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87th YEAR. Xo, 34,909._ , THREE CEXTS.
Another British Cruiser Sunk
By Submarine, Germans Claim;
Soviet Denounces Finnish Pact
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Exploit Is Credited
To Capt. Prien;
Denied in London
(Pictures on Page.A-3.)
By the Associated Prase.
BERLIN, Nov. 28.—The German
high command announced today
that a British heavy cruiser had
been “torpedoed and destroyed" in
the North Sea east of the Shetland
Islands by the same submarine com
mander whose sinking of the battle
ship Royal Oak October 14 made
him a German national hero.
A communique said the British
vessel was of the London- class—32
knot ships of nearly 10,000 tons. It
named Lt. Capt. Guenther Prien,
31-year-old U-boat commander, who
slipped into Scapa Flow past British
mine fields and obstructions to sink
the Royal Oak. as skipper of the
submarine which torpedoed the
cruiser.
(In London the authoritative
British Press Association said to
night in a note to editors: "The
rumor is abroad that a British
battleship has been sunk, and for
your information we are in
formed that there is no truth
Whatever in it." The Berlin
communique said a British heavy
cruiser had been torpedoed and
destroyed: it did not mention a
hatf lpchin
• In official quarters in London
it was said nothing was known
concerning the German claim
that a British heavy cruiser had
been destroyed. It was suggest
ed that this arose from belief in
Germany that the cruiser Bel
fast had been sunk. The ad
miralty has admitted that the
Belfast was damaged by a mine
or torpedo off the Firth of Forth
November 21.)
London Class 10 Years Old.
Meanwhile the German press still
was citing the sinking of the British
armed merchantman Rawalpindi
November 23. off the coast of Ice
land as evidence of German mastery
of the North Atlantic.
• The London, one of four sis
ter ships, displaces 9.850 tons,
carries eight 8-inch guns and
has a normal complement of 650
men. Ships of this class have
a speed of approximately 32
knots and all are about 10 years
old.)
Capt. Prien was decorated by
Adolf Hitler, October 18. with the
Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
Germany's highest war order, foi
the sinking of the Royal Oak. ir
Which 810 British lives were lost.
Hit on Repulse Claimed.
Capt. Prien told how he maneu
vered his submarine into Britain’!
Scapa Flow naval base on the sur
face early on October 14 and spot
ted the silhouette of anchored war
ships by the aid of the Northerr
Lights.
A torpedo into the heart of the
Dnvol Oolr cont li o »• nniolrlir r a t'nr
bottom, Capt. Prien said, assert
ing that he also scored a hit on
the battle cruiser Repulse, which
was anchored nearby. The British
denied the Repulse was hit. how
ever.
Capt. Prien said he wriggled his
submarine back through the Scapa
Flow defenses to escape without de
tection except by a lone motorist
near the naval base.
Authoritative commentators said
that the British “auxiliary cruiser’
Rawalpindi, destroyed in a naval
engagement off the coast of Ice
land, was discovered absolutely
alone between the Faroe Islands and
Greenland Moreover they quoted
26 Rawalpindi crewmen whose res
cue was announced today as sa’ying
they were ‘TOO per cent surprised’
to find a whole German navy group
Including at least one heavy cruiser,
so far out in the Atlantic.
British' Declared Frightened.
German experts who are author
ized to inform the foreign pres;
state that the British have been
so frightened by the combined Ger
man navy and air prowess that they
have ordered the navy to withdraw
from both the North Sea and the
North Atlantic.
The engagement of German unit;
with the Rawalpindi is described a:
the first between German and Eng
lish fighting craft. This, however
does not take into account possible
encounters in other parts of the
world of which German naval au
thorities learn only through neutra
or enemy reports.
The Rawalpindi was surprisec
after dusk when the light was poor
German artillery, according to the
official news agency DNB, causec
almost immediate fires on the
Rawalpindi which rapidly spreae
over the entire vessel and sooi
caused a gigantic explosion. Thi:
made the ship sink so rapidly tha
only 26 men, mostly Scottish, out o
about 300 officers and crewmei
could be saved
Court Rules Movements
In Sleep Are Not Acts
B» the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 26.—J
Pennsylvania Supreme Court jus
tice, deciding an automobile acci
dent damage case, held today tha
“movements of the body durini
sleep when the will Is in abeyanci
are not acts.”
