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Rain; warmer tonight, minimum about t »4/ , TAnAV
52 degrees; tomorrow rain and warmer, , I 000y S W0X iNCWS I UUAT
followed by colder at night. Tempera
tures today—Highest, 57, at 2 p.m.;
lowest. 48. at 6 a m. Nighttime on Europe s Battlefields
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_FuU delalls °n Pagf *-2-_ Is Press Time on The Star
Closing New York Markets, Page 16. ■ —
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87th YEAR. No. 34.875. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1939—FORTY-TWO PAGES. *** THREE CENTS.
Nazis Threaten to Rain Bombs
In Total War# Upon England;
Reich, Soviet Parley on Flint
_ _ _ ^
Germans Turn Upon
British to Man,
Press Declares
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 25.—Germany’s
next war move probably will be to
loose a shower of bombs on England,
the authoritative newspaper Nation
alzeitung of Essen said today.
This daily is known to be especial
ly close to Field Marshal Hermann
Wilhelm Goering, air minister and
No. 2 Nazi. Hence its editorials
command special attention.
“The moment has come when the
war desired by England must rain
down upon the British Isle itself,”
Nationalzeitung said.
“The patience of a people has
limits. In their boundless indigna
tion the German people to a man
now turn against the British war
inciters in order, by a fight w'hich
hereafter will be relentless, to create
the necessary guarantees for their
security from such irresponsible
machination."
Meanwhile the high command's
communique reported another com
pany of French troops had been
driven from German soil on the
western front. How many remained
was not stated.
An assault by German troops W'est
of Voelklingen yesterday, a commu
nique disclosed, caused the with
drawal of the French "rear guards”
across the border.
These “rear guards” were said
to have made up the one French
company still on German soil as a
result of operations on the western
front in the first weeks of the war.
With the exception of this action,
the communique said, there were
“no special actions” on the western
front.
Vatican Negotiations Proceed.
Negotiations with the Holy See
concerning Catholic affairs in Poland
were said to be progressing normally.
Technicalities for resumption of
church services and other religious
activities were being arranged, it
was said.
No negotiations have been begun
as yet with Southeastern European
states in regard to repatriation of
Germans there. It was explained
that Germany “bit off a big chunk”
in repatriating Germans in Estonia,
Latvia and Russian-occupied Poland,
wherefore considerable time must
elapse before repatriations from
elsewhere could be arranged on a
large scale.
Germans from all parts of the
world were flocking back into the
Reich, it was said, but there was no
unusual movement from South
eastern Europe.
Premier Josef Tiso of Slovakia
was awarded the Grand Cross of
the Order of the German Eagle
by Adolf Hitler.
Hans Frank Gets Post.
Hans Frank. German minister
without portfolio, was designated
today governor general of all Polish
' territory occupied by Germany but
not incorporatetd in the Reich.
Frank, a decree published in the
government law gazette disclosed,
will exercise entire administrative
authority over the area and be di
rectly responsible to Fuehrer Hit
ler.
Named deputy under Frank was
Arthur Seyz-Inquart, minister with
out portfolio and former governor
of Austria. They will assume their
posts after the present military com
mander in Poland is relieved of ad
ministrative powers by Hitler.
Since September 30, Frank has
been governor of Poznan, a part of
Poland now incorporated in the
Reich.
Authority to proclaim law by de
cree in occupied Polish territory is
vested in Frank, the ministerial
council for national defense and the
director of the four-year plan. Ex
isting Polish laws are to remain in
effect insofar as they do not con
flict with German laws.
Cost of administration will be
borne by the occupied territory.
End to Peace Reports.
Warnings that the war will be car
ried to England came on the heeis
of Foreign Minister Joachim von
Ribbentrops speech last night in
Danzig, which apparently was ac
cepted generally as a signal the war
with France and Britain is “on in
earnest.”
Authoritative quarters In Berlin
Interpreted the address as having
“definitely put an end to foreign re
ports that Germany is seeking peace
under all circumstances.”
