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Vote Results Spur
G. 0. P. Claims for
Pennsylvania in '40
Conservative Trend Is
Shown in Defeat of
Pension Proposals
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Elections yesterday gave the Re
publicans a chance to crov.’ over
their victory in Philadelphia and to
predict that the Keystone State
would be in the G. O. P. column in
1940. Democrats were correspond
ingly disappointed.
Take it by and large, however,
there was little enough to show a
national trend for or against the
New Deal.
The drubbings that the “ham and
eggs" old-age pension plan in Cali
fornia and the Bigelow pension plan
in Ohio were handed clearly in
dicated that the country is not
swinging toward the radical siae.
Californians voted two to one
■gainst the ham and eggs, while in
Ohio the vote was three to one in
opposition to the Bigelow pension
plan. The “ham-and-eggers” wanted
to give every one over 50 years of
■ge $30 every Thursday—or its
equivalent in script. The Bigelow
plan in Ohio called for a $50-a
month pension for persons 60 years
Old or more.
Plan Opposed by Roosevelt.
President Roosevelt ranged him
self against the "ham and egg" plan
and so did Gov. Olson of California,
Democrat. Senator Downey, Demo
crat, on the other hand, supported
the plan, and so did hundreds of
thousands of Republicans. The vic
tory could not be called a Demo
cratic victory by the widest stretch
of the imagination. The size of the
vote against "ham and eggs” was the
surprise. Its opponents looked for a
400,000 margin. Instead they rolled
up 1.621,751 votes against 831,310 in
10.176 voting precincts out of a
total of 11.165.
Chairman John Hamilton of 1he
Republican National Committee
read into the election results an
omen of national Republican victory
next year. He said:
"Results in yesterday's elections
generally confirm that the trend
toward conservatism and sound gov
ernment which became apparent one
year ago still continues to mount.
Elections from the Atlantic to the
Pacific reflect this fact.
"The crushing defeat of the in
sane 'ham and eggs’ plan in Cali
fornia and of the Bigelow pension
plan in Ohio plainly indicates that
the people have become alarmed
over the crackpot panaceas which
have their inspiration in the reck
lessness of the New Deal theorists.
Sane Program I'rgcd.
"Californians are to be congratu
lated on having escaped disastrous
consequences which might have
spread to the Nation had the dema
gogues in that State succeeded in
this instance. The whole country
should be trankful for the check
given the fantastic pension schemes
by California and Ohio. Yet we
should not now dismiss as solved
the problem created by aged persons
in distress. Their plight merits our
careful consideration and demands
that renewed efforts be made for
a sane and sound old-age pension
program.
"With only a few exceptions Re
publicans yesterday maintained or
increased their strength compared
with a year ago. notably in Penn
sylvania, New Jersey and other
Eastern States. Significantly the
failure of the New Deal to restore
to the country economic recovery was
made the issue in a number of
local contests which Republicans
won.
"Thus the trend continues to
point toward a Republican victory
next year and an end to reckless,:
wasteful and crackpot government.”!
Democrats in Kentucky elected
Keen Johnson Governor over his
Republican opponent, Judge King
Swope, by a considerable margin
Mr. Johnson, formerly Lieutenant
Governor, became Governor several
weeks ago when Senator "Happv''
Chandler resigned that office to be
appointed by Mr. Johnson to fill
the Senate vacancy caused by the
death of the late Senator Logan.
House Vacancies Filled.
Up in the Binghamton. N. Y., con
gresisonal district the Republicans
filled a House vacancy and in a
Democratic district in Pennsylva
nia John E. Sheridan, Democrat,
defeated Boise Penrose, 2d, Repub
lican, nephew of the late Senatoi*.
by a vote of 51.152 to 47,654. Both
of these results were expected. The
Pennsylvania district was the fourth
congressional district, carried by the
Democrats in 1936 with a vote of
77.406 to 41.545. By 1938 this lead
had diminished, however, the Dem
pcrats carrying it by 60.514 to 51,343.
It is part of Philadelphia.
Republican gains in Allegheny
County i Pittsburgh) also were en
couraging to Republicans. Pre
sumably the,party will rally to Gov.