Justice H. Edgar Barnes dismisset
the appeal of Elnor Lobert from th
Allegheny County Court (Pitts
burgh) verdict that held Ralph J
Pack was not responsible for he
injuries. She testified she was driv
ing Pack's car and it was wreckei
when he, asleep in the back seal
kicked the front seat and jarred hei
causing her to drive off the road.
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Navy Keeping Sea Lanes Open,
King George Assures Empire
Allied Blockade of German Exports
Effective December 4, Commons Told
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Nov. 28.—King George
today assured the British Empire!
that the Royal Navy is keeping sea
lanes “free and open.” desr*' the
sinking of the armed British mer
chantman Rawalpindi by two Ger
man warships and recent heavy
shipping losses.
The monarch's assurance was
given in a speech opening the first
war session of Parliament as the j
conflict with Germany brought
these developments:
1. Prime Minister Chamberlain
announced in the House of Com- !
mons that the British-French block- :
ade of German exports would go
into effect December 4. Speaking
of neutral protests against the block
ade, he said that “we recognize that
these measures may cause incon
1 venience and perhaps loss to neu
trals." but added, “these measures
for helping bring our efforts to a
successful issue may well be worth !
some sacrifice on the part of neu- j
trals."
2. Britain mapifested concern
over the Finnish-Soviet frontier dis
pute
3. It was announced that a Brit
ish auxiliary cruiser landed 73 Ger
man prisoners, including 12 officers,
at a Scottish port: they were un
derstood to be the survivors of a
sunken submarine and three Ger
man freighters, whose fate was not
disclosed.
4. The armed merchantman Chit
ral, which brought home 11 sur
vivors of the Rawalpindi, also
landed 32 German sailors from a
ship captured in the waters near
Iceland in which the Rawalpindi
was sunk.
5. The air ministry announced
that Royal Air Force planes made
a "successful flight over Northwest
ern Germany last night.”
6. Food Minister W. S. Morrison
told the House of Commons that
butter and bacon rationing would j
start January 8. with purchases
restricted to 4 ounces a week. Con
sumers also will be asked to re-1
strict sugar purchases to 1 pound
per person, though sugar will not
be rationed.
Mr. Morrisson said that ration
ing. originally scheduled for mid
December, had been postponed un
til after Christmas because the
general opinion was that “we should
get over Christmas with as few
restrictions as possible.”
Mr. Chamberlain, in Commons,1
evaded new demands for a more
clear-cut definition of Britain's
peace aims. Responding to opposi
tion questioning, the prime minister
i See LONDON, Page A-3.>
Soviet Finnish Venture
Seen 'Life Insurance'
Against Nazi Reich
Puppet State Would Give
Stalin Jump-off Point
Against Scandinavia
By LELAND STOWE,
Chicago Daily Ntws Foreign Corraspondent.
HELSINKI i By Trans-Atlantic
Clipper).—WhaY does Soviet Russia
1 want'fn Finland? '' •
The most accurate answer seems
to be—as much as she can get. But
the map quickly indicates those key
’ positions which have whetted the
appetites of the Kremlin s strategists.
In terms of cold military realism.
Josef V. Stalin's hard-fisted demands
upon the diminutive, exposed Fin
nish republic have been inspired by
the following purposes:
1. The Soviets wanted to establish
the security of Leningrad by moving
the Finnish frontier back from its
close proximity to that vital north
ern port.
2. They wanted certain Finnish
i islands and a naval base at the an
cient fortress of Hango, because that
would give them control of the entire
Gulf of Finland—thus making Len
ingrad doubly safe and. incidentally,
placing Helsinki and all of Southern
Finland at the mercy of Moscow.
3. At Hango the Russians would
be within grabbing distance of the
Aaland Islands—from which Swe
j den s shipments of iron ore to Ger
i many can be turned off like a fau
i cet—and Soviet planes would be only
I UI1C 11UU1 liUIll Ol/UvMlUHll.
