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Aid for Families
Ousted for Housing
Projects Sought
Civic Federation Proposes
Creation of Agency
To Provide Homes
The Federation of Civic Associa
tions last night urged creation of a
new agency in connection with the
Alley Dwelling Authority to provide
housing for persons being evacuated
for housing projects.
At the present, it was contended,
people are turned out "like rats" and
often forced to double up with other
people in unsanitary dwellings.
At the same time the Federation
devoted considerable time to the
question of recreation. A woman
was urged for the vacant post in the
new recreation setup for the colored
divisions. Extension of art. drama,
music and recreation in the con
gested areas will be sought in an
effort to reduce unhealthy conditions
and also vnuth vandalism A snp.'ial
committee was appointed to seek a
modern recreation area in the mid
Northwest taking in territory be
tween Florida avenue, K street.
North Capitol street and Seventh
street. Committee members are H.
D. Woodson, Miss Corinne Martin,
G. W. Johnson and Robert S. John
son.
Bryant Heads Committee.
Ernest A. Bryant, president of the
representatives of the Bloomingdale
area, was named chairman of the
Education Committee to succeed Col.
H. D. Queens, who was forced to
resign because of Army duties.
The committee was instructed to
Inquire into the disposition of some j
$38,000 appropriated for new ma- !
chinery at the Armstrong High
School and also to investigate two
trade courses approved for Phelps
Vocational School which, it was
said, have not been added as yet.
The help of churches and homes
was sought in reducing the van
dalism.
Thomas Issues Report.
Prof. Charles M. Thomas, presi
dent of the federation, reported to
the group 75 per cent of the colored
workers in cities both in the North
and South receive income too low
for adequate diet under modern
conditions. His report was based
on a summary of several surveys,
he said.
In addition the federation ap
proved membership in a program
to improve District health condi
tions and to support the Community
Chest, the Red Cross and the
Christmas seal campaigns.
Students Tour Court
National University Law School
students studying practice and pro- ’
cedure made a tour of the United
States District Court yesterday un
der the tutelage of Prof. Godfrey L.
MnntPr tn nh^prvp tho r\rar»Hr,a 1 ar\_
plication of the procedural rules.
After completion of the tour they ]
heard a lecture dealing with the new
rules by Assistant Corporation Coun
sel Ralph D. Quinter. jr.
Football
(Continued From First Page.)
since 1937 and current season vic
tories over Temple. Bucknell and
Roanoke and a tie with Syracuse.
The Colonials' record is less im
pressive. showing victories over Da
vis-Elkins and the Citadel and a
loss to Butler.
Intense rivalry between the two
schools, however, lessened chances of
a decisive victory for either team.
25,000 Rue to Attend.
Upward to 25.000 fans were ex
pected to jam their way through the
stadium turnstiles. Eight thousand
reserved seat tickets were placed on
sale yesterday and the demand for
the choice admissions increased as
the time for the opening kickoff
drew near.
Students at both schools still are
awaiting their homecoming games,
but nevertheless have worked them
selves into a fever pitch over today's
contest. More than 600 rooters from
the two universities joined in a1
“victory ball” at the Shoreham
Hotel last night after a gigantic pep
rally on the George Washington
• campus yesterday afternoon.
Georgetown students left the Hill
top Thursday night in a colorful
torchlight parade to the west end
campus of their rivals.
Several automobile loads of Hoya I
rooters kept up the visiting spirit
last night by driving through the
G. W. section singing Georgetown's
songs.
Extra Police Retail.
An extra detail of 50 uniformed
policemen was ordered to report at
the stadium to preserve peace
among the rival student bodies and
discourage active gestures toward
destruction of the goal posts after
the final whistle is blown.
The Griffith Stadium clash head
lined the local football slate, though
the University of Maryland home
coming game with the Florida Al
ligators at College Park drew its
ahare of attention.
The Georgetown-G. W. game to
day is the first strictly local college
football contest since the Colonials
terminated gridiron relations with
Catholic University in 1931.
Football teams of the Hoyas and
the Colonials have met intermit
tently since 1890 and not once has
Llir VJVUIgV WlUSUmgllHl LCrtill CIIK1 -
ed victorious. Georgetown has won
nine of the contests, and one, in
1907. ended in a scoreless deadlock.
Classes at the two schools went
on as usual this morning, with at
least three of the G. W. players
participating in examinations.
Bob Nowaskey and Billy Rlchard
»on. backs, and Duce Keahey, tackle,
were burdened with history tests
a few hours before they were to don
football togs.
Richardson, a graduate of Central
High School, is one of only three
native Washington players on the
two squads. Francis Daly, one of
the Hoya ends and a Tech High
product, and Tom Hutchinson, a
G. W. substitute back who attended
Anacostia High, are the others.
Bands of the competing universi
ties engaged in their final practice
sessions this morning for their
performances between halves of the
game.
