Evening star. [volume], February 12, 1940, Page A-6, Image 6

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Hoover Will Give
Radio Address in
Omaha Tonight
Lincoln Day Speeches
To Launch Republican
Election Campaign
Sr th* Auoclaud Pr*u.
Touching off a week of widespread
political activity, Republican orators
utilised Abraham Lincoln’s birth
anniversary today to sound the
opening of their election campaign.
Former President Hoover will
head the speakers, giving a radio
address from Omaha at 9 pm. Sev
eral potential candidates for the
presidential nomination, although
avoiding mention of their own as
pirations, will deliver addresses ex
pressing their views on current is
sues.
Among the orators will be Sen
ator Taft of Ohio at Greensboro,
N. C.; District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey of New York at Portland,
Oreg.; National Chairman John
Hamilton at New York, Senator
Bridges of New Hampshire at Okla
homa City, and Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts at Brooklyn.
Governors James of Pennsylvania
and Stassen of Minnesota will join
Gov. Dickinson of Michigan in a
rally at Grand Rapids, Mich., with
Senator Vandenberg presiding.
Vandenberg Outlines Program.
Senator Vandenberg, in a major
speech at St. Paul Saturday, out
lined a program—headed by en
couragement of business—which was
generally accepted as his platform
for the presidential nomination.
aii m. i^anaon, tne i9Jb Kepuoiic
an standard bearer, contrasted Lin
coln with Hitler and Stalin in an
address last night at Springfield, 111.
"Hitler and Stalin force the state
to live and die for them,” he said.
"Lincoln lived and died for the
state.”
"Perhaps the greatest difference
between Lincoln and Stalin and
Hitler is in their backgrounds—in
the backgrounds which formed their
natures and crystalized their philos
ophies,” he continued.
“Lincoln had a wide experience
In politics and government. He
had contacts with the courts, with
county and local governments. He
had participated in many political
campaigns. He was, in fact, a prac
tical politician as well as a states
man.
"Stalin’s and Hitler’s ideas of gov
ernment are based mostly on street
corner pamphlets. Their practical
political experience has been only
as conspirators, based on the tech
nique of revolutions, bloody and
bloodless. They learned their po
litical ideas in the dark atmosphere
of beer halls and cellars.”
Farley Speaks at Springfield.
But the Lincoln day festivities
were not confined to Republicans.
On the program with Mr. Landon
was Postmaster General Farley, who
entered the Democratic presidential
primary in Massachusetts Saturday.
“Being a first-class political
leader.” Mr. Farley said, "Lincoln
had the wisdom to call in and con
sult all sorts and kinds of men.”
Mr. Farley said it seemed possible
“that if Lincoln had taken office
Immediately on his election in No
vember, 1860, instead of having to
wait until March, 1861, the Civil
War might have been avoided.”
“The reason I think so,” he added,
“is that passions were running high
In 1880, and the only chance of
avoiding the Civil War lay in bring
ing together, by political methods,
the moderates of both the North
and of the South.
“But during the months between
election and inauguration, a Presi
dent-elect cannot do very much to
guide political movements.”
Mr. Farley described democracy
as “a vast co-operative scheme” and
termed extremism a “crime” and a
"blunder.”
“Elsewhere we see a world tearing
Itself to pieces as group fights
group, doctrine clashes with doc
trine and nations war upon nations.
Nevertheless, the United States has
steadily preserved the ideal of good
will, of moderation, of justice.”
Declines to Elaborate.
Mr. Farley declined to tell re
porters at Springfield whether he
had become an active presidential
candidate by his letter authorizing
Massachusetts party leaders to file
a slate of convention delegates
pledged to his support.
Politicians in Washington were
divided over the meaning of Mr.
Farley’s move. It received these
Interpretations:
1. -mat we president had let the
Postmaster General know he would
not seek a third term and had left
the field open.
2. That the Democratic chairman
was trying to hold the Massachusetts
delegation for Mr. Roosevelt if the
latter should decide to run.
3. That Mr. Parley wanted to ob
tain a bloc of delegates in order to
strengthen his already powerful
voice at the convention, whether or
not he pressed his own candidacy.
It was learned that Vice President
Gamer has promised Senator Don
ahey, Democrat, of Ohio he would
not enter the Ohio primary if Mr.
Donahey became a “favorite son"
candidate. Senator Donahey has
declined to commit himself, but
New Dealers have been hopeful that
he would enter the primary and
then swing his support to Mr.
Roosevelt at the national conven
tion.
Committee to Be Named.
The Vice President will appoint
a Senate campaign investigating
committee this week and friends
said he was determined to pick
one which would leave no stone
unturned in ferreting out alleged
fraud and excessive expenditures in
the selection of presidential and
vice presidential electors, as well
as Senators.
A resolution adopted by the Sen
ate last week authorized the special
committee and made 830,000 avail
able for its inquiries into primary
and general election campaigns.
The complexion of the committee
is not likely to be overly friendly to
the present administration.
The two Republican places on
the five-member group are expected
to go to Senators Tobey of New
Hampshire and Reed of Kansas.
Mr. Gamer's friends said he would
choose the three Democrats from
a list submitted, at his request, by
Senator George, Democrat, of Geor
gia, chairman of the Senate Elec
tions Committee. Few New Dealers
thought that Senatbr George, whose
renomination was opposed by Presi
dent Roosevelt in 1938, had included
any of their number on the list.
