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Two Right Parties
Join Movement
To Topple Daladier
Program Dangerous and
Inopportune, Rocque's
Organization Says
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov. 19.—Two rightist
political parties today joined the
Socialists and Communists in call
ing for overthrow of Premier
Edouard Daladier’s government be
cause of its financial program.
Francois de la Rocque’s French
Social party, which, as the Croix de
Feu, led the bloody riots against a
previous Deladier cabinet in Febru
ary, 1934, called the premiers pro
gram “dangerous and inopportune.”
The French people's party, headed
by Deputy Jacques Doriot, declared
the new financial measures “threat
en only the working man.”
Candidates to succeed M. Daladier
when Parliament meets December 6
already have been put forward in
the Chamber of Deputies. The most
favored appeared to be former Pre
mier Edouard Herriot, now presi
dent of the chamber.
Today M. Daladier is governing
France with a majority of the
deputies against him. His own
party splif last night on the finan
cial program, 9 of the 112 Radical
Socialist Deputies voting against
the program and 31 abstaining from
voting.
At least 320 of the 618 votes in the
chamber can be counted against M.
Daladier.
The Communists called a huge
mass meeting for tonight at the
Paris Sports Palace to protest
against the financial decrees. Hun
dreds of police were assigned to
patrol the streets in the vicinity.
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Manufacturers' Head
Hits Labor Act
By the Associated Press.
SYRACUSE. Nov. 18.—Calling the
National Labor Relations Act "one
sided. " Charles R. Hook, president
of the National Association of Man
ufacturers. urged yesterday amend
ment of the law and elimination of
compulsion in management-employe
relations.
"If the element of compulsion and
coercion were removed from current
industrial relations, great progress
would be made in the direction of
industrial peace." he said in an ad
dress prepared for delivery before
the Associated Industries of New
York.
The Labor Relations Act. he as
serted, should be changed "to sepa
rate the functions of fact-finding,
prosecution and judicial decision
and to guarantee impartial adminis
tration by the National Labor Rela
tions Board."
The waves of strikes and use of
the "sit-down" strike, he aserted,
were among the major causes of the
severe decline in business last year.
The Labor Relations Act. he
charged, had prompted discord be
tween management and workers and
among the workers themselves.
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Forouk Dedicates Egypt
To Rearming Program
E» the Associated Press.
CAIRO. Nov. 19— King Farouk,
opening a new session of Egypt's
Parliament today, dedicated his na
tion to an extensive rearmament
program as a sequel to the Septem
ber European crisis.
The 18-year-old King, who be
came a father Thursday, was cheered
as he drove from his palace to the
Chamber of Deputies, where his
opening speech was read by the
premier.
The speech declared the Egyptian
airforce would be strengthened con
siderably. a naval fleet created and
munitions and other factories es
tablished to make the country inde
pendent in producing war materials
in time of emergency.
A new recruiting bill was disclosed
which would require all Egyptians
to serve three years in the nation's
armed forces.
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Mrs. Anna H. Chase, 94,
Born a Slave, Dies
Mrs. Anna Harrison Chase. 94.
who was born a slave, died vester
riav at her residence, 416 T street
N.W.
She was the widow of Thomas W.
Chase, a lawyer and member of the
last House of Delegates for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Her husband died
33 years ago.
Mrs. Chase came to Washington
in the spring of 1862 from Virginia,
and in later years she frequently re
called seeing President Lincoln rid
ing along the streets.
She is survived by three sons, one
of them. William T. Chase, with
whom she made her home, and one
daughter.
Charles S. Horn Dies
In Lewes, Del.
Charles S. Horn, 78, well-known
to Washington summer residents of
Rehoboth, Del., died yesterday in
Lewes, Del., after a year's illness.
For years he ran a novelty shop and
theater in the summer resort where
he lived for 50 years.
Funeral services will be held in
Lewes and burial will be there Mon
day. He was born in Dover.
Mr Horn was active in fraternal
organizations on the Eastern Shore
and was a member of the Pioneers
of Rehoboth, Kiwanis, Lafayette
Lodge, Masons; Lulu Temple, Shrin
ers, and vice president of the Dela
ware Shrine Club.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Anna T. Horn, and three sons. A.
F. E. Horn of this city, William. New
York, and Charles S., jr., Rehoboth.
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Insurgent Warplanes
Raid North of Barcelona
By the Associated Press.
BARCELONA, Nov. 19.—Five per
sons were killed and 21 injured today
when five insurgent planes bombed
the area between Badalona and
Mongat just north of Barcelona.
The planes dropped from 50 to
100 bombs which wrecked six build
ings.
The planes later appeared over
Barcelona, but were chased away by
government pursuit ships. The
American food shin Erica Reed,
which was in the harbor, was not
harmed.
