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Swedish Leaders
Appeal fo U. S.
For Aid fo Finland
Scandinavian Foundation
Says There Is 'Great
Danger in Delay'
An urgent appeal to Intellectual
leaders of this country to aid Fin
land “in every way possible” was
made public by the American Scan
dinavian Foundation of New York
today on behalf of a distinguished
group of scholars and intellectual
leaders of Sweden.
The plea, designated as an "ap
peal from Sweden for Finland,”
Eaid:
“It is a nation of intimate spir
itual kinship to your own for which
we appeal for support. The peoples
of Northern Europe have given
much of their blood to the Amer
ican body politic and have contrib
uted in the fashioning of your
democratic ideas and ideals. For
a thousand years the peoples of
Finland and Sweden have stood side
by side as the northern outpost of
western civilization against the des
potism of the east. Finland has
produced many prominent scholars,
scientists, artists and writers. Its
athletes have won world-wide re
nown. Under an altogether demo
cratic system, built upon the prin
ciple of liberty, governed by law,
there has grown up a sound and
virile people, occupying happy if
modest homes, until overwhelmed
by the present catastrophe.
Shield Is Untarnished.
"nmanas snieia is untamisnea.
Without the slightest provocation,
with a barefaced lie as an excuse,
the Soviet dictators ruthlessly threw
their hordes against a peaceful little
neighbor. Never has a cause been
clearer; never has a nation fought
a more just war of defense than
Finland is waging against the
rapacious Russian giant. This is a
struggle of life and death for the
people of Finland and all of North
ern Europe. To be incorporated in
Soviet Russia’s “living space” signi
fies not only the loss of freedom
and independence for a conquered
6tate. It means a complete annihi
lation and extermination of its
spiritual and political leaders and
the guardians of its entire social
organization. For large masses of
the people it means deportation and
exile, living under terror, or death.
For a conquered people the Soviet
living space represents the grave
yard of national culture, the cham
ber of death itself. Finland's de
fense against Soviet aggression in
volves more than the fate of its
brave little people, more even than
the continued existence of Finland
and Scandinavia. Finland is fight
ing for an order of human justice
against barbaric violence; for every
thing enduring and valuable in the
cultural development of the world
and for what forces shall be the
determinants of the further de
velopment of humanity.
“We are fully aware that the
overwhelming majority of the citi
zens of the JJnited States have
strongly condemned the unprovoked
attack upon Finland and that her
superlative efforts are being fol
lowed with the deepest understand
ing and sympathy. We are also
cognizant of the first steps toward
assistance which have already been
taken. We direct this appeal only
to arouse your., people to a full
understanding that in this instance
there is great danger in delay.
Through miracles of bravery, en
durance and self-sacrifice Finland’s
heroes have hitherto been able to
prevail against tremendous odds.
But steadily and relentlessly the
Soviet leaders are massing fresh
forces against the Finnish fronts,
while whole fleets of bombers daily
scatter death and destruction over
the peaceful and unprotected coun
tryside. Women and children are
exposed to murderous persecution.
The blood of the innocent cries to
the heavens. Speedy help is im
perative. The Swedish people are
doing and intend to do all in their
power to assist their Finnish sister
people. Finland’s cause is ours! All
Scandinavia, several of the other
European countries and both of the
Americas are giving material as
sistance and many volunteers are
assembling under Finland's banners.
Are Sorely Encumbered.
"All the peoples of Europe, how
ever, are sorely encumbered by the
war among the great powers, which
is also in progress. In order that
Finland may be saved from extinc
tion and may achieve a fair and
secure peace it is essential, accord
ing to our view, that the people of
the United States put all the weight
of which it disposes as a neutral
great power into the balance for
Finland's just cause.
"In one lightning flash the drama
of Finland's struggle against bar
barism and anarchy has revealed to
the world where the most serious
threat to western civilization is to
be found and how the most profound
elements of our whole Christian
culture are imperiled. Conflicts over
economic interests pale into insig
nificance in comparison with this
battle between justice and violence.
The Finns have ventured all posses
sions and honor, life and blood, in
their firm belief in the final triumph
of justice and mercy over force and
hate. For the moral health of the
whole world it is essential that their
faith be sustained.
"Copious testimony gives evidence
to the fact that all peoples of Europe
and the Americas are deeply touched
by Finland’s heroic stand against
the brutal aggressor and that all
peoples deep in their hearts and
souls long for peace. We are con
vinced that a joint effort on the
part of all civilized states for the
victory of Finland and Christian
civilization can become the power
to check Europe's advance toward
chaos and establish peace on earth
"Therefore, we submit this plea:
Come to the assistance of Finland
soon and in every way possible.”