Enthusiasm displayed over today's
game has closely approached that
anticipated for the pending home
coming contests of the two schools—
the Georgetown-Maryland annual
classic, November 11, and the G. W.
Clemson game, next week end.
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BARREN HILL, PA.—PEACE FLAGS—Flaxen-haired Dolores
Van Sant, 12, who saved up her pennies to buy flags in whose
folds she inclosed a private prayer for peace. These she sent to
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Senator William E. Borah, Adolf
Hitler, Premier Mussolini, Generalissimo Franco, Josef Stalin,
Premier Daladier, President Moscicki of Poland and to the
King and Queen of England. The child has launched a cam
paign among her fellow students at the Barren Hill Consolidated
School, where she is a seventh grade student, to have the flag
put up in all homes. —Wide World Photo.
Finns' Last Answer
To Soviet Believed
Being Prepared
Delegation Planning to
Leave Tomorrow or
Monday for Moscow
By the Associated Press.
HELSINKI. Oct. 28—The Finnish
cabinet today was preparing what
well-informed political circles re
garded as Finland's final answer to
Soviet Russia's demands in her
diplomatic campaign for extended
power in the Baltic.
Finns said there would be no
yielding on points which Finland
regarded as endangering her inde
pendence and neutrality.
Helsinki workmen dug new
trenches in the parks today as the
cabinet worked over new instruc
uons ior me delegation, neaaea oy
Dr. Juhu Kusti Paasikivi. who
planned to leave tomorrow or Mon
day for Moscow. Frontier districts
largely have been deserted by civili
ans and occupied by thousands of
regular army troops and reservists.
Observers said they saw another
indication that negotiations had
reached a crucial stage in the fact
the government would discuss the
new instructions with various party
groups in Parliament before the
delegation left for Moscow.
The government maintained the
strictest secrecy about the Russian
proposals, but unofficial quarters re
ported a belief Russia was asking
for some kind of military or mutual
assistance pact and territorial con
cessions. probably islands in the
Gulf of Finland, for establishment
of naval and air bases.
The government took over the
supervision of coffee sales. No cof
fee was sold today and. beginning
tomorrow, Finns will be able to buy
only half a pound a month.
Reformation Rites
At St. Paul's Lutheran
The festival of the Reformation
will be celebrated at St. Paul's
Lutheran Church tomorrow morn
ing. The Rev. Dr. Henry W. Snyder
will preach on “Our Heritage—Spur
or Spurned." In the evening a spe
cial youth service will be held and
the discourse will deal with "Ants
and Giants."
The Dr. Samuel Domer Bible
Class will meet Monday evening at
the National Lutheran Home for
the Aged.
The Young People's Club will
hold a Halloween party in Schafer
Hall Tuesday at 9 p.m.
Leslie j. opmer uies
NEW YORK. Oct. 28 <£>).—Leslie
J. Spiller, 39, Broadway theatrical
producer, died yesterday after a brief
illness. Mr. Spiller. a native of Lon
don. staged "One Sunday After
noon," a hit play here in 1933.
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Oct. 28—Although
unsettled by weakness of securities
prices, the wheat market main
tained its upward tendency much of
the time today.
Early gains amounting to as much
as »* cent carried December wheat
up to 85T,» and May to 851*. Ab
sence of moisture relief where most
needed in big producing regions of
the hard winter wheat belt checked
selling and induced scattered pur
chases. The weather forecast indi
cated little or no moisture relief can
be expected in the Southwest the
coming week.
Buying power was not large in the
wheat pit and there were frequent
reactions. Export interest in North
American grains remained quiet, al
though a few loads of Canadian
wheat were sold to Europe.
The Department of Agriculture
estimated domestic disappearance
for the year ending June 30, 1940, at
675.000. 0000 bushels. This would leave
318.000. 000 bushels available for ex
port and carry-over. On the basis
of present crop conditions, the winter
wheat harvest early next summer is
expected to be smaller than normal,
according to private experts here.
Prices of other grains were un
changed to a shade higher, with oats
showing gains of as much as \ cent
at times. The Argentine govern
ment in the third official estimate
placed that countrys’ corn crop at
191,496.000 bushels. Last year's crop
was 174.200.000 bushels, and in
1937 Argentina produced 359,600,000
bushels. ,
Lard prices were slightly higher.
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Saunders Funeral
Services to Be Held
In All Souls' Church
Secretary Perkins to Lead
Labor Department
Officials in Mourning
Secretary Frances Perkins led
high Department of Labor officials
today in mourning for Richardson
C. Saunders, who had been her spe
cial assistant since 1933.
Secretary Perkins was scheduled
to attend Mr. Saunders' funeral this
afternoon at 2 o'clock at All Souls’
Memorial Church. Burial was
scheduled in Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mr. Saunders, who died at his
home here Thursday night, was
eulogized by Miss Perkins in the
following statement:
"Richardson Saunders has been
tiu i a vutivnguvi uui o uiwiu,
and I join his family and legion of
friends in mourning the loss of such
a valuable public official. His death
is a blow to all of us who worked
closely with him and to the United
States Department of Labor as well.
