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Barton Forecasts Roosevelt Decision To Leave White House New York Republican Says Presidency Exacts Terrific Toll Representative Bruce Barton of New York, Republican, predicted last night that President Roosevelt would not run for a third term in the White House. Speaking at the annual banquet of the United States Potters’ Associa tion at the Mayflower Hotel, the New Yorker said: “The third-term discussion has arisen repeatedly in our political history. The officeholders in any popular administration are naturally reluctant to leave the pay roll and the limelight for the uncertainties and obscurity of private life. But when it comes right down to making a decision, no President has been willing to break the tradition which has proved its protective wisdom through the years. “Patriotism, plus the thought of four more years in the 'cruellst job in the world,’ have prevailed. I have no doubt that this will continue to be the case.'’ Recall^ Coolidge Observation. Mr. Barton buttressed his com ment on the third term riddle—it has not yet become an issue—by relating a conversation with the late Pres ident Coolidge, told him by a friend. The conversation, he said, took place in the fall of 1932, when Mr. Coolidge was seemingly in good health. "My friend wrote it down.” said Mr. Barton, "and I have his permis sion to quote it. Said Coolidge: “'I do not think this Nation will ever have to be seriously concerned over the third-term threat. I do not think the man lives who can go through two terms of that office and have anything left. It is the crudest office in the world. I had only six years of it, and it has killed me.’ "Ninety days later he was dead." Mr. Barton said that Mr. Coolidge “by the mere lifting of his finger" could have had a nomination for a third tRrm Outguessed Physician. “Mr. Coolidge's administration was peaceful, prosperous and reasonably free from worry,” Mr. Barton point ed out. ‘‘When he left the White House he had all the appearance of a man who could look forward to 20 years of peaceful life. Even his own ■ physician did not suspect anything fatally wrong. But the ex-President had an inner knowledge more trust worthy than the stethescope. * * * “I suggest no comparison. The present occupant of the White House enjoys magnificent health. His energy is so abounding as to seem well-nigh limitless. It is en tirely possible that he might achieve what Coolidge thought was beyond human capacity; he might complete a third term. But even he, in his quiet moments alone, must be con scious of what a terrific hidden toll the presidency exacts. He, too. knows that, as Coolidge said, it is ‘the crudest job in the world.’ “Its physical exactions are not its only danger. There is a spiritual peril as well. The human mind and spirit, however sane and well bal anced. are simply not constituted to withstand the insidious atmosphere of the White House for more than eight years. History shows that there is something poisonous in the too-long exercise of enormous power. All of us have seen men at the top of corporations grow autocratic, im patient of criticism, and oversus ceptible to flattery. Many a thriving business concern has been ruined by a, man who stayed too long at the top under the very human delusion that he was indispensable.” Ray Succeeds Pass. At one of the closing sessions of Its three-day convention, the asso ciation today elected new officers on* a. platform opposing re-enactment of the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Aet and advocating a “buy Amer ican ’ program as a cure for the country's economic ills. The association named Charles Ray * Paden, W. Va„ as president to succeed Richard Pass of Syracuse, N. Y. Ben Hardesty of Beaver Falls, Pa., was named first vice president, and R. T. Hall. jr.. of East Liverpool. Ohio, second vice president. Finland 'Continued From First Page.' Up the bombing with machine-gun Are. Among the victims, the Finns said, were seven nurses and one doctor from a nearby hospital. Report Four Hospitals Damaged. Four hospitals were reported dam aged In yesterday s raids over Fin land. One was reported damaged at Hyrynsalmi by Soviet bombers. The casualties were not reported. Finns say 102 cities and towns have been bombed in the war—some as many as 35 times. Military experts feared the raids would be extended on a larger scale with the coming of longer days, giving the Red flyers more light and belter flying weather. Text of Communique. Today’s Finnish Army communique follows: “Land: On the isthmus sof Ka relia) the enemy attacked on Jan uary 33 between Summa and Muola .iarvi with artillery support, but were tepulsed. The enemy also tried to advance along the ice oi Lake Muola, but was beaten off. Our own artillery successfully bombard ed enemy machine-gun nests and battery stations. “Northeast of Lake Ladoga fierce fighting continued throughout the day. The enemy attacked at sev eral points, in the greatest strength at Kollaanjokt and Aittojoki. All attacks were repulsed. The enemy's losses in this fighting were very heavy. “Our troops destroyed .seven tanks. On other sections of the front, patrol activity. “Sea—Except for patrol and artil lery activity of the flanks of the land front, nothing to report. “Air—In North Finland enemy air craft bombarded on January 23 the Nurmes urban district and a cou ple of other localities. On this oc casion two hospitals were subject ed to bombing. According to reports