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Germans of Hungary
And Balkans Uneasy
Over Repatriation
Do Not Want to Give Up
Prosperous Lands for
Homes in Poland
By EDWARD KENNEDY,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
BUDAPEST—Two million Ger
mans of Hungary and the Balkans
are watching with uneasiness Adolf
Hitler’s resettlement in the new
Reich of Germans abroad—thus far
applied only to the Baltic region.
Rumania has nearly 800,000 Ger
mans; Yugoslavia, 700,000; Hungary,
more than a half million, mostly
farmfolk who have migrated east
ward in groups in the last 200 to 30a
years.
Many of them have boasted proud
ly of their Germanism and demand
ed German schools and the right to
retain the German language and
customs, among other concessions.
When Hitler decided to move Ger
mans from the Baltic states to the
Polish Corridor, the Germans in
Southeastern Europe began to soft
pedal Lneir Germanism.
D» Not Want to Leave Lands.
They became more alarmed later
when reports were published that
Hitler contemplated moving them
also to Western Poland to solidify
Germany’s grip on that region to
make more difficult any eventual
restoration of it to Poland.
Despite their Germanism, the
overwhelming majority of these Ger
mans do not relish the idea of leav
ing their prosperous farms in the
rich Danubian region for land of
dubious value on the bleak plains of
Poland.
Those in Rumania are mostly
Saxons. In Hungary and Yugoslavia
they are principally Swabians who
moved into the rich regions de
populated by cholera in the 18th
century.
xiicy wave lcumiru men language
and customs, even their native cos
tumes, but have become attached to
their new lands. By painstaking
labor through many generations
they made their land superior to
that of their Hungarian, Yugoslav
and Rumanian neighbors.
Names Magyarized.
Since the possibility of German
repatriation has confronted them, a
number of German families in
Hungary, who for generations held
out against being Hungarianized,
have had their names Magyarized.
Many others no longer talk about
their Germanism, but stress their
Hungarian citizenship.
Their uneasiness is not altogether
displeasing to the Rumanians, Hun
garians and Yugoslavs, for in it they
Bee the solution to one of their
minority problems. They say the
fear of being shipped into Poland
will keep the Germans from making
further claims on the basis of their
Germanism.
Businessmen Doubt
Benefits of War Trade
By the Associated Press.
The new neutrality bill, repealing
the arms embargo, is expected to
give a major boost to certain war
Industries in the United States, but
many experts have warned business
In general against expecting too
much in the way of European
buying.
The United States Chamber of
Commerce said today a sampling
bf its membership showed “few look
upon the war in Europe as of major
Importance insofar as business de
velopment in the United States is
concerned.”
“Some forecast temporary bene
fits for a limited number of indus
tries,” the chamber said through its
Washington Review, “but express
the belief that any passing advan
tages gained will be more than lost
In an inevitable ebb that will come
after the war is ended.”
The report noted that business
men were “alert to the dangers that
follow boom volume and boom
prices.”
Administration quarters have es
timated that a flood of war orders
totaling some $1,000,000,000 will be
released in this country in the next
few weeks as a result of embargo
repeal. Besides warplanes, these
are expected to cover motor trucks,
clothing, machine tools, food, explo
sives, hospital supplies and a wide
range of other products.
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, Nov. 4.—Wheat prices
advanced almost a cent today to
new highs for the past six weeks
and to within 2 cents of the best
levels since the first of 1938.
After the early upturn, however,
profit taking increased and prices
were pushed back to around previ
ous closing levels at times.
Buying of wheat was in sym
pathy with continued strength of
securities. Furthermore, there were
no prospects of material rainfall
the next few days to bring relief
from the severe drought in the
domestic hard winter wheat belt.
Early highs for wheat contracts
were 88% for December and 87%
for May.
The forecast for the winter wheat
belt predicted clear skies with tem
peratures not so low in most areas
Although shipments of grain are
continuing on a big scale from
Chicago elevators to Eastern lake
• ports, the business is being done tc
fill previous contracts and to move
grain into position for possible ex
port before the close of navigation
Exporters decline to confirm recent
sales, although grainmen assume
some business is being done. Beliel
was expressed repeal of the embargc
bill by Congress may increase Euro
pean demand for foodstuffs.
Most of the grain clearing here
by boat involves corn and soybeans
European demand for Canadian
wheat this week has been the besl
in some time, with total sales esti
mated at 6,000,000 to 7,000,000
bushels.
Profit taking also tended to check
Upturns in corn and prices were
only fractionally higher. Oats and
rye had an upward tendency, while
soybeans started higher, but then
turned lower. The week's sharp
price upturn attracted increased
country selling, with bookings ex
ceeding 130,000 bushels.
Lard prices were slightly higher.
At 11 am. wheat was %-% higher
compared with yesterday's finish,
December 87}*, May 87%, and corn
was unchanged to % lower, Decem
ber 50%. May 53%.
AS SPECIAL SESSION ADJOURNED—Hats and coats on, three
leaders of the administration’s fight in the Senate are shown
above ready to leave after sending the neutrality bill to the
White House. Left to right, Senators Pittman, Connally and
Barkley, the majority leader. Below, Representative Rayburn,
majority leader of the House (right) appeared mighty happy
that the fight was over. Here he has a chuckle with Speaker
Bankhead. —A. P. Photo.
