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G. 0. P. Platform Unit
To Meet Next Week
To Begin Work
Democratic Convention
Due to Be Cut and Dried,
With Roosevelt Running
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
While candidates for the Repub
lican presidential nomination were
engaged over the week end in a
drive for delegates, party chieftains
were preparing for the real opening
of their national conclave, when
the prospective Committee on Plat
form meets a week from tomorrow
in Philadelphia.
It is the G. O. P. leaders’ in
tention to have all preliminary
work on the party platform com
pleted by the time the convention
assembles June 24. Nearly all
members of the platform—or reso
lutions—committee have been des
ignated. From all accounts they
are an outstanding group of Re
publicans, representing each State
and Territory and the District.
Former Gov. Landon of Kansas,
the Republican standard bearer in
1936, is expected to represent his
State on the Platform Committee.
Col. Frank Knox, the vice presiden
tial candidate with Mr. Landon four
years ago, may also be a member
of the committee.
Committee Members.
At least three present and two
former Senators will be on the
Platform Committee, which Chair
man Hamilton of the Republican
National Committee will ask to
meet in Philadelphia June 17. The
Senators are Lodge of Massachu
setts, Townsend of Delaware and
Thomas of Idaho—who succeeded
the late Senator Borah. The for
mer Senators are George Wharton
Pepper of Pennsylvania and Walter
Edge of New Jersey. There have
been rumors that Mr. Pepper may
be picked as chairman of the com
mittee, or perhaps Henry L. Fletcher
of Rhode Island, or perhaps Mr.
Landon might be given the task.
Two or three or more members
of the Glenn Frank committee will
also be named. Tins will mean that
the Program Committee, whose re
port is expected to be a basis for
much of the Republican platform,
will have a voice.
Third Term Acceptance Seen.
On the Democratic side it was
definitely said in informed quar
ters that President Roosevelt has
determined to accept a third term
nomination—although he has made
no formal statement. Unless he
changes his mind before the con
vention meets July 15 in Chicago
he will be renominated and will
run.
The Committee on Arrangements
for the Democratic National Con
vention will be announced tomor
row by National Chairman Farley.
The committee has still more than
a month in which to complete ar
rangements for the convention.
However, it is pretty definitely
agreed that Senate Democratic lead
er Barkley of Kentucky will be
named for permanent chairman
of the convention. In the 1932 and
1936 conventions Senator Barkley
was keynote speaker—temporary
chairman.
Several prominent Democrats
have been mentioned in connection
with the job of keynoter for the
coming convention, among them
Speaker Bankhead of Alabama, Sen
ator Byrnes of South Carolina and
Attorney General Jackson of New
York. It is rumored, however, that
both Speaker Bankhead and Sen
ator Byrnes are inclined to hold off,
on the theory that they may be
candidates for the vice presiden
tial nomination—with President
Roosevelt at the head of the ticket.
Indeed, Speaker Bankhead is the
favorite-son candidate of Alabama
for the presidential nomination, al
though it is well understood that
Alabama will fall in line immedi
ately for the renomination of Pres
ident Roosevelt if the latter will
run. Senator Byrnes has been put
forward as the President’s choice
for a running mate, although there
has been no official confirmation
cf this.
Byrnes an Efficient Leader.
Senator Byrnes, one of the ad
ministration's most efficient sup
porters in Congress, has been able
to get legislation through the Sen
ate particularly desired by the Pres
ident. It is figured that if he be
came Vice President he would con
tinue to achieve similar results.
However, there are those Democrats
who say the nomination of Sen
ator Byrnes for Vice President
might alienate the Negro vote in
Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and
New York—a vote upon which the
Democrats are counting and which
they had in 1932 and again in 1936
In large numbers.
Other possible Democratic nomi
nees for Vice President are Senator
Wheeler of Montana. Federal Se
curity Administrator McNutt—
Franklin D. and Paul V. would make
an alliterative ticket. If the Presi
dent runs, however, he is expected
to name the second man, whoever
he may be. There has been some
talk of Justice Douglas of the Su
preme Court for the place.