received so far, 21 civilians were killed and 21 wounded in this bomb ing, Including members of the med ical staff. “Elsewhere there was only slight enemy air activity. Our own aircraft, carried out during the day several successful reconnaissance and bomb ing flights.” ^ Mickey Rooney to Come Here For President's Birthday Young Actor Added To Hollywood Troupe Of Celebrities | Mickey Rooney, who topped the list in a recent poll of film favorites, | will come to Washington to do his part for the 1940 celebration of the President’s Birthday. latest to Join the troupe of movie stars here for the festivities, young Rooney is expected to draw at least as great a crowd as greeted him when he was here last year for a personal appearance with Judy Gar land. The first event in the series of benefits for the President's Birth day campaign against infantile paralysis will be staged toriight when Gene Autrey, filmdom's cowboy star, and top-flight riders from this sec tion show their talents at the Port Myer Horse Show. More Celebrities Coming. I Tomorrow night. President Roose j velt will attend the Horse Show, i which also will feature exhibition drills by organizations of the post. All seats are reserved at $1. *1.50 and *2.50. Although the list of celebrities who will flock to Washington to appear at the Birthday Balls and the other features of the celebration is not yet complete, acceptances have come in from Tyrone Power, Edward G. Robinson, Dorothy La mour, Kay Kyser and his Kollege of Musical Knowledge, Bill Boyd of “Hopalong Cassidy” fame, Edward Everett Horton. Connie Boswell, Brenda Joyce, Walter O'Keefe and "Red” Skelton. After a round of official functions on the President's birthday, the Hollywood delegation will meet the public at a special reception and dinner in the Willard Hotel. Tickets for both, which also include the Miivuege oi auenaing any or tne I series of balls that follow, are priced at $750. Special Theater Bills. Following the dinner, the stars and Mrs. Rooeevelt will make the rounds of the six hotels holding the Birthday Balls. Tickets for these dances, to be held at the Shoreham, Mayflower, Raleigh, Hamilton. Wardraan Park and Washington Hotels, are priced at $250 and are on sale at the ticket booth at Thir teenth and E streets N.W., and at the leading hotels and department stores Aftfer their appearance at the I hotel balls,' the stars will visit the Capitol and Earle Theaters, where, ; for $1.50 per person, not only the . stars, but the complete stage shows of both theaters will be shown. The celebration will come to an end with the Gold Plate breakfast at *20 a plate in the Carleton Hotel. I ————J— MICKEY ROONEY. j Lewis iContinued From First Page.) in the Nation's social security sys tem. Autonomy always is a delicate subject /or the miners, advocates of independent area organizations sometimes being regarded as critical of the administration of President John L. Lewis. S2 Assessment Planned. The board reported to the conven tion that it did not find any war rant at this time for further ex tension of autonomy. The organi zation, with its more than 600,000 members, is divided into about 33 districts. The U. M. W. officers may be sub jected to considerable questioning about how they intend to spend the estimated $800,000 which a proposed special assessment of $2 on each working member would raise. The officers explained that the funds were needed to fight anti-1 labor and anti-social legislation and I to “carry on in the best interests of our membership in particular." The U. M. W. put up $500,000 for the 1936 Democratic campaign. ■ Recommendations. j Social security recommendations, included: Payment of at least $15 a week in unemployment insurance to all job less persons until they find suitable employment (payments are now con fined to a limited number of weeks): and extension of unemployment in surance to agricultural, domestic and casual labor: Creation of a national system of unemployment insurance, replacing the State setups, to insure uniform benefits: Abolishing pay roll taxes to finance social security, and substituting rev enues from higher income, inher- 1 itance and gift taxes, and Increasing old-age pensions from $40 a month to $60 and reducing 1 the age requirement from 65 to 60.1 The officers also urged that crim inal penalties be imposed upon em-1 ployers violating the National Labor j Relations Act, and that such viola-1 tors be denied Government con tracts. McNutt Has No Apology For His Labor Record By ihe associated Press. Paul V. McNutt, Federal Security j administrator, has replied to criti cism from John L. Lewis by saying! that he had “no apology to offer” j for his labor record as Governor of, Indiana. Mr. Lewis, addressing the United Mine Workers convention in Co lumbus, Ohio, referred to Mr. Mc Nutt's use of State troops during a labor dispute in Terre Haute in 1935. He termed Mr. McNutt “a political adventurer” and said the latter was accompanied by a "mot ley crew of 2 per cent bagmen which he hoped would be able to buy enough votes to make him President of the United States.” Mr. McNutt said in a statement that his use of troops in "the trag edy of the Terre Haute strike” was "what I believe any Chief Execu tive. sworn to uphold law and order, could not escape doing.” He mentioned some social and labor legislation enacted during his administration as Governor and added: "I am willing to submit my labor record to the judgment of informed and unprejudiced