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Summary of Neutrality Act
Provisions Involve Sale of Arms, U. S.
< • Shipping, Credit and Port Restrictions
By the Associated Press.
A summary of the provisions of
the Neutrality Act passed yesterday
by Congress:
Arms sales—Repeals the present
embargo and permits arms sales to
belligerents for cash. Forbids Ameri
can ships to carry arms to any
belligerent port in any part of the
world.
Shipping—Bars American vessels
from transporting supplies or pas
sengers to belligerent ports, with the
following exceptions: Ports In the
South Atlantic South of the 35th
parallel; New Brunskick and Nova
Scotia on the Bay of Fundy; the
Pacific, Indian Oceans and depend
ent waters; the China, Tasman and
Arabian Seas, and the Bay of Ben
gal; permits inland transportation
by rail, air or water to Canada.
Neutral ships also are granted these
same exceptions.
Requires Title Transfer.
Title transfer—Forbids export of
any materials to a belligerent state
until shipper has filed a sworn state
ment with port collectors that title
has been transferred to some foreign
government, corporation, agency or
national. However, shipments to
individuals or private companies at
ports included within the exempted
areas in the shipping section can be
made on a normal trade basis, with
out previous transfer of title.
Combat areas—Empowers the
President to establish danger zones
around either belligerent or neutral
ports, including the areas exempted
in the shipping sections, into which
American ships could not go.
Financial transactions—Prohibits
the purchase, sale or exchange in
this country of bonds, securities or
obligations of belligerents; forbids
United States citizens to make loans
or extend credit to any belligerent
state, or its agency; forbids solic
tation of funds for belligerents,
except for medical aid, food and
clothing *to relieve suffering.
<Jan Restrict Use of Forts.
American ports—Authorizes the
President to restrict the use of the
American ports by belligerents’ sub
marines or armed merchant vessels.
(He also could require the owners
of any vessels to post bond against
carrying fuel, arms, men, supplies
or information to any belligerent
warship and could intern any ship
which violated this provision.)
Travel—Forbids Americans tc
travel on belligerent ships, with
minor exceptions.
Merchant vessels—Makes it un
lawful for an American merchant
vessel to be armed, except with
small arms.
American republics—The law
would not apply to American na
tions unless they were co-operating
with non-American states in a war,
as Canada is.
Munitions Board—Continues thf
board and empowers it to control
the manufacture and export of arms
through licenses.
Penalties—Violation of the ship
ping and title transfer sections
would be punishable by a maximum
fine of $50,000 and five years’ im
prisonment, violations of other sec
tions by $10,000 fine and two years
imprisonment.
Chillum Heights Citizens
Re-elect Gabelein
David W. Gabelein was re-elected
president of the Chillum Heights
Citizens’ Association at its meeting
held last night in the Keene School.
Other officers elected were Olaf
P. Solem, vice president; William G.
Lang, treasurer, and Mrs. Jane Had
den, secretary. M. P. Finam and
W. A. Olson were chosen delegates
to the Federation of Citizens’ As
sociations.
Discussion of various sites for a
new firehouse near Chillum Heights,
which has been proposed by other
organizations, was brought up. The
association has already gone on
record as favoring the location of
such a building facing on Rock
Creek Church road near Bates road
N.E.
A message from the engineering
division of the District of Columbia
government was read listing future
improvements already authorized
for this section. Included were
sidewalk extensions, for which tlfe
association has been flght.ng.
Bus service to Chillum Heights
was critized, but no action was
taken.
A “pep talk” was given to the
group by Robert E. Copeland on the
association’s community efforts. In
connection with this discussion the
news was disclosed that the Consti
tution Committee had found a con
stitution of the former citizens’ as
sociation of that section dated 1894
and listing 60 members, of which
five are still living. This makes the
association one of the oldest ir
Washington.
William Blum, Jr., spoke briefly oi
the Community Chest drive.
Embargo Repeal
Treasury
$235,000
By the Associated Press.
Repeal of the arms embargo cost
the Federal Treasury more than
$235,000.
Congress was In session 44 days
from the time it was assembled on
September 21 through yesterday,
and the only legislation it passed
was the neutrality revision bill with
an appropriation measure.
The appropriation bill provided
$51,000 for transportation allowances
to Senators, $171,000 for similar al
lowances to House members and $4
a day for 60 pages.
An additional expense was print
ing the Congressional Record.
Salaries of the members of Con
gress and those of most of their
staff are on an annual basis, as are
most other expenditures. These
outlays were not Included la the
special appropriation measure.
ft
Conductor Richards
Retired by B. & 0.
Conductor W. L. Richards, who ha:
worked 50 years for the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, retired yesterday
The last lap of his service was or
the Capital Limited from Washing
ton to Baltimore.
Mr. Richards worked in the pas
senger service of the B. & O. for 2!
years. He will continue to live lr
Baltimore.
Iowa Politics Charge
Denied by McNutt
By the Associated Press.
Federal Security Administrate]
Paul V. McNutt yesterday char
acterized as “silly and absolutely
without basis” a charge by Claud*
M. Stanley, Iowa unemployment
compensation commissioner, thai
Mr. McNutt had played persona
politics at a recent social security
meeting in Indianapolis.
