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POLAND NEVER TO RISE AGAIN, HITLER CRIES
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7No War Aims7 Against Britain
Or France, He Tells Danzigers,
But Vows Reich Will Not Yield
Ready for 7-Year Conflict,
Fuehrer Says; To Organize
Peace With Russians
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
DANZIG, Sept. 19.—Adolf Hitler assured France and
England today that he had “no war aims” against them,
but declared that Poland as created by the treaty of Ver
sailles “never again will rise.”
He warned the western powers that Germany never
. would “capitulate” and was prepared for as much as seven
years of war if necessary.
In a speech of an hour and 14 minutes, one of his best
oratorical efforts, the German Fuehrer dwelt at length on
what he called his efforts “to bring about friendly rela
tions” with Britain and France.
He spoke in the medieval Artushof as the climax of his
first visit to Danzig since he gathered the former free city
into the Reich and of a frenzied welcome by the populace.
Germany ana tiussia to organize reace.
Hitler declared that Germany and Russia, Europe’s “two
greatest nations, instead of being troublemakers, are going to or
ganize peace in the east.”
“In the west and south,” he asserted, “Germany made impor
tant concessions hoping to bring about definite peace in Europe.”
“We believe we would have been successful had downright
war agitators not always upset our efforts,” he shouted.
Hitler said Soviet Russia concurred in his promise that the
Poland of the post-Versailles days would not “rise” again. As
Europe’s “two greatest nations,” Russia and Germany are the only
ones “entitled to re-establish law and order in Eastern Europe.”
No Surrender, Even After " Years.
Referring to British assertions that the war might last for
three years, Hitler said “it will be dependent upon us if the war
lasts that long.”
“If it should last three years the word capitulation will not
stand at its end, nor will it stand at the end of the fourth, fifth,
sixth or seventh year, for they (allies) are not facing a Germany
of Bethmann-Hollweg (the 1914 German Chancellor), but a Ger
many of Friedrician time (meaning Frederick the Great).”
Earlier he had said the Ger- *
many of today “no longer is a
country to which ultimatums!
can be dictated.”
“We will give bomb against
bomb, not only one but 500
bombs,” he shouted.
“Affairs Become Impossible.”
Reviewing the events leading up
to Germany's invasion of Poland.
Hitler in an international broadcast,
carried in the United States by the
National Broadcasting Co., welcom
ing Danzig back into the Reich, said
i the state of affairs became "im
possible” in September, after he had
believed in August that it would be
possible to come to an understand
ing.
He said he had suffered much
from Poland in the last six years,
but he had not sent them an ulti
matum.
Citing attempts by Premier Mus
solini to bring a peaceful settlement
of the dispute, he said. England in
tervened. Then he shouted:
"England sent an ultimatum to
Germany, but the day is past when
any one can send an ultimatum to
the Reich.”
Hitler said he earlier had at
tempted to find a "reasonable solu
tion to the problem,” but indicated
It became impossible with the death
of Poland's Marshal Joseph Pil
sudski.
“Germany Superior State.”
The Fuehrer said he was depressed
by suffering the Nazis endured at
the hands of an inferior state,
“while Germany was a superior
Rtate.”
He told the world that nations
doubting the word of German states
men should also be critical of the
statesmen of the countries which
forced the Versailles Treaty upon
the Germans.
The Versailles peace offers, he
said, spelled “stupidity,” and cast
doubt on the sanity of the men who
made them.
Poland sought to make Poles out
of German inhabitants of that
country, he cried, and asked what
England, France or America would
have done under those circum
stances.
Surprise Visit.
Hitler's plan to spend the day in
Danzig was kept most secret until
this morning. Correspondents were
suddenly called to the propaganda
ministry in Berlin yesterday and in
vited to leave by airplane at 6 p.m.
for an "unknown destination.”
Only after the planes were in the
air were they told that Danzig was
receiving the Fuehrer today. They
were also told that no telephone or
telegraph communication would be
available from Danzig until this
morning.