The appeal was signed by the
following: Oscar Bernadotte. prince,
member of the World's Committee
of the Y. M. C. A.; Manfred Bjork
quist, rector, leader of the Sig
tuna Foundation; Axel Boethius,
professor of classical archeology;
Gustav Cassel, professor of eco
nomics; J. Sigfrid Edstrom, presi
dent of the International Chamber
of Commerce; Erling Eidem, arch
bishop. pro-chancellor of the Univer
sity of Uppsala; Thore Engstromer.
rector magnificus of the University
of Uppsala; Gosta Forssell, presi
dent of the Second International
Congress of Radiology; Robin
Faahraeus, professor of patholog
ical anatomy; Hjalmar Hammar
skjold, member and former presl
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Divorce Questions
In Census Assailed
By Senator Tobey
Employment of Some
Women Might Be
'Jeopardized/ He Says
By the Associated Press.
Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire, foe of the Census
Bureau s plan to ask citizens about
their incomes in connection with the
decennial counting of noses this
April, broadened his attack today to
include questions about divorces.
He asked a Senate Commerce
Subcommittee to consider the con
sequences which might follow a leak
in census information if “it means
the loss of a job for a woman to tell
she was divorced.’’
The employment of some women,
he said, might be “jeapordized” if
word of a divorce got around. He
also disclosed receipt of letters from
several divorcees who have remar
ried. Their divorces, the Senator
explained, were not known in their
own communities.
Dr. Leon E. Truesdell, Census Bu
reau statistician, advised Senator
Tobey and the committee that such
women would not have to bring up
the past, however, because “their
present marital status is ‘married.’ ”
"Not all divorcees report them
selves anyway,” Mr. Truesdell re
marked.
Fears Wage Disclosures.
uexore me suDcommittee was a
resolution by Senator Tobey calling
for elimination from the census of
questions dealing with wages and
salaries of individuals. Senator To
bey said he "feared disclosure” of
answers to such questions.
After Senator Tobey had protest
ed the “broad construction” which
he said the Census Bureau has
placed on the census law. Chairman
Bailey. Democrat, of North Carolina
said he also “was a little afraid
of it.”
“They might ask a person’s poli
tics, which also relates to popula
tion,” Senator Bailey said.
A total of 400 different questions
will be asked during the census next
April, but Mr. Truesdell said the
average person would have to reply
to only about 20. Other census offi
cials have estimated enumerators
could complete questioning an indi
vidual in eight minutes.
Senator Davis, Republican, of
Pennsylvania said earlier that census
inquiries are approaching a point
"where the housewife will have to
account for her pots and pans and
a man will have to take inventory
of his fishing tackle.”
“The right of privacy in a man’s
home is one that must not*be taken
away,” Senator Davis declared.
Would Study All Questions.
Senator Johnson, Republican, of
California a subcommittee member,
remarked that the group “should
study the whole set of census ques
tions.”
"Some of the others are Just as
inappropriate as those regarding in
come,” the Californian added.
Chairman Bailey said, however,
that he wanted the subcommittee to
act 6d Senator Tobey’* resolution
today.
Women Held Resentful.
A warning that millions of Amer
ican women will choose jail rather
than answer intimate questions in
the forthcoming census was given
the subcommittee yesterday by
Cathrine Curtis of New York, na
tional director of Women Investors
in America, Inc.
“I recommend that Congress post
pone further appropriations for na
tional defense and put through an
emergency measure to enlarge jail
accommodations to house the mil
lions who will go there rather than
disclose their wages or income, mat
rimonial adventures or whether they
use their bathroom alone or share
it with som. one else,” she said.
Her warning was reinforced by
Mrs. Norman Nock of Washington,
a representative of the National Or
ganization of War Mothers. Assert
ing that most War Mothers are now
grandmothers, she said they would
be “frightened”, by such personal
questions.
Referring to the Supreme Court
reorganization bill in 1937, Miss
Curtis declared that “you may think
the women of the country were in
censed over that, but I can tell you
their fury in that instance is but
a small cloud in comparison to the
storm now brewing.”
So far as jailing persons for
refusal to answer census questions
was concerned, William L. Austin,
census director, said no such action
had ever been taken in the past.
Congress in Brief
Senate:
In recess.
Finance Committee continues
hearings on reciprocal trade pro
gram.
House:
Debates stream pollution control
bill.
Smith committee studies Wagner
Act revisions.
Census Committee studies reap
portionment of House.
Judiciary Committee considers
bankrupty legislation.