James as a favorite son candidate
for the Republican presidential
nomination next year, in view of the
victories at the polls yesterday.
However, it seems unlikely that
Gov. James will be anything more
than a rallying post to keep Penn
sylvania’s big delegation to the Re
publican national convention to
gether until it is decided which way
to jump.
The Philadelphia mayoralty fight,
which was followed with much in
terest. resulted in the election of
Robert E. Lamberton, Republican,
over City Controller Robert C.
White, democratic and Fusion can
didate. by a vote of 390,488 to 359,
989. Mr. Lamberton won with a
lead of approximately 30,000. This
is not so large, in the City of Broth
erly Love, which in the old days
used to roll up tremendous Republi
can majorities. But Mr. White, the
Democratic candidate, had the sup
port of a number of Republicans,
not to mention the Philadelphia
Bulletin and the Philadelphia Re
cord.
Republicans in Philadelphia made
the fight on the ground that a
Democratic victory would indicate
the State might go Democratic in
the national election next year. The
Democrats on the other hand, in
sisted that the contest was over
purely local issues.
The Republicans did well in New
HYDE PARK, N. Y.—HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN—The area about Hyde Park went Dem
ocratic in yesterday’s elections, and President Roosevelt was not unhappy about it. He is shown
talking with his mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt (right) last night, as part of a group of
Democratic torchlight paraders crowded up to the porch of their home. —A. P. Wirephoto.
Legality of Parleys
On Steel 'Extras'
Questioned
Fairless' Testimony
Is Held 'Unusually
Candid Statement'
By the Associated Press.
A special assistant Attorney Gen
eral contended yesterday there was
some legal question whether consul
tations among steel companies con
cerning costs of “extras'’ consti
tuted violation of the anti-trust laws.
A. H. Feller, counsel for the Fed
eral Monopoly Committee during its
investigation of the steel industry,
made the observation to reporters.
He defined "extras’’ as additional
amounts charged for processing steel
in a manner different from standard
specifications.
Benjamin F. Fairless, president of
the United States Steel Corp., had
discussed the practice at a commit
tee hearing, asserting he had been
advised by counsel that the company
was "perfectly within its rights" in
carrying on such consultations.
Federal Trade Commission and
Justice Department officials present
at the hearing said it was the first
time to their knowledge that a rep
resentative of a steel company had
publicly acknowledged consultation
on costs of extras.
“Very Candid Statement.”
Leon Henderson, Securities and
Exchange Commission member,
termed Mr. Fairless’ testimony "an
unusually frank and very candid
statement.’’
In his testimony Mr. Fairless said
United States Steel attempted to
fix the extra charges on the basis
of their actual cost.
Mr. Feller put into the record a
Department of Justice report which
said that, with certain exceptions,
"throughout the steel industry ex
tras and deductions are uniform for
all producers.”
ivu. ran icss asseriea inai mier
companv consultation on costs was
not used as "a price-fixing thing in
any respect.”
Companies participating, he add
ed. were “under no obligation" to
follow the cost figures of the group.
All companies, he added, were free '
to make changes from published
extra charges and frequently did so
To Determine Costs Used.
Mr. Feller said the committee:
would seek to determine whose costs i
were used as the basis for the steel
companies’ schedule of extras and
deductions inasmuch as they showed
“striking uniformity.”
“It wasn’t a case of the industry
getting together and agreeing to1
abide by something,” Mr. Fairless
told the committee. “It was adopt-j
ed as a method of simplification and
one which would help both producer
and consumer.”
Steel companies, he testified, had
exchanged information on the costs
of their extras for at least 25 years.
A. C. Adams, who was in charge
of a revision of extras and deduc
tions for United States Steel in 1938,
when the current schedules were
adopted in most of the industry,
testified that most of the companies
in the industry participated in dis
cussions preceding the revision.
Four U. S. Ships Held
At British Control Base
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 8.—Four United
States ships were among 76 neutral
vessels held in the three British
contraband control bases on Novem
ber 7, the ministry of economic
warfare announced today.
The ministry said that last week
the contraband committee “consid
ered the cases” of 214 ships, includ
ing 11 owned in the United States.
