefer the ground. They seek spots where the grass is espe- cially thick. Here a snug little home is built. Their residence is| protected from the sight of the| enemy overhead and not easily found | by neighbors, who are none too them is an ample supply of food. Some of the little harvest mice are excellent climbers. You should see how expertly they scale a husky weed stem in search of delectable | nutrious seeds. There is no need to hibernate in the winter. A warm fur coat protects them against chilly ‘ weather, and weed seeds are always | on hand. You never see a harvest | mouse hastening to put on a layer | of fat in the autumn to carry him | over lean days. For him there is no fasting during dreary winter. prolific. Mothers with their babies have been discovered in snug nurse- ries at all seasons of the year. These mice assume economic im- portance only when they partake of too much property belonging to man. This happens when the harvest mouse discovers cultivated crops of valuable grain and growing grass. Then the whole tribe move in and | Nature maintains her balance if permitted to do so by man. There will be hungry owls, hawks, weasels | and skunks always on the lookout | for tender little harvest mice. If a| section of land is too heavily popu- | lated by these grain hunters, and their natural foes have been thinned | out, clearing the weedy borders of | fields and such places will assist materially the animals who can catch them and use them for food. In desert country the harvest mouse is rarely seen. fakoma Presbyterian Plans Children’s Day A Children’s Day service will be held tomorrow in the Takoma Park | Presbyterian Church at 10 am. The | church school and congregation will unite for the service. The feature will be a dramatic presentation, ‘One Great Fellowship.” The sac-| rament of baptism will be admin- The Session will meet Monday evening at the home of Elder John R. Bovard, 308 Takoma avenue. The church school staff will have a social Tuesday evening at the home of Mrs. Marian K. Tate, minister of Christian education, 911 Noyes | drive, Woodside Park. The Board of Trustees will also meet Tuesday evening. The Rev. Dr. Halley B. Taylor,| pastor of the Fifteenth Street Pres- byterian Church, will address the ‘Woman's Society Wednesday at 11| am. The Senior High Christian En- deavor Society will have a social Friday evening at the home of Carol Pierce, 504 Aspen street. Armory Contract Awarded WINCHESTER, Va., June 8 (#).—A contract for construction of a Na- tional Guard armory here has been awarded to T. E. Coffey & Co., Roanoke, Va., by the City Council. Two bids were submitted by the firm—$47,500 on the basis of original plans, or $44,079 if 18 feet are taken off the drill hall. Dr. Rustin fo Preach. On "Unifed We Stand’ Dr. John W. Rustin, pastor of Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church, will preach tomorrow morn- ing on “United We Stand” and in the evening on “What Is Man?” Dr. Rustin has been attending the session of the Baltimore Annual Conference being held this week at ‘Westminster, Md. Children’s Day will be observed at the morning service, with the Junior choir having a flower proces- sional and singing as anthem an American folk tune. The anthem “Hark, My Soul,” by Shelley, will be sung by the adult choir; the male quartet will sing “Sunset and Eve- ning Star” as offertory selection. The choir and the ladies' septet will sing at the evening service. The Royal Arch Masons of the District will be special guests. Wrong Guess in Court Costs Man and Son $200 By the Associated Press. EMPORIUM, Pa, June 8—A| wrong guess in court cost Thomas Peno and his son Fred $200. The case hinged on an animal liver which the Penos claimed was pork. Game wardens said it was that of a deer. The prosecution displayed in court a pork and a venison liver and asked the Penos to name them. ‘They missed and were fined $200 | fering prolonged and | prematurely | maintain his people’s morale. for llegal possession of deer meat. 'HE opinions of the writers on this page are their own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinfons are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. of questions of interest to its Washington Observations All Is Not Black for the Unless America Fails With Supplies By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Irrational as it sounds, it’s still possible in this desert of Washing- ton war gloom to discover an oasis of hope that the jig is not not up yet for the Allies. Preponderance of military and diplomatic opin- ion is that the doom of France and Britam is sealed. Yet even in such circles one encounters a stray and com- forting belief, bulwarked by sound argument. that something may yet happen to retrieve what looks like an ir- Frederic William Wi reparably lost cause. In these never- | say-die quarters, conviction is firm that a turn for the better is onlv possible through a maximum of im- mediate American aid. Planes, artillery, rifles and other . including supplies of every sort—shipped in an instant and un- ceasing stream, on credit if neces- sary—are the all-essential need. Barring undelayed American help in mass dimensions, even our op- timist minority fears Hitler cannot be stopped, and that