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Weather Forecast _ Full Associated Press From the United States Weather Bureau Report , * ^ ASSOCiated rreSS Partly cloudy, warm; possibly a shower News and Wirephotos j Sundav afternoon; showers Monday; i\f „ __j moderate winds. Temperatures today— blHlday MOHling and HTnFjJO*} .PnmrU'a A^: “6 | | Every Afternoon. No- 1,795-No. 31,802. JBJBK-_WASHINGTON, D, C., AUGUST 13, 1939-106 PAGES. *** «» „ I TE£ij^ Garner Backed for President By Majority Leader Rayburn; Party Youth Hails New Deal Vice President Called 'Liberal Democrat' B? the Associated Press. Representative Sam Rayburn of Texas, who as majority floor leader has piloted New Deal legislation through the House for three years, yesterday indorsed Vice President Garner for the 1940 Democratic presidential nomination. Representative Rayburn announc ed support of his fellow Texan in a statement issued in response to an inquiry from the Fort Worth (Tex.) \ Star-Telegram as to his stand. ‘‘I am for that outstanding Texan and liberal Democrat, John N. Gar ner. for the presidential nomination in 1940, believing that if elected he will make the country a great Presi dent,” the statement said. The V|ce President's friends here were obviously elated at Mr. Ray burn’s public stand, not only because be has been an ardent supporter of President Roosevelt's policies, but because he is listed as an author of such important New Deal legis lation as the Securities Act. the Stock Exchange Act and the Utili ties Holding Company Law. Backed By Others. With the Rayburn announcement they said the Vice President had the backing of the two Texas Senators, other members of the State's dele gation in Congress. They also said Representative Rayburn's definition of Mr. Garner as an outstanding "liberal Demo crat'’ was pleasing, in the light of President Roosevelt's recent state ment that the party must choose a liberal in 1940. or he would not ac tively support the candidate. Mr. Rayburn's statement, too, was the first public pronouncement re garding 1940 from any of the “big four” of Congress—Speaker Bank head. Majority Leader Rayburn, Vice President Garner and Senate Majority Leader Barkley—who con fer weekly with the President dur ing the legislative sessions. Garner Himself Is Silent. Although Mr. Garner's friends have put him definitely in the presi dential race, he himself has said , nothing. Speaker Bankhead and | Senator Barkley both have been mentioned as possible nominees and Representative Rayburn's name has been brought into discussions of possible vice presidential candidates. Mr. Garner's friends, pointing to the open support given him by 12 of the 21 Texas House members, in cluding Mr. Rayburn, said the Vice President was assured of the back ing of Texas' delegation of 46 to the 1940 Democratic Convention. They said some House members from Texas had not been reached by the newspaper's query. Admiral Peoples, Head Of Procurement, Shifted By the Associated Press. Rear Admiral Christian J. Peo ples. who as director of the Treas- j ury’s Procurement Division for four years was one of the Government's heaviest spenders, was ordered to the Pacific Coast yesterday by the Navy. Effective in October, he will be general inspector of the Navy Sup ply Corps for the Pacific Coast. The Procurement Division is the principal purchasing agent of the Government. Capt. A. G. Collins succeded Admiral Peoples as its director. State Accuses Oil Firms, Asks Anti-Trust Probe By the Associated Press. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 12.—Wyo ming accused major oil producing companies today of charging con sumers "what the traffic will bear” and suggested an alleged gasoline trust oneratine in the State be in Testigated by a Federal grand jury. Ewing T. Kerr, attorney general, ! in a letter to Thurman Arnold, As- i sistant United States Attorney Gen eral in charge of the Department of Justice anti-trust division, declared he had sufficient evidence to prove j the companies are violating both State and Federal anti-trust law's. Earlier this week Mr. Arnold asked Mr. Kerr to come to Washington to present facts to support his asser tions that a gasoline trust existed in Wyoming. Being Too Early At Fire Costs Motorists $10 Seven motorists picked the w:rong time of day to drive to a fire yes terday afternoon and ended up minus $10 each. The trouble was they got there too soon and caused such a traffic snarl that fire engines answering the second of two alarms sounded for the blaze couldn't get within proper range. Motorcycle Policeman Ralph Burton made the arrests and charged them all with driving too close to fire apparatus. The fire, which caused damage estimated at $1,000. demolished a contractor's office and tool shed at the Smothers School, Forty-fourth street and Washington place N.W. It had been used by workmen erect ing an addition to the school. Those arrested, all of whom posted collateral at the 11th precinct, gave their names as Haywood Blake, 4644 Hunt place N.E.; William Mof fltt, 1520 Neal street N.E.; John Diggs. 