During that period four cargoes
were seized. 102 released, and part
of cargoes of 33 ships were seized.
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Randall High School Students
To Broadcast 'Bookland'
Star-Sponsored Series for Juniors
To Be Heard at 4 P.M. Tomorrow
The second of a series of broad
casts by and for junior high school
students, sponsored by The Star
with the co-operation of the Board
of Education and the National
Broadcasting Co., will be presented
by pupils of Randall Junior High
School at 4 p.m. tomorrow over
Station WMAL.
The presentation, entitled “Book- '
land," will commemorate the cele- j
bration of book week, which begins
next Monday. This is the first
program to be presented by a col
ored junior high school in this
series of broadcasts. Samuel D.
Matthews is principal of the Ran
dall School.
The program was supervised and 1
arranged, by a special radio com
mittee of teachers at the Randall
School. Mrs. Dorothy C. De Leon
is chairman of the committee and
the other members are Mrs. Dorothy
G. Ballard and Mrs. M. C. Brent.
Rehearsals and other preparations
were under direction of the com
mittee.
In paying tribute to the value
of books the pupils will present a
special prologue and bring to life
scenes from two outstanding clas
sics. “Tale of Two Cities,” by Dick
ens, and “Ambitious Guest.” one of
the best known sketches in Haw
thorne's "Twice-Told Tales.” The
skits were written by the students
themselves.
Another feature of the program
will be three songs by the Randall
Boys’ Glee Club, under direction of
L. E. Smith, teacher of music at
the school. The songs to be heard
are “Home on the Range,” “Jacobs
Ladder" and “Lift Thine Eyes.”
These broadcasts are being pre
sented under the supervision of a
committee of junior high school
principals headed by Hugh S. Smith,
principal of Jefferson Junior High
School, which presented the initial
broadcast last Thursday. Other
members of the committee are Mr.
Matthews of Randall, Mrs. H. R
Merritt of Taft. Harry Baker of
Langley and Mrs. M. H. Plummer
of Francis.
Elections
(Continued From First Page.)
in pre-election stumping by his
"Happy Warrior ’ father, ran tor the
City Council. The vote counting
started this morning.
In Pennsylvania, Boies Penrose,
2d, Republican, trailed John E.
Sheridan, Democrat, for the unex
pired term in Congress of Repre
sentative Daly, Democrat. Mr. Pen
rose is a nephew of the late Senator
Boies Penrose.
In South Carolina. Mrs. Thomas
S. McMillan held a long lead in the
race to succeed her late husband,
Representative McMillan. Democrat.
The House now has only four women
members.
The only State-wide issue in New
York s election was the proposal to
permit machine wagering at the five
horse racetracks in the State. Here
tofore. such wagering has been
placed with bookmakers. The vote
favoring pari-mutuels was better
than two to one.
Mayors were chosen in many
cities, legislators named in some
States, and a host of county and
township officials selected. For the
most part, local issues were domi
nant, but leaders of both parties
scanned results for some inkling of
the country's attitude in the 1940
contests.
Lamberton Is Victor.
The Philadelphia mayoral race,
won by Robert E. Lamberton, Re
publican, attracted particular atten
tion for that reason. Mr. Lamberton
defeated Robert C. White, Democrat,
and his partisans acclaimed the vic
tory as pointing the way to a Repub
lican victory in the State next year.
Philadelphia is traditionally Re
publican, however, and Democratic
leaders regarded the race as having
no general significance.
Detroit chose a new mayor in a
non-partisan election, naming Ed
ward J. Jeffries, president of the
Common Council, over the incum
bent, Richard W. Reading. The lat
ter w'on two years ago over active
C. I. O. opposition.
Cleveland gave Mayor Harold H.
Burton, Republican, his third con
secutive term. Mr. Burton defeated
another Republican, John E. O'Don
nell. and friends believe that next
year he may seek the Senate seat
held by Vic Donahey, Democrat.
Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San
Francisco won a third four-year
term in a non-partisan election. He
won over a field of seven, Including
Representative Franck R. Havenner,
New Deal supporter in Congress.
Chest
(Continued From First Page.)
tional Trust, through Donald D.