LOS ANGELES.—BECOMES 17. S. CITIZEN—Luise Rainer, the
Viennese actress, who twice has won the annual Motion Picture
Academy award for the best performance, obtained her final
American citizenship papers yesterday. After the proceedings
she wrapped the flag around herself for benefit of the photog
raphers. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Czechs Preparing to Meet
Demands of New Position
. -
Harder Work, Less Money and Steady
Co-operation With Reich Required
Fy the Associated Press. '
PRAGUE, Nov. 19.—Harder work
for less money and a daily pat on
the back for Germany are among
the new rules of life in transformed
Czechoslovakia.
Shorn of their former industries
and abandoned to their own fate,
the people seem to realize what is
demanded of them if they are to
retain even their present reduced
status.
Anticipating lower wages which
would prevent them from spending
freely. Prague residents are flock
ing to theaters, movies and other
amusements as though taking one
grand last fling.
Confidence in Czechoslovakia cur
rency has returned, however, since
; the height of the September war
! scare when any one with dollars or
sterling could get his own price.
Bank Deposits Return.
Bank deposits withdrawn then are
coming back and there is money
to borrow for those who want it.
But there is an atmosphere of un
certainty in the triple state (Slo
akia. Bohemia and Rutheniai.
Business cannot settle down in a
solid way until after the new fron
tiers are definitely fixed and the
country's economic possibilities are
gauged.
It was thought the border matter
was definitely settled after the re
turn of generous slices of Slovak
and Ruthenian territory to Hun
gary. but the Nazis have come along
since then and requested more land,
i The German propaganda min
istry said last night the border
was being revised quietly on a
"tit-for-tat” basis !
Negotiations Not Ended.
Premier General Jan Svrovy in
his parliamentary message said "ne
gotiations with our neighbors are in
nowise ended.”
Some time- will have to pass be
fore an accurate picture of the coun
try's foreign trade can be sketched.
Special arrangements with Sudeten
land. meanwhile, help make the pic
ture different from what it will be
when Czechoslovakia cuts complete
ly free from its former German
speaking territory.
The Czechoslovaks know they will
have to depend largely on Germany
and cut down purchases from other
countries.
It has become a fixed principle in
official utterances on the subject to
say the new state desires good rela
tions with its neighbors, "especially
Germany."
Work soon will start on tlie Hitler
highway from Breslau to Vienna
across Czechoslovak territory. It
will be a purely German undertak
ing. The highway will be connected
with the network of concrete bands
which link various parts of Greater
Germany.
Oder-Danube Canal Projected.
Another plan is on foot to take
German enterprise Into Czechoslo
vakia. It concerns a canal linking
the Oder River in Silesia with the
Donube near Bratislava,
i How much Czechoslovak employ
ment will benefit from these proj
ects is not yet determined.
Unemployment is one of the coun
Farmer Invites
Hunters to Be
Good Sportsmen
By the Associated Press.
DRESDEN. Tenn., Nov. 19
Farmer R. W. Frick had his land
posted yesterday by a newspaper
advertisement that varied the popu
lar caricature of the angry planter
shooing hunters from the premises.
“Be a good sport, gentlemen," the
notice read.
“You are welcome to come out
to my place any time in season * • •
If you need a gun to hunt with, ask
the wife or myself and we will lend
you one. We have several bird dogs;
if you want to use one or all of them,
you are welcome. If you get thirsty,
come to the house; we will make
you as comfortable as we can.
“All we ask in return is please do
not shoot around my stock or build
ings. Protect my property as you
would your own. And last, but not
least, observe the law and be a good
sportsman. Leavers few for next
year; you may lm/ant to come
back • • •”
try's greatest problems. Labor camps
on the Nazi model and extensive
road-building schemes already are
being planned by the government to
relieve the situation.
What to do with the thousands of
state employes who have fallen back
on Prague lrom Sudetenland. which
is now a part of Germany, and from
Slovakia and Ruthenia. which have
driven out Czech civil servants, is a
big puzzle.
One way the government is tac
kling this is by releasing all women
holding government jobs.
Government a Compromise.
Political leaders, meanwhile, have
been grappling with the creation of
a new form of government. A com
promise between the dictatorship
principle and the United States form
of republie has been hit upon.
Gen. Syrovy s interim regime this
week proposed that Parliament,
which has been inactive since the
partition of the country, reconvene
to inaugurate the new government, !
spoken of here as "authoritarian
democracy.”
Foreign Minister Frantisek Chval
kovsky, who served his country in
Washington during the Harding ad
ministration. was held to have the
best chance of being named by Par
liament as the first President of “the
second republic. The election is
expected next week.
Official quarters assert that, al
though they have drawn upon the
dictatorship idea for the new gov
ernment. it is not their intention to
make Czechoslovakia a "uniform"
country. The Slovak Hlinka guards
in dark blue uniforms are the only
Fascist guards in evidence so far.