“It is a product of imagination,’
Mr. McNutt said. “Perhaps Repub
licans in Iowa work that way, bui
I don’t."
Mr. McNutt said he held no smal
conferences such as Mr. Stanley
charged, but that “those who wantet
to see me, I eaw.” He talked politic
with no one, he declared.
A
Maritime Men Plan.
To Avoid Congestion
In Arms Shipments
Goods Are Piling Up
In New York as
Ban's Lifting Nears
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4.—Giant
trucks rumbling along the New York
water front in an endless stream sig
naled the “lid’s off” on the shipment
of war materials to Europe today
as President Roosevelt prepared to
sign the new neutrality law.
Simultaneously, with pier sheds
already bulging, maritime experts
began to plan against a recurrence
of the nightmare of congestion
which choked America’s No. 1 port
in 1914-1917.
“For more than two years, even
before we got into the last war,
New York was swamped with goods
piled high on the wharves and no
ships to move it,” said Cornelius H.
Callaghan, head of the New York
Maritime Exchange.
“We won’t let that happen again,
at least. Railroad and shipping
officials are working out a plan to
forestall dumping cargo unless there
are bottoms to handle it.”
More Freight Than Ships.
British shiplng officials acknowl
edged that they already have "a
good deal more freight than ships,”
but it was said in other quarters
that the British admiralty probably
would step up the tempo of the con
voy system in the immediate future
to safeguard the transportation of
allied war orders. Estimates have
valued probable orders at $1,000,000,
600 within a few weeks.
neutrality law, forbidding American
ships to enter belligerent waters,
would take about 100 United States
vessels out of the North Atlantic
trade.
A last-minute ship “swapping”
arrangement, however, was ex
pected to prevent collapse of this
country’s merchant marine through
enforced idleness during the dura
tion of the war.
The agreement calls for British
lines to withdraw their vessels from
South American trade, thus mobiliz
ing their maximum tonnage for the
transportation of American war ma
terials, and turn the business over
to American shipping companies.
Sailings Canceled.
The first effect of the neutrality
measure on America’s trans-Atlantic
shipping was the cancellation of the
sailing of three United States Lines
vessels that had been scheduled to
leave before last night for English
and French ports.
They were the President Roosevelt
and the American Farmer, carrying
only cargo, and the Washington,
which listed cargo and 275 passenger
bookings.
Officials of the United States Lines
had hoped to start the vessels on
their way before the new bill became
law but, when they learned that the
amended measure provided that ves
sels leaving America for belligerent
ports before the act became effective
would do so “at their own risk” they
decided the dangers were too great,
particularly since the clause affected
ship insurance.
They announced the sailings had
been "indefinitely deferred.” which
maritime circles said was tanta
mount to outright cancellation.
Most of the liner Washington’s
passengers transferred to the Hol
land America liner Statendam and
the Cunard ship Scythia.
British War Trade Due
To Aid U. S. in Americas
Maritime Commission officials said
today they did not expect any formal
agreement under which the British
would abandon their South Ameri
can trade in favor of the United
States, but added that as a practical
matter it probably would work out
that way.
“The British undoubtedly will
concentrate on this country,” an
official said. “If the British do this,
we will try to take over some of
their South American trade. This
would be in line with the Maritime
Commission's policy of expanding
shipping to South America."
The official added that he did not
believe the South American trade,
even if abandoned by the British,
would provide tonnage for all the
American ships to be withdrawn
from the North Atlantic trade.
Radio and Stage Stars
Back Legion Ball
Labor Post 42, American Legion,
has received assurances of the sup
port of Victor Moore, Sophie Tucker
and William Gaxton, famed stars of
radio and stage currently appear
ing at the National Theater, for
their ball at the Mayflower Hotel
November 17.
Yesterday Franklin J. Porter of
the national guard of honor and
Robert Duvalle, representing the
post, received the assurances and
contributions from the barnstorm
ing actors.
i
ON DOTTED LINE—Vice
President Garner placing his
signature on the administra
tion’s neutrality bill last night
> after the special session of the
Seventy-sixth Congress had
| approved the measure.
—A.P. Photo.
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Air Practice Area
Shows Desolation
Of Last War
Even Ruins of Cities
Are Missing os Planes
Drop Heavy Bombs
By WALTER DURANTY.
AT BRITISH AIR HEADQUAR
TERS, in Prance, Nov. 4 (NA.NA.).
—By the roadside a big red sign
says "Danger Zone,” and a stout
French soldier halts the auto for a
permit. He salutes, and you drive
on into 10 square miles, into what is
actually no more than the area re
served for practice by the Franco
Brltish air force.
Never were name or place chosen
better. For this was the scene of
some of the most prolonged and
doughty fighting of the last war and
of one terrific battle in 1918. The
officers who selected the target
ground had an easy job, for there
was no need to move away any
French peasants from these trench
scarred slopes and shell-pocked pla
teaus, where nothing grows save
stunted bushes and where no living
creature is in sight.
Rains Missing. *
Here and there, in the valleys,
you pass a placard with the name of
a village that once stood there. There
is no ruin to mark a former human
habitation—only an occasional small
apple tree or vine or raspberry plant.