Newspapers featured the address
under glaring headlines. Hitler's
Voelkischer Beobachter said editor
(See BOMBING.’ Page A-4.J
Heavy Firing Is Heard
Off Netherlands Coast
By the Associated Press.
ZANDVOORT, the Netherlands,
Oct. 25.—Many persons in this west
coast resort town reported hearing
sounds of heavy gunfire between 11
and 11:30 a.m. today, seemingly
coming from the North Sea.
Nothing could be seen, however,
and there were later indications the
firing might be coming from Neth
erlands coastal batteries shooting at
belligerent planes over Dutch ter
ritory.
Puerto Rican Senator
To Undergo Operation
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Oct. 25—Rafael
Martinez Nadal, President of the
Puerto Rican Senate, was brought by
ambulance today to Johns Hopkins
Hospital, where he will undergo an
operation for uremia.
. His wife, recovering from an at
tack of malaria, also planned to
enter the hospital for treatment.
They flew from San Juan to
Washington, where the ambulance
met them.
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Nazis Use Robot
For Pamphlets
Over France
Bs the Associated Press.
BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 25 —
Swiss military authorities marveled
today at a new German invention—
a “robot pamphleteer.”
They exhibited a balloon, 10 feet
in diameter and equipped with a
large clock operating a mechanism
designed to drop propaganda
pamphlets at hourly intervals. Ap
! parently destined for Prance, the
I balloon was driven over the Swiss
border by adverse winds and found
by farmers in a field near Lake Con
stance.
For some reason, the Swiss said,
the mechanism failed to release the
packages of pamphlets, still at
tached to the balloon. The pam
phlets contained copies of Adolf Hit
ler's October 6 Reichstag speech
printed in French.
Night Scout Flights
Made Over Berlin,
England Claims
Hamburg and Magdeburg
Also Reconnoitered,
Says Air Ministry
Bv the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 25.—The Air Min
istry announced today that Royal
Air Force reconnaissance during the
past 24 hours “included night flights
over Berlin.”
The announcement said night
scouting flights also were made over
Hamburg and Magdeburg.
The Air Ministry's announcement
came as the House of Commons
awaited Prime Minister Chamber
lain's comment on the “fight to the
end” speech delivered last night in
Danzig by German Foreign Minister
Joachim von Ribbentrop.
Mr. Chamberlain was expected to
deal with the speech in his weekly
war report, which is scheduled for
I tomorrow. It was understood he
probably would reiterate British de
termination to ftght to "crush Hit
lerism.” but there was no indication
that statement would elaborate Brit
ain's war aims.
Heated Retorts From Press.
Von Ribbentrop's speech appar
ently left British officials unmoved
and brought a salvo of heated re
torts from the press.
An official commentary character
ized the address as a “clumsy at
tempt to divid Great Britain from
Prance.”
The statement said the foreign
minister had voiced "the same stupid
falsehoods about the aggressive in
tentions of Great Britain—inten
tions which every one outside Ger
many fully understands exist only in
i the imagination of Herr von Rib
| bontrop and other members of the
Nazi government.”
The British commentary said
“Britain and France will continue
on the course they have set them
selves until the attitude of the Ger
man government undergoes a
! change.”
I This stand was echoed by the
, News Chronicle, which commented:
| “Nothing in the speech can alter
i the determination of the allies to
| redress the wrongs which the Nazis
! have done * * *”
Half-Truths Charged.
Referring to Von Ribbentrop's
assertion that the war would prove
“the doom of the British Empire,”
the Daily Express said:
"They (the Germans) must resign
themselves to a long war if that is
their goal. Poor, pale Ribbentrop!
• He never did understand us.”
The Daily Mail declared Von Rib
bentrop had “given the world an
other farrago of distortion, half
truths and untruths.”
“The truth is thrown more clearly
into relief against the background
of Nazi falsehood,” said the paper.
In London newspapers the speech
| shared attention with accounts of
the seizure of the American steamer
i City of Flint by a German sea raid
i er. Headlines reported, “Anger in
the U. S. A.” and “America Angry—
i Nazi Blunder.”