The Republican National Commit
tee has been called to meet in
Philadelphia June 19. primarily to
hear delegate contest cases for
Florida, Louisiana. Mississippi, South
Carolina and in Alaska. There are
also six contests for district dele
gates in other States.
From Florida and Mississippi both
will come three separate sets of dele
gates. All are uninstructed. Some
of them, however, are counted for
Senator Taft of Ohio, for whom a
great deal of work has been done
among the Republicans of the
Southern States.
Republican Delegates.
Delegates to the Republican con
vention have been instructed to vote
for seven candidates. They are Dis
trict Attorney Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, Senator Taft, Han
ford McNider, former Assistant Sec
retary of War, of Iowa; Senator
Vandenberg of Michigan, Senayir
McNary of Oregon, Gov. James of
Pennsylvania and Senator Capper
of Kansas.
There are other possible candi
dates. Among them, Senator Bridges
of New Hampshire, former Presi
dent Hoover of California, House
Republican Leader Martin of Mas
sachusetts, Wendell L. Willkie of
Indiana, president of the Common
wealth & Southern Corp.; Gov.
Bricker of Ohio and Frank Gannett,
newspaper publisher, of New York.
On the theory that the convention
will be tied into a bow knot by the
supporters of Mr. Dewey and Sen
ators Taft and Vandenberg, sup
porters of these candidates are
hopeful their man may win. A good
deal of quiet work is being done
Allies' Resistance Undergoing
Severe Test, Maj. Eliot Says
Question Now Is Whether They Can Stop
Mobile Forces That Broke Left Flank
By MAJ. GEORGE FIELDING
ELIOT.
We are now about to see a most
important test of the ability of the
Allies to offer really effective re
sistance to the new German tech
nique of mobile warfare. After
heavy fighting, a German armored
force has broken through the Allied
fine on the Bresle River, and has
driven through to the vicinity of
Forges-Les-Eaux, described in re
ports of a “small spa,” which is true
enough, but also a most important
rail and road junction. It com
mands the broad Valle de Bray, and
its continued possession by the Ger
mans would mean that they had
successfully turned the French po
sitions in the Upper Bresle Valley
and on the high ground centering
about Aumale.
This technique of penetration to
the rear by armored elements was
carried out by the Germans with
astonishing success during the cam
paign in Picardy and Flanders. It
is, of course, true, as pointed out
then, that they cannot hold ground
to any extent by themselves; but
they were always successfully fol
lowed up by “Schutzen” battalions
—infantry in armored carriers—who
managed to cling to key positions
until motorized infantry and artil
lery could arrive in sufficient force
to consolidate the points required
to be held.
Much Depends on Outcome.
The French report that this force
at Forges-Les-Eaux consists of
tanks and armored cars only, and
that it is surrounded and will be
destroyed; that it has not been fol
lowed up by infantry, and that save
for this single infiltration, the Bresle
line is holding. If this is so, we
should soon know it. It is, as stated
above, a test case on the outcome
of which much may depend.
Meanwhile, it is becoming clear
that the French have lost posses
sion of most of the lower Somme
from Ham to the sea, and that the
Germans are battering away with
some success at the French positions
in the Oise valley, where their main
drive has long been expected. Here
they are reported as having reached
Carlepont, a road junction about
five kilometers southeast of the
important city of Noyon. This drive
may be headed for Compiegne,
which lies at the junction of the
Rivers Aisne and Oise and is a
most important road center. We
may be about to see another Ger
man attempt to forge a chain of
rear positions behind the French
left wing, just as was done in their
May advance down the Somme val
ley to Amiens and Abbeville. This
chain might extend from Com
piegne to Beauvais, Gournay and
so to Forges-Les-Eaux. A great
deal, therefore, depends on how well
the French have solved the problem
of checking, surrounding and de
stroying these fast-moving German
armored columns.
Meanwhile both French and Brit
ish reports suggest that the Ger
man infantry now being used on
the Somme front is not of first
line quality. The Germans have
about 90 infantry divisions of fully
trained soldiers, and 30 to 50 others
largely composed of men of the
so-called ‘‘lost classes,” those who
missed their regular two years’
service between 1919 and 1935, in
which latter year universal service
was resumed in Germany. Some of
these men have had special training
courses of eight weeks’ duration be
tween 1935 and 1939; others have
now for Gov. Bricker, who cannot
become a candidate as long as Sen
ator Taft is in the running. A
good deal more open work is being
done for Mr. Willkie, whose stock
is reported to have been soaring,
despite the fact that if he is
nominated, his Democratic opponent
will be in a position to say: “At
last the Republican party has defi
nitely admitted it is the party of
the big interests.”