202 Forty-ninth street N.E.; . Norbert Henschel, 618 Fifteenth street N.E.; Walter Price. 214 Divi sion avenue N.E.; Frank Foster, 2121 Fourth street N.W., and Benjamin W Bryan, 3003 Franklin street N.E. i Pittman Denounces j ekes as 'Dictator' ; 3f Lands Policy ’ e Nevadan to Reintroduce f Vetoed Bill to Return * Area to State * By the Associated Press. Senator Pittman, Democrat, of ^ Nevada last night attacked the ad- ( ninistration's public lands policy, , tsserting lands in the Western . States "are rapidly becoming a , jarony of the dictator at the head j )f the Department of Interior.” Without mentioning by name Sec- . •etary of the Interior Ickes, Senator j ( Pittman made it plain he blamed , aim for President Roosevelt’s veto ■ a bill to turn over to the State ] 3f Nevada about 12 square miles of , 3overnment land near Boulder Dam. Urges West to Stand Together. Senator Pittman, who usually has supported the President’s legisla tive program, said he thought the Western States ought to “stand to gether for their common interest" ! in resisting taking of land out of the channels of State taxation. “The Western States have a very small vote, but elections have been carried by a smaller majority than the combined votes of those States,” he said. “If that be a threat,” he added, "make the most of it.” Asserting he would re-introduce the bill at the next session of Con gress, the Nevada Senator added that “maybe the President will have time to obtain correct facts with regard to some of these questions by then.” “If he does not,” Senator Pitt man continued, “then probably Con gress will assert its jurisdiction and carry the bill over the President's veto. If the next Congress does not see fit to do it, possibly the Con gress of 1941 will do it.” The Pittman bill would have per mitted Nevada to establish a State park in the area, thus controlling the site at which water for Nevada will be pumped from the Boulder Dam reservoir. Tn t'otAinrr if f Vi A Dvo ri rl on f pnirl the tract was “of national Interest and value, both for the protection from pollution of the waters im pounded in Lake Mead and for the enhancement of the recreational and scenic values created through the building of Boulder Dam.” Land Denied to Stock. Senator Pittman said the Presi dent by proclamation had just set aside about 4,000 square miles of public lands in Nevada for a game sanctuary without the approval of the State or action by Con gress. He said this land, in a mountainous area, thus had been denied as range for sheep and cattle. “The precedent the President has established by his veto is dan gerous to the West—the precedent of withdrawing public lands with in a State from economic use with out consent of the State or even against the protest of a State,” he added. He said he would introduce at the next session a bill providing that no more public lands could b# withdrawn for any purpose with out the consent of Congress. Steinhardt Sees Kalinin _ . _ . * w, /\ug. ±4 v/r;.—-uauicuue A. Steinhardt, new United States Ambassador to Moscow, today pre sented his credentials to Michael Kalinin, head of the all-Russian central executive committee. Stein hardt succeeds Joseph E. Davies, now Ambassador to Belgium. * Young Democrats Indorse Policies Of Roosevelt y the Associated Press. PITTSBURGH. Aug. 12.—The roung Democratic Clubs of Amer :a went down the line for the New >eal program in the 1940 eam iaign today in concluding their hree-day biennial meeting. The convention adopted resolu ions urging President Roosevelt o "press forward” with his “lib ral" objectives and recommend :ig nomination of candidates next ear favoring his program. A New )ealer, 28-year-old Homer Mat Ad ms, Springfield, 111., was unanl lously elected president of the 'oung Democrats for the next two ears. Although their constitution for ids indorsement of candidates for he presidential nomination, the unior Democrats applauded and heered Mayor Edward J. Kelly of lUinnrtA tf'U am Via a MS a m#4a/4 11 t Vl A t 'resident Roosevelt run again. Mrs. Verda Barnes, 31, Idaho 'alls, Idaho, until recently a sec etary in the Interior Department i Washington, was elected vice i resident, and John Neff, Staun t>n (Va.) apple grower, secretary, ohn M. Bailey, Hartford, .Conn., . 