“He was a man of great honor,
integrity and ability, a tireless work
er and an experienced administrator
of wisdom and vision. He brought
to the department a talent for finan
cial and personnel administration
which was invaluable and enabled us
to make great progress even in
times of financial stringency.
“He was tireless and faithful and
is sincerely missed by his colleagues
and by the rank and file of the
employes in the Department of La
bor."
Services were in charge of the Rev.
H. H. D Sterrett. Dr. Bowman P.
Ashe, president of Miami University,
an old friend, was chosen to speak
at the services.
The following, all associates of Mr.
Saunders at the Labor Department,
were named pallbearers:
Assistant Secretary of Labor
Charles V. McLaughlin. W. Prank
Persons, Gerard D. Reilly, Robert C.
Smith, John R. Demorest and
James V. FitzGerald.
Honorary pallbearers named were:
Arthur Bliss, Dion Bimey. William
S. Culbertson, Marshall Diggs,
Newell Ellison, Charles T. Estes,
Howard Leroy, Samuel J. Gompers,
Paul Shorb. S. D. Weissbuch and
Isador Lubin.
Named ushers were: Turner W.
Battle, L. Metcalf Walling and
Verne A. Zimmer.
Dr. Harry S. Sullivan
Discusses Psychiatry
The development of psychiatry to
its present conception was outlined
last night by Dr. Harry Stack Sulli
van, professor of psychiatry at
Georgetown University Medical
School, at the first of five William
Alanson White memorial lectures.
Discussing conceptions of modern
psychiatry, he told more than 500
people in the Interior Department
auditorium that the science deals
with all interrelations of people.
Co-editor of Psychiatry and presi
dent of the William Alanson White
Psychiatric Foundation, he named
Dr. White, the late superintendent
of St. Elizabeth’s Hospital: Sigmund
Freud and Adolf Meyer as the three
great men of psychiatry.
Dr. White developed the concept
that psychiatry should deal with
all human relationships and not
only mental illnesses, he said. Freud
showed the relationshin between
past experinece and present activity
and Meyer of Johns Hopkins taught
that every thought or act of be
havior resulted from a huge num
ber of processes going on within the
individual, Dr. Sullivan pointed out.
Generosity begins in the home,
he said, in dicussing Infant actions
as they affect mother reactions and
response.
Winfred Overholser, St. Eliza
beth’s superintendent, presided at
the meeting. The remaining lec
tures will be held on Fridays in the
Interior Department auditorium.
Hitler Nephew to Speak
Here November 10
Chancellor Hitler’s nephew, Eng
lish-born William Patrick Hitler,
will lecture at 8:15 pm. November
10 in the Masonic Auditorium. Thir
teenth street and New York avenue
N.W.
The lecture is sponsored by the
T. Arthur Smith Bureau. Hitler
came to this country last February
with his mother and is writing a
book on Nad Germany,
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British Seek to Boost
Trade in U. S. and
Latin America
Also Tries to Keep
At Home as Much
Money as Possible
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 28 —Great Britain
was pictured authoritatively today
as driving her war-regimented in
dustries to increase sales to the
United States and other American
countries for dollars with which to
buy war materials.
The nation also is trying to keep
as much money as possible at home
through producing domestically
what formerly was bought abroad,
particularly food, and through strict
control of the export of foreign ex
change necessary to buy American
goods.
By buying less and selling more
abroad, officials hope for speedy re
covery of Britain's business life from
the first shocks of the war. In the
nrsi montn oi the war, exports de
creased 42 per cent through the
sudden dislocation of trade.
But now, British manufacturers
plan with government help to
capture the markets of Germany
whose overseas effort before the war
was toward increased trade with
South America.
Merchant Navy Mobilized.
They see one big asset in the
shipping situation. The German
merchant marine virtually has beer
swept from the seas. Britain's huge
merchant navy, however, has beer
mobilized under government control
Shipbuilders, pooling their eflTort!
under government direction, plan tc
turn out 3,000-ton cargo vessels or
a mass production basis to add stii:
further to British maritime superi
ority.
The Board of Trade, a govern
ment department, is starting talk;
with groups of Industries on besl
lines along which to push for Ger
many's overseas markets.
Oliver Stanley, president of the
Board of Trade and thus a gov
ernment minister, says of his de
partment's aims:
■ “What we want to do particular^
is to stimulate trade to certair
countries whose currencies are val
uable to us, such as the Unitec
States and Canada, from which we
are bound to import large quanti
ties of materials required for the
war.''
Sir Charles Hipwood. director ol
the National Union of Manufac
turers, hailed the Board of Trade'!
activities as a realization by the
government of “the importance ol
trade to pay for our supplies.”