Rescue Revealed.
Five German airmen, brought
down in recent raids, turned up or
the English coast, and two were re
ported to have landed in Denmark
Also rescued from the North Sea
were seven members of the Royal
Air Force, unreported for four days
when the small boat in which they
went to the aid of a disabled Brit
ish flying boat was caught in a
storm.
Sixty-three seamen, probably
East Indians, were reported missing
after the sinking of the Glasgow
steamer Clan Chisholm.
The Clan Line, owners of the
ship, told the British Press Asso
ciation, “we understand that only
17 of the native crew of 80 have
been rescued. All the European of
ficers were saved.”
The press association said the
Clan Chisholm was “sunk off the
Spanish coast, presumably by a
U-boat, while on a homeward voy
age to Britain.”
Yale-in-China Reported
Bombed by Japanese
By the Associated Press'.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 25.—A delayed
dispatch to the United States Em
bassy reported today that Japanese
airmen had bombed the compound
of Yale-in-China at Yuaoling in
Hunan Province September 21.
One building was damaged, but
there were no casualties.
The same buildings were damage*]
by bombs August 18. V
Germans Failed to
Find Ship's North
Sea, Baltic Maps
BULLETIN.
Secretary of State Hull told
his press conference this after
noon that as yet no definite nor
tangible set of facts has been re
ceived on the City of Flint seizure.
Principal reliance, he said, is be
ing placed upon the Russian gov
ernment for information, and ;he
department is awaiting word
from Ambassador Steinhardt in
Moscow.
At the same time it was dis
closed that an initial response
from Berlin indicated German
official belief that the generally
disseminated story of the Flint’s
capture is untrue.
By the Associated Press.
BERLIN, Oct. 25.—The German
government informed the United
States today it was discussing with
Soviet Russia the question of the
American ship City of Flint, taken
to the Russian port of Murmansk
by a German prize crew.
The information was given Amer
ican Charge D’Affaires Alexander
Kirk when he was received this
morning by Baron Ernst von Weiz
saecker. secretary of state in the
German foreign office.
Seized for Contraband.
It was the first contact made by
Mr. Kirk with the German govern
ment in connection with the in
cident. Hitherto the stock answer
to inquiries concerning the City of
Flint had been that nothing was
known here officially about the
vessel.
The ship was seized, inquirers
were told unofficially, because it
carried war contraband.
According to the German report,
the City of Flint was taken intc
Tromso, Norway, as "unseaworthy’
because the American crew had put
certain maps essential for naviga
tion out of the way before the Ger
mans took charge.
Lacking these maps, it was ex
plained, the ship could not be navi
gated through the complicated
North and Baltic Sea war areas and
therefore was taken to the Fai
North.
Missing Maps Sought.
At Tromso the prize crew at
tempted unsuccessfully to' obtain
the missing maps, informed circles
said. The City of Flint then’was
taken to Murmansk, where the Ger
man crew is being "detained" pend
ing negotiations between Germany
and Russia.
Inquiry Is Urgently
Pressed, Says Moscow
MOSCOW, Oct. 25 m.—A. spokes
man for the foreign office said today
that inquiries were being urgently
pressed into the situation of th<
American vessel City of Flint, which
arrived in a Russian Arctic por
under command of a German prize
crew.
United States Ambassador Lau
rence A. Steinhardt said he had n<
new information on the fate of the
! vessel’s crew of 42 or its cargo, bui
. added that some delay was expectec
j in view of the remoteness of Mur
i mansk, where the seized ship was
taken.
U. S. Awaiting Advices
Before Next Move
With the whereabouts and condi
i tion of the City of Flint’s crew stil
unknown here, further ihformatior
from the Russian government anc
from United States Ambassadoi
Laurence A. Steinhardt in Moscow
about German seizure and deten
tion in a Soviet port of the Americar
freighter was being awpaited here
today before formal steps are taker
i to obtain release of the ship.
That such steps will be taken, anc
with determination, was indicatec
yesterday both by the State Depart
ment and by White House spokesmen
At his press conference late in the
day. President Roosevelt said hei
hoped to get the ship and hei
American crew of 42 back safely.