'as re-elected treasurer. Louisville, !y., won the 1941 convention. ; ' Want Genuine New Dealers. Young Adams, chuppy-cheeked ssistant director of the Depart lent of Finance in Illinois, said in lis acceptance speech the young iemocrats “demand genuine, whole learted New Dealers" head the iemocratic ticket in 1940. Without mentioning names, he dded it was "unfortunate that re ctionaries are striking from within , ur own ranks. It is unfortunate hat we see those who fervently wore their loyalty beneath the stars ( s witnesses, turn and wait not even ‘ or the first cloudy night to strangle j hat vow." i ; The convention started off with lformal attacks on the Hatch Act ! pstricting political activities of most 'ederal workers, but took no action * n the issue. Convention officers [ aid they thought President Roose- i elt had expressed their view in his : lessage placing various interpreta ions on the act. The Resolutions Committee, head d by Barry Bingham, Louisville pub tsher. needed only one roll call to ! ut through its 14 proposals. The ecord vote forced through a sub- \ titute resolution involving a Cali ornia delegation factional contro- ! ersy. 1 Faith in Farley Expressed. One resolution voiced “faith" in he leadership of National Demo- < ratic Chairman James A. Farley 1 nd said the Young Democrats were counting on him to continue his uccessful work in support of a iberal and aggressive democracy.” The pro-New Deal resolutions re- j iffirmed “full and enthusiastic con idence in the inspiring leadership mi r-resiueni, ttooseven. ana urgea iim to ‘‘press forward toward his iberal, enlightened and humani arian objectives.” They commended to the part as a ‘vital requisite in 1940 the nomina ion of Democrats for President and Vice President who will continue aithfully and with their whole learts to strive for these objectives, iot only to assure our party's con ;inued success, out also to promote ;he country's welfare.” They recommended that delegates :o the Democratic National Conven-; ion next year be instructed for can lidates who are "truly liberal and progressive.” Republican Conservatism. Other resolutions: Declared if the American people ‘want blind conservatism, they can always find it made to order in'the Republican party.” Expressed regret that the "delay af certain administration measures has wrought detriment to the interests and well-being” of the unemployed and aged, and others. Commended the "splendid and successful foreign policy of the Roosevelt administration.” Indorsed the “recent activities of the Democratic administration and members of Congress” to extend the 'safeguard” of human freedom and civil liberties. Favored efforts to equalize freight Tsee DEMOCRATSrPage~A-6~) U. S. Air Attache Saved From Plane in Harbor By the Associated Press. BUENAVENTURA, Colombia, Aug. 12.—Capt. Uzal G. Ent, Air Attache of the United States Em bassy at Lima, Peru, and a me chanic were rescued uninjured to day after their Army land plane was iorcea aown in me naroor nere. A launch sped to the aid of the flyers, whose plane sank immedi ately. They had taken off earlier from Colon, Panama for Guayaquil, Ecuador, en route to Peru. The motor of the ship, an attack bomber, cut out, and the craft lost altitude so rapidly that Capt. Ent was unable to glide it to a shore landing. :uehrer and Ciano Extend Conference )n Axis Policy Italy's Foreign Minister Is Stern and Serious After Parley iy the Associated Press. BERCHTESGADEN, Germany, tug. 12.—German-Italian discus ions designed to outline a course if action in tense Europe will go nto a third day because of their complexity.” responsible German ources said tonight. This disclosure followed a closely uarded conference at which Adolf litler weighed the international ituation during the day with his iiiiiuMci, dUHuimi vun rviu >entrop and Premier Mussolini's oreign minister, Count Galeazzo liano. Looking unusually stern and se ious, Ciano returned to his Salz lurg hotel tonight after spending ilmost four hours with Hitler and 'on Ribbentrop in the Fuehrer's nountain chalet, the Berghof, near lerchtesgaden. May Meet Again at Fuschl. It was presumed the talks would :ontinue with Hitler at his retreat, Herman sources said, although it vas quite possible that just the wo foreign ministers would meet