As Hitler’s motor cavalcade ap
proached the medieval Guild Hall
of the old Hanseatic League thou
sands cheered. Men, women and
children waved swastika flags and
listened to bands playing martial
music.
Hitler, delayed by the crush of
people, moved finally to the Guild
Hall. When he took his stand
before the people they were ad
dressed by Albert Forster, Nazi
leader of Danzig.
Forster said "The day had arrived”
and that the National Socialists
had finally won their battle of driv
ing home Der Fuehrer's message
to the people of the city. He was
interrupted by cheering.
The German belief in victory, he
said, had kept up Danzig hopes, and
Danzig citizens were certain the
Nazis would achieve it as they had
achieved it in the Saar, and in
Memel.
Hitler’s arrival in Danzig, he went
on, was the "crowning day” for
which they had long waited.
Introduced by Forster.
Hitler was introduced by Forster,
who said Hitler had corrected the
"injustices of the Versailles Treaty.”
A silence fell over the crowd a
moment later when Hitler, speaking
at first in a calm voice, began ad
I (See HITLER, ]Page~A-5J
The War Situation
Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a
surprise visit to Danzig today to
welcome the former free city back
Into the Reich declared that he
seeks a lasting peace and has no
warlike intentions against Great
Britain and France, but that
Germany will continue the war
as long as she is forced to do so.
He warned that there will be no
surrender and that Germany will
answer Its enemies “bomb for
bomb.” (Page A-l.)
In London the British admi
ralty revealed that 681 survivors
of the sunken aircraft carrier
Courageous had been accounted
for, leaving 579 still missing if
the warship, first to be sunk in
the present war, carried its full
complement of 1.260 men. It was
also revealed that two trawlers
had been sunk and that three
vessels had eluded German sub
marines. (Page A-l.)
Along the western front*France
and Britain were strengthening
their forces to meet an expected
augmented German offensive
when the units now fighting in
Poland are diverted to the west.
Entry of Russia into the Polish
situation was regarded as releas
ing large numbers of German
troops for use in the west. (Page
A-l.)
Russia and Germany were re
ported from Rumania to have
prepared a plan for a new Polish
regime, which would be pro-Ger
man and pro-Russian, to re
place that of President Ignace
Moscicki. The new Polish gov
ernment is expected to sign peace
pacts immediately with Germany
and Russia. (Page A-l.)
The Russian army command
reported in Moscow that its
forces were approaching the
Polish cities of Wilno and Lwow,
but reports received at Riga, Lat
via, said that Russian troops had
already entered Wilno, north
eastern Polish city which used to
be Lithuania's capital. It was
not yet revealed how far into
Poland Russian troops would
penetrate. (Page A-5.)
In Washington President Roose
velt made plans to address Con
gress Thursday in person when it
convenes in special session. The
President’s appearance has been
scheduled tentatively for 3 pm.
(Page A-l.)
Hitler Speech
Danzigers Hear
Fuehrer Talk
On War
By the Associated Press.
DANZIG, Sept. 19 (By Radio).—
The following is the text of
today's speech by Adolf Hitler, as
transcribed by the National Broad
casting Co.:
Mr. Gauleiter, Danzigers and
Germans: This hour is not only
momentous for you but also for
me, your Fuehrer. I am now on
the soil which has been German
for the past 1.000 years, and
moreover, which from now on re
mains German for all time to
come.
At the end of the last World
War everybody felt certain in the
belief that previously existing
impossible conditions would for
ever be banished. This belief
has been shattered by a group
of people.
The Versailles treaty, which
had been brought about by this
group of people, did not settle
a single problem. They came to
forget, however, as time went by.
that they would eventually face
a united people of approximately
82.000.000 Germans. Past events
permit us to say that we have
lost all confidence in the prom
ises and statements of the so
called leaders of the democratic
nations.
One is entitled to think that
the criminals of Versailles were
entirely bereft of all reason. Our
country was the chief sufferer
from this Versailles madness.