If Roosevelt Runs.
If President Roosevelt runs, as is
now predicted, the Democratic con
vention will be a cut-and-dried affair
—as it was in 1936 There are some
Democrats so strongly opposed to a
third-term nomination for any man
they will not attend the convention,
they say, as delegates or onlookers.
What Vice President Garner will do
is a question. It has been hinted
he will go back to his Texas home,
if Congress adjourns before the
convention.
A main jod or tne Kepuoucan
Platform Committee will be the draft
of a foreign affairs platform. It
seems reasonably sure the Repub
licans will take a strong position
for adequate and increased national
defense. They will harshly criticize
the Roosevelt administration for not
building up the Army, although It
knew, as has been claimed, that war
was sure to come in Europe. There
will be some Republicans who de
mand that the platform take a stand
against American entry into the
present conflict, and others who will
demand that something be said
about aiding the French and British
in their fight against Germany.
Much will depend on the situation
in Europe when the convention
meets.
Senator Bridges’ friends insist that
he will have at least 40 delegate
votes, when the balloting begins,
from New Hampshire his own State,
and from eight or nine other States.
Last night the race looked to lie
between Senator Taft and Mr.
Dewey. But party leaders insist
there had been no crystallization of
sentiment and that “anything may
happen."
been called up since the war, some
for training as combat troops,
others for supply and administra
tive services. Probably a good many
more divisions are now under train
ing in Germany, but can hardly be
considered effective units for some
time to come.
First Line Held Back.
If second-line infantry is now be
ing thrown in on the Somme, the
conclusion is inescapable that first
line troops are being held back for
a decisive blow after the French
position and new Weygand methods
have been thoroughly tested out by
troops whose losses will not be se
verely felt; British military experts
are reported as saying that "the
Germans may not yet have delivered
their main attack.”
Of course this main attack may
not come on this particular front at
all. Heavy German artillery fire be
tween Rethel and Attigny suggests
the possibility of a German offen
sive in Champagne, which would
outflank the line of the Aisne and,
if it gained ground to the south
and developed strength on its left,
might threaten the Maginot Line
proper with envelopment from the
west, though here the wooded
heights of the Meuse-Argonne (well
remembered by many an American
soldier) offer heavy going for ar
mored troops as well as infantry.
It is also possible that the Ger
mans are assembling troops for
operations on a wholly new front—
one in which they could be directly
supported by the Italians. Such a
German attack might come through
Switzerland (though the Germans
might hesitate to add the well
armed and sturdy Swiss Army to
their enemies) or it might come
across the Rhine north of the Swiss
frontier. Here it would, it is true,
run into strong French defense posi
tions: but these might simultane
ously be threatened by an Italian
push across the Alps. The fact is
that the French' do not have enough
troops to meet all these threats
simultaneously, and unless they can
get more support from the British
than now seems possible, they are
going to find themselves in serious
difficulties for front-line units, not
to speak of reserves for counter-at
tack purposes. These difficulties will
be less, of course, if Italy continues
non-belligerent: but even so the
Italian frontier cannot be left un
guarded.
Question Is Aimed Air Power.
That this is recognized in Britain
is indicated by the reports of vigor
ous efforts to rearm and re-equip
the veteran divisions of the B. E. F.
rescued from Flanders and by the
conference reported between Gen.
Weygand and Lt. Gen. Pownall,
Viscount Gort’s chief of staff. It is
to be especially noted that the
greater part of the German rear
areas in the Somme offensive are
within reach of R. A. F. planes
based in England, which have been
operating vigorously against Ger
man communications and columns.