Britain and France may cave in before snow flies. A * ok k% Allies” Assets. Confidence in the Allies’ abilitv to hold out is probably and nat- urally strongest in naval quarters Their trust in the invincibility of superior sea power remains un- shattered. Our sailormen retain im- plicit faith in the Mahan doctrine that, come what may, a nation in command of the sea cannot be beaten. That doctrine, of course, was set up before the bombing plane came along. Yet its devotees em- phasize that so far the backbone of a fleet—the battleship—has not succumbed to air attack. The Royal Navy is still a mighty armada in be- ing. Though its losses have not been inconsiderable. it is Britannia’s “sure shield.” Until it is lost. the idea of either invasion or conquest of the British Isles strikes the average American naval officer as preposterous. Not to be forgotten either, is that John Bull must have under arms a well-equipped home defense army of roundly 1,000,000. The Royal Air Force is still a formid- able factor. That the King's navy army and sky fighters will resist in- vasion with all the tenacity the world associates with the British bull dog was emphasized by Chur- chill's ul-stirring “Never Sur- render” speech. x x x x Unconquered French. Nor is British sea power the only factor bolstering the lingering prospect of Allied ability to stave off defeat. There is the unconquered French Army—the heroic army which has not received anything like the glorious credit it merits for enabling the epic evacuation of Flanders. Gen. Weygand com- mands forces that are heavily out- in troops and equip- ment by the masses of men and machinery Hitler can hurl into the fray on land and in the air. But that France remains capable of of- tough re- sistance seems beyvond question. What the next few days, weeks or even hours may bring forth is utterly unpredictable. Meantime, no Amer- ican soldier acquainted with the fighting qualities of the poilus and who knows of the trained reserves at Wevgand's disposal is prepared to concede France's numbered doom. * ok Kk Nazi Weaknesses. Without indulging in any wishful | illusions, American authorities are convinced that conditions on the German home front are none too favorable for prolongation of Hitler's blitzkrieg. He has to wage “light- ning war,” just because of these conditions. Time is not fighting on his side. He must deliver speedy victory after victory—like Norway, Holland, Belgium and Flanders—to Now that colossal casualty lists are piling up and food and raw material short- ages are simultaneously more and more acute, the Germans must begin to realize what Hitler's far- flung war of conquest means. I have just heard the view ventured in wise quarters that if the Allies can contrive to hold the Nazi war machine at bay until September, Hitler may have a fifth column of his own to reckon with—a formidable wave of popular dis- content, aggravated by a mounting scarcity of indispensable war ma- terials, mainly gasoline, and even silk for aircraft. * * X % Italy’s Hesitation. Mussolini's hesitatior in plunging Italy into the war has been an im- portant consideration with Ameri- cans who refuse to envison the early hoisting of Allied white flags. They feel certain that representations as to what this countrv might do are a prime factor in delaying Rome's decision. Even a ray of hope is dis- cerned in shadowy indications that Soviet Russia might swing away from Hitler should Italy carry the Nazi war into the Balkans. Over- shadowing all these considerations, | actual or potential, those who con- sider the Allied cause not totally be- yond redemption insist with every breath that the supreme requisite is prompt American aid. There is hourly growing sentiment here along these lines, as there is on the equally vital score that the war at last is our war, too. * ok ok ok “US A’ Most gratifying single phase of the national preparedness program is evidence that the Advisory Defense Commission will have power to carry out its recommendations. As we are still in the alphabetical era, I sug- gest as an appropriate trademark for the commission the magic letters “U S A,” denoting Unity, Speed, Au- thority. Congress, barring inconse- quential exceptions among the van- ishing isolationists, is also giving a “U S A” account of itself. American democracy is working. though it ap- parently has not discovered methods of clearing for action as expediti~ ously as the emerrei:y demands. Allied Cause, Red tape must be added to the pro- hibited list. * K % ok | Gestapo. | A column constitutent wants to know the derivation of Gestapo. It's one of the terminological short cuts Germans are fond of, consisting of the first two or three letters of the words Geheime (secret), Staats (state) and Polizei (police). Gestapo's function is ruthlessly to suppress fifth columnism. It has struck terror into German hearts ever since the Nazis seized power, and is mainly responsible for that so-called “na- tional unity” which Hitler is given to acclaiming. Dr. Pierce to Preach {On ‘Seven-Day Sabbath’| | A saying attributed to Jesus which | was discovered on a papyrus found | at Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, “If ye keep not Sabbath for the whole week, ye shall not see