Special subcommittee of House
District Committee resumes consid
eration of municipal government re
organization plan.
TOMORROW.
Senate:
Will not meet.
Finance Committee holds further
hearings on reciprocal trade agree
ments. 10 a.m.
House:
Not in session.
dent of the Institute of Interna
tional Law and member since 1904
of the Permanent Court of Arbi
tration at The Hague; Eli Heck
scher. professor of economic his
tory; Verner von Heldenstam, win
ner of the Nobel Prize for Literature,
1916; Gunnar Holmgren, rector of
the Royal Caroline Institute of
Medicine; Einar Key, professor of
surgery; Selma Lagerlof, winner
of the Nobel Prize for Literature,
1909; Einar Lofstedt, rector mag
nificus of the University of Lund;
Gunnar Nystrom, professor of sur
gery; Ragnar Ostberg, architect of
the Stockholm Town Hall; Edvard
Rodhe, Bishop of Lund, pro-chan
cellor of the University of Lund;
Manne Siegbahn, winner of the
Nobel Prize for Physics, 1924; The
Svedberg, winner of the Nobel Prise
for Chemistry, 1926; Sven Tunberg,
rector of the University of Stock
holm; Osten Unden, chancellor of
the Universities of Sweden, and
Curt Weibull, rector of the Uni
versity of Gothenburg.
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IN HER EASTER BONNET—Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, with a view to Washington’s unpre
dictable weather, chose two costumes from
Arnold Constable for Easter Sunday, one for
warm, the other for chilly weather. If skies
are sunny, Mrs. Roosevelt will wear this navy
blue cape ensemble of sheer-shadow wool. Her
dress has a high, collar-less neck with vest and
jabot of crisp white pique. The wnite vest is
outlined by soutache braiding. The skirt is
flared and the sleeves are wide enough to be
worn in the new bracelet length if desired.
Mrs. Roosevelt holds her cape. Above the jabot,
she wears a double string of pearls.
If the day is chilly, Mrs. Roosevelt
will wear this Bahama blue wool cos
tume ensemble. Under the long coat,
which is finely embroidered with cord
ing and novelette puffing from shoul
der to waist, the President’s wife wears
a tailored silk print with three clusters
of pleats in the front and a shirt waist
top which buttons up to the neck and
forms a Jabot. The coat is lined in the
same silk print. The profile hat worn
with the ensemble is of navy Necora
braid with pleating of navy silk jersey
forming a brim and snood. Mrs.
Roosevelt’s bag is of navy biue calfskin
with double handles and her navy
gloves are classic slip-ons in doeskin.
Mrs. Roosevelt Is shown here in the
complete sunny-day ensemble. The front
of the finger-tip length cape is embroid
ered with soutache braiding. The white
pique jabot peeks through the opening in
the cape which falls in straight, graceful
lines. With this costume. Mrs. Roosevelt
wears a white felt hat covered with
braided soutache to match the trimming
of the cape and dress. The sailor hat has
a wide brim and a veil snood with a
taffeta band attached to it. A wide
taffeta bow is placed at the back. Her
bag is of navy blue calfskin with double
handles and her white doeskin gloves are
in the classic slip-on style.—Arnold Con
President Reaches
Port Off Pensacola;
To Sign Finn Loan Bill
Plans to Be Back
In White House
Tomorrow Afternoon
By the Associated Press.
PENSACOLA, Fla., March 1.—The
cruiser Tuscaloosa, on which Presi
dent Roosevelt made a two-way trip
through the Panama Canal, hove to
off Pensacola this morning and the
Chief Executive planned to land
about noon (C. S. T.).
A dense fog hung over the coast.
The 10,000-ton Tuscaloosa is too
large to move all the way up the
bay to the docks at the Air Station,
so the President will be transferred
by the destroyer Lang.
Capt. Aubrey W. Fitch, Air Sta- '
tion commandant, and other offi
cers put on full dress to greet him.
From the Air Station the Presi
dent will be driven along Barrancas
road to the city proper, then down
Garden street to the special train
which will take him back to Wash
ington. He expects to reach the
White House tomorrow afternoon.
Regular Army men from Fort
Barrancas and 14 State highway
patrolmen were assigned to guard
the 10-mile highway route.
To Sign Loan Bill.
Mr. Roosevelt expects to affix
his signature tomorrow to the bill
which adds $100,000,000 to the Ex
port-Import Bank's lending au
thority.
He radioed Federal Loan Ad
ministrator Jones to that effect
early today. The measure would
make available to Finland $20,000,
000 for non-military purposes.
From the Tuscaloosa the Presi
dent sent this radiogram to Mr.