This is of great importance. An air
force thus securely based on the
flank of a theater of operations can
be a serious threat to all movement
within that theater. The necessary
division of the Royal Air Force (by
far the larger of the two Allied air
forces) between the western front
and the air defense of Great Britain
was a source of weakness to the
Allies in resisting the first German
push; any situation in which the
planes in England can intervene
with telling effect is one to give the
Allied high command a considerable
advantage. The only question is
whether the Allies have enough air
power, all told, to make the best
use of this position. They do seem
to possess quite a little more free
dom of action in the air than a
month ago.
Gen. Weygand's adaptation of
the well-known principles of the
“elastic defense" to the conditions
he now has to face appears so far
to be working very well. If he
proves that he has solved the prob
lem of mopping up the infiltrating
armored forces of the Germans,
there will begin to be a gleam oi
hope for the Allies; a hope whose
fulfillment would be stabilization of
the front. A definite check to
further German advances, a denial
of the German bid for a quick vic
tory—and time for the immense re
sources of the Allies to be slowly
converted into fighting power, on
land and in the air.
We are very far from this point
as yet. We have no ground for
undue optimism as to Allied suc
cess. I can only repeat that Maxime
Weygand has shown himself in the
past to be one of those great cap
tains of history to whom miracles
are possible. If he now has the
means, he may achieve another
miracle. If the means are lacking,
the genius of Weygand may be
able to do no more than the genius
of Napoleon on much the same
ground in 1814. But of the means
he has, we must add, Weygand
will make the best possible use.
If any man can save France, he
will do it.
<Copyri»ht. 1040. by New York
Tribune. Inc.)
Snow Stops Movie Men
JACKSON, Wyo., .June 8 (£").—A
June snowstorm In the Jackson Hole
country stopped the cameras of a
Hollywood film troup on location
today, so Wallace Beery went fish
ing on Jackson Lake. Beery is star
of the production.
Between two and four inches of
snow fell in the Jackson Hole region.
Losses in War at Sea
By the Associated Press.
The following “box score” lists sea warfare losses reported during
the 40th week of the war, from June 2 to June 8, inclusive:
-Bunk by —-—
Bubs Other or
Planes. Unknown Known
Warships. Mines. Causes , Tonnaje. Dead. Miss In*.
Britain _ 29 0 1 (X)23,886 9 16
France _-_....._... 6 0 0 9,557 0 0
Germany .—- 0 0 2 13,668 0 0
Netherlands _ 1 0 0 9,338 0 0
Norway _ 1 0 0 1,488 20 0
Greece ___— 1 0 0 1,040 0 0
Totals . 38 0 3 58,977 29 16
Previously reported .266 157 182 2,007,537 4,196 2,091
Grand total .304 157 185 2,066,514 4,225 2,107
(X) Tonnage of seven British ships unknown.
Losses by nations (includes naval vessels).
Britain—309; France—32; Germany—60; Norway—68; Sweden—45;
Netherlands—35; Denmark—30; Greece—23; Finland—12; Belgium—7;
Italy—7; Estonia—6; Lithuania—3; Yugoslavia—2; Soviet—1; Argen
tina—1; Poland—1; Rumania—1; Japan—1; Latvia—l; Spain—1. Total
—646,
4 *
Stocks Dwindling,
Shortage Hits Reich,
England Is Told
'Stolen' Supplies Small
Compared, to Needs, Says
Economic War chief
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 8.—Dr. Hugh
Dalton, Minister of Economic War
fare, told the British people in a
broadcast tonight that “streak* of
shortage are spreading like wales
( welts) across the economic body of
Germany.”
Britain’s economic warfare, Dr.
Dalton said, is forcing Germans to
live on accumulated stocks and “in
this colossal effort she is expending
them, eating into them at a tre
mendous rate.
Stolen Stocks Small.
“She can never replace them now
and stocks that Hitler has stolen
by his marauding expeditions in
Denmark, Norway and the Low
Countries are very small compared
with his vast needs.”
Hitler, he saio, has not improved
Germany’s economic position by in
vading Denmark, and the Low Coun
tries. He pointed out that these
countries depended on imports.
Hitler “may plunder enough from
the enslaved little countries to feed
his hungry people during this sum
mer,” Dr. Dalton said, “but as
summer turns into autumn he begins
to lose many of the normal exports
from these countries into Germany.
“Hitler and his advisers will put
on solemn faces when they speak
of oil.”