the Father,” will be | the text of the sermon of Dr. Ulysses | G. B. Pierce, minister of All Souls’ Unitarian Church, at 11 am. to- morrow. This is the second in a series of sermons based on such discovered sayings, and its subject is “The Seven-Day Sabbath.” The adult classes of the church school will hold their final meetings | of the season at 10 am., with a re- port by Leifur Magnusson for the Current Problems Class on “The | | Interfaith Conference on Unemploy- | ment.” “The Ark” will take a boat ride on the Potomac Tuesday evening. | This evening the Business and Pro- | fessional Women's Club will hold its | | annual picnic at the home of Dr. Julia M. Green. | Children’s Pageant Safed AtSt. Paul's Lutheran | The annual Children’s Day serv- | ice will be held at St. Paul's Luth- eran Church at 11 am. tomorrow. Dr. Henry W. Snyder will admin- ister the sacrament of holy bap- tism for children. A large group of young people from the primary and junior devartments will take part in the pageant, “His Wondrous Works.” At the evening service Dr. Snyder will preach on “Temple Builders.” On Wednesday afternoon the Woman's Missionary Society will meet at the home of Mrs. A. J. Stirewalt. Mrs. Hong of the Chinese Church will be guest speaker. In the evening the Church Council will meet at the church office. The prepatory and holy communion ;scr\-ice will take place Friday night. ;’Profif Motiive'rTopic At Asbury Methodist Dr. Robin Gould. pastor of Fran- cis Asbury Methodist Church, will | preach tomorrow morning on “The | | Profit Motive.” Because of the ne- \ | cessity of the minister's returning to Westminster, Md., for the closing session of the annual conference, ! there will be no evening service On Tuesday at 12 o'clock the members of the Christian Guild and any one else who is interested will | meet in the lobby of the Children’s | Emergency Home, 624 Indiana ave- | |nue N.W. The group will visit the | home and mission. At 1:15 there | will be a lunch and brief business meeting. On Friday, beginning at 7 o'clock, the intermediate department will hold a strawberry festival on the lawn. Proceeds will be used to send ‘delegales to the summer assembly | in July. ‘ 723 13th Street N. W. e R T SO » | quite often. | There was a tall, fairhaired Ameri- French Plead for Planes Eve Curie Finds Old Glory Displayed As Tribute to American- By EVE CURIE. PARIS, June 8.—There is a fine definition—a technical definition— for a certain kind of work in the Ffench Army: “Mission of sacri- fice.” It does not mean that the mission is a hopeless one. It means that whatever happens the mission must be fulfilled. And here comes the motto: “More planes.” We must have more planes, more fighter planes, to protect all these vital, indisper.sable missions. We must have more fighter planes for the policing of our sky, of our land, of our sea. More fighter planes | to assist and protect our infantry. More fighter planes to defend our towns against the attacks by air, more fighter planes to destroy the German air force which is threat- ening not only France, not only Europe, but the whole world as well. More fighter planes at once. Quality Against Quantity. I have lived two days running on the airfields behind the front with the pilots of our fighting squadrons. The situation can be summed up in three words: Quality against quan- tity. Quality is on the Allied side. Quantity on the German side. So great, so overwhelming is the qual- | ity of our men and of some of the | planes they use that in spite of everything, quality has been vic- | torious up until now in this unequal | fight. Everywhere I have found courage and enthusiasm, based not | on_childish illusion, but on facts. | Early in the morning on an im- | provised airfield still full of mist the | young captain of a squadron was | supervising the installation of his | beloved planes—French Devoitines | 520—and of his men. The group of | planes had been chased for weeks | | from airfield to airfield by the Ger: man bombers. To preserve its in cognito the group had had to move Each time the men of the squadron are trying to make themselves at home. They hide the camouflaged planes as well as pos- sible. They install anti-aircraft de- fense. They dig underground shelt- | ers for the pilots. In the shelter I saw the small bunks where the men sleep and the pennon of the squadron; a red and white triangle with the head of a black cat em- broidered on the white part. The gramophone and some records were already on the tiny deal table. Later on there will be a picture of the “marraine” on the wall. The ‘marraine” being Modeleine Carroll, it will look nice. There will also | be a list of the victores; 29 of them. And a list of the losses; one man killed, one wounded. seven missing. Three Victories for One Loss. “The proportion is about three victories for one loss,” said Capt. Rog. “Of this proportion we are proud. Our men are terribly good— both skilled and gifted. Our planes are extremely good, too. But we could do with more of them. And we must have more anti-aircraft guns. The first German crews we fought at the beginning of the offensive had experience and cour- age. More recently we met much younger pilots who had flown very little Think of what we could do if we had more planes!” 