Jones:
“Have just been advised of final
passage of bill extending lending
authority of Export-Import Bank.
1 will sign this bill on Saturday and
you may therefore proceed on this
basis.”
A farewell dinner was given aboard
the Tuscaloosa by the presidential
party last night after a day warm
enough to permit sun bathing.
The President combined business
with pleasure on this cruise. Al
though his fishing luck was so-so.
he landed several 20-pounders. Fish
ing honors were taken by his physi
cian, Rear Admiral Ross T. McIn
tyre, who landed a 40-pound red
snapper.
U. S. Oils Machinery
To Speed Loans to Finns
By tbe Associated Press.
Machinery to pour out many mil
lions of dollars in loans to Scandi
navia and Finland was put into gear
last night after Congress completed
action on a bill increasing the funds
of the Export-Import Bank by $100,
000,000.
The bill goes to the White House
for President Roosevelt's signature.
Jesse Jones, Federal loan admin
istrator, told reporters that battling
Finland would get “first call” on the
money.
“We think well of them,” he com
mented. "We’ll be glad to lend them
money. The limit we may lend is
$20,000,000 ”
He said, however, there was a pos
sibility that Finland might not need
$20,000,000 for purchases of a non
military nature. Under the terms of
the bill she cannot buy military sup
plies.
Mr. Jones said Sweden would re
ceive credits for non-military pur
chases in this country, possibly, as
much as $20,000,000.
Norway, which has received a
$10,000,000 loan, probably will re
ceive another $10,000,000, Mr. Jones
added, and Denmark probably will
get 'some money.
He made it clear, however, that a
substantial amount of the $100,000,*
000 additional funds of the bank
would be kept available for Latin
American and othar loans.
Pius XII, Pope a Year, Sees
Two of Church's Fears Realized
War in Europe and Communism on March
Engross Monastic Life of Pontiff
By GEORGE C. JORDAN,
Associated Press Foreiin Correspondent.
VATICAN CITY.—Pius XII. on
the 1st anniversary of his election
as Pope. March 2. faces the bitter
realization of two of the church's
worst fears.
War in much of Europe and com
munism on the march are the out
standing world developments of
Pius XIIs year as pontiff.
The Pope has borne up well un
der his tremendous burden.
His first seven months of prayer
and struggle against the onrush
ing war in vain. Pius XII has been
forced into the role of an an
guished observer of European af
fairs, doing what he can to restrain
the horrors of the conflict and
watching for a chance to lead the
way back to peace.
The Pope lives in monastic se
versity. He usually works and
studies till midnight. Tall, thin,
ascetic, he has not spared his
strength. The habits of keeping
fit, eating sparingly and avoiding
luxuries have preserved his health.
He will be 64 years old March 2,
his birthday anniversary as well as
the anniversary of his papacy.
His Single Theme: Peace.
A diplomat of long training, he
has used the same skill in handling
the problems of the Catholic
Church that served him so well
when, as Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli,
he was secretary of state.
Anxiety has constantly beset him,
ever since the day when he was
called upon to pronounce Pius XI
dead. With rare exceptions, the
new Pope s every published utter
ance, written or verbal, has had
peace as its principal theme.
He has seen Catholic Poland di
vided between Nazi Germany and
communistic Russia. He has spoken
feelingly of his hopes for Polish
resurrection. He has deplored the
outbreak of war and urged an ulti
mate peace that will avoid errors
of the past.
Plan for an Armistice.
With the roar of hostile planes
over Poland only a few hours off,
Pius XII sent five last desperate
notes to the governments concerned,
urging a peaceful settlement. Two
weeks later he told the new Bel
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gian Ambassador to the Holy See
he was still "watching every oppor
tunity to seek to conclude a peace
honorable for every one.”
He called on the fighting na
tions to observe international rules
of warfare, to spare civilian popula
tions, to refrain from using poison
gas, and to treat their prisoners
well, giving them the comforts of
religion.
His first encyclical, repeatedly
postponed as the world outlook grew
darker, was a call to sanity in the
midst of war.
His Christmas Eve address to
the cardinals set forth a five-point
base for an eventual "just and
honorable peace.”
The Recommendations.
These recommendations were:
1. Assure every nation’s right to
life and independence.
2. Redeem mankind from the
"slavery of armaments” by dis
armament.
3. Correct the faults in such or
ganizations as the League of Na
tions.
4. Comply with the “needs and
just demands of nations, peoples
and ethnical minorities.”