Trade Contol Criticized.
Control of trade and industrj
within the country has broughi
sharp criticism of "muddle-headec
bureaucracy" from sections of the
press and assurances from minister;
that only such control as was abso
lutely necessary would be imposed.
Rationing and ' pooling” of gaso
line is in operation. Under the "pool
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to exist and the government control!
distribution. Gasoline pumps anc
trucks now have “poor’ posters
pasted over the refiners’ symbols.
Only a few pools are in operation
so far. Government-appointed con
trollers, who administer the pools
have been named, however, for steel
alcohol, timber, wool. jute, flax
hemp, leather, silk, gasoline, fish
railways, coal, meat, bacon, sugar
cocoa, flour, butter and yeast.
Food rationing is scheduled tc
begin next month.
The War Emergency Committee
of the Motor Agents' Association
estimates that unless motorists are
given a bigger gasoline ration, six
of every 10 gasoline station operators
and automobile dealers will have tc
shut up shop.
Two Enemy Battleships Loose.
Two of Germany's three fast
heavily-gunned pocket battleships
the Deutschland and the Admiral
Scheer, have been ranging the high
seas for a month and have sunk at
least three ships, British naval au
thorities said last night.
It was the first time authorized
British spokesmen had accepted
previous reports that the Admiral
Scheer had been operating in the
South Atlantic. Prime Minister
Chamberlain told Commons of the
Deutschland's operations Thursday
In the view of the authorities, feat
of British sea patrols was keeping
the two raiders from the main ship
ping lanes. There has been no direct
word of either raider since Octobei
15 and the Admiral Scheer was con
sidered likely to have slipped around
Cape Horn to the Pacific from the
South Atlantic.
Both raiders are 10.000-ton vessels
with a cruising range up to 20,000
miles, which could be increased in
definitely with arrangements for re
fueling.
Two Citizens File Suit
To Oust Gov. Long
By the Associated Press.
BATON ROUGE. La., Oct. 28.
Proceedings intended to remove
from office Gov. Earl K. Long anc
his newlv-appointed attorney gen
eral, Lessley P. Gardiner, were filed
here by two citizens.
Robert L. O'Neal and Miss Julia
Field brought mandamus proceed
ings yesterday, seeking to force Dis
trict Attorney Dewey J. Sanchez tc
accept an ouster suit against Gov
Long and Mr. Gardiner.
Mr. Sanchez refused to accepl
the suit. Mr. O'Neal and Miss Field
appealed to District Judge Charles
A. Holcombe, who ordered the dis
trict attorney to show cause No
vember 13 why he snould not accept
the suit.
Mr. Gardiner was named attorney
general after Gov. Long, backed by
State police, removed David Ellison
from the office. He claimed Mr
Ellison held the post illegally.
Acting Governor
For a Day Spurns Pay
By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY.—James A
Rinehart, speaker pro tempore o:
the State Senate, served a day ai
acting governor and then declinec
a pay check.
"I haven’t done a thing anc
everybody knows it," he explained
‘‘I'm not going to ask anybody tc
pay me for just sitting here.”
Anyway, he said, the idea of hav
ing an acting governor serve for th<
governor while the latter was out o:
the State was a "hangover idea'
from horse-and-buggy days.
“With modern, quick transporta
tion there is no need for an actlni
governor,” he said.
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Britain and France
Hail Senate Vote
To End Arms Embargo
Germany Remains Silent,
Withholding News
From Public
By the Associated Press.
France welcomed with undis
guised joy today the United States
Senate’s vote to repeal the arms
embargo, while Britain indicated it
was “not dissatisfied" and Germany
—where the news was withheld from
f ha nuMio . maintninorl cilnrinn
Paris was informed by glaring
headlines in the morning news
papers.
A cautious semi-official statement
in Paris today said Prance hoped to
resume dealings wdth American war
material manufacturers, the same
as she carried on before the Euro
pean war started.
Stirred by the possibility of ob
taining more American-made war
planes—which apparently have
proved their dependability on the
western front—the French cautious
ly considered the Senate vote pro
phetic of an administration victory
in the House.
Hailed as Roosevelt Victory.
One newspaper referred to the
development as “A victory for
President Roosevelt, who is sup
ported by the majority of the Amer
ican public.”
In Britain, the Senate vote caused
I some surprise in official quarters,
S which apparently had expected a
! stiller fight. They suggested that
i any comment before the issue has
been decided in the House would be
premature.
Diplomatic circles said unofficially,
however, that Britain "at least
I would not be dissatisfied with the
| Senate's decision."
The British press was more out
spoken, seeing reason for encourage
ment. The Daily Mail commented:
“It cannot now be concealed that
; the prospect of such a vast war
storehouse as America oilers comes
as a tonic encouragement to the
nations fighting the cause of democ
racy."