Frontier With Norway Sought.
4. By claiming the Petsamo dis
trict. in Finnish Lapland, the Rus
sians sought to deprive the Finns of
a free far northern trade outlet to
the Arctic Ocean—and especially to
gain a common frontier with Nor
way. This might be the opening
wedge for an eventual Soviet drive
across Northern Scandinavia to seize
the important Norwegian port of
Narvik and the Swedish Lapland
iron mines—at some distant date
when the world revolution really gets
lusty enough to go after things in a
big w’ay.
Even in their more restricted
sense, however, the Kremlin’s stra
j tegic and territorial claims upon
I Finland are of extreme interest, and
1 they shed much light upon Soviet
fears and ambitions. The major
Russian demands concerned three
vital points — Finnish withdrawal
from the Karelian Isthmus, near
Leningrad, and cession of Hango
and of the Petsamo area. This, in
effect, would chop off the Finns’ de
fensive teeth in the southeastern
and southwestern corners of Finland
• and take a slice off the extreme
1 northern part of the country, de
■ priving it of a coastline there.
Step to Scandinavia.
1 Of course, such a program would
‘ make Finland a puppet state which
1 Russia could starve out and swallow
; at its convenience. But the real
significance of Stalin's claims upon
1 the Finns is to be found in their
much broader implications. From
the Kremlin's viewpoint Finland
(See RUSSIA, Page A-5.)
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Trying to Escape Fire
1 By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 28.—Pour
; colored children were suffocated to
; day after seeking safety in a small
room from a fire that damaged the
I Booker T. Washington Apartments
! for Negroes.
A fifth child, an infant, was res
. cued by a colored boy and taken to
r i a hospital, where physicians said
■ she might recover.
1 The dead: Wilbert and Gibb Mc
, I Donald. 5-year-old twins: Charles
, anna Horton, 3, and Della Horton,
' IV3.
4
Only 37 of Crew Saved
When Deutschland
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Sank Rawalpindi
British Auxiliary Craft
Fired, Torn to Pieces
By 11-Inch Guns
Ry the Associated Press.
LONDON, Nov. 28—A brief but
deadly battle in which the salvos of
two German warships sank the con
verted British merchant cruiser
Rawalpindi and killed more than
250 of her crew spurred the ad
miralty today to extend its search in
northern waters for the raiding
Deutschland.
The admiralty related that the
Rawalpindi, formerly an Oriental
mail liner, was overtaken off the
southern coast of Iceland Novem
ber 23. set afire and literally torn
to pieces by guns of the pocket bat
tleship Deutschland and an uniden
tified companion ship.
Eleven of the Rawalpindi's crew
of approximately 300 reached Eng
land today aboard the British rescue
ship Chitral. The admiralty said
about 30 others were picked up by
the Deutschland.
(The German high command
announced that 26 of the Rawal
pindi's crew had been rescued.)
All the rest presumably died in
battle or were drow'ned when the
flaming hulk of the 16,697-ton ves
sel went to the bottom.
The engagement began when the
Rawalpindi, which was on contra
band control duty, ignored a warn
ing shot across her bow.
Then, the admiralty said, the
Deutschland, a tough 10.000-ton
fighter, blasted the Rawalpindi with
her six 11-inch guns.
“The Rawalpindi replied with all
four starboard 6-inch guns," said the
report, but at the distance of 10,000
yards the Deutschland had the mar
gin of power.
Three more times the Deutsch
land's salvos screamed. Lights on
the Rawalpindi were put out; elec
tee RAWALPINDI, Page A-4.)
Mission Reported Bombed
PEIPING, Nov. 28 (4*).—Advices
received here today said Japanese
flyers bombed the American Chris
tian and Missionary Alliance Mis
sion at Siushan, Szechwen Province,
on November 10. Two bombs were
said to have fallen on the mission
garden. The mission residence col
lapsed and burned.
Helsinki Shocked
By'Unconciliatory'
Russian Note
By LYNN HEINZERLING,
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.