Cut Off From Key Supplies.
The Allies have virtually cut off
the Germans from rubber, ferro
alloys, oilseeds, cotton and wool, all
key war supplies, Dr. Dalton said.
He declared Germany’s supply of
oil from Rumania and Russia has
been “very disappointing."
“Let us never forget *he difficul
ties of Germany,” Dr. Dalton said.
“Germans cannot hope to win a
long war. In the long run we shall
get them down. Their only hope is
to win a short war and that we shall
not let them do ”
Wisconsin's Democrats
Favor Third Term
Bj the Associated Press.
GREEN BAY, Wis.. June 8 —The
Democratic State Convention in
dorsed President Roosevelt for a
third term today, voted unani
mously for an open primary in the
September election and adopted a
report of its Nominations Commit
tee proposing 24 candidates for
State and national offices.
Among the list of names sug
gested were some who had the per
sonal backing of delegates, but had
given no indication they would be
on the party’s primary ticket.
In this category was John A.
Cudahy. Ambassador to Belgium,
who was proposed to oppose the re
election of Senator La Follette,
veteran Wisconsin Progressive. Mr.
Cudahy was one of the six candi
dates recommended for the sena
torial race.
Readers' Guide
and
News Summary
The Sunday Star, June 9, 1940.
PART ONE.
Main News Section.
National.
President not to ask more defense
funds this session. Page A-l
Gen. Pershing urges “unlimited”
arms be sent Allies. Page B-8
Proposal to use Nation"! Guard only
in U. S. rejected. Page B-8
Defense jobs to push U. S. worker
total to 1,000,000. Page A-7
Army unprepared for conscript
training program. Page A-l
Foreign.
Million Nazis, 3,500 tanks hurl
French back. Page A-l
Pushing down path to Paris, Ger
mans claim. Page A-l
Fascists threaten 5-to-l reprisal for
city bombings. Page A-3
French reported willing to cede Cor
sica to Italy. Page A-l
Shortages grip Reich, economic war
chief tells Britain. Page A-2
Sinking of armed merchant cruiser
announced by British. Page A-l
Washington and Vicinity.
Arlington to carry Lee boulevard
case to higher court. Page B-l
Engineering regulation bill before
House tomorrow. Page B-l
Miscellaneous.
Travel. Pages B-6-7
Obituary. PageA-10
PART TWO.
Editorial.
Editorial articles. Pages C-l-3
Editorial and comment. Page .C-2
News features. Pages C-4-5
John Clagett Proctor. Page C-6
Civic news. Page C-6
Serial story. Page C-6
Cross-word puzzle. Page C-7
Fraternal news. Page C-7
Educational. Page C-9
Automobiles. Page C-10
Vital statistics. Page C-12
PART three.
Society.
Society news. Pages D-l-8
Well-known folks. Page D-3
Future debutantes. Page D-5
In service society. Page D-6
Barbara Bell pattern. Page D-8
Women’s clubs. Page D-9
PART FOUR;
Sports.
Sarazen, in stirring finish, ties
Little in open. Page E-l
Nats good comedians in losing to
Chisox, 6-12. Page E-2
All favorites advance in Star’s men’s
net event. Page E-3
New harness race starting device
stops scoring. Page E-4
Strange device sets filly pace by
Delaware win. Page E-5
Classified advertis
ing. Pages E-6-18
PART FIVE.
Features.
Amusements. Pages F-l-2-3
Art notes. Page F-4
Music. Page F-4
Radio programs. Pages F-5-6
Books. Page F-7
Stamps. Page F-8
In bridge circles. Page F-8
Dick Mansfield. Page F-8
Kennel news. Page F-8
The Junior Star. Page F-9
I
Social Workers Ask
Advances in America
Not Be Sacrificed
|
Petition Urges U. S.
Be Content to Defend
Only Its Own Shores
A petition signed by more than
1,000 social workers throughout the
country was presented to President
Roosevelt yesterday asking that so
cial welfare advances in the United
States not be sacrificed to the cause
of rearmament and that this coun
try be content to defend its own
shores.