No Senator from a State where
there is a senatorial election this
year may serve on the committee.
This leaves only 28 Democrats elifi
IN MEMORIAM—President Roosevelt stands at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial to lead the
Nation’s Capital in annual tribute to the Civil War President. With the President are Mrs.
David Gray, Mrs. Roosevelt’s aunt; Mrs. Roosevelt, Gen. Edwin M. Watson, presidential secretary
and military aide, and Col. Lawrpnce C. Crawford, chairman of the celebration Arrangements
Committee. —Star Staff Photo.
ble. Of these Senators Bailey,
Democrat, of North Carolina, Qerry,
Democrat, of Rhode Island, Johnson,
Democrat, of Colorado and Smith,
Democrat, of South Carolina were
reported to be under consideration.
Bomber, 'Wing Flapping
like Bird’s,’ lands Safely
By the Associated Press.
SEATTLE, Peb. 13.—One motor of
a new four-engined Army bomber
caught fire, began to go to pieces
and made “the wing flap like a
bird’s," but Maj. H. A. Halvarson
landed the ship safely with its crew
of five.
Quick work of Sergt. William
Downing in cutting out the engine
and extinguishing the fire in midair
saved the Army flyers from possible
harm.
“When the engine started to dis
integrate, the wing flapped like a
bird's,” Col. Ralph Royce, in com
mand of the ship, said today. “I
didn’t think it could stand it and I
prepared to jump, telling the others
to do likewise.
"The plane was certainly well
built to take such a beating.”
The craft was a new B-17B, on
which the Army had just taken de
livery. Boeing officials said the
plane could operate safely even on
only two of its four motors.
Two Nazi Freighters Sail
From Brazilian Ports
By the Associated Pres*.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 12.—Two
of the 11 German freighters in
Brazilian ports left yesterday, pre
sumably bound across the Atlantic
in attempts to break the British
blockade.
The 5,846-ton Uruguay sailed
from Recife with a large quantity of
foodstuffs. At midnight the 3,771
ton Wakama left Rio de Janeiro.
Hamburg is the home port of both.
Their departures raised to eight
the number of German merchant
men which have left Brazilian ports
this year. None since has been re
ported.
Lincoln
(Continued From First Page.)
celebrating on Lincoln’s birthday
“Round the World Columbia Day."
Following a luncheon, Dr. John H.
Noffsinger was to address the group.
The Department of the Potomac,
Grand Army of the Republic, will
sponsor special exercises at the First
Congregational Church, Tenth and
G streets N.W., at 8 o’clock tonight,
James B. Freeland, past department
commander, Spanish War Veterans,
will repeat Lincoln’s Gettysburg
address and Walter W. Husband,
former Assistant Secretary of La
bor. will speak.
The Department of the Potomac,
Woman’s Relief Corps, and the Sons
of Union Veterans of the Civil
War will participate in the cere
monies, which will Include music by
the United States Marine Band.
Presiding will be Everett F. Warner,
secretary to the department com
mander of the G. A. R.
The Republican Clubs of Wash
ington, Maryland and Virginia will
entertain several members of Con
gress at a dance in the Raleigh Hotel
at 10 o'clock tonight.
Dr. Louis A. Warren, widely recog
nized authority *on Lincoln, will
discuss “Little Known Episodes in
the Life of Abraham Lincoln" at the
departmental auditorium at 8 pm.
Wednesday on a special program
sponsored by the National Park
Service.
Lincoln’s ideals will be described at
7 o'clock tonight in a special broad
cast over Station WMAL, sponsored
by the Committee on Religious Life in
the Nation’s Capital. Participating
on the program will be the Rev. Dr.
Albert J. McCartney, minister of the
Covenant - First Presbyterian
Church; the Rev. Norman Gersten
fold, rabbi of the Washington He
brew Congregation; the Rev. Dr.
John K. Cartwright, pastor of the
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Quest for Delegates
Pledged to Farley
Begun in Bay State
Move Called a 'Clear
Indication' President
Won't Run Again
Bjr th* AiiocUtod Pretj,
BOSTON, Peb. lJ.-J-The quest for
delegates pledged to Postmaster
General Parley for President got
under way In earnest today at a con
ference of Massachusetts Democratic
party leaders.
William H. Burke, jr., State Demo
cratic chairman, attended the con
ference armed with a power-of
attorney from. Mr. Parley to seek
the delegates. Three former Gov
ernors, at least two of the State’s
congressional delegation and may
ors of several large cities were men
tioned unofficially for places on the
slate.
Some party leaders interpreted,
the move as a “clear indication’’
that President Roosevelt would not
seek a third term, and former Gov.
James M. Curley expressed belief
that the Postmaster General not
only would win the nomination, but
would be elected.
Declaring that as early as last
summer he had placed himself on
record as favoring Mr. Parley’s
nomination if the President were
not a candidate for a third term,
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another former Governor, Charles
7. Hurley, said he was pleased that
a slate supporting the Postmaster
General would be entered In the
State’s preferential primary April
10.
“No man has had closer contact*
with the President than Mr. Parley,"
Mr, Curley asserted, “and I am sure
he would not authorize the selection
of pledged delegates if he were not
satisfied of the real desires of his
chief. It Is a clear Indication to me
that the President is not a candidate
for another term.”
Pbrmer Gov, Joseph B. Ely also
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General had some assurance of the
President’s plans.
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“it would appear as if Mr. Farley
may have learned the President’s in
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that he had been authorized to file
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