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EARLE’S FACTION
HAILS QUIZ DELAY
Court’s Halting of Campaign
Graft Probe Affords
Breathing Spell.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Staff Correspondent of The Star.
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 12.—
Leaders supporting the Earle-Jones
ticket In the coming Democratic pri
mary are manifestly pleased, not to
say relieved, by the order of the State
Supreme Court postponing grand jury
Investigation of campaign graft charges
made against Gov. George Earle, Sec
retary of the Commonwealth David L.
Lawrence, Secretary of Labor Ralph
M. Bashore and Matthew H. Mc
Closkey, jr.. Philadelphia contractor
and Democratic leader.
They hope the grand jury investi
gation will never be made. But
whether it is or not, they have a
breathing spell until after primary
day, wh,ch is next Tuesday. The court
will meet the following day to decide
whether the temporary injunction
halting the grand jury probe shall be
made permanent.
Just to liven things up in this
already torn commonwealth, new
charges of corruption and graft were
launched against Mr. Lawrence and
Mr. McCloskey last night by Charles
J. Margiotti. independent Democratic
candidate for Governor. He declared
that $50,000 had been paid to the
Democratic State chairman, Mr. Law
rence, and Mr. McCloskey in a deal
for trucks bought by the State.
Mr. Margiotti complained bitterly
because of the halting of the investi
gation by the grand jury. He was
Joined in this by Thomas Kennedy,
Gufley-Lewis candidate for the guber
natorial nomination of the Democrats.
The probe was to have been begun
yesterday by the grand jury of
Dauphin County. District Attorney
Carl B. Shelley and the local court
will wait until the Supreme Court
has passed upon the legality of investi
gation w hich has been challenged by \
Gov. Earle and his new attorney gen
eral, Guy K. Bard.
Charge Republican Plot.
Although the charges of graft and
corruption have been made by Demo
crats. Mr. Margiotti, recently dis
missed by Gov. Earle from the post of
attorney general, and S. Davis Wilson,
Mayor of Philadelphia and candidate
for the Democratic senatorial nomina
tion against Gov. Earle, the Earle
Jones followers insist that the* grand
jury investigation is just a low-down
Republican move. The judges in
Dauphin County and the district at
torney, they point out, are Repub
licans. and furthermore the 23 mem
bers of the grand jury who will make
the investigation, if it is permitted, are
all Republicans except two.
“It is just a fishing expedition,” said
one official of the Earle administration
today, "which the Republicans hope
to keep going right through the sum
mer and into the fall.”
That is one excuse given by the
Earle-Jones leaders for avoiding the
grand jury probe. Another, which is
also the reason advanced before the
State Supreme Court, is that the pro- :
posed grand jury inquiry is illegal; |
that In effect it would be an effort on
the part of the judiciary to dominate j
and control a co-ordinate branch of
the State government, the executive
branch. If any inquiry is to be made
into the charges, they maintain, it
should be made by the attorney gen
eral. the proper official to sift such
charges.
May Put Bard on Spot.
The new attorney general, Mr. Bard,
Is the choice of Gov. Earle, selected to
1111 the place from which the Governor
ousted Mr. Margiotti after the latter
had charged that members of his ad
ministration had “sold” legislation. If
the court rules finally against the
grand jury probe, it will be up to the
attorney general to make an investiga
tion. He will be in an uncomfortable
Spot, for if he holds the charges are
unfounded, he will be charged with
"whitewashing” the whole affair.
The grand jury was prepared yes
terday to go right ahead investigating
charges that Gov. Earle had borrowed
some $30,000 from Mr. McCloskey, the
Philadelphia contractor, of which he
still owed $6,000 when the charge was
published. It was prepared to look into
the charges that Mr. Lawrence, Mr.
Bashore and Mr. McCloskey had re
ceived $20,000 for selling beer legisla
tion in 1935. Mr. McCloskey received
about $10,000,000 worth of State con
tracts, not to mention contracts for
Federal buildings in Washington, D. C.
