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Maverick Engages
In Fist Fight at
Party Convention
San Antonio Mayor
Exchanges Blows With
Mayor Miller of Austin
By the Associated Press.
WACO, Tex., May 28.—Mayor
Maury Maverick of San Antonio,
ardent advocate of a third term for
President Roosevelt, exchanged
blows today with Mayor Tom Miller
of Austin outside the hall where the
Texas Democratic Convention was
deciding whether to pledge the
State’s 46 delegates to Texas’ own
John Nance Gamer or to Mr. Roose
velt.
Mayor Miller, the keynote speaker
of the convention, is a leader in the
"harmony” group which is seeking
to have the convention delegates
pledged to Vice President Gamer,
while agreeable to steering clear of
any "stop Roosevelt” movement.
Fight Versions Differ.
Versions of the altercation dif
fered.
Mr. Miller said he hit Mr. Maverick
in the chest.
Mr. Maverick said Mr. Miller
struck at him but missed and hit
Floyd McGown, Maverick’s exec
utive assistant.
“Miller started it," Mr. Maverick
said, declining further comment.
Passersby said the two Mayors
pushed each other around.
Mr. Miller said Maverick made
an insulting remark to him. "So I
hit him,” Miller added.
“I don’t have anything against
Maury.”
Mr. Miller was chairman of the
original organization of Roosevelt
third-termers in Texas, but later
agreed to a “peace” settlement
aimed to reconcile the Garner
Roosevelt factions.
Texas G. 0. P. Expected
Not to Instruct Delegates
By the Auoclited Pres*
DALLAS, May 28.—The State Re
publican convention drawing its
greatest turnout of delegates in
years due to the visit of Presidential
Aspirant Thomas E. Dewey of New
York today got down to the busi
ness of deciding its course at the
national convention.
Every indication was that the 46
vote delegation to Philadelphia
would go uninstructed.
Mr. Dewey, speaking over a Na
tionwide hookup last night, declared
America is woefully weak in its
armed forces due largely to the
“bungling” of the present admin
istration.
He advocated a five-point program
for national defense, declaring
“first, we must decide what we are
going to defend.”
Rearmament Board .Urged.
He said a nonpartisan board must
be named to direct the program of
rearmament, the administration
“must remove Socialists, Commun
ists and fellow travelers” from of
fice, the administration must aban
don its war on business and “our
national morale must be revitalized.”
A storm broke in the meeting of
the Democratic State Executive
Committee yesterday over charges
that Mayor Maury Maverick of San
Antonio, a former House member, is
a Communist.
Mr. Maverick, an ardent third
term advocate, Is leading an effort
to have the convention instruct for
President Roosevelt.
Assailed As Communist.
Committeeman Fred Rucker of
San Antonio, in filing a protest
against seating the Bexar County
delegation headed by Mr. Maverick,
said the San Antonio Mayor is the
“No. 1 Communist of Texas” and
that he had a bagful of proofs.
Mr. Rucker has announced a
candidate for United States Senator
against Tom Connally.
Mr. Maverick was not present at
the State Committee meeting, but
appeared at a meeting of the Cre
dentials Committee, where he de
nounced any man who charged him
with being a Communist as “a cow
ard and a liar.”
New Mexico Delegation
Pledged to Roosevelt
By the Associated Pres*
SANTA FE, N. Mex., May 28.—
New Mexico Democrats unanimous
ly Instructed their delegation to
the national convention to cast its
six votes for President Roosevelt for
a third term if he wishes one.
The delegation will be composed
of Gov. John Miles, Senators Hatch
and Chavez, Representative Demp
sey and one person each from the
State’s nine Judicial districts. Its
six votes will be bound by the unit
rule, and will go to President
Roosevelt so long as his name is be
fore the convention.
Florida Democrats Vote
In Runoff Primary Today
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 38
UP).—Florida Democrats will nomi
nate a United States senator, a
governor, a representative in Con
gress, an attorney general and a
State treasurer in a run-off primary
today.
U. S. Senator Charles O. Andrews
of Orlando was opposed for renomi
nation for a six-year term by Rail
road Commissioner Jerry W. Carter
of Tallahassee.
State Senator Spessard L. Holland
of Bartow and Francis P. Whitehair,
Deland attorney, sought the nomina
tion for governor. Mr. Holland led
the ticket and Mr. Whitehair was
second among 11 candidates in the
first primary May 7.
Robert Sikes, Crestview newspaper
publisher, and Parkhill Mays, for
mer State legislator from Montlcello,
vied for nomination as representa
tive from the third (Northwest
Florida) district to succeed Repre
sentative Millard Caldwell, who did
not seek re-election.