Seized by the German cruisei
Emden w'hile carrying a cargo
largely contraband articles, to Eng
land, the City of Flint reportedly
is being held in Murmansk, Arctic
city which has served as a "port ol
missing ships” ever since the wai
began.
As one of the possible steps to
ward clarifying the whole incideni
it was reported here that an Amer
ican diplomatic officer may be seni
to Murmansk to try to interview the
(See CITY OF FLINT, Page A-3.)
'Blank Check'
Neutrality Bill
Hit in Senate
Johnson of Colorado
Asks Presidential
Action Be Mandatory
BULLETIN.
By a vote of 61 to 26 the Sen
ate this afternoon refused to make
it mandatory on the President to
invoke the pending cash-and
carry neutrality bill wherever a
state of war exists, regardless of
whether he deems it necessary to
preserve the peace, security or
lives of Americans.
By J. A. O'LEARY.
Charging that the “cash and
carry” neutrality bill in its present
form “is a blank check to the Pres
ident” to fix the foreign policy of
this country, Senator Johnson, Dem
ocrat, of Colorado, moved in the
Senate this afternoon to make all
of its provisions mandatory when
ever the President finds a state of
war existing.
The Colorado Senator moved to
strike out language which required
the President 10 invoke the neutral
ity law when he finds a state of war
to exist “and hat it is necessary to
promote the security or preserve
the peace of the United States or
to protect the lives of citizens of
he United States.” By eliminating
these several conditions the John
son amendment would leave the
mere existence of a state of war
between two countries as the only
factor necessary to bring the law
into operation.
La Follette Favors Referendum.
Meanwhile Senator La Follette,
Progressive, of Wisconsin, gave no
' tice he will propose an amendment
j calling for a national advisory ref
erendum before this country could
go to war, except in case of an in
vasion.
The Senate, pushing ahead to
ward a final vote on repeal of the
arms embargo and passage of the
“cash-and-carry bill” by Friday,
began the day considering an
amendment by Senator Clark, Dem
ocrat, of Missouri to treat armed
merchant ships as naval vessels,
which would limit them to 24
hours in an American port.
After Chairman Pittman of the
Foreign Relations Committee had
opposed this in a statement off
the floor as a provision that would
virtually bar belligerents from
trading with this country under the
cash-and-carry plan, Senator Clark
withdrew it temporarily to give
right of way to the Johnson amend
ment.
ocimiur iiumisun saia ne warns 10
vote for the pending bill and there
fore is anxious “to make it the best
bill possible."
Sees Unpremeditated Joker.
“My amendment will correct what
I believe to be an unpremeditated
■ joker in it,” the Colorado Senator
continued, “because my amendment
will make nearly all of the bill's pro
visions mandatory when foreign na
tions go to war and does not dele
gate discretionary authority to the
President to arbitrarily set aside its
important provisions by his failure
, to act.”
Senator Johnson argued that the
, discretion the President would have
in determining when to issue the
neutrality proclamation under the
i bill and the fact that the bill re
peals the existing neutrality law
“permits international law to pre
vail as the foreign policy of the
United States when two or more
foreign nations go to war, without
the compulsory imposition of one
specific legislative restraint upon
citizens of the United States which
is not now' found in international
law."
“In its present form, the pend
ing bill is a complete surrender by
the Congress to the Executive ol
the whole foreign policy of the
United States," he added.
Purely Advisory In Scope.
Senator La Follette, an opponenl
of embargo repeal, described his sug
gested election as purely advisory
■ and not binding on Congress.
He told newsmen the only case
in which such an advisory test ol
public sentiment would not be re
quired would be in the event of s
threatened attack on this country
or by a non-American country or
any nation in this hemisphere.
At the last session of Congress
Senator La Follette was joined by
10 other Senators in unsuccessfully
proposing a constitutional amend
ment which would require similai
referenda and make them binding.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment was similar to one previously
introduced by Representative Lud
low. Democrat, of Indiana, which
(See~NEUTRALITY, Page A-5.)