The Daily Sketch remarked that
"the news from Washington will
make poor reading for Hitler, but
it may hurry him into doing some
thing on the western front." Head
lines in the Herald said "Good
News! Britain Will Get Arms
From U. S. A.”
While official comment was lack
ing in Berlin, the news apparently
was not entirely unexpected there.
A foreign office spokesman said no
statement could be issued until
after careful study.
Authorized sources in Berlin said
the Senate's vote would be con
sidered in Germany's eyes as an act
in favor of the Western allies, but
minimized its importance.
Husband Must Die
For Slaying Wife
By the Associated Press
OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 28.—
Taciturn Roger Cunningham, whose
graying hair belies his 34 years, |
must die in the electric chair for
strangling his pretty, socially prom
inent wife and curving her body in
a sewer ditch.
The verdict was reached in seven
hours last night by a jury which
had listened to five days of testi
mony, much of which sought to
prove the former Federal housing
inspector was insane. His attorney
was planning an appeal.
Cunningham's wife. Eudora. dis
appeared March 6 after a dinner
party at the home of her stepfather
and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Joel P.
Stokes. Pressed for an explanation.
Cunningham said she suddenly had
decided to go to San Francisco.
The Stokeses received a "don’t
worry’’ telegram, purportedly from
Eudora, five days later. Her name
was misspelled. They wrent to police,
who learned the wire had been sent
by a former co-worker of Cunning
ham at the latter’s request.
Cunningham blamed the slaying
on domestic discord. Witnesses tes
tified he suffered from syphilis and
had been “queer” as a boy. A
psychiatrist declared him insane.
Defense Counsel Herbert K. Hyde
asked for a life sentence.
Bells Guard His Elk
From Guns, He Hopes
By the Associated Press.
HARLOWTON, Mont.—Despite all
the precautions he has taken to pre
vent his 60 trained elk from falling
prey to hunters' guns in the Belt
mountains near his dude ranch, Cort
Du Rand has his fingers crossed.
The reason is that during the last
open season some one shot one of
his best bulls despite the fact it
had a big cow bell around its neck.
This season Du Rand has:
Branded all the elk on the jaw;
cut their horns; hobbled them; and
placed cow bells on each one.
The herd has appeared in rodeos
throughout the Nation.
Dr. Thompson Is Delegate
Dr. E. E. Thompson, executive di
rector of the Mid-Atlantic Chirop
odists Association, will represent the
District Podiatry Society at the an
nual convention of the Federation
of Chiropody-Podiatry Examining
Boards of the United States to be
held Monday and Tuesday in Louis
ville, Ky.
I Crt/o A Imlnnac I
V w—mmw
To Belligerents
Seen Possible
By the AMOcieted Press.
Some members of Congress said
today that belligerent governments
were virtually assured of being able
to buy American airplanes, even
though the House had yet to act on
the Senate bill repealing the arms
embargo.
Parliamentarians observed that,
unless the House took unusual ac
' tion, the Senate vote approving the
: neutrality revision bill meant that
belligerents could at least buy “im
plements of war,” including air
planes, in this country.
In passing its own neutrality bill
i last session—for which the Senate
measure is a substitute—the House
voted to lift the embargo on imple
i ments of war, but to retain the ban
' on arms and ammunition sales.
' Since both houses agreed that the
ban on shipments of implements of
war should be lifted, it was consid
; ered highly unlikely that this part
of the bill would fail of enactment.
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Customers Get Money's Worth
In Neutrality Debate Finale
Senators Exchange 'Pettifogging'
Charges, Enlivening Proceedings
By the Associated Press.
From the point of view of gal
lery visitors the Senate rang down
the curtain on its neutrality debate
Just when the customers were be
ginning to get their money s worth
The final session produced, tc
the delight of near-record gallerj
crowds, more rough-and-tumble
no-holds-barred argument than al
of the preceding weeks of talk.
Democratic Senator Clark of Mis
souri accused Nevada’s Democratic
Senator Pittman of ‘‘pettifogging’
—apparently a fighting word in the
mountain country.
Senator Pittman countered with
a remark about the “conceit, van
ity and lack of ethics” of the Sen
ator from Missouri and suggestec
that Senator Clark was doing s
little “pettifogging” on his owi
account.
The presiding officer, Senato:
Lucas, Democrat, of Illinois, prompt
ly ordered both Senators to taki
their seats until the chamber vote)
to permit them to continue, provide)
they refrained from reflecting 01
one another.
Members Became Alert.
The Senate was off to the races
and members who had been readini
newspapers, signing mail or swap
ping yarns with colleagues durini
the early hours of the afternooi
pricked up their ears and joined thi
fun.
Crowds stood in the rear of th
galleries and even sat in the aisle
for a chance to hear. The sectioi
reserved for diplomats was jammei
with non-diplomatic visitors.