Along the low crest of hills that
formerly was a German battery po
sition there are dotted, at half-mile
intervals, concrete pillboxes, minia
ture forts about 20 feet square which
emerge 10 feet above the ground,
their sides thickly banked with earth
and stone. They are the only build
ings anywhere in sight.
All around the spot where I stood
to watch the bombing practice there
was no space 5 yards square that
was free from old shell craters, save
where a narrow road winds up to a
pillbox entrance. On one side lay
a rusty German helmet; farther on,
a small grenade bomb from a trench
mortar with a wing-edged tail to
UUCVt Its lUgllt.
Rattle of Machine Guns.
High in the air, on the left, soared
a fleet of French pursuit ships, and,
as they dived, I heard the rattle of
machine guns. Beyond them, in the
distance, another plane must have
been towing a target. I could not
see it against the sun, but I heard
the staccato firing of an anti-aircraft
battery.
Overhead droned heavy English
bombers to converge upon a target
marked with a pink cross in the
middle of a sandy plain. With the
naked eye, it was possible to detect
the bomb falling at what seemed a
long distance short of the target. It
struck, and there was an instant’s
delay, then a cloud of smoke and
dust so much nearer the target than
I had expected that at first I was
surprised, until I realized that the
bomber must allow for the great
speed at which the ship is flying.
Then afterward came the dull, heavy
thud of an explosion, as if the earth
herself were groaning to receive new
blows from men, her children.
Italy Strengthens Force
For Tomorrow, Says Duce
By the Auoc'.eted Press.
ROME, Nov. 4.—Premier Mussolini,
addressing a cheering crowd cele
brating the 21st anniversary of
Italy's World War armistice with
Austria-Hungary declared today that
Italy was strenghtening her “will
and forces for tomorrow.”
"The Italian people * • • celebrate
their victory today with a clear soul
and a firm faith in the destiny ol
the country,” Mussolini said in a
brief speech from the balcony of
his office.
“The victory belongs to the people
because it was achieved by a great
sacrifice,” he a£ded. “In this re
membrance of what was achieved
we strengthen our will and forces for
tomorrow.”
Mussolini appeared with Foreign
Minister Count Galeazzo Ciano and
Ettore Muti, secretary of the Fascist
party, to address the crowd throng
ing the Piazza Venezia.
The Premier after his speech re
appeared seven times on the balcony
in answer to the crowd’s cheer.
Earlier Mussolini attended an open
air mass with Crown Prince Umberto
and other government officials at the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
League of Nations Aide
Hits Co-operation Lack
ut. Benjamin ueng, League ol
Nations commissioner for the
World’s Pair, told a graduate con
vocation at American Universitj
last night the "so-called failure ol
the League of Nations” was due U
lack, not of the right machinery
but of the will to make it work.
The following received degrees
Arthur Grandin Conover, Johr
Sterling deBeers, Doris Detre, Leo
nard Lipman Fischman and Nathar
Morris KolTsky, master of arts:
Robert Oakes Byrd and Wendel
Erasmus Little, master of arts ir
public administration; Francis Eltor
Atwater and Thomas Lowe Brans*
ford, doctor of philosophy.
Counterfeiter
Found Busy at
Trade in Prison
By the Associated Press.
HUNTSVILLE, Tex., Nov. 4
There's at least one crook in the
State Penitentiary. Warden W. W
Waid stumbled on a counterfeiting
machine in the machine shop.
"Ah,” said the keeper of 6,000 con
victs, “so this is where those pewtei
half dollars have been coming from
“Well, boys! This is dishonest
crooked! I’ll have the law on who
ever is responsible.”
The warden began rummaging
around. Out in the rock pile he
found a cache of the counterfeit
coins that somebody had been pass
ing at the prison commissary.
All the faces of the convicts wen
red. Among them, they knew, wai
a crook. Pretty soon the warder
had him. One of the boys had
“owned up.” The warden said th<
crook was George Droddy, who had
been in other prisons, too.
The district attorney may have t(
wait a while before he does any
thing about it, though, becaus<
Droddy won’t get out ol here untt
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House Vote on Neutrality Bill
Conference Report Accepted on
Roll Call, 243 to 172
>7 the Associated Press.
Here is the vote by which the
House yesterday approved the con
ference report on the administra
tion's neutrality bill:
TOTAL FOB—213.
Democrats for—Tit.
ALLIN. Ls. JONES. Tex.
ALLEN, Pa, KEETw. Va.
ARNOLD. 111. KEPAUVER. Tenn.
BANKHEAD. Ala. KELLER. IU.
BARDEN. N. C. . KELLY.I11.
BARNES. 111. KENNEDV. M.J.. N Y.
BATES. Ky. KERR. N. C.
BEAM ni KILDAY, Tex.
BECKWORTH. Tex. KIRWAN. Ohio
BELL. Mo KITCHEN! Ark.
Ill,AND Va KLEBEK, I0X._
BLOOM N T KOCIALKOWSKI. IU.
BOEHNE Ind KRAMER. Calld.
BOLAND' Pa LANHAM. Tex.
BOREN Okla LARRABEE. Ind.
BOYKIN A I' LEA. Calif.
BRADLEY Pa LEAVY. Wash.
BBOOMIi LESINSKI. Mich.
rrownt'n. LEWIS. Colo.
nnvRONRO McANDREWS. IU.