HELSINKI, Nov. 28—A foreign
office spokesman announced tonight
that Russia had denounced her non
aggression pact with Finland in a
note handed to the Finnish Minister
in Moscow. •
Soviet Russia and Finland con
cluded their non-aggression pact in
1932 and supplemented it the fol
lowing year with an agreement de
fining an aggressor.
Subsequent pacts in 1937 and 1938
pledged them to good neighborly re
lations and defined the Finnish
Soviet frontier.
The Soviet action, though received
with outward calm by the foreign
office, shocked Finland more than
any other single step in the “war of
nerves” which mounted in the Baltic
region after the German-Soviet par
tition of Poland.
A spokesman said the Russian note
was ‘very unconciliatory,” but de
clined further comment while the
foreign office was receiving the com
munication line by line from the
Moscow Legation.
Pact Frequently Cited.
Only a few moments before the
first word of the Russian move
same from Moscow, a spokesman de
clared "we cannot be shaken by
these Russian demonstrations, no
matter what form they may take.
"We know we are right. There
can be no doubt about it."
The Soviet denunciation of the
treaty was a distinct surprise, how
ever. in Finland, where the pact
frequently had been cited as an im
portant factor in case the two na
tions reached a deadlock over Rus
sia’s demands.
Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko has
tened to the foreign office. First
word was received from a Moscow
broadcast, and later was confirmed
by the Finnish minister to Moscow.
Finland yesterday sent a concilia
tory reply to Soviet demands for
withdrawal of Finnish troops from
me ironuer.
Door Open for New Talks.
Finland left the door open for
arbitration of growing differences
with 8oviet Russia while apparently
determined to refuse her mighty
neighbor any concessions which
might jeopardize her own defenses.
Denying alleged "hostile actions”
toward Russia, the government last
night notified Moscow it is ready to
meet Soviet demands for withdrawal
of Finnish troops along part of their
common border on condition that
Red Army forces likewise retire.
In a note addressed to the Krem
lin, Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko
suggested that the proposal be re
ferred to a joint commission estab
lished in 1938 to consider frontier
problems.
Erkko's note replied to an ulti
matum-like message from Soviet
(See FINNS! Pa|e A-5J
French Communist Chief
Sentenced as Deserter
By the Associated Press.
PARIS. Nov. 28 —Maurice Thorez,
secretary general ' of the French
Communist party before it was out
lawed by the government Septem
ber 26, was sentenced by default to
day to six years’ imprisonment as
a deserter from the army.
The military court which pro
nounced the sentence also ordered
confiscation of his property.
Thorez 39-year-old member of
the Chamber of Deputies, was ac
cused of desertion October 6 after
allegedly failing to rejoin his regi
| ment following a leave. He has
been sought unsuccessfully by police
since that time.
Three Ex-Policemen
Get Prison Paroles
By the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Nov. 28.—Three
former police officers, convicted of
taking prohibition-day bribes from
Cleveland bootleggers, today received
paroles effective next year. The trio
—Capt. Michael Harwood, Lt. John
Nebe and Deputy Inspector Edwin
C. Burns—went to prison in March,
1938.
Summary of Today's Star
Page. Page.
-Amusements, Obituary.- A-iO
B-20 Radio — A-ll
Comics B-18-19 Sports . A-12-14
Editorials .. A-8 Society .. . B-3
Finance A-15 Woman’s Page,
Lost, Found, B-14 B-12
Foreign.
King George opens first war session
of Parliament. Page A-l
British fleet intimidated, Nazi mili
tarists declare. Page A-l
Finns stand firm against concessions
to Soviet. Page A-l
Only 37 saved when Deutschland
sank Rawalpindi. Page A-l
Reich press blames Britain in re
view of war’s start. Page A-5
Nazi attack repulsed with machine
guns, French report. Page A-4
National
House chiefs say fund cuts depend
on White House. Page A-2
Cleveland faces threat by hungry in
relief crisis. Page A-3
Prosecutors of Kuhn offer final ar
guments to jury. Page A-6
Washington and Vicinity.