When Senator Frazier. Republicar
of North Dakota, suggested at one
point that Democratic Leader Bark
ley of Kentucky had asked a "child
ish. schoolboy question.” the Ken
tuckian rejoined:
“The Senator is well qualified to 1
pass on childish, schoolboy ques- j
tions.”
Gum-chewing members, about 50
per cent of the goodly attendance
on the floor, worked their jaws
faster. Tobacco chewers, in a de
cided minority, shifted their quids.
, Every few minutes it was neces
sary for the presiding officer to
bang for order.
Connally Tickles Spectators.
During a lull, a dozen or so mem- '
bers in the rear of the chamber or
ganized a pool on the size of the
vote against the neutrality revision
bill. Five Senators divided the $30
1 pot.
The subject of "pettifogging”
' bobbed up again.
“Pettifogging.” observed Senator
' i Connally. Democrat, of Texas, "is
I! some times better than just fog
1 ’ ging ”
1 Senator Connally tickled the spec
tators with still another outburst.
"I have the highest respect for the
people of the United States. God
j bless ’em,” he shouted. "If it wasn't i
! (for the people of the United States, '
r' there wouldn't any of us be here. |
[ “When they sent us here they i
> sent us to act as Senators, not as
mannikins—not as Edgar Bergens.”
> Several Senators tried to inter
5 rupt to observe that Charlie Mc
i Carthy. not Bergen, was the dummy
1 of the famous radio team.
"Well. I think the Senate knows
,! what I mean," the Texan said.
Neutrality
<Continued From First Page.)
would be just the same old flub
dub.”
The debate had been alternately
bitter, sarcastic and amusing in the
last hours before passage of the
bill, but Senator Minton, Democrat
of Indiana, presiding, found it al
most impossible to keep order wher
the Wheeler-Connally dispute flared
Often half a dozen Senators were
on their feet at once, and Senatoi
Minton was banging his gavel al
most constantly. Senators Wheelei
and Clark threatened to talk indefi
nitely to prevent approval of the
preamble. Senator Connallv with
drew it finally, but pointed out that
the joint Senate-House Conference
Committee could write any sort ol
a preamble it chose.
Purpose Held Apparent.
Passage of the measure drew a
statement fmm Senator Walsh
Democrat, of Massachusetts, an
opponent, that "Its motive and un
disguised purpose is to aid and abet
one group of belligerents in the
European war."
Senator Walsh added, however
that the long debate had watered
down any feeling that the United
States could not escape involvement
in the conflict.
Another opponent. Senator Dona
hey. Democrat, of Ohio had this tc
say:
‘ No good can come to a distressed
world from America's bootleg neu
trality law passed by the Senate
No unbiased person can call this
sneak-in and sneak-out auction salt
of implements of hate a neutrality
act for America—the land of tht
free and the home of the brave.”
Administration leaders contendec
themselves with a reiteration ol
their view that the bill would serve
effectively to keep this country oui
of war.
Majority Leader Barkley predicted
to the Senate that the measure
would be passed by the House and
returned to the Senate by Thursday
Another Senate vote of approva
then would send it to the White
House for Mr. Roosevelt's assurec
signature.
Both Senator Barkley and Minor
ity Leader McNary predicted ad
journment of the special session by
next week end. The former servec
notice that the leadership woulc
demand adjournment even thougt
there has been some sentiment foi
keeping Congress in session for th(
duration of the European war.
String of Amendments Beaten.
In yesterday's 10-hour sessior
the Senate leadership beat dowr
one opposition amendment aftei
another. Senator La Follette. Pro
gressive, of Wisconsin provoked th<
most debate with a proposal thai
the people be allowed to vote ir
an ‘‘advisory election” before Con
gress could declare an oversea!
war. Mis proposition lost uy i
vote of 73 to 17.
As passed by the Senate the bil
would require that title to mosi
cargoes destined for belligerent na
tions be transferred to non-Ameri
cans before they left these shores.
American ships could not earn
arms to belligerents anywhere anc
could not carry any goods to France
England, Germany and—in th<
main—to the East Coast of Canada
However, they could carry ordinarj
commercial cargoes to belligerenl
ports far away from the Europear
War zone.
The President would be empow
ered to draw lines on the work
map at any time he chose anc
designate them ‘‘combat areas” intc
which American vessels and trav
elers could not go.
Belligerent governments woulc
have to pay cash for everything
they purchased here, but citizens ol
belligerent nations could buy com
mercial goods on credit.
Senator* Silent Near Finish.
Four weeks of debate had so fulls
covered the issue of the arms em
bargo, that when the Senate reached
the point at which It was confronted
with what Senator Clark called the
‘‘naked issue of whether we should
have an embargo or not,” the legis
lators Anally found that they had
nothing to say.