Snre r.llf C’ McARDLE. Pa.
Shcht pv n y McCORMACK. Mass.
p ' n > McGEHEE Miss.
gULWINKLE. N. C. McORANERY. P».
gURCH Va. McKEOUGH. HI.
gugora. n. e. mcmillan. j . s. c.
2X521’ 5- T- maciejewski. in.
2X55S 7>Pn- magnuson. wash.
BYRON. Md. MAHON Tex.
CALDWELL. Fla. MALONEY. La.
CAMP. OS. MARTIN. Colo.
CANNON Mo. MARTIN. 111.
CANNON. Fla. MA8SINGALE. Okla.
CARTWRIGHT, Okla. MAY Kv.
CASEY. Mass MERRITT. N. T.
CELLER. N. Y. MILLS. Ark.
CHANDLER. Tenn. MILLS. La.
CLARK. N. C. MITCHELL, 111.
CLAYPOOL, Ohio MONRONEY, Okla.
COCHRAN. Mo. MOSER. Pa.
COFFEE Wash. MOUTON La.
COLLINS. Miss. MURDOCK. Aril.
COLMER. Miss. MURDOCK. Utah
COOLEY, N. C. MYERS. Pa.
COOPER. Tenn. NELSON. Mo.
COURTNEY. Tenn. NICHOLS Okla.
COX. Ga. NORRELL, Ark.
CRAVENS. Ark. NORTON. N. J.
CREAL. Ky. O NEAL. Ky.
CROWE. Ind. OTOOLE N. Y.
CULLEN. N. Y. PACEGa.
CUMMINGS. Colo. gARSONS 111
D ALESANDRO. Md. g^MAN. Tex.
DARDEN. Va. PATRICK. Ala.
DELANEY. N. Y. PATTON- Tm.
DEMPSEY. N. Mex. gS^£§§/?„ T2?"’
DEROUEN. La. g£gg5f92' A1*
dickstein. n. y.
RiSswfi ’ Mirh POAGE. Tex.
h* POLK Ohio
RJSNEY. Okla RAMSPECK. Ga.
OOUGHTON. N. C. RANDOLPH, W. Va.
OOXEY Miss. RAYBURN. Tex.
DREWRY, Va. RICHARD^. 8. C.
DUNCAN. Mo. ROBERTSON, Va.
DUNN. Pa. ROBINSON. Utah
DURHAM. N. C. ROGERS. Okla.
EBERHAP.TER. Pa. ROMJUE. Mo.
KDMINSTON. W. Va. 8ABATH IU.
ELLIOTT Calif. SACKS Pa.
ELLIS. Ark. SASSCER. Md.
FADDJS. Pa. SATTERFIELD Va.
FAY. N. Y SCHAEFER IU.
FERGUSON. Okla. 8CHUETZ. 111.
FERNANDEZ La. SCHULTE. Ind.
FITZPATRICK. N. Y. SCHWERT. N Y.
FLAHERTY. Mass. SCRUGHAM. Nev.
FLANNAGAN. Va. 8HEPPARD. Calif.
FLANNERY. Pa. SIROVICH N. Y.
FOLGER. N. C. SMITH. IU.
FORD, Miss. SMITH. Wash.
FORD. Calif. SMITH W^ Va.
FULMER. S. C. gNYDER. Pa.
GARRETT. Tex. SOMERS. N. Y.
GAVAGAN3' NArYt AU'
8FbYB^ G.,UX- fTARNES L^
GORE. Tenn. f7n??VAN v V
BrANT^aJ"' 1™™' Tex^
GREEN p »' 8UTPHIN. N. J.
GREGORY Kt TARVER Ga.
“h: La. M,ch
hart’ S’ I THOMAS. Tex.
HARTER*’ Ohio SSPcENt’kv T"’
HAVENNER. Calif. VTNRGN Ga
HENDRICKS. Fla. VOORHTS Calif
HENNINGS. MO. WALT OREN Wash
HILL. Wash. "ALLGgEN Wash.
HOBBS. Ala. WARDMrt
HOOK Mich. WARRFN N r
HOUSTON. Kans. weaver n r
IZAC. Calif. WEST Tpt C'
JARMAN. Ala weft cmet Ga
JOHNSON. Okla. WHITTINGTON Miss
JOHNSON. W. Va. wnJTAVS Mo
JOHN. L. A.. Tex. WOOD Mn M
JOHNSON. L.. Tex. WOODRUM Va
ZIMMERMAN. Mo.
Republicans for—IB.
ANDERSON. Calif. McLEAN. N 3.
BALL. Conn. OSMERS. N. J.
BREWSTER. Me. PIERCE. N. Y.
CLUETT. N Y. PLUMLEY, Vt.
COLE. N. Y. STEARNS. N. H.
FORD. Calif. TAYLOR. Tenn.
OAMBLE N. Y. THOMA8 N J.
GIFFORD. Mass. VREELAND. N. J.
GWYNNE. Iowa WADSWORTH. N. Y.
KEAN. N. J.
American later for—I.
MARC ANTONIO. N. Y.
Farmer-Laker fer—1.
BUCKLER. Minn.
Democrat* Against—M.
ANDERSON. Mo. MCLAUGHLIN. Nek*.