done at Castle Fuschl, von Rib >entrop's summer place near Salzburg, as they did Friday at heir first meeting. German spokesmen explained hat in a Europe “so laden with ianger” it was necesary to take up >ach detail of the various problems iffecting the Rome-Berlin axis— Danzig, for example—very slowly ind carefully because they were ‘so involved and complex.” Before returning for dinner to night with von Ribbentrop at the Hotel Oesterreichischer Hof in Salzburg, Ciano lunched with Hit ler at his Gaestehaus, where guests nf the Fuehrer frequently stay. Skip Music Festival. The length of today's conference made impossible the scheduled at tendance of Ciano and Von Ribben trop tonight at an open-air per formance of the Salzburg music fes tival on the towm's Cathedra! Square. Previously today's talk with Hit ler was believed to mark the end oi the official part of the Italian for eign minister's visit. He was to have accompanied Von Ribbentrop to morrow on a wild duck hunting tri{ to Lake Fuschl, near Salzburg, bui the event was canceled. Political opinion meanwhile helc that the problem of the free citv o: Danzig—with all the repercussions its possible union with German; might have—received a thorough examination. Polish Attacks Charged. An indication that the future ol Danzig may have formed the prim* topic of discussion was seen in th( manner in which the controllec German press not only was empha^ sizing the dispute with Poland ovei Germany's claims to the free cit; but also reports of alleged attacks by Poles on German nationals ir Pomorze, the Polish corridor. Accounts published on front pages of newspapers charged that th< Poles had killed six Germans anc seriously wounded 21 others in 20 raids during the last five weeks. Forster Visit Reported. Reports circulated here withou official confirmation that Alber Forster, Nazi district leader in Dan zig, again visited Hitler yesterda; while the foreign ministers weri opening the talks in nearby Castli Fuschl. The Danzig Gauleiter had visite< (See SALZBURG, Page A-7J 17,000 Troops V/aiting to Meet 'Enemy' Attack on Capital Guard Corps to Face Motorized 'Raiders' Creating Diversion From New York Front By JOSEPH S. EDGERTOX, , Star Staff Correspondent. FIELD HEADQUARTERS. 3d CORPS. 1st ARMY. MANASSAS. Va.. Aug. 12 - Twenty-three thousand officers and men of the Regular Army and the 28th and 29th Na tional Guard Divisions from the Dis trict of Columbia, Maryland, Vir ginia and Pennsylvania will take the field under battle conditions 1 tomorrow' in the opening phase of maneuvers extending to the Cana dian border to determine the ability of the Nation's defenses to meet an enemy invasion in force from the Atlantic Coast. The Virginia exercises are a co ordinated part of a program of train ing for the 1st Army, which will in volve the assembly of 50,000 officers and men of the Regular Army and National Guard in the vicinity of Plattsburg, N. Y., for two weeks be ginning tomorrow. Both maneuvers, involving a total of nearly 75.000 troops, are part of a single problem resulting from the simulated inva sion of the United States by an en emy which will land in force tomor row in the Chesapeake Bay area, Northern New Jersey and New Eng land. To cover the main landing to the north, creating a diversion, a highly mechanized ''enemy" force has en tered the Chesapeake Bay and is steaming up the Potomac River pre pared to force a landing in the vicinity of Quantico, Va„ tomorrow morning and attack the National Capital from the south and west. This "Black" force is being repre sented by a provisional division of the Regular Army, which has been i See MANEUVERS, Page A-3.) Squalus Hits Mud In Tow; Next Level Lift Plans Pushed Raised 80 Feet Already, Submarine Strikes I Uncharted Hump B> The Associated Press. PORTSMOUTH. N. H.. Aug. 12 — ; The submarine Squalus with its cargo of 26 dead was held fast to night by an uncharted mud hump it struck while being towed shore ward after the United States Navy had raised the vessel 80 feet from ; a 240-feet depth in an apic engi | neering feat. President Roosevelt — one-time ' Assistant Secretary of the Navy— I who boarded the cruiser Tuscaloosa 1 at New York today for a vacation trip, meanwhile arranged to visit the salvage scene tomorrow to in spect the operations, i "Squalus cannot be moved appre ciably from position of first ground ing.” Rear Admiral Cyrus W. Cole. I in charge of the operations, radioed ! from the salvage ship Falcon. He added, however, that pontoons attached to the submarine would be | reset