National defense, old-age pensions
and State affairs were the chief is
sues in the senatorial and guberna
torial campaigns.
Expulsion of Trotsky
From Mexico Sought
Br the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, May 28.— Expul
sion of Leon Trotsky, exiled Com
munist leader, was sought today
by the Nationalist Association, a
conservative political organization,
and by the National Youth Con
federation, with4 assertions that his
presence constituted a “constant
danger” for the nation.
An attempt was made to machine
gun Trotsky and his wife at their
suburban villa last Saturday.
Neither was hit.
FLOWER SHOW ATTRACTIVE—Mrs. Ralph Dewhlrst of Country Club Park, Md., admires some
of the blossoms on exhibit at Jesup Blair Community House during the East Sligo Valley Garden
Club’s first show yesterday. —Star Staff Photo.
War Gaines Reveal
'Tragic' Weakness,
Says Gen. Brees
Stntor Officers Criticized,
Enlisted Men Praised
For Work in Maneuvers
By tb« AaaoeUUd Prow.
CAMP BEAUREGARD, I A., May
38.—In a critical review of the
Army’s greatest peacetime maneu
vers, MaJ. Gen. H. J. Brees reported
to assembled officers yesterday that
had the concentration been on a
larger scale similar to what might
be expected by general mobilization,
"they might have bogged down.”
Gen. Brees, commander of the
8th Corps Area and chief maneuvers
control officer, criticized senior of
ficers and praised enlisted men in
his far-reaching report to about
4,000 fellow officers nuking ready
to return to home stations.
"If results would not have been
so tragic,” he said, “some of the so
called attacks without use of sup
porting weapons were so absurd as
to be farcical In most cases the
fault lies with our senior officers.”
Gen. Brees said one of the "im
portant objectives" of further ma
neuvers planned for August in four
Army areas would be to eliminate
difficulties encountered here and to
perfect concentration.
In praising the soldiers who took
part in the war games, Gen. Brees
said:
"Our non-commissioned officers
are the backbone of our Army. They
acted on their own—intelligently,
with initiative, with a keen and com
plete understanding of what it was
all about and of what they were
trying to do. My hat is off to our
enlisted men, be he private, corporal
or sergeant.
‘‘There should be no question but
that maneuvers of this scale, and
even larger, should be held yearly.”
The general also criticized dis
inclination of the infantry to take
the field when there were no trucks
to ride in, lack of liaison between
forces, inadequate use of aviation
observation and many other defi
ciencies of the Army at present.
“X regret to say there were re
ports of commanders of all grade
failing to play the game," he added.
‘‘There was a general striking dis
inclination to move across country.
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resulted instances of friendly troops
firing into each other.
“We should have large increases
in our armored vehicles. We need
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force. We seem to have forgotten
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Democrats Will Name
Roosevelt Again
Montana Senator, Also
Presidential Possibility,
Reverses Earlier Belief
Reversing his previous belief that
President Roosevelt would not ac
cept a third-term nomination, Sen
ator Wheeler, Democrat, of Mon
tana, and a presidential possibility
himself, returned from a Western
trip today to predict that the party
will again select Mr. Roosevelt as
its standard bearer in November.
"Every move made recently would
indicate very definitely that the
President will not only be nomi
nated at the Chicago convention,
but that he will accept the nomina
tion for a third term,” Senator
Wheeler said.
Tying his prediction in with the
crisis in Europe, Senator Wheeler
added:
“Because of the war hysteria now
sweeping the country I find many
Republicans who have bitterly op
posed his renomination and election
saying they would support him
against any Republican who may
be named.”
second Place Talk Heard.
Reports have bobbed up in po
litical circles here in the past that
some of the New Dealers would not
be averse to Seenator Wheeler as
the vice presidential candidate. In
addition to his established record
as a progressive, he stands well
with other faction! in the party
because of his independence in op
posing some New Deal ventures,
notably the Supreme Court enlarge
ment fight and Government reor
ganisation power.
Senator Wheeler indorsed the
strengthening of America’s defenses
but sounded a warning against stir
ring up war fever or going too far
in curbing civil liberties
“Many people,” he said, “are be
ginning to see Hitler agents, sa
boteurs and others who want to
destroy our Government around
every corner, the same as they did
after we got into the orld War. It
is much easier to work up a war
hysteria now than it was from 1914
to 1916, for the reason that the
people of this country are over
whelmingly against Hitler, whereas
before, up to the time we got into
the war, there was not the preju
dice against the German govern
ment that exists now.
Fears Uncontrolled Hysteria.
“I am wholeheartedly in favor of
building airplanes or anything else
that may be necessary for the de
fense of this nation, but I think it
is a serious mistake to whip this
country into an hysteria where no
one can control the direction it may
take once it gets started.