Shepherd, its trustee, had given
$11,000 to the Chest.
| "Mr. Mellon's home was in Pitts
burgh,” he said, "and naturally
most of the trust's philanthropic
work is done there. This gift, then,
is a memorial to Mr. Mellon for the
many years he spent here and the
devotion he had for the people of
Washington. During his lifetime,
Mr. Mellon was always a substan
tial contributor to the Community
Chest.”
Coleman Jennings. Chest presi
dent, urged the advance gifts
workers to talk "in season and
out” for the Chest, acting as am
bassadors for the appeal.
More Sensitive to Need.
He pointed out that the "atmos
phere” of the campaign is good
because “world conditions have
made people more sensitive to hu
man need.”
“It is sheer sentimentality,” he
asserted, "to talk about the poor
and the suffering if you don't do
anything about it. Human sym
pathy must be translated into some
thing concrete.”
“You are now entering the second
lap in your march to reach your
unit goal,” Mr. Jennings told the
Advance Gifts solicitors. “It will
mean intensive work during the next
two weeks for you as well as volun
teers in other units. You are the
ambassadors who can create new
enthusiasm and new knowledge for
the Chest welfare services."
Mr. Jennings said he believed the
effect of the war in Europe would be
to stimulate people here to give more
generously for their own local needs.
The Chest treasurer, John A.
Reilly, reported on the capacity
crowd that attended the Chest
meeting of volunteers and contribu
tors in the Interior Department yes
terday.
Section chairmen, in making their
final reports, complimented their
committees on the work they had
done and promised to carry on the
unit's solicitation through the cam
paign.
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New Jersey G. 0. P.
Recoups Losses in
1936 Landslide
Increases Strength
In Both Branches
Of Legislature
By the Associated Press.
NEWARK, N. J„ Nov. 8.—Repub
licans, recouping losses suffered in
the 1936 Roosevelt landslide, today
had boosted their strength in both
branches of New Jersey's Legisla
ture and had won sweeping victories
in local ballot battles.
The State electorate in yesterday’s
general election gave Republicans 45
of 60 seats in the General Assembly,
an increase of 4, and 16 of the 21
seats in the State Senate, an in
crease of 2.
Voting on a proposal to issue $21,
000,000 in bonds to help finance un
employment relief this year and
next, a measure urged by the State
Democratic organization headed by
Mayor Prank Hague of Jersey City,
was close.
With 46 districts missing in 3,602
in the State, the "yes” vote was
385,389 and the "no” vote 334.460.
Republicans won five of six con
tests for Senate places. Not a single
Republican incumbent Assemblyman
seeking re-election was defeated.
Burlington, Cape May, Hunterdon,
Passaic and Sussex Counties elected
Republican Senators. In Sussex,
normally a Democratic hot bed, Re
publican Harry Hollinshed un
seated Senator William A. Dolan to
give the county its first Republican
Senator in 50 years.
Besides Dolan's Sussex seat, Re
publicans snared another Demo
cratic Senate berth in Passaic
County, where Assemblyman Oscar
R. Wilensky defeated the incumbent
Democratic Senator, Walter H.
Gardner.
Dolan and Gardner both entered
the Senate in 1936, when President
Roosevelt swept the State.
Republican sweeps were scored in
several counties, and in the city of
Paterson a Republican mayor was
chosen for the first time in 12 years
when William P. Furrey defeated
Vincent Duffy. Democrat.
Assemblymen Preas L. Hess of
Somerset and Anthony Wickham of
Ocean won four offices between
them. Besides being re-elected to
the Legislature. Hess was chosen
Mayor of Somerville and Wickham
was returned as Mayor of Seaside
Park.
336 Killed in Maryland
In Traffic This Year
By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE. Nov. 8 — There
were 336 persons killed in traffic
accidents in Maryland during the
first 10 months of this year, four
more than the same period in 1938,
the office of the commissioner of
motor vehicles reported yesterday.
October's toll this year, however,
showed a reduction of from 43 last
year to 39.
The Safety Department’s break
down of October traffic fatalities
showed 17 were pedestrians, two of
them children, and 17 were passen
gers in cars or trucks. One was
riding a bicycle and four were oper
ators of vehicles involved In acci
dents.