Summary of Today's Star
Page. Page.
Amusements, Obituary ...A-10
A-12-13 Radio _C-4
Comics C-10-11 Society.B-3
Editorials A-8 Sports C-l-3
Finance-A-15 Woman's
Lost, Found, C-4 Page_B-8
Foreign.
Germany and Russia discuss ques
tion of City of Flint. Page A-l
Nazis threaten to rain bombs on
England. Page A-l
Night flights over Berlin claimed by
British. Page A-l
Infantry patrols skirmish west of
Forbach. Page A-3
Finns on way home with Soviet de
mands. Page A-5
Notional
U. S. seeks full information on City
of Flint seizure. Page A-l
Bund unit dissolves, fearing “foreign
agent’’ status. Page A-2
Queen Mary and Normandie guard
ed against sabotage. Page A-5
Manufacturing employment gains
700,000 in 3 months. Page A-10
Washington and Vicinity,
l Cafeteria workers in Federal build*
I ings plan strike. Page A-l
Many school fire alarms shown to b<
antiquated. Page A-5
A. B. C. Board members clash ovei
license policy. Page B-l
District and nearby artists win Fed'
eral awards. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-l
Answers to Questions. Page A-l
Letters to The Star* Page A-l
David Lawrence. Page A-l
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-!
Frederic William Wile. Page A-i
Jay Franklin. Page A-l
Charles G. Ross. Page A-l
Sports
Bulvin blossoms to bolster G. U. foi
Colonial game. , Page C-l
Central-G. W. High battle Fridaj
tops school program. Page C-l
Negro players, 3,000 strong, in na
tional grid race. Page C-S
Miscellany
Service Orders. Page B-l
Nature's Children. Page C-l
Bedtime Story. Page C-II
Cross-Word Puzzle. Page C-ll
Letter-Out. Page C-ll
Winning Contract. Page C-ll
Vital Statlstios. Rage C-l)
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(NEED A LONGEST; WUNG MAN
\ WHY NOT Take AN OCEAN CRUISE—
\p0j5iBLY Through the submarine
ZONE? ^
Allen Is Rumored
Colpoys' Successor
As D. C. Party Head
May Fall Heir
To Chairmanship
Of Central Committee
District Commissioner George E.
Allen may fall heir to the chair
j manship of the Democratic Central
Committee here as a result of the
resignation of John B. Colpoys,
Unitted States marshal, it was ru
mored here today.
Mr. Allen, asked if he were not
already the vice chairman of the
committee said he "thought so"—but
added: "I am not exactly sure
about it.” He added, however, that
if he had the chance to be chair
man, "I would take it.”
Malcolm 8. McConihe. Democratic
committeeman for the District,
when asked about Mr. Allen’s pres
ent position in the Central Com
mittee .said: "Well, he should know,
shouldn’t he?”
When Mr. McConihe was told Mr.
Allen had some doubt in his mind,
Mr. McConihe said: “Well, he is
vice chairman.” Mr. Colpcys re
vealed late yesterday he had re
signed August 3 because he had an
ticipated Attorney General Murphy 's
ruling as to the application of the
Hatch Law, which bars political
activity by Federal office holders.
Whether Mr. Allen, as a District
Commissioner, might be subject to
the same -ct is a question on which
the Attorney General as yet has
published no formal ruling, al
though reports recently were that
he would hold that employes of the
District Government were in a cate
gory different from Federal officers
and employes under the meaning of
the Hatch law.
fieaa oi me local Democratic
group for more than 20 years, Mr.
Colpoys stepped out coincident with
the enactment of the Hatch law in
August, he told the Department of
Justice in his letter of resignation
made public late yesterday.
“I was’ fully cognizant of the in
hibitions contained in the act re
specting political activities of United
States marshals, as I made a study
of the act prior to its passage and
signing by the President,” Mr. Col
poys wrote. “Being an enforcement
officer, I saw no loophole in the act
which I could (if I were so disposed)
circumvent, and on August 3, 1939,
I sent in my resignation as chairman
of the Democratic Central Commit
tee for the District of Columbia to
Malcolm S. McConihe, Democratic
National Committeeman for the
District of Columbia.