Chest pledges reach 93 per cent at
final meeting. Page A-l
Suffrage demands mark reorganiza
tion hearing. . Page A-l
A
Eight persons escape from early
morning! fire. Page B-l
Present Supreme Court Increasing
liberties’ protection. Page B-l
Editorial and Comment
This and That. Page A-8
Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Letters to The Star. Page A-8
David Lawrence. Page A-9
Alsop and Kintner. Page A-8
G. Gould Lincoln. Page A-9
Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
Constantine Brown. Page A-9
Sports.
Texas Aggies, Trojans, rated even
in gridiron poll. Page A-12
Dr. Naismith, basket ball inventor,
dies, aged 78. Page A-12
Tulane, Southern California rated
superior to Vols. Page A-12
Lucy Rose, Astor Clarke head new
bowling schools. PageA-14
Miscellany
Vital Statistics. PageB-14
Nature’s Children. PageB-14
Christmas Adventure. Page B-14
Bedtime Story. Page B-18
Crossword Puazle. PageB-18
Letter-Out. Page B-18
l Winning Contract. Page B-19
! Uncle Ray's Corner. Page B-19
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V THINK I LL CALL Him UPANOA5KHIM j
Invitations Go Out
For $100-a-Plale
Jackson Day Dinners i
Roosevelt May Reveal
His Plans for 1940 and
Sound Call to Battle
Bv G. GOULD LINCOLN.
Invitations to the $100-a-plate
Jackson Day Dinner—starting time
of the 1940 Democratic campaign—
which is to be given in the May
flower Hotel the night of January
8. have gone out to high officials of
the Government and to prominent
Democrats in the Capital.
President Roosevelt will be the
guest of honor. His address, which
will be carried over the radio to
other Jackson Day dinners through
out the Nation and to listening mil
lions who do not attend these gath
erings is expected to sound a call
to battle for the Democratic hosts.
It has been suggested that Mr.
Roosevelt will clearly indicate also his
own plans for 1940—whether he will
or will not become a candidate (or
renomination. There is a possibility,
of course, that he will set this ques
tion at rest prior to the dinner.
The Jackson Day dinner of 1939.
held two months after the congres
sional elections in which the fte
publicans made material gains, gave
the President an opportunity to call
for a united Democratic party to
carry on the work of the New Deal.
Mr. Roosevelt predicted that if the
Democrats united in support of
measures in the interest of the whole
people, the party would be unbeat
a hip in 1940
Tweedledums.
While calling for party union and
closed ranks, the President at the
same time voiced the idea tfiat con
servatives who were unwilling to
support the New Deal get out of the
Democratic party. He said:
"If there are nominal Democrats,
who. as a matter of principle, are
convinced that oilr party should be
a conservative party—a Democratic
tweedledum to a Republican twee
dledee—it is; on the whole, better
that the issue be drawn within the
party, that the fight be fought out,
and that if the tweedledums are de
feated they join the tweedledees.
But the prospects of such a fight are
far more remote than members of
the opposition would have you be
lieve."
The coming six months will reveal
the answer and determine whether
the President was correct in his
forecast.
The Jackson day dinner invita
tions. for Washington, are sent out
in the name of the Jackson Day
Dinner Committee of the District,
whose chairman is Homer S. Cum
mings. former Attorney General and
one of the party leaders who brought
about the nomination of Mr. Roose
velt at Chicago in 1932. Malcolm
S. McConihe, Democratic national
committeeman for the District, is
secretary, and Melvin D. Hildreth is
treasurer.
Other members of the committee
are Brice Clagett, Mrs. Arthur D.
Condon, Joseph J. Cotter, A. Sefton
Darr. Mrs. John Allan Dougherty,
Dr. F. Thomas Evans, O. Max Gard
ner, Mrs. Wilbur W. Hubbard. Mil
ton W. King, J. Bruce Kremer. Mrs.
George T. Marye, Guy Mason, Brian
McMahon, Mrs. Howell Moorhead,
E. Barrett Prettyman, Arthur Clare
don Smith, William Stanley, Robert
G. Thatch. Mrs. Huston Thompson.
Joseph J. Tumulty, John Walsh and
Mrs. Charles Warren.