5. Observe Christian principles.
Shortly after the war began, there
were stories that the Pope was fast
ing. even sleeping on the floor of his
bedroom, and rising in the night
to pray for peace. The rumors
were believed because of his known
tendency toward the monastic life.
No ’Prisoner of Vatican’
Yet Pius XII has gone beyond
the confines of Vatican City more
times than any Pope, within the
first year of election, since the
Italian seizure of Rome made the
pontiffs voluntary prisoners with
in the Vatican up to the Lateran
peace of 1929.
He has exchanged ceremonial
visits with Italy’s king and queen,
the first time that a Pope called on
a ruler of the kingdom. He passed
the summer at Castel Gandolfo, out
side Rome, as was his predecessor’s
wont. He went to the church of St.
John Lateran, his cathedral as bis
hop of Rome, to take possession of
his see. He has visited the church
of St. Mary Major, where he said
his first mass as a priest.
His work has not all been for
peace. Other problems have had’
to be solved.
seeKs Amity with Italy.
Chief among these has been im
provement of relations with Italy,
which his predecessor left somewhat
strained. If non-totalitarian states
men expected Cardinal Pacelli to be
an anti-Fascist Pope, they have
been disappointed. While he has
inveighed against absolute central
control of the state over the indi
vidual, ne has avoided disputes with
dictatorships.
The Pope congratulated the Span
ish people under Generalissimo
Franco "for the peace and victory
which have been granted by God"
in the civil war.
His handling of the problems be
tween the Vatican and other states
has been more diplomatic than that
of his predecessor.
Familiar with United States from
« visit there in 1937, he has devoted
special attention to that country.
One of his two encyclicals was an
epistle to the bishops of the United
States in which he proposed a
Christian solution of unemployment
and other ills.
Sees Little Peace Hope.
President Roosevelt’s Christmas
peace message and his appointment
of Myron Taylor as personal en
voy to the Pope brought a reply
from Pius in which he seconded
Mr. Roosevelt’s peace efforts, but
expressed little hope for peace “so
long as the present state of the
opposing forces remains essentially
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Yarnell Doubts
Embargo on Japan
Would Bring War
He Also Asks Whether
'We Can Afford to See'
Nippon Rule in China
By the Associated Press.
Rear Admiral Harry E. Yarnell,
retired, former commander of the
Asiatic Fleet, expressed the opinion
today that an embargo on exports
to Japan would not result in hos
tilities against the United Stales.
“It would be suicidal for Japan
to engage in another major war with
a powerful enemy,” Admiral Yar
nell wrote Senator Schwellenbach,
Democrat, of Washington.
“As for our interests in the Far
East., the question arises whether
our Nation can afford to see the
domination of that great area by a
power inspired by the ideals of fire
and sword that have had full sway
in China during the present war.
“Success in this adventure will in
trench the Japanese army in con
trol of the government for many
years, and. as time goes on, will lead
inevitably to the acquisition of more
territory by force of arms. • • •
Hints Neutrality Is Menaced.
“The decision as to when our vifkl
interests will require more active
assistance to those nations whose
ideals of government are similar to
ours will become more pressing as
time goes on.
"We will face an uncertain and
dangerous future if the democratic
nations of Europe and China are
defeated in the present war.”
Senator Schwellenbach is the au
thor of a resolution to forbid the
export of war-making raw materials
to Japan. He asked Admiral Yar
nell’s views because he said that
many persons were in sympathy
with the embargo idea, but that
they feared it “would be likely to
result in involving us in war with
Japan.”
Admiral Yarnell commanded the
Asiatic squadron at the time of the
Panay bombing. He was known as
a firm-handed diplomat in his deal
ings with the Japanese, and was
awarded the Distinguished Service
Medal by Congress for his handling
of American affairs in the Far East.
“Appeasement Doesn’t Work.”
“In civil life,” he wrote Senator
Schwellenbach, “it has been found
that ‘appeasement’ does not work
in dealings with law-breakers and
gunmen.
“The experience of recent years
has shown that also it is of no avail
in dealing with nations whose rulers
decide on a course of action against
harmless neighboring nations in
volving death and misery to millions
of innocent people in total disre
gard of treaties, international law
or the dictates of justice and hu
manity.”
Church Conference
FAIRFAX, Va„ March 1 (Spe
cial).—The second quarterly con
ference of Fairfax circuit will be
held at the local Methodist Church
today at 8 pm., with Dr. A. P.
Williams, district superintendent of
Alexandria district, presiding. Dr.
Williams will preach Sunday at 11
a.m. at Andrew Chapel Methodist
Church.
unchanged.” The pontiff created a
new archdiocese of Washington. '
Improved relations with two other
countries also have marked Pius’
first year on the throne. Envoys
were exchanged with Uruguay and
with Lithuania after periods of non
recognition.