"The only activity of the Central
Democratic Committee of the Dis
trict occurs during presidential elec
tion years. Being without voting
privileges in the District, there is no
necessity for political activity. The
Democratic Central Committee
meets in accordance with authority
vested in it from Democratic Na
tional Conventions at least 90 days
prior to the date of the National
Democratic Convention for the con
duct of primaries to elect delegates
to the convention and a man and a
woman member of the Democratic
National Committee. It was only
during these years that I devoted
any time to political matters, as 1
could not afford to do otherwise.
"While I hold the office of United
States marshal I shall continue, as I
have in the past, to devote my time
and thought to same, as the work of
■ this office is sufficient for one man’s
attention.”
Airliner Comes Down
; To Quell Small Fire
By the Associated Press.
| NEW YORK, Oct. 25 —Eastern Air
i Lines said today one of their 14
i passenger planes, bound from Tal
, lahassee, Fla., for Memphis, Tenn.,
i had landed in a field 25 miles south
east of Memphis when a small fire
was discovered in the baggage com
. partment. No one was hurt, the
line said.
Mrs. Winston Churchill
Hurt in Car Accident
By the Associated Press,
i LONDON, Oct. 25.—Mrs. Winston
I Churchill, wife of the first lord of
i the admiralty, suffered bruises and
i shock last night when her automo
i bile skidded and crashed into a
. store in 8urrey. She was reported
l recovering today at Admiralty House.
'Rump' Session
Threatened in
Embargo Fight
B> the Associated Press.
A threat of a "rump” session of
the House in a local hotel ballroom
was dropped into the neutrality
fight today by members seeking to
bolster demands for extended de
bate on the issue.
Representative Sweeney, Demo
crat, of Ohio declared that if'any
attempt was made to rush the neu
trality bill through the House a
group of members was prepared to
rent hotel space “and hold our own
Congress.”
“We are determined.” he said, “to
give the public the full picture on
this question.”
Mr. Sweeney asserted that two
weeks should be a "reasonable pe
riod” for the House to devote to the
discussion. Indications are that
leaders favor a two or three day de
bate.
Cafeteria Workers
In U. S. Buildings
Planning Strike
Union Demands Pay
Increase, Arbitration
And Six-Day Leave
The United Cafeteria Employes.
Local 471, prepared today to strike
against the cafeterias operated in
Government buildings by the Wel
fare and Recrational Association.
The strike was set for November 1.
Business Agent Jack Mink of the
union announced today that nego
tiations between the union and the
association for a new contract had
been terminated last night. The
union, he said, had voted unan
imously to strike.
Labor Department Conciliator
John T. Daly confirmed the state
ment. adding, however, that he was
hopeful that a settlement would
be reached in time to avert a
strike.
The union is operating in the
cafeterias—which are located in al
most all the principal Government
buildings—under an extension of
last year’s contract. This exten
sion was agreed upon after the
union had threatened early in the
summer to strike.
The union is demanding an in
crease of 2!i cents an hour in pay,
arbitration on discharges, recog
nition of Grievance Committees and
six days’ annual leave. It has tem
porarily put aside its demand for
a union shop.
The association, Mr. Mink said,
has offered Hi cents an hour raises
for some employes and has turned
down the other demands.
Approximately 700 workers are
employed b>l the cafeterias. The
union claims that about 600 of these
workers are organized.
Coupled with the negotiations of
the Cafeteria Union are demands of
the United Office and Professional
Workers’ Union, employed in the
warehouses of the association. There
are six members of this union af
fected. it was said.
Both unions are affiliated with the
C. I. O.
Winnie Ruth Judd
Escapes Hospital
By the Associated Press.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. 25.—Winnie
Ruth Judd, trunk slayer of two
women companions in 1933, has
escaped from the Arizona State
Hospital, Governor Jones disclosed
today.