The vote on repeal, presented bj
Senator Clark in the form of an
amendment to insert an embargo
into the present bill, showed 6(
Senators for repeal and 33 agalnsl
it. However, three of those whe
voted to retain the embargo, al
though beaten on that issue, fell
obliged to support the bill on Ana!
passage. They were Senators Gil
lette, Democrat, of Iowa; Reed, Re
publican, of Kansas, and Johnson
Democrat, of Colorado. Thus, th«
vote on Anal passage was 63 to 30
Three Senators were absent, bu
their position was announced bj
colleagues. Of them, Senator!
Glass. Democrat, of Virginia an<
Ashurst, Democrat, of Arizona weri
for the bill, and Bone, Democrat, o:
N
Repeal Roll Call
Senate Passes Bill
By 63-30 Vote
t By the Associated Press.
! Following is the vote by which the
| Senate approved the administra
tion's arms embargo repeal bill last
j night:
FOR THE BIEL—«3.
Democrats—M.*
I ADAMS LEE
1 ANDREWS LUCAS
BAILEY MALONEY
BANKHEAD McKELLAR
BARKLEY MEAD
BILBO MILLER
BREWN MINTON
BURKE MURRAY
BYRD NEELY
BYRNES OMAHONEY
CARAWAY PEPPER
CHANDLER PITTMAN
CONNALLY RADCL'FFE
ELLENDER RUSSELL
i GEORGE SCHWARTZ
I GERRY SCHWELLENBACH
! GILLETTE SHEPPARD
GREEN SLATTERY
GUFFEY SMATHERS
HARRISON SMITH
HATCH STEWART
HAYDEN THOMAS Okia.
HERRING THOMAS. Utah
HILL TRUMAN
HUGHES TYDINGS
JOHNSON Colo. VAN NUYS
KING WAGNER
Republicans—A.
j AUSTIN GURNEY
BARBOUR HALE
BRIDGES REED
GIBSON TAFT
Independent—1.
NORRIS
AGAINST THE BILL—30.
Democrats—IT.
BULOW HOLT
| CHAVEZ McCARRAN
CLARK Idaho OVERTON
CLARK Mo. REYNOLDS
DONAHEY WALSH
: DOWNEY WHEELER
Republicans—IS.
BORAH McNARY
CAPPER NYE
DANAiIER TOBEY
DAVIS TOWNSEND
FRAZIER V ANDENBER j
HOLMAN WHITE
JOHNSON Calif WILEY
LODGE
Farmer-Labor—T.
LUNDEEN SHIPSTEAD
Progressive—1.
LA FOLLETTE
Paired GLASS Democrat, of Virginia
for and BONE. Democrat, of Washington
against _
Announced for: Ashurst. Democrat, of
Arizona.
Petworth Methodist
Services Announced
At Petworth Methodist Church at
11 a m. Dr. Frank Steelman will j
preach on "The Fading Leaf.” Mem
bers of Job's Daughters, Bethel No.
2. will attend the service. The Inter
mediate League will meet at 7 p m.
A story will be illustrated by slides.
The Senior League will meet at 7
p.m. They will have an installation
service for their newr members. At
8 p.m. Dr. Steelman's subject will
| be “The Monotony of Sin." The
Intermediate League will have a
: prominent place in the service, and
1 newly elected officers will be In
stalled.
On Monday at 6:30 p.m. the Pansy
Circle will serve dinner to the can
■ vassers now conducting the debt
1 reduction campaign, which ends on
1 Joash Chest day next Sunday. On
Thursday at 8 p.m. Miss Mary Alice
Doughty, Baltimore Conference staff
worker, will present a plan of wrork
for the intermediate department of
the church school.
Associated Gas Seeks
To Transfer Assets
Bj the Associated Press.
| Associated Gas & Electric Co. has
; asked the Securities and Exchange
Commission to approve a plan of
simplification under which the com
pany—top unit in a vast utilities
system—would be liquidated and its
assets transferred to Associated Gas
& Electric Corp.
The commission announced the
application had been filed under
the Holding Company Act, which
calls for integration and simplifi
cation of holding companies.
Associated Gas is one of the
world’s largest utility companies,
holding assets of more than $1,000.
000,000. The company was a leader
in the bitter fight of utility firms
against the Holding Company Act.
Under the simplification plan,
the Associated Gas & Electric Corp.
would assume all of the liabilities
of the company not provided for
in the plan, while notes of the cor
poration held by the company
would be canceled.
Washington was against it. Counting
all the Senate, then, the final vote
was 65 to 31, with the administra
tion receiving almost exactly the
number of votes it estimated would
go to it when the session began five
weeks ago.
Earlier, the Senate defeated, 65
to 26, an amendment by Senator
Clark to close American ports to
; the armed merchant ships of bellig
erent powers. It also refused. 50 to
; 43. to reconsider an earlier decision
1 against placing four members of
i Congress on the National Munitions
! Control Board.