There is one thing which I
(Continued on Page A-4, Column 2.)
Allies Prepare
To Meet Big 'Push'
By German Troops
French Colonial Forces
Ready When Nazis Shift
Weight From Poland
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, Sept. 19.—France and
Britain strengthened their war line
on the western front today in an
ticipation of a major battle as soon
as German reinforcements are
rushed back from Poland.
Entry of Red armies from Russia
into war-battered Poland was viewed
here as speeding the task of Ger
man divisions into the east and
making more men and equipment
available for defense of the West
Wall.
French reports said the nation's
colonial troops—Senegalese, Alger
ians, Tunisians. Madagascans, Ton
kinese, Annamese and Cambodians—
were mobilized fully and ready to
bolster the French attack.
The number of colonial troops
was described as considerably in ex
cess of the total of effective fighting
men called to the tri-color from the
empire during the World War.
Attack Reported Repulsed.
In the regular morning communi
que, the French general staff an
nounced repulse of a localized Ger
man attack, launched during the
night “in the region east of the
Saar River.”
The communique did not specify
where the fighting took place, but
it was believed to be in the shell
pounded region south of Saar
bruecken, where French and Ger
man forces have fought numerous
minor engagements.
British troops were said to have
moved into position in the area
of France's Maginot Line through
tunnels to the vast defense works.
Reinforceements, tne rrencn saia,
were moving up steadily from the
rear through World War battle sites
and the crumbling concrete works
of Germany’s old Hindenburg line.
Meanwhile, belief was expressed
that Berlin would aim a diplomatic
campaign at such neutral countries
as Belgium, the Netherlands, Ru
mania and the Balkan nations.
There was a feeling, too, that
Germany, which the French say is
not in a position to afford a long
war, would strike hard in the west—
perhaps even through neutral ter
ritory, according to some observers.
Officially, France apparently has
decided to await the full significance
of the Russian invasion of Poland
before making any declaration. The
press continued to attack what il
termed Soviet "brutality and treason
to peace.”
Parley Forecast.
Reports that German and Rus
sian troops had met at Brest-Litovsk
brought predictions that representa
tives of the two countries might
meet in that city to decide Poland’s
fate.
One Communist deputy was re
ported to have quit the party, anc
the French General Confederatior
of Labor, which a few years age
amalgamated with Communist trades
unions, called on all leaders anc
workers to sever any ties with Mos
cow. A resolution signed by execu
tives of the federation termed the
invasion “treason to the proletariat.'
579 Missing
In Sinking
Of Courageous
Two Trawlers Sent
Down; Three Vessels
Elude Submarines
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Sept. 19.—The grim
duel between British shipping and
naval power and German subma
rines continued today with official
announcement that two British
trawlers, the Lord Minto and Arlita,
had been sunk, but that three other
merchant vessels had eluded sub
marines.
Britain's losses since the begin
ning of the war were set at ap
proximately 30 vessels.
The admiralty's announcement
that 681 survivors of the sinking
of the aircraft carrier Courageous
had been accounted for left 579
missing, but naval authorities in
sisted there still was some hope that
the actual number aboard might
have been considerably below 1,260.
Submarine Believed Destroyed.
The Lord Minto and the Arlita,
both trawlers, were sunk, the ad
miralty announced, but gave no de
tails beyond saying that the crews
were rescued by a third trawler.
The 3,395-ton Baron Lovat was
one of the three vessels the ad
miralty announced had eluded sub- |
marines.
The crew came safely ashore at
Greenock, Scotland, with stories of
how they dodged gunfire of a sub- j
marine off the Irish coast and later J
heard an explosion which they be
lieved destroyed the attacking sub
marine.
The admiralty's account of the
escape continued:
They ithe crew) said the sub
marine, apparently short of tor
pedoes, shelled the Baron Lovat for
50 minutes without registering a hit.
while the ship plowed ahead at full
steam.