ASHBROOK. Ohio O’CONNOR. Mont.
CHAPMAN. Kt. O'DAY. N. Y.
COFFEE. Nebr. O'LEARY. N. Y.
OOLE. Md. RABAUT. Mich.
CONNERY. Mass RANKIN. Mbs.
COSTELLO. Calif. RYAN. Minn.
CROS8ER. Ohio. P'CTIEST. Oillo
EVANS. N. Y. 8HANLEY. Conn.
FRIE8. 111. SHANNON. Mo.
HARRINGTON. lows SMITH. Conn.
HEALEY. Mass. SWEENEY. Ohio
HUNTER. Ohio TOLAN. Calif.
JACOBSEN. Iowa WHITE. Idaho.
LUDLOW. Ind.
Tatal Against—172.
Republicans Against—ltl.
ALEXANDER. Minn. KNUTSON. Minn.
ALLEN. 111. KUNKEL. Pn.
ANDERSEN. Minn. LAMBERTSON. Kans.
ANDRESEN. Minn. LANDIS. Ind.
ANGELL. Ore*. LECOMPTE. Iowa
AREND8. 111. LEMKE. N. Dak.
AUSTIN. Conn. LEWIS. Ohio
BARTON. N. Y. LUCE. Mass.
BATES. Mass. Me DOWELL. Pa.
BENDER. Ohio McLEOD. Mich.
BLACKNEY. Mich. MAAS. Minn.
BOLLES. Wls MAPI8. Mich.
BRADLEY. Mich. MAR8HALL. Ohio
BROWN. Ohio MARTIN. Iowa
BURDICK. N. Dak. MARTIN. Maas.
CARLSON, Kans. MASON. JM.
CARTER. Calif. MICHENER. Mich.
CASE 8. Dak. MILLER. Conn.
CHURCH. 111. MOTT Orel
CLASON. Mass. MStJST;,8
CLEVENGER. Ohio MUggA?- Wis.
CORBETT. Pa. S,B,g^'’ 5: Y’
CRAWFORD. Mich. 2HJ[ER. Me.
CROWTHER. N. Y. i**00’
CULKIN. N. Y. N. J.
CURTIS. Nebr. JffSS8’ m ’
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DITTER. Pa. g£§H- N. Y.
DONDERO, Mich. gPg ?““*■
DOUGLAS. N. Y. SlSsr o r
DOWELL. Iowa Sorhion sc.
DWORSHAK. Idaho SXSSVVft iVn
EATON. W J. ttULlUsMSLMH*.
RODGERS, Pa.
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ENGLEBRIGHT, tgHfzOHN^Ohio
wwvVoM RUTHERPORD. Pa.
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non. n. x. athaftr nri*
f.ADTWTO Dm O^HAr Uli “IB.
niSSiBT r.iif 8H1FFLER. W. Va.
seccombe. Ohio
GERLACH. Pa. 8EGER, N J
OHfHRWT Iowa 8HAFER. Mich.
SoasKm1 2. SHORT. Mo.
r P.1- SIMP80N. Pa.
GRANT. Ind. SMITH, Me.
GROSS. Pa. SMITH: Ohio
gUYER. Kans. SPRINGER. Ind.
HAU* N. Y. STEFAN Nebr.
gALLgCH; IEd - SUMNER. 111.
HANCOCK. N. Y. TABLER. N. Y.
HARNESS. Ind TALLE. Iowa
HARTER N Y THILL. Wls.
HARTLEY N. J, THORKEi.SON.Mont.
HAWKS. Wis. TIBBOTT, Pa.
HEINKE. Nebr. TINKHAM. Mass.
HESS. Ohio TREADWAY. Mass.
HINSHAW. Calif. VAN ZANDT. Pa.
HOFFMAN. Mich. VORYS. Ohio
HOLMES. Mass. WELCH. Calif.
HOPE, Kans. WHEAT. 111.
HORTON. Wyo. WHITE, Ohio
J4RRETT. Pa. W iQOLES A ORTH.
JENKS. N. H. Mass.
JENKINS. Ohio WILLIAMS. Del.
JENSEN. Iowa WINTER. Kans.
JOHNS. Wls. WOLCOTT. Mich.
JOHNSON. 111. WOLFENDEN, Pa.
JOHNSON. Ind. WOLVERTON. N. J.
JONES. Ohio WOODRUFF. Mich.
KEEFE. Wis. YOUNGDAHL. Minn.
KJNZER. Pa.
Prorresslrea Against—2.
HULL. Wis. GEHRMANN. Wls.
Announced pairs—TAYLOR. Democrat,
of Colo., for. and ANDREWS. Republican,
ol N. V.. against; SMITH, Democrat, of
Va , for, and DARROW. Republican, of
Pa. against; MONKIEWICZ. Republican,
of Conn . for, and CHIPPERFIELD. Repub
lican, of 111. against; KEOGH, Democrat,
of N. Y.. for. and BARRY. Democrat, of
N. Y . against: MARTIN J. KENNEDY.
Democrat, of N. Y.. for. and PFEIFER.
Democrat, of N. Y., against: KENNEDY.
Democrat, of Md.. for. and JEFFRIES.
Republican, of N. J.. against.