1 was lunching with another group of pilots 200 miles from there. They were a gay, noisy gathering of 20 men—all sorts of men. Not two faces were alike. This one was the son of a small shopkeeper, this one was the son of a professor, this one was a professional officer, son and | grandson of French officers. There | were foreign faces, too, around the | table. Two or three were Czechs. can. not very young. He had fought in the last war as a pilot. He had enlisted this time in the Foreign Legion and had managed to be sent to the front as quickly as possible. | He is extremely efficient, timid and not talkative. He said to me. as if to give an excuse, to apologize for | being there: “You see. it is just that T have declared war on the Nazis all by myself.” | Favor “Unglorious” Stories. This group of pilots has one of the highest records of the war— | 67 victories. The fashion among these heroes is to tell at length the "YOU'LL THANK ME FOR THAT SOME DAY! Architects know that where tele- phone conduit (a simple pipe) has been built in, telephone wiring may be installed now or in the future without piercing walls or floors — without show- Ing exposed wire runs. Call our “Architects’ and Builders’ Service” for JUST CALL MEtropolitan 9900 and ask for "Architects’ and Builders’ Servic THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC TELEPHONE COMPANY 1 Made Craft most unglorious stories. One fol- lows: “Would you believe that I ran away like mad yesterday after- noon, when I saw three little black planes coming after me? I flew farther and farther. They did not leave me. Finally when they came nearer I discovered that they were French. Planes of the squadron which had bee nsent to look for me because I was late.” Another pilot does not stop to mention how afraid he is each time he has to make a “pique” on the enemy and to rush vertically to the ground at full speed at 650 miles an hour. his plane going “backward” all the time. A little later I heard from some one who did not belong to the squadron the true stories. Com- mandant Hughes, the chief of the group, who is 46 years old, was fighting against a Messerschmidt a few days ago. His plane was brought down and started to burn. He landed to stop the fire with his extinguisher. He got out of the Another one speaks about| The Political Mill Senate Contests Cannot Give G. O. P. A Majority By G. GOULD LINCOLN. + In these days of war and pre- paredness—or lack of it—the mind turns slowly to strictly political af- fairs. There are 35 Senate seats, however, to be contested for next November and more than double that number of gen- tlemen — either as candidate for election or for | senatorial nomi- nation —are vi- | tally interested. Twenty - five of these seats are held today by plane, took the plane of a young lieutenant who had landed nearby and went back to the fight. The timid voung man who sat next to me at luncheon was just back from the hospital. Three Cur- tisses had fought against nine Mes- serschmidts. This time the young man had brought one down, then was brought down himself and jumped with his parachute, which opened too late. The landing was rather unpleasant. Proud of Curtiss Planes. After lunch a large bus took the pilots to the air field. In a small. well camouflaged building, with a false forest painted on a high wooden panel behind which stood he real house, the first thing I noticed when I entered the rest- room of the pilots was the wall. Over the pennon of the squadron were two big flags—the French flag and the American flag. The tri- color flag was for the pilots. The American flag for their best friends —the Curtiss pursuit planes. We took the car and went all over the territory supervised by the com- mandant with dictatorial authority. All at once I discovered what kind of work it means to be in command of a group of planes. It does not only mean flying. It does not only mean taking the chance of being killed. It means digging trenches for anti-aircraft guns, draining the earth to get rid of muddy soil, building camouflaged roads leading to the hidden place of each plane, inclosing fields with barbed wires and taking care of the gasoline pro- vision—not to mention the daily bureaucracy of a post of command. In a small office a lieutenant was keeping all sorts of statistics and reports. There was a daily report, in a sort of a big account book cleanly divided into columns— “pilots gone out.” “killed.” “not hav- ing come back. vounded.” “para- chuted with no damage” and “en- emy planes destroyed: Sure and probable.” The account book had still many empty pages left. “You see,” the commandant said to me with a quiet smile, “we are organizing for hours of war.” And | then, more seriously, “a long war means a war that we are going to win. We must have the pianes for this long war.” (Copyright, 1940.) Additional Cavalry Unit |Ordered to Fort Myer | The War Department has or- | dered the 1st Squadron of the 3d | Cavalry to Fort Myer, Va. Democrats, eight | by Republicans, | one by the Farm- G- Gould Lincoln. | er-Labor party and the other by the Progressive party of Wisconsin. Of the Democrats who come up for re-election, Ashurst of Arizona, Bilbo of Tennessee, Byrd of