“Then she submerged suddenly,”
a deck-hand said, “and there was a
violent explosion. Water shot high
in the air. The Baron Lovat shud
dered from stem to stern and we
thought a torpedo had hit us. But
we were safe and the submarine
itself must have been the victim.”
The Baron Lovat had a cargo of
sugar.
Courageous Attack Described.
About 400 of the survivors of the
Courageous were landed in England
by a rescuing destroyer last night.
They brought to shore vivid stories
, of the episode—the first sinking of
a British warship in the present
war. Some of the rescue boats
were delayed in landing until after
noon.
One of the rescued men said that
within five minutes after the ship
was attacked he “saw pieces of the
submarine blown sky high by the
destroyers.”
I “The first torpedo penetrated the
Courageous on the port side through
the stokers deck and exploded vio
lently,” he declared. “A second tor
pedo passed beneath us. The Cour
ageous sank in 35 minutes. Most of
us either jumped into the sea from
; the decks or slipped down the side of
the heavily listing ship into the
water.
| “Some who were strong swimmers
kept afloat without aid, while others
clung to rafts, or pieces of wood.
It was not very rough and we were
able to get some boats away.
"The destroyers raced around
throwing lifeboats overboard. I was
in the water over 2 hours.”
Others said most of the fatalities
must have been trapped between
decks.
Few Minor Explosions.
“There were two distinct bangs at
intervals of about a second,” one of
the survivors related.
“After that there were a few minor
explosions and most of the crew
jumped into the water. The order
to abandon ship came within five
minutes and the Courageous foun
dered 30 minutes after the first ex
plosion.
“The ship heeled so badly some
lifeboats could not be used.”
Seamen who had to leap into the
water sang, joked and cheered as
they swam about waiting to be
picked up by destroyers, the sur
vivors said. Others supported them
selves in the water with pieces of
wood and some with rafts.
Besides those landed by the de
stroyer, other members of the
Courageous’ crew were reported
(See*LONDONrPage^A-4.)
Pro-Nazi and Soviet
Regime in Poland
Reported Near
Immediate Peace Pact
And Redrawing of
Borders Forecast
Bv LLOYD LEHRBAS,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
CERNAUTI, Rumania, Sept, 19.—
Reports from across the Polish bor
der today said a new pro-German,
pro-Russian regime was about to be
established in Poland, replacing the
government of President Ignace
Moscicki, Foreign Minister Josef
Beck, Marshsal Edward Smigly
Rydz and other Polish leaders who
now are refugees In Rumania.
Informed persons forecast a new
Polish government would immedi
ately sign a peace pact with Ger
many and Soviet Russia and accept
a redrawinng of Poland's borders.
It was said the new state would be
a •'buffer'’ between the two great
powers.
Maps Hint Plans.
Maps mailed from Germany show
ing the expected partition and new
spheres of influence were distrib
uted here.
The maps, which were not re
garded as official but to which some
significance was attached, drew this
picture of a new partition of
Poland:
Russia would acquire the Polish
Ukraine and White Russian prov
inces with a new boundary starting
from the Rumanian frontier ex
tending northward between Warsaw
and Brest-Litovsk to a point above
Bialystok, thence eastward to the
present Soviet frontier. This region
was designated the "New Ukraine.”
All Silesia tor Germany.
From the point north of Bialystok
the border would continue to Ger
many's East Prussian frontier and
the territory designated as White
Russia.
The mapmakers assumed Ger
many would take Polish Silesia and
the former Corridor by marking a
new frontier starting southeast of
Katowice and heading into Poland
almost to Dodz. The line then would
turn west almost to the German
border and then form an arc north
eastward to the East Prussian bor
der near Grudziadz. Poznan (Po
sen) and Bydgoszcz (Bromberg)
would be included in German gains.
The remaining territory, about
one - third of Poland, apparently
would be left as a buffer state with
out access to the sea, without Po
land's former industrial areas and
surrounded by Germany, Russia and
Slovakia, a German dependency.
Russian March Continues.
Along the Rumanian frontier So
viet troops today were continuing
what appeared to be a bloodless
occupation of Polish territory.