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Expropriation Order
Upheld by U.S. Court
B> the Associated Press.
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 19.—The
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals upheld yesterday an expro
priation order of President Cardenas
of Mexico which led to the seizure
of a Compania Naviera vessel in
Mobile, Ala., March 18, 1938.
The ship, the San Ricardo. S. A., '
sailed from Tampico lor Mobile, |
supposedly to be repaired. On or- !
ders from his government. Manuel 1
Aguilar. Mexican consul at New Or- i
leans, took charge of the vessel in
the Alabama port.
On April 2. this year, a United
States marshal seized the ship under
an action brought by Robert T. '
Ervin, jr.. said to be receiver for the 1
Compania Naviera in this country, j
The District Federal Court upheld ;
the Mexican government represen- |
tatives’ claim of Immunity and lack
of jurisdiction under terms of the
expropriation order.
These representatives insisted the
entire matter was strictly one among
Mexicans, particularly since the I
United States and Mexico were
friendly to each other.
The appeal court’s decision yester
day affirmed the lower court's judg
ment.
,
77 Foreign Newspapers
Banned in Germany
xiy the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Nov. 19—Seventy-seven
foreign newspapers were seized today j
and their sale forbidden. Among
those banned were the Nov. 6 and 7
issues of the New York Times.
Most recent issues of the leading
Swiss, Danish, British, French, Bel
gian, Norwegian, Swedish, Ru
manian. Yugoslav, Czechoslovak,
Polish and Vatican City dailies were
confiscated.
The reason apparently was that
the papers contained descriptions of
anti-Jewish activities in Germany.
Junior G-Men
PHILADELPHIA (A*).—A gang of
neighborhood kids cstme upon four
hoodlums holding up a grocery store.
Thrilled, the youngsters set up a
shout of glee.
"Bang! Bang!” they cried. "Hold
up! Bang! Bang!”
The startled bandits left the store
keeper—equally surprised—and his
money behind Q they sped out the
door.
Chinese Reported
Progressing With
Drive on Canton
Armies Appear to Have
Fought Invaders
To Standstill
B* the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, Nov. 19—ChiA’s
armies today appeared to have
fought the Japanese invaders to a
standstill for the moment.
Although accurate Information
was lacking in the face of conflict
ing counter-claims, foreign observers
believed the Chinese were making
progress in their South China drive
against Japanese forces which
sought to widen the foothold gained
with the capture of Canton.
Such progress was indicated by
the fact Japan replaced her South
China commander after the Jap
anese failed to advance more than
30 miles northward in the four weeks
since Canton's capture, October 22.
The Japanese admitted they had
evacuated Samshui, 20 miles west
of Canton, and the Japanese mili
tary spokesman likened fighting
there to the see-saw fighting at
Taierhchwang in Central China last
April.
Japanese military announcements
side-stepped any claims to advances
in the Canton sector or down the
Canton-Hankow Railway from the
former provisional capital. This,
too, seemed to bear out Chinese
claims to substantial progress In
recent fighting.
The British Yangtze River patrol
above Hankow reported nine Jap
anese bombers, accompanied by four
pursuit planes, heavily bombed
Ichang, 180 air miles west of Han
kow, today.
The extent of damage to the river
port was not known, but it was said
the bombers concentrated their at
tack on Chinese military supplies.
Graff Funeral Rites
To Be Held Monday
Funeral services for Carl J. F.
Graff. 73. former Washington at
torney. who died Thursday at his
Richmond home, will be held here
at 2 pm. Monday in the Lee
Mineral home
and burial will j
be in Prospect :
Hill Cemetery.
A native of
Washington, he
was educated in ,
public schools j
here and at
tended George
town University.
He practiced law
here 35 years
before ret iring
10 years ago to
live in Rich
mond.
Godfrey L.
C. J. f. Graff.
Munter, president or the District
Bar Association, today named a me
iporial committee/of local attorneys
to attend the funeral. With Mr.
Munter as honorary pallbearers are
John L. Smith. Alfred L. Bennett.
Charles E. Ford. Charles H. Bates,
William H. McGrath. David G.
Bress, H. L. Boatwright, jr,; John
W. Gulledge and E. Hilton Jackson.
Harmony Lodge 17 will hold grave
side Masonic rites.
A founder of the Society of Na
tives. Mr. Graf! was a member of
the old Colonial Athletic Club, and
an officer of the drill team. National
Fencibles. He was active in Masonry.
Surviving him are his widow, Mrs.
Elsie M. Graff, a daughter, Mrs.
Erie Kauffman of Washington, a son,
Charles T. A. Graff. Richmond; five
sisters, Miss Marie Graff, Miss
Antoine Graff. Mrs. Louise Hoy
berger, Mrs. Max Walten and Mrs.
John Thiemyer, and a brother, Maj.