Effect on Voters Problematical.
How much effect, if any, these
charges against Gov. Earle and his
backers have had on the electorate it is
impossible to determine with any cer
tainty. His supporters insist the
charges have made “no impression,”
that the Earle-Jones ticket will win by
a wide margin over the Kennedy-Wil
son ticket, which is backed by John
L. Lewis and his Committee of Indus
trial Organization and Senator Guffey.
These Earle-Jones leaders look with
Borrow upon Senator Guffey; they
have a kind of “et tu, Guffey” expres
sion on their faces when they speak of
the Senator. They admit they are
not surprised that Mr. Margiotti,
who became a Democrat four years
ago when he could not make terms
with the Republican organization,
should have made a vicious attack
upon the ticket supported by the Dem
ocratic State Committee, or that
Mayor Wilson of Philadelphia should
have dug up the story about Gov.
Earle borrowing money from Mr. Mc
Closkey. But they did not expect, they
! Mrs. Roosevelt Visits Settlement House
Mrs Roosevelt visited Opportunity House here and became an instant hit with the children.
A child is shown holding up her arms for Mrs. Roosevelt to take her on her lap. —A. P. Photo.
Brazil
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gardens,” he said. ‘The truth is the
President's life was in imminent dan
ger.”
President Vargas, with his dark
eved 23-year-old daughter, Donna
Alzyra, and only five others were in
side ready to fight off the attackers
from palace windows, but fighting out
side apparently convinced the rebels
they faced a strong body of defend
ers. Arriving reinforcements saved
the palace, and the attackers capitu
lated.
President Vargas, his position as
dictator apparently strengthened, in
voked martial law to can-y on punitive
action against the revolt, which ended
at 5 30 a m. yesterday with 12 dead
and 22 injured.
The 500-odd already in jail faced
military and police court trial within
24 hours, with death sentences likely
at least for the chieftains.
Except for the soldiers and police
moving through the streets in small
detachments, there was little to indi
cate today that anything untoward
had occurred.
The searching police, however, found
plenty of evidence that considerable
planning had gone into the revolt.
They took pigeons from several
houses and said these were intended
to carry news of the Brazil insurrec
tion and instructions into the interior
so Fascist colleagues in turn could
say, that "Joe" Guffey would turn
against the organization or support
Mayor Wilson for the Senate against
Gov. Earle.
District Attorney Shelley had em
ployed Maj. Lynn G. Adams, former
head of the Pennsylvania State police
and ousted from office by Gov. Earle, as
special investigator, it is rumored that
Maj. Adams already has dug up a
lot of information, and further, that
this information, said to be damaging,
may be given to the public anyway,
even before the primary.
While the Earle-Jones leaders have
been engaged in warding off the pro
posed grand jury investigation—as
well as campaigning—the Guffey-Ken
nedy-Wilson ticket leaders have been
sawing wood in these final days of
the campaign. Beating the organiza
tion in a primary election is no easy
job. They have Senator Guffey, to be
sure, with them. But while Senator
Guffey has appointed a lot of Federal
officers in the State, many of them
have been on the recommendations
of the State organization with which
he has split. Further, the great mass
of employes in Pennsylvania are the
State employes and they are ap
pointees of Gov. Earle and his friends.
No Charges Against Kennedy.
Thomas Kennedy, the Guffey-Lewis
candidate for Governor, is now Lieu
tenant Governor, not to mention sec
retary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers of America of which Mr.
Lewis is president. No one has
made any charges against Mr. Ken
nedy. In fact, about every one says
he is a fine fellow. The principal ob
jection to his becoming Governor is
that if he were in the gubernatorial
chair, the C. I. O. and Mr. Lewis would
run the State.
So serious is this objection that
everything possible is being done by
Senator Guffey and his ticket to soft
pedal the Lew'is and C. I. O. sup
port. Mr. Lewis himself has kept out of
the State and out of the campaign.
He has been scheduled to make just
one speech here—in the home town
of Lt. Gov. Kennedy next Saturday
night. It is said now he will not even
come into the State for that purpose
and his speech will be canceled.