The petition, signed at the recent
National Conference of Social
Workers in Grand Rapids, Mich.,
was presented at the White House
by Prank Bancroft, editor of Social
Work Today, publication of the
conference. He was accompanied by
Miss Mary E. Holzman of the
Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, Miss
Constance Kyle of the Community
Service Society of New York City
and Miss Clara Rabinowitz of the
Jewish Family Welfare Society of
Brooklyn.
In an interview yesterday after
noon Mr. Bancroft said the petition !
contained the following observa-!
tions and recommendations:
1. Today’s crisis does not lessen,
but increases, the need for adequate
programs of unemployment relief,
social security, labor, consumer and
minority group protective legisla
tion, legislation to insure the exer
cise of the franchise by all Amer
ican citizens of voting age and ex
pansion of public health services.
2. Wars in Europe and Asia sup
ply no real economic basis for the
discontinuance or reduction of any
of the public and private social serv
ices now being offered the American
people. Funds should not be di
verted from support of these serv
ices into military channels.
3. Existing social and civil serv
ices should not be geared into a
military program.
4. The most earnest consideration
should be given to effective legisla
tion for taxing the profit out of war.
5. Civil rights should be zealously
guarded.
6. The United States must avoid
having an economic stake in the
present hostilities.
7. The United States should never
fight a foreign war but be content
to defend its own soil only.
District Youth to Tell
Of Search for Jobs
Experiences of youths in Wash
ington in their efforts to find em-'
ployment will be outlined to a
panel of leaders at a meeting to be
held tomorrow at 8 p.m. at the Y.
W. C. A.. Seventeenth and K streets
NW. The panel will include Ar
thur Miller, director of the Na
tional Youth Administration for the
District; Miss Marie Curley of the
District Employment Center; E. A.
Drumm of the Young Men’s Chris
tian Association; Miss Dorothy
Height and Miss Phyllis Wheat
ley of the Young Women’s Chris
tian Association and Hugo Wolter
of the Council of Social Agencies.
Officers of the Youth Council
will be elected. Nominees are How
ard Ennes and Charles Odell for
chairman; Thelma Dale, vice chair
man; Margaret Ostrove, secretary,
and Frances Beacock, treasurer.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is sched
uled to be toastmistress at a Youth
Council dinner at the Y. W. C. A. at
8 p.m. Friday. Speakers will in
clude Senator Murray of Montana
and John P. Davis of Washing
ton, executive secretary of the Na
tional Negro Congress.
A youth legislature will be con
ducted at the Y. W. C. A. Satur
day to consider a wide range of
youth problems, outline a course of
action to support the American
Youth Act and to discuss jobs, peace,
civil liberties and education. Ses
sions will be held from 2 to 5 and
from 7 to 10 pm.
Four Beaten in Fight
Over'Pacifist' Pamphlets
By the Associated Press.
GLENWOOD, Ark., June 8 —Four
men were beaten late today in a
street fight here by a group of Glen
wood residents who, Sheriff W. E.
Branch said, objected to the con
tents of pamphlets the men and a
woman companion attempted to dis
tribute among the Saturday shop
ping crowds.
The sheriff said the Glenwood
residents interpreted the pamphlets
to be “un-American literature’’ and
attacked the distributors when they
refused to leave town.
The men and the woman, the
sheriff added, identified themselves
as members of a religious sect. He
said the pamphlets were of a
pacifist nature.
Arboretum Being Developed
As Serene, Beautiful 'Isle'
Ground Work Now Important
In Building for the Future
(See Today’s Gravure Section for Arboretum Pictures.)
By FREDERIC A. DELANO,
Chairman. Advisory Council of the National
Arboretum
The location of an arboretum in
a national capital suggests various
distinctions and excellences that
might not be so keenly expected of
other arboreta, These character
istics must be looked for In relation
to the city where it lies and to the
public that it is to serve. Washing
tonians are justifiablv proud of the
study that has gone into their city
plan and are interested also in the
care with which that plan is being
correlated to the Metropolitan Area
as a whole and the flow of traffic
that passes through or about the
city from our neighDo: States. Both
of these things affect the National
Arboretum, which is located within
the District, but far enough away
from its center that it need not
suffer from metropolitan congestion.