Democrats for_222
Republicans for - 19
American-Labor for_ 1
Farmer-Labor for- 1
Total lor- 243
Democrats against_29
Republicans against_141
Progressives against- 2
Total against_172
Total voting.™-415
Paired _12
Vacancies _ 6
Not voting _ 2
Total House membership_435
Neutrality Bill Shipping
Curbs to Cost Vast Sum
Br the Associated Pres*.
Shipping restrictions in the neu
trality legislation have been esti
mated by Chairman Bland of the
House Merchant Marine Committee
to entail losses running into hun
dreds of millions of dollars to the
United States. t
Representative Bland listed the
following prospective effects:
Withdrawal of 92 American ves
sels from areas affected.
Abandonment of eight foreign
trade routes in which the Govern
ment has invested $195,061,000:
Lay-up cost of vessels withdrawn,
about $4,200,000 yearly;
Gross revenue loss to American
merchant marine, $52,500,000;
Loss of money expended annually
in the United States, $20,600,000,
plus $6,600,000 for fuel; $6,000,000 to
$7,000,000 for stevedoring, and sub
stantial amounts for other operating
services;
About 5,800 to 6,300 seamen
thrown out of work;
Salaries lost to office employes,
$4,200,000 yearly;
Annual amortization and interest
charges on vessels withdrawn about
$2,500,000, of which $1,950,000 repre
sents payments to the Government.
Neutrality
(Continued From First Page.)
and most sacred task is to keep our
country secure and at peace, and
that it is my firm belief that we
shall succeed in this endeavor. I am
satisfied that the new act will
greatly assist in this undertaking.”
Moral Embargo Remains.
With a flood of foreign orders for
American fighting equipment ex
pected to follow immediately on lift
ing the arms embargo, inquiry was
made at the State Department today
as to whether the Government's
implied disapproval of sale of bomb
ing planes to Japan would be con
tinued. Informally, it was pointed
out at the department that the
Government has not changed its
feeling about the bombing of civilian
populations and that the “moral
embargo” should be considered as
much in effect as in the past.
Signal for Big War Orders.
Signing of the bill is expected to
be the signal for a flood of war or
ders, mostly from Prance and Brit
ain, estimated to total more than
$1,000,000,000 within the next few
weeks.
The allied powers were expected
to begin moving across the Atlantic
almost immediately some 300 air
planes completed for them by Amer
ican companies since the embargo
went into effect, soon after the war
began.
Congress gave its final approval
to the repeal legislation yesterday
and ended the 44-day special session
called by the Chief Executive to re
peal the 4-year-old arms embargo
law, which he said had worked to
the disadvantage of powers unable
to obtain munitions near home be
cause of geographical circumstances.
Over the vigorous protest of a
substantial bi-partisan opposition,
1 the legislature agreed to'repeal the
ban on arms sales to warring na
tions, birt wrote into the bill some
of the most stringent regulations of
American shipping la the Nation's
fr
history. The latter were designed to
avoid “incidents” and possible sub
sequent involvement of this country
in the European conflict by keeping
ships and passengers out of danger
zones.
Adjournment Voted.
The Senate adopted the final
draft of the bill, 55 to 24; the
House shortly afterward by 243 to
172. With little of the back-slap
ping and noisy finishes customary
at regular sessions, the Senate then
voted, 46 to 25, to adjourn, and the
House did likewise, 223 to 189. Both
ballots were largely along party
lines. The session ended formally
at 6:35 pm., when the House called
it a day.
After issuing the proclamations
and executive orders putting the
new law into effect, the President
planned to vote in his home town
elections Tuesday.
He had written farewell messages
—which were read to the Senate
and House—expressing congratula
tions and good wishes and the hope
that “world events” would not make
necessary another extraordinary
meeting of the lawmakers before
the regular session begins Jenuary
3. The messages were addressed to
Vice President Gamer and Speaker
Bankhead. The text of the Senate
message follows:
“As it seems probable that this
extraordinary session of Congress
will be brought to adjournment
within a few hours, may I extend
through you to the members of the
Senate my congratulations and good
wishes?
j. nupe uut worm events win not
make It necessary to have any other
extraordinary session—and, there
fore, in anticipation of seeing you
all on the third of January next,
I extend to you in the meantime my
best wishes for a happy Thanksgiv
ing and a merry Christmas. May I
add that I hope those members from
States whose Governors have set
November 30 as Thanksgiving Day
will celebrate both Thanksgivings—
the 23d and the 30th.”
Secretary Hull and his advisers
drew up the series of presi
dential proclamations and executive
orders putting into effect the new
legislation.
The hardest task of the State De
partment chief was the delimitation
Of the danger area from which Con
gress decreed that American ships
should be barred. The prohibition
against entering this presidentially
defined zone is in addition to the
bill’s provision that American vessels
must stay out of ports in England,
Scotland, Northern Ireland, France
and Germany and, generally speak
ing, those on the east coast of Can
ada. Furthermore, this country’s
merchant marine in forbidden to
carry arms, ammunition and imple
ments of war to belligerent ports
anywhere, except by inland routes
to Canada.
Licenses to Be Reissued,
Nearly $80,000,000 worth of arms
export licenses to Great Britain and
France, granted before the present
embargo was proclaimed after the
outbreak of the war, will be reissued
by the State Department on the ap
plication of the American arms
manufacturers holding the orders.