Poles and Russians were frater
* (See POLAND, Page~A-4.)
Many Changes in British Army
Found by World War Veterans
Much of Old-Time Gunnery Technique Gone,
With Traditional Battery Disappeared
By THOMAS R. HENRY,
Star Staff Correspondent.
LONDON. Sept. 19.—For the recruit of World War days, the train
ing camp of today, into which boys are pouring by the thousands daily
from the shops and farms of Great Britain, is a strange, new world.
Then the recruit was plunged into an order of things that, he judged
from the way the sergeants swore over any infraction of it, was ordained
somehow in the Ten Commandments and failure to observe every iota if
it was evidence of the inborn de- <•-—
pravity of man.
Today sergeants of the territorial
army—the late territorials—don't
swear very much. In France last
summer, there was a fantastic story
which many of the French reservists
believed. It was to the effect that
British territorial corporals were
obliged to serve tea to their squads
every afternoon. The corporal had
to wait on the privates in person.
The French boys thought It would
be a good idea if their corporal*
were forced to bring vin rouge
around in the same way.
This story was an unmitigated
falsehood, probably perpetrated bj
German spies. But some of the
changes that have taken place are
almost as unbelievable to the old
boys, and veteran sergeants wondei
what this depraved world is com
ing to.
Back in 1914, the recruit became
(See BRITISH ARMY, Page A-3.)
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Dividing the Loot!
Pupils Disciplined
For Milking Cow
To Add to Lunch
By the Associated Press.
PRINCESS ANNE. Md.. Sept
19. — Twenty sixth-grade stu
dents here will be without re
cess periods for several weeks.
The disciplinary action was
taken when Sheriff George W
Brown discovered why his prize
Guernsey ran short of milk. The
students had been augmenting
their lunch with milk drained
into paper cups.
Stock Market Jumps
$2 to $7 a Share in
Fast Trading
I Fresh Wave of 'War'
Buying Appears After
Hitler Speech
I
; By the Associated Press.
! NEW YORK, Sept. 19—A fresh
wave of “war'’ buying swept
through the stock market today,
at the conclusion of Reichsfuehrer
Hitler's speech at Danzig.
Leading shares were up $1 or $2
when Hitler started speaking and
! trading came almost to a stand
! still during his remarks. But at
their conclusion gains were Quickly
extended to $2 to more than $7 in
many issues and trading accelerated
abruptly.
Brokers said traders failed to see
any specific peace proposals in the
address, despite Hitler's general
statement that “we have no war in
I tention against either England or
l France.”
Prices recovered the losses of yes
terday in the main in the new surge
j of buying. Stocks had fallen
abruptly yesterday, as traders who
bought heavily a week or two ago
in expectation of a "long war” were
perplexed by the Russian move into
Poland and talk of a peace overture.
During the Fuehrer’s speech
traders on the floor of the exchange
stood about chatting, slipping away
to their private phone wires to their
offices every few minutes to learn
the latest news of the address.
After 20 minutes of brisk buying,
trading slackened again, but ad
vances were maintained, in some in
stances extended. Sales approxi
mated 1,700,000 shares.
Commodities responded but slight
ly to the move in stocks. Wheat at
Chicago recovered losses of 2 cents a
bushel or so, and closed V* of a cent
lower to % higher than yesterday.
Corn finished with losses of 1 to 1%
cents. Cotton finished about un
changed.
Bethlehem Steel closed at $92.25,
up $8.50; United States Steel at
$77.25, up $6.25; Chrysler at $88.50,
up $5; Douglas at $75.25, up $5.25;
Dupont at $177, up $3; Westinghouse
at $114. up $4; Texas Corp at $48.50,
up $3.62, and Pennsylvania Railroad
at $24.12, up $2.37.
Good Will Flyers Hasten
To Avoid War's Spread
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 19.—The Japa
nese civilian monoplane Nippon,
hurrying to complete its projected
round-the-world good will flight be
fore being hampered by the Euro
pean war, took off early today for
San Salvador in Central America.