“It should be remembered that
Hitler came into power with the
idea he would suppress labor and
the so-called radicals. Before he
got througjj he suppressed and sent
to concentration camps many of
the men who put him in office.
With the object lesson before us of
what the dictators in Europe did
we should be careful about talking
of suppressing free speech or free
assemblage, remembering that they
are among the most precious liber
ties guaranteed by the Constitution
of the United States.
"Let’s ferret out the spies If they
exist, but in doing so let's not ruin
the character of innocent people by
calling them Nazi agents because
they disagree with us.”
Dr. Carrel Back in U. S.
NEW YORK, May 28 (/P) —Dr
Alexis Carrel, co-inventor with Col.
Charles A. Lindberg of the “me
chanical heart,” arrived yesterday in
the liner Champlain to do war re
search work, after a year’s absence
in Europe. He said he would study
treatment of wound infections.
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Mrs. Sweet Wins First
In Sligo Flower Show
A display of flowers entered by
Mrs. James E. Sweet, 1410 Flower
avenue, won first honors at the
show held by the East Sligo Valley
Garden Club yesterday In the Jesup
Blair Community House, Silver
Spring, Md.
The display of iris and artemesia
was one of 17 entered at the club’s
first show by Individuals from the
East Sligo Valley area. The judge
was Mrs. John H. Ihlder of George
town. W. H. Youngman, garden
editor of The Evening Star, spoke
on the function of garden clubs in
beautifying residential areas.
Mrs. John Dean was in charge of
arrangements. Mrs. Armand La
Vaute is club president. The next
meeting will be held in the center
June 17.
Woodridge Gardeners Hold
Flower Arranging Contest
As a preliminary to their annual
rose and peony show, the Wood
ridge Garden Club staged a flower
arrangement* contest last night in
the Sherwood Church Hall, Rhode
Island avenue and Twenty-second
street NJ5.
Outstanding winner was Mrs.
Prank E. Burgess of 4012 Twenty
second street NH., who was awarded
six blue ribbons and two special
prizes for her arrangement of spring
flowers. Her points totaled 54.
Mrs. Burgess was awarded a crys
tal bowl donated by Mrs. Pulton
Lewis for winning the most blue
ribbons and a second bowl for the
best arrangement of flowers done
within a limited time.
To Mrs. Mathilde K. Bartlett of
4511 Argyle Terrace N.W., went a
blue ribbon for her arrangement of
grouped iris in Japanese style on a
flat bowl.
Other winners were Mrs. Freeman
Weiss, 3223 Vista street N.E.,
grouped iris with flamingo in a sil
ver platter: Mrs. H. A. Linger, 2930
Carlton avenue N.E., miniature class
under three inches with forget-me
nots and baby doll roses.
Prof. A. S. Thurston of the Uni
versity of Maryland, Mrs. Charles
Bittinger and Mrs. Dion S. Blmey
were the judges.
Monday has been set as the date
of the large rose and peony show of
the Garden Club. It also will be
held in the church hall.
Danish Service Resumed
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Mexican Oil Workers
Expected to Fight
Economy Order
Cardenas Asks Wage Cuts
And Fewer Jobs to Pay
For Expropriation
By the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, May 28 —Mexi
co’s powerful Petroleum Workers’
Union of 18,000 members was ex
pected today to oppose a sweeping
new wage-cutting, Job-eliminating
economy program announced for the
Mexican oil industry last night by
President Lazaro Cardenas.
The President mapped a program
of complete reorganization of the
industry in order to get funds to pay
“Just’’ indemnities for the foreign
owned oil properties expropriated in
March, 1938.
The government oil administra
tion was ordered to carry out the
program “with the greatest possible
speed.” It provides for elimination
of all unnecessary Jobs, reduction of
wages of all employes making more
than 100 pesos (about $116) a
month, elimination of all overtime
work and wages except in emerg
ency, and reduction of number of
temporary workers.
Furthermore, the administration
was ordered to create no new jobs
and to cease Ailing vacanies wher
ever possible.
■Hie President appealed to the
Petroleum Workers’ Union to sup
port his program, but nevertheless
sources close to the union predicted
it would oppose it.
The union is on record with a
request for an increase in wages
and for transfer of the management
of the oil industry to union repre
sentatives.
Newspaper Advertising
Above 1939 Levels
Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHICAGO, May 28.—The volume
of advertising placed by retailers in
the newspapers of 80 leading cities
for the week ended May 18 totaled
21,766.974 lines, Advertising Age, na
tional advertising newspaper, re
ported today.
This is an Increase of more than
800,000 lines over the 20,949,738 lines
carried during the corresponding
week of last year, a gain of 3.9 per
cent.
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