tomorrow for the second of > three scheduled liftings. Naval officers ashore said the mud pinnacle had halted the shoreward journey from 300 to 500 yards short of the first haul’s destination. They expressed informal opinions that the unexpected grounding would simply, change the scene of the second lift without materially interfering with the task of returning the Squalus to the Portsmouth Navy Yard. Tide Fails to Clear Hump. The submarine struck the hump at 2:13 p.m. Salvage workers waited for the tide to rise to pro ceed with the tow, but when high tide failed to provide the needed lift, it was decided to suspend opera tions until tomorrow. Ten pontoons were used in mov ing the Squalus from the place at which it sank during diving tests 82 days ago. > Hatches of the vessel will not be opened until it is returned to the Navy Yard. , Navy officers kept watch on a : freshening sea in apprehension lest ■ the weather delay another lifting ' and towing operation—probably ! early next week—that would carry i the Squalus into the sheltering lee of the now nearby Isle of Shoals. I Once there, the job virtually wouln be done. Falcon's Sailors Cheer. A spontaneous cheer broke from the half-naked sailors lining the rail of the salvage ship Falcon wnen me inree tug pomoons aoove the bow of the Squalus broke wa ter a few minutes before 11 a.m. today in a cascade of sparkling foam. Almost a month ago—on July 13— the same salvage crew apparently had gained the same victory when a sudden uncontrolled surge of buoyancy in the only partially flooded bow of the Squalus tore the craft from its lifting chains. The bow shot out of the water, actively endangering the salvage fleet, before the vessel’s entire 290-foot length settled back to the bottom where it (See SQUALUS, Page A-5.) I Dies Probe to Doom Communism in U. 5., Thomas Asserts Committee Hearings Will Reopen Here This Week BACKGROUND— During 75th Congress, Repre sentative Dies, Democrat, of Texas was named to head a com mittee delegated to inquire into subversive activities in this coun try. Testimony was taken con cerning activities of Fascists and Communists and committee later drew a rebuke from President Roosevelt due to its methods of procedure. The House, however, appropriated funds and directed continuance of the inquiry. By the Associated Press. Representative Thomas, Repub lican, of New Jersey predicted yes terday that current investigators of the House Committee on Un-Ameri can Activities would "kill off the Communist party in this country.’ "We’ll disclose the real big shots of the Communist party this time,’’ said Mr. Thomas, a committee mem ber. The group's hearings will re open here this week. Representative Thomas declined to elaborate on his statement, but another committee source asserted that evidence had been gathered ol “ a definite financial tie-up’’ between + Qrnriet- T?iiccion o’nvprnmpnt. nnri the Communist party in the United States. This informant added that com mittee investigators had uncovered “much more startling’1 information within the last few months than any which has yet been made pub lic. Chairman Dies obtained an ap propriation of $100,000 during the last Congress to add to $25,000 given him earlier for the inquiry. Since appropriation of this new money, the committee has opened branch offices at San Francisco and Los Angeles and one committee member asserted a “wealth of ma terial” on activities of the Commu nist party on the West Coast re cently had been found. He added that some information obtained by committee investigators had been turned over to the Laboi Departments Immigration Service and to the Federal Bureau of Inves tigation. Certain of this material was said to concern an “important” Nazi spy case. The commiuee’s inquiry in recent months has been directed by Rhea Whitley, former F. B. I. agent anc now the committee’s attorney. Tentative committee plans call foi reopening the hearings here Wednes day for about 30 days, after which the committee probably will go tc the Pacific Coast, Chicago and Pitts burgh for further hearings. Othei cities may be included in the com mittee's tour. The committee has held no hear ings since June, when Maj. Gen G iorge van Horn Moseley, U. S. A. retired, was questioned. Radio Programs, Page F-3 Complete Index, Page A-2 12 Reported Killed As Train Plunges Into Nevada Gorge 16 Cars Leave Track With Diner Plunging in River as Boulder Sheers Deck off Bridge BULLETIN. SAN FRANC1SO, Aug. 12 (#>).