Takeo Ohara, spokesman for the
group, explained the Miami visit
had to be limited to an overnight
stop because the war might spread
and “we cannot get back to Japan.’
It is probable, he said, that
scheduled stops in London, Paris and
Berlin will be canceled.
Georgia Educator Dies
ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 19 <#).
Charles Mercer Snelling, 77-year-old
chancellor emeritus and for 51 years
associated with the University ol
Georgia, died today at his home here
is
G. 0. P. Should Keep
U. S. Out of War,
Hamilton Declares
Party Will Not Take
Sides in Neutrality
Fight, Chairman Says
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The Republican party should dedi
cate itself to the job of keeping this
country out of the European war,
John Hamilton, chairman of the Re
publican National Committee, said
today on his return here from Eu- I
rope.
The national chfeirman made it
clear the party organization will not
take sides in the coming congres
sional battle over repeal of the arms
embargo provision of the Neutrality
Act.
"It is my opinion, Mr. Hamilton
said at committee headquarters
here "that the Republican party
should dedicate itself to the task— j
not of hoping this country will stay
out of war—but of seeing that it
does stay out of war.
"Obviously, there will be differ
ences of opinion within the Repub
lican party as there are in the
Democratic party as to the effect of
individual measure of legislation.
I Because such matters should be ap
' proached from a non-partisan view
point, there will be honest differ
ences of opinion. The Republican
; organization as such will not permit
| itself to be placed in a position
I where it cannot render service as a
i whole by taking sides in any mat
I ters upon which the Republican
leadership in Congress may have
l differences of opinion.
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I "»‘UJV vujvuw>V| no 4. naiv
stated, will be to see that this coun
try is not called upon to dissipate
l its material resources or sacrifice
I its men upon the battlefields of Eu
rope.”
Statement Held Significant.
Mr. Hamilton's statement, made
on the eve of the White House con
! ference on neutrality legislation, to
which President Roosevelt has in
vited both Republican and Demo
cratic leaders, was regarded as sig
nificant. It is not the plan to at
tempt to line up the Republicans in
Congress on the subject of neutrality
legislation, particularly the repeal
of the arms embargo which Presi
dent Roosevelt is seeking.
Party lines have been smashed
over the matter of the embargo re
peal. For the Republican national
organization to take sides in the
matter not only would mean parti
sanship, but also would be taking
sides with Senator Taft of Ohio, for
example, and against Senator Van
denberg of Michigan, both Repub
licans and both mentioned as presi
dential possibilities in 1940.
Chairman Hamilton laid particular
stress, however, on the determina
tion of the Republican party to do
all in its power to keep this country
from becoming involved in the war
abroad.
Among those whom the President
has invited to tomorrow's confer
ence on neutrality legislation are
former Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kan
sas and Col. Frank Knox of Chi
cago, who constituted the Republic
an national ticket in 1936. They
(See HAMILTON, Page~A-5.)
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Polish Soldiers
Of German Blood
Join Nazi Army
By the Associated Press.
KRAKOW, Poland, Sept. 19.—
Three great transport trucks came
down the road east of here loaded
with soldiers in Polish uniforms
singing and “heiling.” Germans of
the Signal Corps, making a halt
along the roadside, gazed wonder
ingly.
Then came a joyous chorus from
the trucks: “We are German na
tionals traveling west to fight
against France.”
Germans said these men, drafted
into the Polish Army, had been cap
tured, brought behind the lines and
released. Now they were volun
teering for the German Army.
A
President Plans
Neutrality Talk
At Capitol
Appearance Slated
Tentatively for
2 P.M. Thursday
By JOHN C. HENRY.
President Roosevelt now plans to
address Congress in person when
it convenes in special session Thurs
day, it was announced today at the
White House. The President's ap
pearance has been scheduled ten
tatively for 2 p.m.
The decision, still subject to re
vision, was made after White House
afficials had communicated with
Democratic leaders of both House
and Senate.