Attending the Jackson Day din
ners here and in other cities will be
all the potential Democratic presi
dential candidates. Last January
Vice President Gamer, now regard
ed as an active candidate for the
nomination, whether or not the
(See JACKSON DAY, Page A-5.)
Crippled Freighter
Out of Danger
B> tbe Associated Press.
PORTLAND, Oreg., Nov. 28,-The
master of the partially crippled
freighter Peter Kerr wirelessed the
ship s owners, the Quaker Line, the
vessel was out of danger temporarily.
The Kerr developed a leak during
heavy weather yesterday and her
No. 1 hold was flooded. She wire
lessed for aid but later reported her
35-man crew had rigged up auxiliary
pumps which were “gaining” on the
water.
The boat was proceeding toward
Hakodate, Japan, her bulkheads
confining the waters to one com
partment. She waa about 500 miles
east of Japan.
U. S. Workers
Warned Not to
Quit Early
Controller General Brown today
told his employes to quit malting
their toilets on Government time to
speed departure from their desks.
"It is observed," he said in a cir
cular, "that some of our employes
stop work before official quitting
time, apparently for the purpose* of
making themselves ready to leave
the building exactly when the bell
rings,
“It is a rule of this office that all
employes shall be at their stations
of duty at the time set for work to
begin and render seven hours of
faithful service.
"All supervisory officials are ex
pected to require a strict observance
of this rule and report the names ot
all violators."
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wnier uene rowier,
Leo McCarey Hurt
In California Crash
Author and Film Director
Are in Serious Condition,
But Mdy Recover
By the Associated Press.
LOS ANGELES. Nov. 28—Gene
Fowler, writer and wit. and Leo
McCarey. film director, were injured
critically in an automobile accident
near here last night.
Both are un^ler treatment in hos
pitals. Physicians said Mr. Fowler
probablv will recover, although he
suffered serious inluries to his back,
left knee and chest and was burned
severely by gasoline.
Mr. McCarey's condition is criti
cal. He may have a skull fracture
and has numerous burns and
wounds. The flesh virtually was
torn from his right forearm.
Dr. A. D. Myers said Mr Mc
Carey's condition was “serious but
hopeful.”
Irvin Bennett, 66, escaped with
slight injuries. Investigators said
he drove the other car involved.
Mr. Bennett could give only a
vague account of the accident. Both
i Mr. Fowler and Mr. McCarey were
unconscious when taken to hos
pitals.
Mr. Fowler has written numerous
; plays, books and scenarios. He
wrote the story on Bonfils and Tarn
men. late owners of the Denver
Post, in “Timberline.” Mr. Mc
Carey has been active in the movies
as prop boy. gag writer and director
for 21 years.
Philadelphia Mayor
Asks Tax on Wages
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28—A 1 Vi
per cent tax on wages of all persons
earning their living in Philadelphia
was among levies advanced today
by Acting Mayor George Connell as
possible means of helping raise at
least $15,000,000 additional revenue
he estimates is necessary for 1940.
A similar proposal was rejected a
Smoke and Fog
Give St. Louis
'Blackout'
Bj the Associated Press.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 28.—Smog
smoke and fog, but mostly smoke so
thick you could taste it—blanketed
St Louis in virtual darkness today
in one of the worst “blackouts” in
years.
Pouring from thousands of chim
neys as fires were built up in 32
degree early morning weather, the
smoke irritated noses and throats
and sent St. Louisans to work cough
ing and complaining.
The wind was negligible—less than
two miles an hour, hardly^ enough
fo stir the choking, gray atmosphere.
While the city was groping its
way through the smoke, Lambert
St. Louis Municipal Airport, 13
miles out in the country, reported
the sun shining brightly, with visi
bility about a mile.