—Twelve persons were killed when six cars of the westbound streamlined train t o —tir/MiA /IavoiIa/I in nontcol vivj Ui kJHii a i«*iiv*uvv »»v* v ~ Nevada about 200 miles east of Reno tonight, Southern Pacific headquarters here reported. Most of the dead were dining car employes, the company said. A large number of persons were believed injured. Full reports from the scene were not expected be fore morning. The Southern Pacific said that several of the de railed cars rolled into the Humboldt River which flows below the tracks at that point. OJ me nswuncu rics*. RENO, Nev., Aug. 12—The Southern Pacific said an undetermined number of persons were killed tonight when the streamliner City of San Francisco was derailed 200 miles east of Reno, in Central Nevada. A large number of persons were believed injured. The chief dispatcher’s office at Reno said all 17 of the train’s cars left the track. Several of them plunged into the IXUliik/VlUV AVI I VA . The train was traveling on Southern Pacific tracks at a point 15 miles west of Carlin, Nev. It was west bound, en route from Chicago to San Francisco. Rock Believed on Track. Cause of the derailment could not be determined immediately, but unconfirmed reports from railroad men at Elko, near Carlin, said the train had struck a rock on the track. The accident occurred at 9:32 p.m. Coast time, but because of the remoteness of the region, word of it was not received for some time. A hospital train with seven doctors and eight nurses left Reno . as soon as it could be made up. The train was expected at the scene sometime after midnight. At San Francisco the Southern Pacific said special trains carrying nurses, doctors and rescue equipment were going to the scene of the accident from Carlin, and Sparks, Nev., and from Ogden, utan. The streamliner travels through the sparsely settled section of cen tral Nevada at speeds of as high as 90 miles an hour. The sectgpn where the accident occurred is in the Hum I boldt River gorge of the Tuscarora Mountains, a bleak and rugged re gion. Dining Car Into River. Fragmentary reports at Sacra mento from the dispatcher’s office in Sparks, Nev., indicated that the dining car of the luxury train was swept into the Humbolt River. The number of passengers in the diner at the time was not learned. The dispatcher said, however, he believed there "were scores of them.” Reports indicated the first three units of the train, corresponding to the engine and tender of steam trains, passed over the rock, but pushed it back under the following cars. The boulder sheared off the deck nt a ctoel hridpp and nluneed the ; diner into the river, the reports said. Due to meager communication into the rugged region it was not known whether the lounge car, directly behind the diner, had been pulled into the river. Two Killed as Trains Crash Near Denver I DENVER. Aug. 12 (A5).—Two per sons died and 52 others were injured today 4n the collision of two pas senger trains at a South Denver crossover. A crack, two-locomotive Denver and Rio Grande Western train rammed a coach of the Santa Fe's j “Navaja” with sufficient force to bend the head locomotive at right ] angles and send a hissing geyser | of steam 100 feet into the air. The ! car was crumpled inward so far acetylene torches had to be brought into action. A. S. Mock, 62-year-old conductor of the Navaja, died instantly. Roy S. Scott, 56, Denver, a pas senger aboard the same train, suc cumbed several hours later. The injured, all aboard the Den ver-bound Santa Pe, were taken to hospitals, but only 14 remained after emergency treatment. .The smashup occurred at a 38 degree crossover track a block south of the Alameda avenue overpass. Both trains were behind schedule. "It was in the smashed spot that most of the people were hurt,” said Artie Davis, a retired officer, who witnessed the accident. They were screaming and shouting inside the train, and they began fighting to get out the smashed windows. Most of them were covered with blood. I looked in and all the front seats were jammed together. • • • <<rrha train rnnrfnrt/ir wVin must. have been standing where the loco motive jammed the side of a coach, had been knocked through the op posite side of the car and his body was lying there. • * * "The front end of the head loco motive was bent at almost right angles to the rest of it. It looked like a giant had just taken hold of it and twisted it in the middle. * • * "The engineer of one of the trains * * • franticaly was trying to let the steam out of the overturned engine so it wouldn’t blow up.” Park's Name Changed President Roosevelt has signed a bill to change the