Pius XII administers the manifold
affairs of the church through his
chief executive officer, his secretary
of state, Luigi Cardinal Maglione.
Maglione is the only prelate who
has dally audiences with the P6pe.
The cardinal receives the pontiff's
Instructions, and afterwards issues
necessary orders to other officials.
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Maritime Labor Board
Asks Subsidy Ban on
Wagner Act Violators
Proposal One of 20 Mad^
To Congress to Provide
A Permanent Policy
By the Associated Press.
The Maritime Labor Board urged
Congress today to prolong and ex
pand its mediation work and deny
Government ship subsidies to em
ployers who engage in practices
outlawed by the Wagner Act.
The denial of ship subsidies was
1 of 20 proposals advanced by the
board in response to a congressional
request for a plan which would
provide a permanent labor policy
in the maritime field.
Other proposals would:
Give the board power to de
termine employe representation
questions now exercised by the Na
tional Labor Relations Board.
Clarify the seamen's right to
strike in a domestic harbor.
Extend to the seagoing personnel
of Maritime Commission ships the
right of collective bargaining now
denied by the commission on the
ground that seamen on such vessels
are Government employes.
Excludes Other Agencies.
Exclude such agencies as the
United States Conciliation Service
from stepping into maritime labor
disputes unless invited by the board.
The denial of ship subsidies to
Wagner Act violators is similar to a
plan advanced last year by the C. I.
O. leadership to deny any form of
Government contract or loan to
employers held guilty of engaging in
unfair labor practices.
The board offered the proposal as
a “special inducement’’ to the bene
ficiaries of governmental aid to obey
the Wagner Act. The Government
pays out ship subsidies to aid con
struction and operation.
"In the interests of orderly labor
relations in the maritime industry,”
the agency added, "the board be
lieves it is imperative to stop effec
tively any attempt by unfair mari
time employers to engage in prac
tices inimical to the rights of mari
time employes.”
The board was established in 1938
and will go out of existence in
June, 1941, unless Congress con
tinues it. *
No Permanent Need Seen.
The board said it did not take
the view that special governmental
mediation in the maritime industry
will always be needed.
“Such an agency will continue to
be needed,” it said, “until such time
as the maritime employers and em
ployes have demonstrated their
ability to protect their respective
interests without jeopardizing the
interest of the public through need
less interruptions to the free flow
of water-borne commerce • •
From January, 1936. to June. 1939.
the board reported, there were 311
ship strikes involving 81.146 workers,
and 115 longshoremen's strikes in
volving 84,173.
As additional steps to strengthen
the agency and make voluntary
mediation more effective, the board
; suggested the creation of adjustment
! boards and paid umpires, and the
extension of its jurisdiction over all
maritime workers, including those
engaged in ship repair.
Mission Fund Drive
Committee Formed
An Advance Gifts Committee for
the Central Union Mission's cam
paign to raise funds for a proposed
building addition was organized
last night at the Women's City Club.
Clifford L. Johnson was named
campaign manager, W. W. Everett
general chairman, and subchairmen
included Col. E. Goring Bliss. Leon
ard W. De Gast. Walter K. Handv,
Wilbur La Roe. jr., and Harold N.
Marsh.
The new addition is to be called
the John S. Bennett Memorial in
honor of the late John S. Bennett,
superintendent of the mission for
many years. Plans call for enlarge
ment of the dormitory quarters and
the chapel as well as increased
ltitchen and dining room facilities.
Four of 5 in Auto
Swept Away in Flood
Found Safe in Tree
v Family of Six, Fleeing,
Was Caught When Dike
Broke; 5,000 Homeless
8r the Associated Press.
MERIDIAN, Calif., March 1.—
Four of the five persons who were
thought to have drowned in a flood
early today were found safe in a
tree surrounded by swirling water.
Six persons were thrown into the
flood when their automobile over
turned as they fled when a river
dike burst.
Of the six, only one, Mrs. Frank
Fleharty, was missing, and members
of her family believed she drowned.
Rescue workers said the other
members of the family clung to the
tree branches from 2 until 8:15 a.m.
Four deaths occurred earlier in
the week; two persons were missing,
ind more than 5,000 have been forced
from their inundated homes.
In the Pacific Northwest, winds
and floods struck, causing two
deaths in Oregon, and one in Wash
ington.
The levee at Medidian. 60 miles
north of Sacramento, gave way
shortly after midnight, and resi
dents fled to higher ground.
Break Saves a City.