The American Federation of Labor
in Pennsylvania is out to kill off Lt.
Gov. Kennedy in the Democratic pri
mary, and has given its support to
Charles Alvin Jones, who is running for
the gubernatorial nomination as the
hand-picked candidate of the Demo
cratic State Committee. The Federa
tion has a very considerable member
ship in Pennsylvania. If it does not
• get'’ Lt. Gov. Kennedy in the primary,
Call Mr. Pyle for
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revolt and endeavor to carry the
movethent to a national coup d'etat.
A large number of grenades and
bombs also were found, but officials
said terrorist attempts of the Green
shirts did little damage. One large
bomb exploded In the National Secur
ity Tribunal quarters and another at
the national telegraph headquarters.
Daughter Tells ef Perils.
A heroine in defense of the palace
with her father, vivacious Donna Al
xyra told of the dangerous hours be
fore dawn when the rebels slithered
into the palm-shadowed garden, firing
machine-guns and throwing grenades.
Dressed in marine uniforms the
rebels had relieved the regular marine
guards stationed outside the palace.
"Projectiles cut through the tall
palms of the garden and chipped the
palace walls,” she said. "It was agreed
we should save our ammunition to
make a stand and fight to the last ditch
if the assaulters broke through our
first defense line in the garden.
"There came a lull in the shooting
outside, and then the bodygaurd—who
held our sub-machine gun, went out
into the darkness thinking he would
meet friends, but the invaders lured
him into a ruse and captured him, to
gether with our best defensive weapon.
“We found our telephones cut, ex
cept the link to the official government ;
: buildings” which brought reports of
fighting elsewhere in the citv.
Her father, the girl said, was cool
and calm throughout, “all for going
out single-handed, armed only with
his revolver, and meeting the invaders
It Is prepared to carry on the war
against him in the November election. \
Lewis’ $2 Levy a Factor.
The C. I. O. claims to have 508.000 |
members in Pennsylvania, including !
the miners. The Kennedy supporters
say they will vote all these members
for thejr candidate. This, however,
is disputed by the Earle-Jones work
ers. The latter say that in some of
the mining districts Mr. Lewis is ,
terribly unpopular because of his $2
levy on members of the Miners' Union
to create a fund to be used to build
up other organizations and for po
litical purposes. The levy is collected
through the ''check-off” system, along
with the regular dues of the union.
Tales are told of huge campaign
funds, with the Earle-Jones organi
zation dipping into a one or two mil- !
lion dollar fund raised from State ]
employes, who are "taxed'' 3 per cent
or 5 per cent of salaries, depending
upon the size of their pay envelopes.
The Kennedy ticket has the C. I. O.
and United Mine Workers’ funds to
rely upon. It will be recalled that
Mr. Lewis and his organization con
tributed about half a million dollars
to the 1936 campaign for the re-elec
tion of President Roosevelt. Mr.
Lewis and the C. I. O. now are trying
to put across in this Pennsylvania
election one of their own, and they
may be expected to be Just as gener
ous, it is said.
Like the Earle-Jones leaders, those
in the garden. But the rest of ns
diplomatically dissuaded him.”
Two of President Vargas' sons, one
of his brothers and two of his body
guard were with him at the windows,
ready to fight to the last and "die
with our boots on, as you Americans
say," Donna Alzyra said,
“It was nothing," said President
Vargas himself, receiving congratula
tions from friends who came to the
palace.
That all danger of further trouble
was ended was the belief of Gen.
Pedro Aurelio de Go^s Monteiro, chief
of stall of the army, whose house was
attacked during the height of the
rebellion.
Belmiro Valdeverde, field com
mander of the rising, was In jail.
DIPLOMAT REPORTS
President Roosevelt today received
an informal first-hand report on con
ditions in Norway from Mrs. J. Bor
den Harriman, Minister to Norway,
who has just returned for her first
visit home since she assumed her
duties as America's representative in
Oslo.