J. T. Graff. Richmond.
TAKES OVER—Dr. Hans
Thomsen, Counselor of the
German Embassy, who will be
In charge there In the absence
of Ambassador Hans Dieck
hoff, recalled to Berlin.
—Harris-Ewing Photo.
Refugees
i Continued From First Page.)
with officials there, and that al
though the German government had
been so advised, it had made "no
definite reply.”
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, asked
the Nation last night to boycott Ger
man goods and services in protest
against persecution of Jews in Ger
many. ,
In a broadcast address, he said:
“If anything can impress upon
Hitler the tragic folly of his course
and induce him to change his wavs,
it is economic pressure Irom the
outside world."
Aid of 5.000.000 Expected.
Mr. Green declared also that 5.
000 000 members of the A. F. of L.
would support a campaign to “keep
the plague of Naziism from spread
ing in this country."
Tlie labor leader sent a letter to
day to all organizations affiliated
with the Federation, requesting
them to redouble their efforts to
make effective the 5-vear-old A. F.
of L. boycott against German goods.
"I call upon 'all A. F. of L. un
ions i to appoint German boycott
committees charged with the duty
and responsibility of calling upon
merchants in their respective cities
and towns and villages to dispense
with German goods they may have
on hand and to make it clear that
working people will no longer buy
German goods or use German serv
ice while human beings in Ger
many are being driven and perse
cuted like hunted animals."
Problem Broader Than Reich.
Meanwhile. Government officials
point out that the refugee problem,
while acute as it relates to Germany,
does not end there. American con
sulates in Poland. Hungary and
Czechoslovakia have been swamped
with applications to enter the
United States.
On October 1, tl>e last date for
which statistics are available, there
were 69.000 applications on file
against an annual quota of 6,424 for
Poland.
The Jewish population In Poland
is about 3 000.000. compared to
500.000 in Germany, which has twice
the total population of Poland.
Polish Pressure Recent.
Immigration authorities explained
the pressure on the Polish quotas
began only in recent months and
reflects growing fear of Jews there
that their country will fall under
the domination of Germany.
Czechoslovak quotas are filled for
years to come by applications now
on file. About 11.000 Czechs had
asked permission to come to the
United States, prior to the Munich
accord which gave Germany the
Sudetenland. This figure is be
lieved to have at least doubled since.
The quota is 2.574 annually.
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Legislator Proposes
Alaska Be Opened
To Jewish Refugees
Area Wants Settlers, Says
Buckley—Spain, Cuba
Both Offer Haven
B<r the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—A proposal
that Alaska be opened to victims
of Nazi anti-Semitic measures fol
lowed today announcements that j
Spain and Cuba had offered haven
to refugees from Germany.
Declaring Alaskans "continuously
appeal for new settlers,” Representa
tive Charles A. Buckley, Democrat,
of New York said he would be happy
to introduce a bill at the next Con
gress excluding Alaska from quota
restrictions of the immigration law.
His suggestion was made in a let
ter to President Roosevelt.
"Alaska is a land well endowed
by nature," the Representative
wrote, "and her resources will en
able refugees to live there, and live
there well, without any need for
continuous reliance on outside help.”
Col. Pulgencia Batista, commander
in chief of the Cuban Army, and
Fernando de los Rios. Ambassador
| from v government Spain, offered
their countries as sanctuaries for
t distressed minorities.
' I he highest law of mankind is
the law of humanity,” said Col.
Batista, “and Cuba's past suffer
ings keeps her always conscious of
the suffering of other human beings.
Our hearts are open to them.”
Reiterating Spain’s willingness to
provide shelter, Senor de los Rios
said:
‘ The only conditions are that such
I refugees have been persecuted be
1 cause of race or religion, or political
, ideas, and that they wish to seek
peaceful employment in Spain.”
A report that Lower California,
a part of Mexico, was under con
sideration as a Jewish haven was
denied by Prof. J. P. Chamberlain
of Columbia University, chairman of
the Co-ordinating Committee for
German refugees.
Prof. Chamberlain said "no re
sponsible Jewish group” was behind
the idea and it had no "important
financial backing.”
i American leaders in many fields
called for financial support in re
moving refugees to other countries.
Matthew Woll. third vice presi
dent of the American Federation of
1 Labor, urged erection of a "moral
ring around Germany until hideous
and murderous dictatorship gives
way to complete restoration of free
dom, civilization and decency."
-•
U. S. Obtains Release
Of Jew Held by Nazis
B* the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Nov. 19 —United States
Consul Raymond H. Geist today
obtained the release of an American
Jew, Morris Goldtree. who had been
held by Nazi secret police since No
vember 10. *
Goldtree. a native of San Luis I
Obispo. Calif., has lived in Germany
since 1911 working as an accountant.
The United States Consulate was
not informed of his arrest for two
days, whereupon negotiations for
i his release were started immediately.
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