The breaking of the dike, causing
the death, was believed to have
saved the City of Colusa from grave
peril. The breach eased the pressure
of back water at Colusa, about 8
miles to the north, after the Sacra
mento River had crested at 29.5 feet,
higher than the record flood of 1907.
Meridian, however, was isolated,
with all highways blocked. Several
levee workers narrowly escaped
death in the sudden surge cf water.
While authorities struggled to
combat the flood along a 150-mile
front, looting of victims’ homes was
reported from Redding, near the
northern tip of the stricken area.
A posse was organized at Red
ding by Sheriff W. W. Sublett to
seek thieves who he reported had
pilfered several inundated and aban
doned homes in the area. American
Legionnaires were deputized for
emergency duty in Colusa by Sher
iff George R. Houx.
Flood Covers 15 Miles Square.
Thirteen breaks in the Sacra
mento levees in the Butte Citv
Glenn-Princeton areas north of
Colusa were reported yesterday by
Floyd Nolta. Willows aviator who
flew over the region.
A body of flood waters 15 miles
wide stood opposite Colusa and ex
tended for 15 miles north and south
of the city. Most of the area cov
ered was ranch lands.
State and Federal authorities
mobilized facilities to start recon
struction in the draining areas and
minimize damage in newly stricken
regions.
W. P. A. officials in Washington
granted an additional $60,000 in
emergency funds for flood relief
projects, making a total of $90,000
released since Tuesday.
Buchalter Extortion
Case Goes to Jury
Bt the AssocUted Press.
NEW YORK. March 1.—The case
of Racketeer Louis (Lepke) Buchal
ter and two other men charged with
extorting $50,000 from bakers and
flour truckmen went to a General
Sessions jury at noon today after
a five-week trial.
The other defendants are Max
Silverman and his son. Harold.
Buchalter already is under Federal
sentence for garment industry
racketeering and narcotics dealing.
Car Plunges Into Water
In Blackout, Killing 5
By the Associated Press.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland,
March 1.—Five women drowned last
night when their automobile, lost in
the blackout, plunged into the har
bor while they were returning from
war work at the Belfast naval can
teen.
Weather Report
(furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.)
9olbmbia—'Cloudy tonight and tomorrow; rain tomorrow
abouT36 detrrppf lgR,V i10t m(UCh change in temperature: lowest tonight
tomorrow^8 Sunday rain; gentle southeast or east winds, increasing
and S;lann^!!)Udy,tonight and tomorrow; rain tomorrow afternoon
and night not much change in temperature: Sunday rain.
and niahiu nTTC1° cdy J10018111 and tomorrow; rain tomorrow afternoon
in southwest*portionItomorrow.eWhat WaFmeF in P°rti°n t0nlght and
Y^inia—Cloudy and warmer tonight and tomorrow, with rain
oeginning late tonight or tomorrow morning; colder Sunday.
A Hitfilrhanea nf ...___> _
siderable intensity is centered this morn
int over Northeastern New Mexico mov
!n* slowly eastward. Clayton, 996..! milli
PJ*rJ <-9.4., Inchest, and the disturbance
“jsl w»* oil the South Atlantic Coast
rnursday morning has moved northeast
ward over the ocean, being central this
morning about fi(K) miles east-southeast
Mass s ship. 1010 millibars
(-9.0- inches). Pressure is abnormally
l0ni.a°ver ^Alaska. Dutch Harbor. 973.2
millibars (28.,4 inchest. Pressure is high
and rising from California northeastward
to Montana and from the Dakotas east
w»ra to New York and New England
and thence southward to Florida and the
,?*ult Sainte Marie. Mich.,
1028.8 millibars (30.38 inches), and
Fresno Calif. 1028.1 millibars (30.36
inches) Precipitation has occurred al
most generally west of the Rocky Moun
tains and from North Dakota eastward to
the interior of New York The tempera
,rls'n „ln the Plains States, the
Mississippi Valley, the interior of the
5“* °uH States and in portions of the
Middle Atlantic and North Atlantic States,
while the weather has become colder in
Southern California and portions of the
Plateau and Rocky Mountain regions.
River Report.
Potomac and 8henandoah Rivers cloudy
*1 Harpers Ferry: Potomac River slightly
muddy at Great Falls today.
Re pert for Last 24 Hoars.
_ Temperature. Barometer
Yesterday— Degrees. Inches.
4 P.m. - 44 30.09
*5™ 43 30.15
Midnight - 41 30.17
Today—
4 a.m. —- 39 30.15
8 e.m. - 89 80.18
Noon - 44 30.16
Record for Last 24 Bears.