The heavy smoke pall was the
ninth this month and came as
Mayor Bernard F. Dickmann and
his cabinet prepared to consider
the latest plan to solve the annual
winter smoke problem. The Post
Dispatch has proposed that the city
buy smokeless fuel and sell it on a
cash-and-carry basis to individuals
and dealers.
k
Chest Pledges Reach
93% of Goal at
Final Meeting
Chairman Predicts
100% Success When
Sector Work Is Ended
Pledges totaling $1,866,891.24. or
93.34 per cent of the $2,000,000 quota
for 1940. were reported today at the
final campaign luncheon of the
Community Chest at the Willard
Hotel.
Chauncey G. Parker, jr.. campaign
chairman, expressed gratitude for
this generous response from the peo
ple of the District and declared the
army of volunteer workers would
continue “mopping up” their sectors
until the closing audit on Decem
ber 5
He nredicteri that thp entirp nnnta
would be raised.
"I think,” the chairman said, ‘‘the
fact that the people of Washington
were willing to lay on the line close
to *2.000.000 is a wonderful thing.
We can fairly claim that the cam
paign is a success.”
The Government Unit, reporting
*748.418.34. achieved 97.8 per cent
of its quota, the largest percentage.
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, chair
man of that unit, said the entire
quota would be pledged when all the
returns are in.
As campaign officials anxiouslv
awaited results of today's meeting,
they reported that, according to
latest results from 21 cities having
welfare goals of $500,000 or over.
Washington before the reports today
was at the bottom of the list if the
amount raised in comparison to last
year's results is considered—and
only one step from the bottom if
percentage of goal reached is the
basis for comparison.
Partial reports trickling in during
the week of post-campaigning have
resulted in small percentage gains
in three or four of the soliciting
units.
“That citizens are being aroused
to an awareness of the emergency
seems likely from additional gifts
that they are now beginning to mail
or bring in person to Community
Chest headquarters." Campaign
Chairman Chauncey G. Parker, jr„
said before the meeting. *
Mr. Parker emphasized that
pledges and cash contributions
W’ould be accepted either at the
Chest campaign headquarters on
the second floor of the Willard,
which will be open through next
Monday, or at any time at the
Chest's vear-round headquarters at
1101 M street N.W.
The Chest received a letter to
day from Helen W. Harris, a teach
er at Banneker Junior High School,
with a $1.25 money order and a
letter explaining that the money
had been raised by her civics class
“in its effort to show' its civic
mindedness and its understanding
in the current campaign.”
Aaaed Uirt Honors Baby.
A $5 addition to a gift already
pledged was made by Mr. and Mrs.
Julius Goldstein in honor of their
new daughter. Joan.
The Group Solicitation Unit was
advised that an increase of $225 will
be made in the original pledge
given by the G. C. Murphy Co.
Employes of the Earle, Pomona
and Ceres Restaurants, under the
management of Raymond Lurba,
have reported pledges which double
the sum pledged last year, it was
announced.
Last-minute radio appeals were
to be made today on two stations.
Representatives of St. Ann’s Infant
Asylum were to go on the air over
station WJSV at 3:35 p.m., and
station WRC will carry a program
at 7:30 pjn., with Harriet Hoctor,
Everett Marshall and Sam Jack
Kaufmann, all appearinig this week
at the Capitol Theater, taking part.
Massachusetts G. 0. P.
Honors Martin
BOSTON, Nov. 28 (IP).—United
States Representative Joseph W.
Martin, Republican, of Massachu
setts, House minority leader, will be
named to the Massachusetts Repub
lican Hall of Fame by the Suffolk
County Republican Club Friday
night.
Attorney Alexander Welch, presi
dent of the club and conceiver of
the Hall of Fame, said today he also
has recommended Martin as the first
member of the club’s Executive
Committee and Board of Governors.
A painting of Martin will be sus
pended in the club's new headquar
ters to be opened at a Boston hotel
oa January 1.
I
D. C. Suffrage
Demanded at
Seal Hearing
Plea Is Repeated
By Spokesmen as
Vital to Planning
BACKGROUND—
Griffenhagen & Associates,
Chicago firm of municipal en
gineers. made study of District
government and recommended
numerous changes. Representa
tive Kennedy of Maryland, who
was instrumental in promoting
the study, sponsored Griffen
hagen plan. Due to considerable
opposition, House District Com
mittee deferred action on bill at
last regular session of Congress.