Ship lines expected to be affected
immediately were the United States
Lines, American Scantlc Line, South
Atlantic Mail Line, Dixie United
Kingdom Line, Southern States Line
and Black Diamond Line.
Some shipping authorities said
they expected that the lines, al
though certain to be hard hit, might
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France Appropriates
$18,360,000 to Hike
Pay of Soldiers
'Combat Bonus' Is Decided
Upon by Cabinet in View
Of 'Rigors of Service'
By the Auocltted Frm.
PARIS, Nov. 4.—Prance appro
priated 810,000,000 franca (about
$18360,000) today to raiM the pay
of her soldiers.
In addition to a daily 10-frane
“combat bonus” (about 23 cents) for
men at the front, the cabinet de
creed that the pay of pollus be in
creased from 50 to 75 centimes (from
about 1 to l'/i cents) and that of
higher grades be raised by 40 per
cent.
The appropriation was added to
more than 100,000,000,000 francs
which France already had set aside
in ordinary and extraordinary budg
ets and a special war chest for mill,
tary expenses this year.
Cabinet approval of the bonus was
won yesterday by Premier Daladler,
himself an old soldier, and an
nounced this morning in the official
journal.
Official circles said the Increases
were Justified by rigors of life in the
service and were made to express
the nation’s gratitude.
The morning communique of the
war ministry noted only continued
patrol activity "at various points” on
the western front.
Military dispatches Indicated, how
ever, the French were on the alert
for possible surprise attacks on the
northern flank in the wake of per
sistent German artillery fire.
10-Year Alcohol Toll
In Virginia Is 804
By tbe Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 4.—Deaths
of at least 804 persons in Virginia
between 1929 and 1939 were attribu
ted directly to alcoholism, records of
the Bureau of Vital Statistics
showed today.
in os aeains were recorded
as caused by alcohol and 114 more
by cirrhosis of the liver, in most
cases of which alcoholism is blamed.
In 1937, the last year for which
comparative figures were available,
however, Virginia’s death rate from
alcoholism was lower than the rate
in West Virginia and the District of
Columbia, though higher than other
neighboring States. The Old Do
minion's rate per 100,000 population
was 35 that year compared with
West Virginia’s 3.7, the District of
Columbia’s 55, North Carolina’s 1.0,
Maryland’s 35, Tennessee’s 2.1 and
Kentucky’s 1.9. Last year Virginia
showed a rate of 3.4,
Flaherty and Hagerty
To Talk to Boys' Clubs
Coach Ray Flaherty of the Wash
ington Redskins and Jack Hagerty
and Mush Dubofsky of G. U.
will discuss football experiences at
8 o’clock this evening at an "ath
letic night" for members of the in
termediate and junior boys’ clubs
of the Jewish Community Center
at the center. Movies of the Red
skins in action will be shown.
Oslo States Will Meet
By the Associated Press.
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 4.—Legal
experts representing six small neu
tral nations which last August
Joined in a peace appeal to Europe's
great powers, will meet here Monday
to discuss technical problems in
volving their neutrality, it was an
nounced today.
The States to be represented—all
members of the Oslo trade conven
tion—are Belgium, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Fin
land.
be able to revise their ports of call
to some extent.
Unofficial estimates were that be
tween 50 and 100 ships might have
to be withdrawn from the North
Atlantic trade.
Title Must Pass.
In addition to lifting the embargo
against exporting arms, ammuni
tion and implements of war to bel
ligerents, the bill requires shipments
of arms and other materials to war
ring governments in Europe to be
paid for in cash and transported in
foreign ships. Title will have to pass
to the purchaser before such goods
may leave American ports.
some authorities have said that
Britain and France, whose seapower
would enable them to carry goods
away and to prevent Germany front
obtaining shipments, except possibly
through neutral countries, had more
than $1,000,000,000 in gold in the
United States for purchases of arms
and planes.
Under the bill American vessels
may continue to trade in non-mili
tary cargoes, free from title transfer
restrictions, with belligerent colonial
possessions in the Atlantic and Pa
cific outside area which Congress
considered dangerous.
Loans and Credits Banned.
Loans and credits to warring gov
ernments are banned and heavy
penalties provided for violations of
these and other restrictions.
Under one of the last-minutes
changes made in the bill by a joint
Senate-House conference commit
tee, ships leaving an American port
before the President issued proc
lamations putting the law into effect
would be exempt from its restric
tions.
The conference also Incorporated
in the bill a preamble saying the
United States voluntarily imposed
the restrictions on its shipping and
nationals and reserved all this Na
tion’s rights under international
law.
Protesting against the bill before
the House adjourned, Representative
Fish, Republican, of New York de
clared America stood to lose some
of her ships and would be "imme
diately confronted with an issue with
Germany.”
This would occur unless the Presi
dent designated the North Sea and
British Channel as "combat areas’*
and forbade American vessels to visit
neutral ports in that sone, Mr. Fish
said.
The New Yorker contended
there was a "very vicious” loophole
in the bill’s credit ban, under which
a private citizen of Britain or France
could “come here and negotiate for
perhaps a billion-dollar loan with
J. P. Morgan & Go. to buy scrap inn,
steel, and other materials**
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