A. i
Mid-Wing Monoplane
With Single Float
Tested for Navy
Ship Can Be Converted
For Land Use; To Get
Final Trials Here
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 28 — Described
as a ‘'new type” of airplane, a mid
wing monoplane powered with a 12
cylinder aircooled engine has been
undergoing flight tests at Buffalo,
N. Y.( for the United States Navy.
Burdette S. Wright, vice president
of the Curtis Aeroplane Division of
the Curtiss-Wright Corp.. identified
the plane as Model XS03C-1. He
said it was developed for operation
off the battleships and cruisers of
the American fleet.
The most striking feature is the
“v” type, aircooled engine.
Another innovation is a solid
structure connecting the fuselage
with the single large float which
supports the plane in the water.
Mr. Wright said the machine,
carrying a crew of two. could be
equipped interchangeably as a land
yjx oca .
He added that primary flight tests
by H. Lloyd Child, test pilot, indi
cated the plane was unusually fast
for scout-observation work and had
an extended cruising radius.
After factory tests, it will be flown
to the Naval Air Station at Anacos
tia. D. C., for acceptance trials.
Details concerning its construction
and performance were withheld.
Paris
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sentenced to serve prison terms
ranging from 3 years to life.
All eight were charged with hav
ing furnished German agents with
details of the movements of French
troops in March. 1936. when Ger
many occupied the Rhineland, and
in September, 1936, during the
Czecho-Slovak crisis.
The French general staff, mean
while, continued to watch ostenta
tious German military preparations
in the Saarland, which they be
lieved might be designed to distract
attention from a surprise move
elsewhere along the western front.
The German preparations were so
obvious that one well-informed mili
tary commentator suggested the .
Nazis might be planning an attack
between Wissembourg and the Rhine
—East of the Saar—with a simul- „
taneous thrust through the Nether
lands on the north.
Such attacks, this commentator
said, might give Germany badly .
needed naval bases in the Nether
lands and an entry to France's Alsan
tian plain. Germany has denied any .
intention of violating the neutrality
of the Netherlands.
French Play Waiting Game.
The French themselves played a
waiting game as floods aided their.
defensive strategy. The Rhine was
reported to have risen 45 inches as a
result of recent rains.
There apparently was little fear in
French quarters of an attack in the
Rhine sector because of the initial
hazard of a river crossing, but rifts .
in the weather on the northern flank
intensified their watchfulness there.
A general staff communique de
scribed the night as "quiet" along
the entire front. Military sources
told of continued aerial reconnais
sance. however, which had disclosed
German troop concentrations west
of Bremen.
Military sources reported units as
strong as 150 men were used by the .
Germans in local attacks at various
parts of the front yesterday and
that all attacks were repulsed.
These sources declared that German
artillery fire along the 100 miles be
tween the Rhine and the Moseue
was growing in intensity.
Byron Hunter Retires
As Federal Economist
After 36 years of service in the
Agriculture Department. Byron Hun
ter retired today as agricultural
economist. He went into Govern
ment service in 1903 as an assistant
agrostologist in the Bureau of Plant
Industry.
His first assignment was at the
Washington Agricultural Experi- '
ment Station where he operated a
forage crop testing garden. Three
years later he was transferred to
studies of farm management and
farm practices in the Pacific North
west in the Office of Farm Manage
ment.
Mr. Hunter, after assignments in
Washington. Oregon and Idaho,
came here early in 1924. He was
given work of wide scope in studies
applying to Western States. In re
cent years he has successively com
pleted types-of-farming studies in
Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico.
Mr. Hunter said today he would
leave shortly for New Mexico where
he will engage in flood-control work
for the State. He makes his home
here at 1327 Shepherd street N.W.
Fifth Baptist to Hear
New Jersey Preacher
The Rev. Dr. Walter R. Feser of
Ventnor, N. J„ will preach tomorrow
morning and evening at Fifth Bap
tist Church. His topic at 11 am.
will be "More Beyond,” and at 7:45
p.m.. “The Cry of the Soul and Its
Answer.”
At 9:30 a m. the Rev. Francis Lu
kens will teach the Darlington Berea
Bible Class; Norman Sandrldge, tha
Mooney Baraca Class, and Deacon
J. R. Tune, the Philathea Class. The
Baptist Training Union will have its •
quarterly assembly at 6:30 p.m., with
the director. Miss M. Bradley
Thompson, in charge.
The executive council of the Sun
day school will meet Monday at 8
p.m. On Tuesday from 4 to 7 p.m.
the Waple Social Center will hold a
turkey dinner and bazaar.
The health of Dr. John E. Briggs,
pastor, continues to improve.
A. F. G. E. Council Called
To Elect President
A special session of the Executive
Council of the American Federation
of Government Employes has been
called here next Saturday to elect
a successor to Cecil E. Custer, the
president, resigning because of ill
health.
Mr. Custer was elected in Sep- *
tember for a two-year term and thf
new president will hold office until
1941.
Speculation has centered on the
possibility of one of the vice presi
dents being chosen.
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