Since, group of District officials,
selected by Commissioners, de
veloped another plan of reor
ganization, on which public hear
ings began yesterday.
A drumfire of demands for local
self-government in the District was
sounded again today by spokesmen
for organized civic groups as the
Commissioners conducted the sec
ond day of public hearings on the
so-called Seal plan for reorgan
ization of the municipal establish
m Artt
In somewhat different form, and
in some cases without specifying
details, spokesmen at the morning
session, with few exceptions insist
ed that residents of the District
should be given a real voice in
their government in any plan whicn
might be sponsored for reshaping
the District government Also there
were demands from different spokes
men for preservation of the inde
pendent characater of the existing
agecies. notably the Department of
Vehicles and Traffic and the one
man Board of Tax Appeals.
The • hearing adjourned shortly
after noon, planning to convene
again at 2 p.m. to hear other
witnesses.
A change in the debate today
came when Miss Clara Goldberg
took the stand as a spokesman for
the Women s Trade Union League,
to call for a provision for the crea
tion of a Labor Department in the
municipal setup. The Commissioners’
' kitchen cabinet.’’ in planning the
reorganization bill, originally con
sidered a Labor Department, but
eliminated it at the last minute
with the explanation that some
members feared that should the
Labor Department be given au
thority over services of the District
Unemployment Compensation Board
and the District Employment Center,
the District might be required to
assume costs now coming from the
Federal Government, which, they
figured, might run roughly to $500.
000 a year.
May Take Appeal to Congress.
However. District officials were
advised that spokesmen for labor
groups probably would carry their
appeal to Congress for a Labor
Department.
Among champions of local self
government for the District at the
local session were Mrs. Virginia
Weston, representing the ‘‘voteless'’
D. C. League of Women voters:
Ernest F. Henry, of the Petworth
Citizens' Association: S. A. Wood,
of the Citizens’ Forum of Columbia
Heights: Col. Luther R. Maddox,
president of the Columbia Heights
;_• a--~ T
Colman. of the Northwest Citizens'
Council.
Jesse C. Suter. appearing as an
individual, presented to the Com
missioners a copy of the resolution
adopted by the Democratic Party
at the Philadelphia convention in
order to correct a misunderstanding
as to its action. Yesterday, dis
cussion appeared to indicate that
the Democratic Party had adopted
a plank calling for suffrage for the
District. Mr. Suter reported the
resolution read as follows:
"Resolved that it be the sense
of this convention that a commit
tee be appointed by the Congress of
the United States to make a study
of and to report on the granting to
the residents of the District of Co
lumbia the right of suffrage."
No Other Plan Wanted.
Mrs. Weston told the Commis
sioners the District of Columbia
League of Women Voters "consid
ers that no reorganization plan for
the District which is not based upon
j suffrage for the citizens of the Dis
trict will be satisfactory." She said
tht Executive Board of her group
had taken the following position:
"We favor the council-manager
plan as the most enlightened form
of municipal government. We favor
the inclusion of a Labor Depart
ment in any reorganization plan.
We oppose increasing the powers of
the Commissioners to include the
power of taxation without repre
sentation for the District citizens.
We consider that it will be neces
sary to submit the District budget
to the Federal Bureau of the Bud
get until such time as the District
has self-government.
"We approve the consolidation of
like functions under heads of de
partments. We approve the reten
tion of the independent boards
named in the Seal plan. We ap
prove the inclusion of a Personnel
Department and the extension of
the merit system, but would like to
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Elaborate Plans Made
For President at Game
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 28— Elab
orate’ precautions will be made to
insure the comfort and safety of the
Army-Navy game's No. I Spectator
President Roosevelt.
Public Safety Director James Ma
lone and Secret Service men will
meet Friday to go over the ground
to be covered by the President from
the time of his arrival on a special
siding near Municipal Stadium until
his departure.
Seats for 600 in the stadium will
be ripped out for installation of a
ramp to permit the President's car
to be driven directly to the field.
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