persons every wnere, and particularly to the lead ers of organized labor in Indiana who are familiar with my adminis tration. "I have no apology to offer. I stand on the record." Lewis Hits Mines Bureau. Mr Lewis, in a second speech as sailed the Bureau of Mines, declar ing "it has not made a single con tribution toward lessening the cas ualties of the coal industry.” but instead has "helped the operators avoid reducing their casualty rolls.” He demanded that Congress com plete enactment of a pending bill which would require Federal In spectors to examine mines and pub lish their findings. The convention unanimously adopted its officers’ report urging \ reorganization of the Bureau of Mines. It also approved another report asking Congress to relieve the coal ' industry of the ill effects of trade agreements. Victim Escapes Alimony LOS ANGELES. Jan. 24 iyPi.—A court commissioner denied Mrs. Ida Brown *50 a week alimony from the man she blinded with acid seven years ago. Terms of Peace Pad Between Japan and Wang Revealed Agreement Would Accord Tokio Most of Its Objectives in China By i he Associated Press. SHANGHAI, Jan. 24.—As former Chinese Premier ;wang Ching-wei opened an oft-postponed crucial conference at Tsingtao yesterday to promote establishment of a Jap anese-approved new central gov ernment in China, his followers here disclosed that a "gentleman’s agreement” already has been signed for a peace with Japan. This agreement, they said, was signed by Wang and "unofficial” representatives of the Japanese government, with the approval of the Japanese Army. It contains 12 points under which Wang, who broke with the Chlang Kai-shek regime a year ago, would, in the name of China, make peace with Japan and grant her most of the objectives for which she invaded VUIUA. It would give Japan economic dominance over China and sweep ing military and political rights in several important special areas. Agreement Void. Says Chiang. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the Chinese leader, in a statement at Chungking said that the Wang Japanese agreement was "invalid," but that it deserved the serious consideration of the world because it disclosed “the sinister Japanese ambition",to make China a protec torate. The terms disclosed by Ward's followers were only slightly less se vere than those published Sunday in Hong Kong as coming from two of his former aides who had broken with him over the plan. At Tsingtao, Wang, whom the Japanese cabinet approved on Jan uary 8 as head of a Chinese cen tral government with which it would co-operate, conferred with leaders of the Japanese-controlled govern ments at Peiping and Nanking on the establishment of a central po litical council. Japanese military authorities took special precautions to protect the delegates. Principal Terms. Wang's followers here said the principal terms of the tentative peace agreement were: 1. Recognition of the Japanese conquest of Manchukuo. 2 Signature of a Japanese-Man chukuoan - Chinese anti - Commin tern alliance. 3. Agreement by Japan to with draw troops within two years from any area of Central or South China where “the new government demon strates its ability to maintain peace and order.” 4. Joint government of Inner Mongolia by the Japanese Army and the Chinese. 5. Establishment of North China as a semi-autonomous area. 6. Maintenance of permanent Jap anese garrisons in North China and Inner Mongolia as defense against Russian and Chinese Communists. ( 7. Drawing up of detailed plans for economic development of China's Industry and resources through “joint Chinese-Japanese co-operation.” 8. Nationalization of railroads and other transportation facilities in Central and South China, with ! •‘supervision" of their operation by . Japan. ' Customs Supervision. 9. •Supervision'’ by Japan of Chi j nese customs, which is expected to l be the chief source of revenue for the new government. 10. Permanent Japanese occupa tion of Hainan Island, off the southern tip of China and opposite French Indo-China, for purposes of ‘‘national defense” and naval operations. 11. Establishment of the seat of the new government at Nanking with retention of the Nationalist flag now used by the Chiang Kai i shek regime at Chungking. 12. Creation of a central political 1 council as the supreme governing body, composed of representatives of the present Nanking and Peiping regimes, of Wang's followers and 1 of other Chinese elements not now associated with any of these groups. Netherlands Puts Curb On Foreign Writers By »he Associated Pres*. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 24.—Foreign news writers were notified yesterday by A. J. Lievegoed, chief of the government press service, that they would not be permitted to cable or telephone the following informa tion: Plans, suppositions, rumors about Netherlands defenses; information which may endanger maintenance of Netherlands neutrality or may arouse doubts about this neutrality; anything which mav arouse hostile feelings toward the Netherlands abroad; any matter insulting to a friendly power; information on acts, measures and plans of the Nether lands government or of another power toward the Netherlands when such information has not been of ficially confirmed by the Nether lands government. Deaths from tuberculosis in Japan in the last year totaled 140.000. Baltimore Fire Routs 250 Persons Into Snow ' By the Associated Press. BALTIMORE, Jan. 24.