Eleven of the deaths occurred in
Baltimore City. Baltimore County
led the counties with five deaths.
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Navy Yard Bid
John McShain. Inc., of Baltimore.
Md.. was the low bidder for the con
struction of the superstructure of a
central office building at the Wash
ington Navy Yard when bids were
opened today. Its bid was $1,356,000.
Bigelow to Offer
New Pension Plan
In Ohio Next Year
'Will Continue Fight
Until We Win/ Says
Former Townsendite
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 8.—Foes or the
Bigelow pensions-at-60 plan today
hailed its 3-to-l rejection as show
ing citizens of this politically-pivotal
State “will not be deluded by sug
gestions of this kind.”
Herbert S. Bigelow, looking at re
turns showing the worst defeat ever
administered a State constitutional
issue, struck back by announcing
the rough draft of a new proposal
guaranteeing *50 monthly income to
every retired citizen 60 or older. It
will be put before the voters next
year, he promised.
“I will continue the fight until
we win,” the 69-year-old former
Townsendite declared. "They haven’t
made a single point and I resent
the kind of fight they have made.”
Cleveland Re-elects Burton.
Cleveland elected Harold H. Bur
ton to his third consecutive two
year term as Mayor, returns from
more than half the city showed.
In 575 of 921 precincts. Mr. Bur
ton had 92,579 and John E. Don
nell, another Republican, 64.361.
Friends believe Mr. Burton may
run next year for the United States
Spnntp spat, now helrl bv Democrat
Vic Donahey.
Former Councilman Floyd F.
Green was elected Mayor of Co
lumbus, defeating Incumbent Myron
B. Gessaman. Both are Republicans.
With only 11 of 361 precincts miss
ing, Mr. Green had 44,653 and Mr.
Gessaman, 38.572.
Ohio's resounding "no” to the lib
eralized pensions plan became in
creasingly impressive as the tabula
tion of votes neared its end.
Totals from all of Ohio's 8.589
precincts gave:
For the pension plan—460,537.
Against—1.527,577.
Vote Gets National Attention.
The vote attracted national atten
tion because Ohio's cross-section of
agriculture and industry make it a
"weather vane" State in the eyes of
many politicians.
“This landslide vote against radi
cal proposals serves notice that Ohio
citizens will not be deluded by sug
gestions of this kind, either now or
in the future.” commented B. B.
Brumley, president of the National
Livestock Marketing Association and
chairman of an "emergency com
mittee'' of business and professional
organizations which used every type
of publicity in combatting the Bige
low program.
The emergency committee declared
extending the pension rolls to the
60-65 bracket and liberalizing pay
ments by means of new land and in
come taxes would be ruinous to the
State's economy.
The defeated proposal would have
guaranteed a monthly income of $50
to single retired persons 60 or older
and $80 to couples. Mr. Bigelow said
his new plan would retain the $50
provision but guarantee couples $100
a month. It would give the Legisla
ture a mandate to raise money by
Income taxes (Ohio now has none)
and would clarify his rejected plan’s
provisions for a 2 per cent tax on
land.
Cost Estimates Vary.
Mr. Bigelow made no estimate of
the new plan’s cost; he had fixed
the rejected program’s ‘‘outside’' cost
at $60,000,000 against opposition con
tentions it would require more than
$300,000,000, nearly twice Ohio’s total
1939 budget.
In a rough draft, typed on yellow
paper, the self-proclaimed "old
single-taxer” also proposed “tenta
tively” a mandate that the Legisla
ture require news-disseminating
agencies to give all interests in any
question equal space or time.
The margin of yesterday's defeat
raised doubt in political headquar
ters whether any legislators would
attempt to have the Legislature
adopt liberalized pensions under
Federal social security laws. The
Federal law provides United States
payments matching those of States,
up to a combined maximum total of
$40 a month for those over 65. The
biggest Federal-State pensions in
Ohio now are |30, and the average
is >23.
These go to 122,000. State statis
ticians estimated extending pensions
between 60 and 65 would involve
potentially 252,000 more.
Voters also rejected a second Bige
low proposal—to reduce the signa
ture requirements for initiating lawe
or constitutional amendments.
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