In making the announcement.
Presidential Secretary Stephen Early
said he had talked yesterday with
Speaker Bankhead and had been
told there should be no delay about
convening the session at noon and
enacting the necessary resolution to
provide for a joint meeting to hear
the President.
By telegraph from Dallas, Tex.,
Vice President Garner informed the
White House he believed the joint
meeting could be arranged for 1, 2
or 3 o'clock, to suit the convenience
of the Chief Executive.
Senate Majority Leader Barkley
wired from Paducah, Ky., that he
saw no reason for delaying the joint
session later than 2 o’clock. Sen
ator Barkley said he planned to ar
rive in Washington tomorrow morn
ing.
To Start Writing Today.
On the basis of this consensus. Mr.
Early said the President had decided
tentatively on his personal appear
ance at 2 p.m.
Mr. Roosevelt plans 'to start writ
ing his message this afternoon. Mr.
Early said, with the expectation that
it will be relatively brief. It is ex
pected to deal almost exclusively
with revision of the Neutrality Act.
Thus far, Mr. Early added, there
have been no requests and no plans
for advance meetings with any of
the congressional and political lead
ers invited to the White House for
the emergency legislative confer
ence tomorrow afternoon.
Among Mr. Roosevelt’s appoint
ments for today was one late this
afternoon with Daniel J. Tobin, vice
president of the American Federa
tion of Labor, who recently returned
from a European trip. Mr. Early
said Mr. Tobin had written some
articles on conditions abroad and
that today’s meeting with the Presi
dent had taken account of these
writings. Mr. Tobin is president of
the Teamsters’ Union and is a mem
ber of the A. F. L. committee that
attempted to negotiate peace with
the C. I. O.
Hull’s Views Unchanged.
While neither the White House
nor the State Department has re
vealed just what will be requested
of the special session of Congress in
the way of revising the neutrality
law. Secretary of State Hull today
told his press conference that his
views remain “fundamentally the
same" on the question.
Last July, the Secretary submitted
a statement to the congressional
committees on foreign matters in
which he supported elimination of
the arms embargo on the grounds it
was actually an unneutral mecha
nism in violation of traditional
rights of a neutral to continue trade
under the accepted conditions of in
ternational law.
Asked if his reply today meant
that he had changed his opinion on
any details of the problem, Mr. Hull
declined further comment.
Pound Action Studied.
Elsewhere in the Capital two Gov
ernment departments turned to the
formulation of emergency policies
calculated to moderate the upsetting
effects of wartime on our finance
and food markets.
The Treasury, disturbed at the
sharp decline in the New York
exchange value of the British pound,
caused by international currency
speculation, studied existing laws
applicable to the regulation of for
eign exchange transactions in this
country. Imposition of licensing re
quirements was discussed as one
possibility.
At the Department of Agriculture
Secretary Wallace planned an initial
meeting with his newly appointed
advisory council to discuss farm and
food supply conditions. A jump in
food prices was an immediate effect
of the beginning of hostilities in
Europe, but thus far the depart
ment has taken no action with re
gard to price control or production.
Second Roosevelt Plea.
Meanwhile, the White House
hoped for some tangible reaction in
compliance with the President’s
latest appeal to the belligerent
nations that they refrain from
making war from the air on defense
less civilians in open communities.
Addressed directly to President
Moscicki of Poland last night, Mr.
Roosevelt's appeal was prompted by
Polish charges that German aircraft
“deliberately and methodically” had
been bombing towns which were not
in the category of military ob
jectives. Mr. Roosevelt was informed
of this accusation in a plea for fur
ther intervention from President
Moscicki.
Expressing himself as “deeply
shocked,” President Roosevelt an
swered that "it had been my hope
following the receipt from the sev
eral belligerent powers of the replies
to my appeal of September 1, in
which they stated their intentions
to limit the operations of their air
forces to military objectives, that
the world would be spared the horror
(See NEUTRALITY, Page A-3.)
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