—A five alarm fire gutted the Oriole Wood Products Co. warehouse early to day and drove about 250 persons out of their homes into a driving snow storm. Forty policemen, signalling with flashlights, led about 130 families out of the area menaced by the fire. Some were clad only in night clothes. Three houses near the warehouse were set afire by sparks. Thick black smoke blanketed the area. Two firemen were injured in the four-hour fight. Only the britk walls of the warehouse were left | standing. f ~ President to Buy Two Tickets To 'Two-Bit' Lincoln Dinner - Informed that he had been in vited to a "two-bit,” “non-partisan” Lincoln Day dinner to be given by a ' Republican group. President Roosevelt said today he would accept the invitation, but would be unable to attend. The invitation, sent by the Du , Page County (Illinois; Republican Central Committee, had not been received at the White House by noon today, but Secretary Stephen Early said Mr. Roosevelt would send the 50 cents for two seats, but wouldn't be able to attend the dinner. The Invitation was extended, the letter to the President said, because he had invited Republican congres sional leaders to attend the recent Jackson Day dinner—at which the President was the principal speaker. The; Republicans did not attend. They were mildly ridiculed by the President for staying away. Party to Be Given at College. The text of the letter was given out by Representative Reed, Repub I lican, of Illinois. The party is to I be held in the fieldhouse of North Central College at Naperville, 111 ; The letter said: "On February 12 we, the people of the eleventh congressional dis trict of Illinois, are having a little non-partisan get-together spon sored by the Du Page County Re publican Central Committee. Due to your past good-neighbor attitude toward some of our boys in Wash ington by extending to them an in vitation to your Jackson day $100 dinner, we are extending to you personally, the President of the United States of America, an invi tation to our Lincoln day banquet which is a “two-bit” affair. We ex pect about 5.000 of our people. I tn I close herewith two tickets. Vermont Man to Speak. “The Honorable Charles A. Plumley the lone Congressman from the State of Vermont, will be the speaker of the day. His topic will, or should be, “How to Keep a State from Going Haywire on the Presidential Year.” I "We would like very much to have you with us that evening. “I am inclosing a menu. “Anticipating a favorable reply, I am “Yours very truly, “BERNARD M. LONG. “Chairman." Japan's Relations With U. S. Hinge on Policies in China > Even the Status of Trode Arrangements Pending New Treaty Held Open The United State* today awaited definite changes in Japanese policy toward American interest* in China before making any attempt to de fine future commercial relation* be tween this country and Japan. Japanese Ambassador Kensuke Horinouchi was told frankly at the State Department yesterday that even the question of an exchange of notes defining the status of trade relations pending negotiations for a new commercial treaty must be held open. He was informed that expiration : of the present commercial treaty i Friday would not of itself bring about any immediate increases in United States duties on Japanese imports, but that future commercial relations would depend upon de velopments in the Far East, j The Japanese Ambassador sound ! ed out this Government's attitude in a long conference with Assistant Secretary of State A. A. Berle, who received him in the absence of Sec retary of State Hull, who was at home with a cold, and Undersecre taiv of State Sumner Welles, on I vacation. Mr. Berle also informed Mr Ho rvnouchi that after Friday, Japan ese merchant* doing business here would be regarded as temporary alien visitors subject to the immi gration law of 1924. At present thev have the status of "treaty mer chants” with many rights and priv ileges. The Ambassador called at the State Department to present three I formal questions. ! He asked first whether, after Frl- j day, there would be any change in Import dluties and tonnage rates, i He was told that the expiration of | the treaty did not of itself bring about any changes but that the, American Government had repeat edly made clear that future com mercial relations would depepd upon developments. The Ambassador also inquire.d about the possibility of an exchange of notes between the two govern ments defining tbe status of their '** trade relations. He was told that this would have to be held open and presumably would form a part of the discussions which have been taking place in Tokio between Am bassador Grew and the Japanese foreign office. President. Roosevelt** asked at his press conference later about this point, replied tersely that he had nothing to say. The Ambassador also sought in formation as to the status of Jap anese merchants in the United | States. |j He was told that aliens who cease to have the status of "treaty mer chants" may qualify as visitors tem porarily admitted for business or I pleasure. Traffic Record The traffic record, as revealed at police headquarters for 24 hour period ending 8 a.m. today: Fatalities, none. Accidents, 19. Motorists injured, 1 Motorists arrested. 338. Pedestrians injured. 1. - Pedestrians arrested for vio lation of pedestrian control regulation, 4. In ,* CHECK THE DRIP WITH \N /fV( THIS QUCK-ACnHGTlRST IkOs i/THOUGHTTlRSTAID YO U R A') PENETRO NOSE DROPS. NOSC AT ALL DEALERS DR. 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