(From noon yeaterday to noon today.)
sgHithest, 45, 2 p.m. yesterday. Year
Jijwert, 39, 7:15 s.a. today. Year
IfO. 45.
*eeeed Teasparatmrea This -Year.
Highest. 64. on Fehruary 12.
Lowest. 7. on January 29.
Hamiditr far last 24 Roars.
(From noon yesterday to noon today.)
Highest. 70 per cent, at 8 a.m. today.
Lowest. 39 per cent, at 1:15 p.m. yes
terday.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodftio Sumy.)
Today. Tomorrow.
High _ 1:32 a.m. 2:33 a.m.
Lsw - 8:15 a.m. 9:18 a.m.
High - 2:00 p.m. 3:02 p.m.
Low ...- 8:53 p.m. 9:53 p.m.
The tap and Moos.
Sun, today - S-H*
tun tomorrow — 6:40 6:62
Moon, today- 1:20 a.m. 11:35 awi.
. Automobile lights must be turned on onp
half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation In Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month 1940 Average. Record.
January-3 12 .1.55 7.83 '37
February - 2:77 3.27 8.84 >84
March - ... 3.7ft 8.84 ‘91
April - ... 3.27 p.i3 ■/,§
May - ... 3.70 10.69 ‘8§
July - ... 4.7! in.83 ‘88
August __ 4.01 14 41 '2*
September__ 3 24 1745 '34
October.. 2.84 881 '3?
November -... 2.37 8 89 ’89
December _ _ 3.32 7.58 ‘01
Weather In Various Cities.
_ Temp Rein
stations. Bar High Low. tall Weather
Abilene __ 29.53 On 80 Cloudy
Albany __ 30.30 36 19 ... cloudy
Atlanta _ 30.116 67 41 Cloudy
Atlantic C. 30.21 39 34 ... Cloudy
Baltimore 30.18 40 33 ... Cloudy
Birmlng'm 30.03 68 45 ... cloudy
Bismarck 30.15 32 19 Cloudy
Boston _. 30.21 37 27 Cloudy
Buffalo . 30.24 33 20 0.03 Snow
Charleston 30.18 5M 47 Cloudy
Chicago 30.09 38 35 Cloudv
Cincinnati 30.06 45 27 Cloudy
Cleveland 30.12 33 3 0 0.02 Cloudy
Columbia 30.15 65 42 Cloudy
Davenport 30.09 42 30 Cloudy
Denver 29.77 72 36 Cloudy
Des Moines 30.06 44 29 . cloudy
Detroit _. 30.18 31 25 0.04 Rain
K1 Paso _ 29.80 76 47 Clear
Galveston. 29.88 67 56 ... Fog
Helena-fn.lft 32 19 Clear
Huron 30.09 39 22 ... Cloudy
Indian oils 30.03 41 30 Cloudy
Jackson lie 30.15 68 55 Cloudy
Kans City 29.88 66 38 ... Cloudy
L. Angeles 30.27 66 50 Clear
Ifuisvtlle 30.00 SO 33 I Cloudy
Miami 30.12 80 64 . I CloSdy
MPls_-St.P. 30.15 30 26 0.04 Cloudy
N. Orleans 30.00 70 68 ... Pet
Hew, York 30 21 42 32 ... Cloudy
Norfolk i™2' 45 35 ... Cloudy
Okie City 29.62 80 67 ... Cloudy
Omaha, 30.03 56 32 ... Cloudy
Phlladeria 30.21 42 36 Cloudy
Epoenlg 30.06 77 41 0.12 Cleer
Pittsburgh 3009 37 30 Cloudy
P' iVi'y?' 3327 32 23 — Cloudy
£'‘"“.Ore 30.12 58 48 ... Rain
Raleigh 30 21 49 33 ... Clear
29.97 59 34 Cloudy
£ LeJf* C 30 15 59 35 0.18 Cloudy
S. Antonio 29.77 93 59 Cloudy
San Diego 30.21 63 52 0.05 cloudy
BanFrane. 30.38 59 50 0.02 Clear
Beattie .. 30 03 54 46 0.06 Rein
Bockane. 30.18 54 36 0.12 Cloudy
Tam n» 30.12 74 5.4 .! Clear
WASH..D.C. 30.18 45 39 ... Cloudy
POBBION STATIONS.
(Mood. Greenwich time, today.)
Temperature. Weather.
Horta (Fayal), Azores 53 Rsla
_ _ , (Current observations.)
Bon Juan. Puerto Rico. 72 Cloudy
Havana Cuba _ 61 Clear
Colon. Canal Zone__ 80 Clear
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