$78,908,525 in Arms
Orders Canceled by
U. S. Embargo Action
War Goods Valued at
$6,677,752 Left 5 Days
Before Proclamations
Licenses for exportation of $78,
908.525.33 in armaments to belliger
ent countries have been canceled by
the Department of State since the
first of the neutrality proclamations
of President Roosevelt on Septem
ber 5, it was announced today.
It was disclosed also that prior to
operation of the restrictions that
$6,677,752.34 worth of arms had been
shipped in the first five days of Sep
tember. These shipments brought
to a total of $71,563,219.14 the total
of armament shipments for the nine
months ending September 30.
Among the licenses revoked were
$58,418,113.81 to France and $14,877,
086.52 to Great Britain. In each
case the bulk of the revoked li
censes were for the export of Ameri
can aircraft. For France, these to
taled nearly $40,000,000 and foi
Great Britain they exceeded $12,
000.000.
Tn 4U.___i.
••• vuuv uvvuui oiiipiiicmo,
Great Britain managed to clear
prior to September 5 aircraft valued
at $1,422,300. By even speedier ac
tion. France succeeded in clearing
$4,429,323 in aircraft and parts.
Without regard to amounts act
ually shipped or licenses later re
voked. the National Munitions Con
trol Board revealed that it had
issued $43,659,841.03 in licenses for
the first nine months of this year,
Of this total, only $508,989.66 was
issued in September.
Canada received $174,163.03 in
American military exports before
they fell under the embargo classifi
cation. When Canada became a
belligerent, licenses to Canadian
purchasers were revoked in the
amount of $319,621.73.
It was learned at the State De
partment that there has been no
evidence uncovered of efforts to cir
cumvent the arms embargo.
It was announced that all out
standing licenses for exportation of
helium have been revoked in com
pliance with the embargo proclama
tions, although such contemplated
purchases were all for medical
rather than for military purposes.
Affected were $156.70 worth of heli
um destined for Canada and $363.70
for New Zealand.
In both these cases, the helium
was intended for use in oxygen tents
for pneumonia patients or other
pulmonary victims. As a result ol
withholding the American helium
supply numerous personal pleas
have been received here from Can
ada.
League of Nations
To Meet December 4
By the Associated Press.
GENEVA. Oct. 25.—The 20th As
sembly of the League of Nations wa:
called today to meet December 4.
Secretary General Joseph Aveno
said he had advised the government:
of member nations after conferrinj
with Prime Minister Eamon de Va
lera of Ireland, president of thi
Assembly, who agreed the Assembl;
should be held on that date despih
the war-unless a majority of mem
bers sent objections within a week.
The Assembly, with the Council
which will meet at the same time
will be called upon to elect Work
Court judges, approve a budget re
ducing expenses of the Internationa
Labor Office and consider a plan h
unify all non-political activities o
the League into an independent bod;
which the United States may b
asked to join.
Women Fighting for Embargo
Delayed by 'Repeal' Banner
By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, Oct. 25—Thirty-five
women organized as the Mothers of
the United States, Michigan divi
sion. left Detroit today by bus for
Washington where they plan to
press their plea for tightening of
the Neutrality Act.
Departure was delayed because a
large sign prepared for the q}de of
the bus came from a paint shop
reading, “Repeal the Embargo.” A
rush Job on a new sign was ordered
and ths bus finally started bearing a
t
banner which said, “Keep the Em
bargo.”
“We’ll light when we get to Wash
ington,” declared Mrs. Mary A
Decker. “By keeping the embarg
we not only will keep our own son
out of war, but we’ll be helping sav
the lives of the sons of Germar
French, English and other forelgi
mothers.”
Mrs. Rosa M. Farber, field repre
sentative, said about 25 privat
automobiles would join the bus part
in the trip to Washington.
1
Peace League
List Revealed
By Dies Group
Two Make Protest;
563 U. S. and D. C.
Employes Included
(Membership and Mailing List
on Page A-6.)
By JAMES E. CHINN.