Virginia, | Chandler of Kentucky, Chavez of New Mexico, McKellar of Tennessee, | Pittman of Nevada, Radcliffe of Maryland, Truman of Missouri, Walsh of Massachusetts and Wheel- er of Montana seem to have the in- side track—although one or two of them have strenuous opposition for renomination. Whether they are renominated or not— the Democrats are likely to elect, in those States G. O. P. Claims Chances. The Republicans, on the other hand, insist they have hope of de- feating sitting Senate Democrats in Nebraska, Ohio, Rhode Island, Con- mecticut, Pennsylvania, New York, | Indiana, Washington and Wyoming. !and also West Virginia. The Republicans will face a real contest in New Jersey in the battle for Senate seats, but should do well in the other seven States, Vermont, North Dakota, Maine, California, | Delaware, Michigan and Idaho. The Democratic belief, now fre- quently expressed, is that with Pres- ident Roosevelt heading their na- tional ticket, most of their sitting Democrats should be returned to the Senate—and also to the House. The demand for a third-term nomination | for the President has come very | persistently from some of these Democratic Senators. Senator Guf- fey of Pennsylvania was one of the first to declare for the renomina- tion of the President and he stuck to it like a burr, when some of his Democratic colleagues were neither enthusiastic for. nor hopeful of, a third-term nomination. Most Democrats take {t for granted today that Mr. Roosevelt will run again—and so do the Re- publicans. If the President does not upset the applecart by declin- ing to run, the Democratic sena- torial nominees will run along with him and most of them like the idea. Wheeler May Accept. In the list of Senators up for re- ielecuon are Senators Vandenberg | of Michigan and Wheeler of Mon- tana, the first a candidate for the | Republican presidential nomination and the second a candidate for the | Democratic presidential nomina- tion—if Mr. Roosevelt steps aside. The squadron includes 15 officers and 214 enlisted men as well as 2 scout cars, four trucks and 170 horses. The squadron. coming from Fort Ethan Allen, Vt, will be replaced by the 3d Battalion of the Tth Field Artillery. Though no date of trans- fer has been fixed, troon move- ments will depend on “completion of the construction of additional bar- racks,” etc. Both can have the senatorial nomi- nation and probably re-election, no matter who the presidential can- didates may be. If Mr. Vandenberg is named on the Republican na- | tional ticket, there will be a scram- ble among Michigan Republicans for the right to contest for the Sen- ate seat. Senator Wheeler has been urged by some of the New Deal Democrats to accept a vice presi- dential nomination with President | Roosevelt at the head of the ticket. While he insists he is not inter- ested, there are those who believe he would accept the nomination if it came his way and many Demo- erats think that a Wheeler vice presidential nomination would strengthen the Democratic ticket. Wheeler is strong with railroad la- bor and with both the American Federation of Labor and with the C. 1. O. Five sitting Senators, up for re- nomination and re-election, are al- ready out of the race. Senator Donahey, Democrat, of Ohio and Senator Hale of Maine, Republican, have declined to run again. Both could have been renominated if they had desired to make the race. Senator Burke of Nebraska and Senator Holt of West Virginia, both of whom have been thorns in the side of the New Deal administra- tion, failed to win renomination in the Democratic primaries in their respective States. In other words, without a presidential purge at- tempted this year, the New Dealers will find "‘two of their opponents outside the Senate when the next Congress meets in January. The Republicans might, however, take either one or both of the seats in November. Senator Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Washington has been appointed to the Federal bench. Governorship to Take Neely. Senator Neely of West Virginia is going out of the Senate, too. Not because of any failure to win re- nomination, but because he has been nominated for Governor of the State. Mr. Neely is top Democratic dog in West Virginia. He not only won the gubernatorial nomination and at the same time had his can- didate nominated in place of Sen- ator Holt, but he will, when he be- comes Governor the first of the year, have the privilege of naming a Sen- ator to fill the vacancy in the Senate which will be created when he re- signs to take the Governor’s chair. The West Virginia Senator cleaned up in & big way in the Democratic primary this year, eliminating his enemies from high place. ‘Whatever happens in the presi- dential election, the Senate will re- main Democratic. Mathematically, the Republicans cannot hope for a majority of the upper house, for enough Senators from the Soutn are up for re-election to prevent a Republican majority. In Ohio, how- ever, the Republicans have a good chance of winning a Senate seat now held by Democratic “Honest Vic” Donahey. They have nominated Mayor Burton of Cleveland. Bur- ton, a Republican, has been able to win election in the city which is " (See LINCOLN, Page A-10) [ \ suggestions., (Bell System)