Mrs. Harriman said she was de
lighted with her work in Norway and
with the people of that country. While
she declined to discuss politics or eco
nomic problems, she said with em
phasis that although there are con
siderable rumblings she does not look
for any war in Europe, at least in the i
immediate future.
of the Kennedy-Wilson group talk In
big figure* of their prospective vic
tory. A Kennedy leader expressed
the opinion today that Lt. Gov. Ken
nedy would carry the primary against
Mr. Jones and Mr. Margiotti, who is an
independent candidate for Governor, by
250,000. Predictions of the Atrle
Jones people, ott the other hand1, are
that Gov. Earle will beat Mayor Wil
son for the Senatorial nomination by
three or four to one, that Mr. Jones
will defeat Lt. Gov. Kennedy by at
least two to one.
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CANTON, Ohio, May 12 (AP
Spurred by Theresa Ludwig's suicide
note assertion that professional killers
took the life of Mrs. Deuber S. Cable. |
investigators retraced today trails that;
led only to failure in their efforts to
solve the crime a year ago.
They hunted evidence which might!
substantiate the divorcee's declaration,
written before she died of carbon
monoxide fumes under her automobile
Monday, that “the men that did the
work were from Cleveland.”
Miss Ludwig, 46-year-old paramour
of the slain woman's husband, wrote
that the gunmen were paid “only $200
for the Job.”
Cable, 48. remained in custody for
possible further questioning.
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to Opportunity House.
Sees Children Eat.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt became
a $l-a-month supporting member of
Opportunity House yesterday after
watching hungry children of the
neighborhood being fed milk and sand
wiches at the settlement house, 78 I
street N.W.
Mrs. Roosevelt paid her dollar when
Mrs. W. H. Thies told ner the organi
zation hopes to seeure enough sup
porting members at $1 a month to
provide for expenses of $400 per
month.
‘TU gladly be a member," Mrs.
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children have at least one square meal
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She suggested to Mrs. Thies that
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Insufficient.
In addition to giving the children
food and carrying on sewing, dress
making. dramatic and art classes, she
was told, the settlement also helps
arrange for medical attention, hos
pitalization and nursing care for the
underprivileged families of the neigh
borhood.
"There Is evidently a need for a
house of this kind in the community,"
Mrs. Roosevelt told Mrs. Thies.
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League
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sie sat at the League Council table
with bowed head and closed eyes, an
aide read his plea, containing a de
mand that the recognition question
be carried before the whole Assembly
of the League.
But when the Council reconvened
late today Poland, Rumania and
Sweden immediately aligned them
selves with Britain and France against
continued non-recognition.
Poland, said her delegate, already
had recognized Italy's empire and
nothing the Council could do would al
ter that action.
Sweden's foreign minister, R. J.
Sandler, said his government soon
would send a minister to Rome, there
by joining the recognition move.
Britain’s Foreign Secretary Viscount
Halifax and Prance’s Foreign Minis
ter Georges Bonnet were prepared to
accept such declarations as giving
them the freedom from non-recogni
tlon pledges they desire.
"Members of the League, this is a
reign of fear,” said Haile Selassies
appeal. ‘‘The states that are mem
bers of the League are each one for
himself. • • *
"Stjtee contagion of aggression has
spread throughout the world states
have permitted international morale
to vanish. May God forgive them! • • •
"Ethiopia continues to climb her
Calvary.”
The Negus Invoked the doctrine of
former United States Secretary of
State Henry L. Stimson, announced
after Japan’s conquest of Manchuria,
that territory acquired by force should
not be recognized.
U. S. Keeps Non-Recognition Policy,
Br t!.r Associated Press.
Tlie American Government adheres
to its policy of non-recognition of
conquered territory despite the posi
tion of Great Britain and France at
Geneva in favor of recognizing Ethi
opia, Secretary of State Hull said tor
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first time in The Star last September
in an article which showed that the
same serious defect which resulted in
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long runway, and when the cross
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the airport at all.”
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the Senate late yesterday on the
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