A "membership and mailing list”
of the Washington branch of the
American League for Peace and
Democracy, containing the names of
563 Federal and District employes,
was placed in the official record of
the House Committee on Un-Ameri
can Activities today over the protest
of two committee members.
The list, taken from the files of
the headquarters of the Wash
ington brancrt of the league under
subpoena several weeks ago, contains
the names of 23 District public
school teachers and six employes of
the Health Department. The vast
majority of those listed, however,
are in the Federal service.
The list includes the names of
several high Government officials
and runs the gamut through other
positions down to the lowly job of
charwoman.
Two $10,000 Officials on List.
Names of only two Government
officials in the exclusive $10,000 sal
ary bracket appear in the list. They
are Louis Bloch of the Maritime La
bor Board, and Edwin S. Smith,
member of the National Labor Rela
tions Board. Assistant Secretary of
the Interior Oscar Chapman olso is
listed.
Many times witnesses before the
committee have charged the League
is a Communist “front" organiza
tion. These charges were vigorously
denied several days ago by Harry
i F. Ward, national chairman of the
League in his appearance before
| the committee.
! Chairman Dies said "it has been
i established conclusively that the
American League for Peace and
Democracy was organized and is
controlled by the Commuist Party.”
There was no evidence, he said,
to the effect that the Government
i employes in the League were Com
; munists.
Exception Held Unjustified.
‘ But,” he declared, “the fact that
these Government employes are
j members of a Communist front or
ganization and apparently con
tinued their membership long after
this organization was exposed as
being communistic justifies* in the
opinion of the committee the publi
cation of this list. * • •
“The committee has not hesitated
to make public the names of private
citizens who have been charged with
Communist or Fascist activities and
we can see no justification for
making an exception in the case of
the Government employes.
I “In fact, there is more reason for
making public the names of Gov
ernment employes than in the case
of private citizens.”
Although the names went into
the official record as a “membership
and mailing list,” Representative
Mason insisted it was a “member
ship list only.”
Mr. Mason made the statement
just before the committee adjourned.
“A question has arisen whether
the list is a combined membership
and mailing list,” he said. “I have
had this list carefully checked and
it is a membership of the American
League for Peace and Demorracy,
local chapter. It is a membership
list only.”
Mason Stands Firm.
Representative Dempsey, Demo
crat. of New Mexico, asked whether
the list contained names of persons
who only "filled out” application
blanks or whether it was a record
of persons who had contributed to
the league for certain causes.
Mr. Mason insisted it was a
membership list only.
Representaticve Dempsey declared
that according to his information
some of those named are not mem
bers of the league but only “con
tributors.”
Release of the list for publication
was marked by a bitter exchange
between committee members. Rep
resentative Dempsey, a committee
member, who was not present at the
time, interrupted the committee
hearing later to protest the pro
cedure as “most damnable” and
“most un-American.”
Publication of Names Hit.
The Washington branch of the
league issued a statement asserting
that the obvious purpose of publish
i ing the names “is to intimidate Gov
ernment employes by giving mis
I leading publicity to their member
ship in a progressive organization
whose aims and purposes have been
misrepresented by the Dies commit
tee.”
The Dies committee obtained from
Government records the salaries of
• (See UN-AMERICAN, Page A-5.)~
: Record Vote Indicated
, In Quebec Election
1 By the Associated Press.
; QUEBEC. Oct. 25 (Canadian
Press).—A record vote was indicated
! in today’s Quebec provincial election
in which 248 candidates are seek
ing election to 86 seats in the Pro
vincial Legislature.
The issues of the extent of Cana
dian participation in the war. con
scription and provincial autonomy
resulted in heavy voting throughout
the province, many voters standing
in line before the polls opened at
■ 9 a m.
In 1936 when the Union Nationale
■ government was swept into power,
• a record-breaking 569.325 votes were
5 cast. The balloting today generally
* was orderly, and no serious disturb
5 ances were reported.
. Dominion-wide interest was at
i traded to the election because of its
issues and also because three Quebec
■ members of the Dominion govern
t ment said they would resign if Pro
i vinclal Premier Maurice Duplessis
were returned to power.
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