designation of the Port McHenry National Park in Maryland to Port McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. * 50 Nearby Municipal Officials Affected , By Hatch Act Montgomery Starts Move to Amend Law At Next Session By J. A. FOX. Approximately 50 municipal offi cials in more than two dozen com munities in nearby Maryland and Virginia will be ineligible for re election because of the Hatch Act. This was disclosed last night by a check-up after the Civil Service Commission announced the new legislation banning political activity by Federal employes would necessi I tate withdrawal of the privilege that i civil service workers on duty in this area have enjoyed for 27 years of hnlHincr nffirp in thpir local ffnvpm ments. Concurrently, a move was launch ed in Montgomery County, where many Government workers occupy office, to seek amendment of the Hatch Act at the next session of Congress to retain this right. The commission, while announc ing that Federal workers will in the future be prohibited “from becom ing candidates for municipal office.’’ left undisturbed temporarily those in positions. Their status is to be determined later, it was explained, probably after a conference with the Justice Department. Hold Positions in 28 Areas. The check showed that there are 28 communities where employes hold official positions, or, by virtue of civil service regulations, have been eligible for election. In some of these—notably Arlington County and Herndon and Vienna, Va.— none of the incumbents at present is employed by the Government. The possibility also was seen last night that some of the officeholders might not come under the Civil Service Commission ban because they are in non-civil service posi tions. If this condition actually exists, however, the number of such cases probably would be negligible. Further, any exception of this sort is expected to be wiped out, for it is considered certain in view of the precedent set by the Civil Service Commission that the Justice De partment will rule that the office hrtlriincr han ic armlirahlo alert frt non-civil service employes. The Civil Service Commission rul ing came unexpectedly although the matter had been under con sideration ever since the Hatch Act was signed by the President. Issued in Taft Regime. The Executive order under which employes have been allowed MTtake active part in the management of their communities was issued first in the Taft administration, the theory being that where employes formed a large part of the popula tion their "domestic interest" made sucn a course desirable. President Wilson extended the scope of the order to permit employes at mili tary establishments likewise to hold civil office—a privilege that also goes under the new ruling. In applying the restriction, the commission said it flowed from that section of the Hatch Act, “which provides that no officer or em ploye in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, shall (See HATCH, Page A-5.) ♦ REPRESENTATIVE RAYBURN. —MW ; s MAYOR EDWARD J. KELLY. \ a —A. P. Wirephoto. ! j CYSwpjohs fru. HCt UP OVt* THAT HOUSIN'Bill. Hl'Ll HwtT» STiCK \ to7»ut squatter/ „ SHACK' ^ BY GOLLY, I M 5Mo GLAD they Did . / Somethin' I FEIt VLVEK^D " Water Gate Concerts on WMAL A full hour of the tenth of the season's “Sunset Symphonies" by the National Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Rudolph Ganz, guest conductor, will be broadcast over a Nation wide network by the National Broadcasting Co. this evening. Through the co-operation of the National Broadcasting Co. and The Star the program will be heard locally over WMAL. Tonight’s program will be broadcast from 9 to 10 o’clock. By all means attend the concert tonight if you can. The music and the setting provide a combination that you shouldn’t miss. If you cannot^ attend, tune in the concert on WMAL at 9 o’clock. In arranging these broadcast the National Broadcasting Co. and The Star are co-operating with the Summer Concert Com mittee of the Symphony Orchestra in its effort to further apprecia tion and support of the orchestra which contributes so greatly to the musical life of the National Capital. Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the Water Gate tonight. ¥ > SAYSjHERE \ The president \ .CLAIMS THEY'RE ' ) ALLGAMBLIM^y / _ all me ' Saihe I wdnde* WHAT HE'D DO ABOUT ALL THE f\ COCKTAIL 3 LUNGES1 £ Dtr I EDDY WOULD HAYC D°«S0mm*; — T& Bkkak up that , Q4NBLW.< —J GOS».f?ECKO«THt H PRESlDEHT KNOWS i J.WHET'S QftMBliW-* ?CjBT THi5T\mc' ^ F~~w»r\«ur it J s . Cactus Jack Did K fcJOHNL?1?