One great stream of motor traffic
passes its boundaries on the west, a
line of railroad traffic flows past it
on the north, a great projected park
way lies to the east, with the Ana
costia River flowing through it.
Eventually M street, which bounds
it on the south, will carry another
artery of traffic, and an avenue com
ing up from the Capitol itself will
impinge upon this border. The ini
tial area allocated to the arboretum
lies, therefore, like a serene and
peaceful island, easilv reached from
all directions, but not disturbed by
the business of the passing world.
As- one stands in the arboretum on
Hickory Hill and looks west across
the valley toward Mount Hamilton,
only the sound of distant traffic re
minds one that the city is near.
Slowly there is emerging in this
island where the botanist and
forester will go to study, the geneti
cist to make his cross pollinations,
the horticulturist* to learn plant ma
terials, the amateur gardener to
study for his own personal garden
problems and the general public to
enjoy the wonders of nature. A sys
tem of walks, paths and roadways
that will make every’ portion of the
area quickly accessible in emergency
and slowly available to the visitor
who must abandon all ideas of speed
here or else belie his intentions f
Beauty Developed.
Of the original projected area
little remains to be acauired. Several
small gardens, lawns, pastures and
meadows are now all consolidated
representing small wooded areas.
Great fields have been carefully
studied and drained where need be
and enriched yeai by jear with crops
of rye and clover in winter and cow
peas in summer. Wood lots which
had had no care for years have been
freed from mountains of honey
suckle. endless oners, excessive
growth of wild cherry and locust and
finally cleared of deao trees and in
jured specimens. Through the
marshy spots now runs a clear
stream and in the wet valley are
three ponds, in two ol which this
year waterlilies will unfold and re
flect the beauties of the waterlily
gardens incorporated in the National
Park System across the Anacostia
valley.
There are as yet no buildings to
meet the permanent future needs of
this arboretum. The permanent
buildings will be located at various
points in the property according to
their uses, the administration build
ing and herbarium on a knoll over
looking the Biltimore pike, service
buildings on the north property
lines, a superintendent’s group near
M street at Twenty-eighth street.
Today we have only the buildings of
the C. C. C., with the small office
where all visitors must report, the
necessary shops and sheds and some
temporary greenhouses where there
are now growing nearly 30.000 hybrid
azaleas to join the thousands already
in the nursery. All these together
will one day make an azalea display
that will equal those of our South
and create one more stop for the
winter pilgrims returning home in
the spring. And since most azaleas
flower when dogwood is at its best,
the future panorama startles even
the imagination.
Rows of Small Plants Thrive.
From these simple greenhouses
and frames it is no great step to
the nurseries, where row after row
of small plants are developing under
local conditions. To these have been
added during the last few months
large collections of Philadelphus
(mock orange), weigelias, deutzias
and cydonias. These last, varia
tions from the well-known flowering
quince, have been given great atten
tion of late and many fine new
varieties have recently been named
and introduced.
A group of over 50 Sargent cher
ries were transferred to the arbore
tum this year from the United States
Plant Introduction Garden at Glenn
Dale, Md. This uncommon flower
Tydings Forum Speaker
National Preparedness to Be Discussed
By Maryland Senator Tomorrow Night
National preparedness for both
the present and the future will be
discussed by Senator Tydings, Dem
ocrat, of Maryland in the National
Radio Forum tomorrow night.
The Forum is arranged by The
Star and is broadcast over a coast
to-coast network of the National
Broadcasting Co. It may be heard
locally through Station WMAL at
10:30 o'clock.
Senator Tydings, a member of the
Senate Appropriations and Naval
Affairs Committees, has been a sup
porter of an increased national de
fense, and has expressed confidence
that a great deal could be done
quickly toward speeding up produc
tion of necessary arms and mate
rials.
The Senator has been keenly in
terested in ways and means of pay
ing for the Nation’s defense pro
gram, and has frequently stressed
the importance of a strong “finan
cial front.”
In a recent speech, Senator Tyd
ings said that as soon as the funds
and methods are assured to put
the Army, Navy and air force in
condition for adequate defense, then
at the earliest moment Congress
should write a tax bill embodying
the “pay-as-you-go” policy as near
ly as it can be done, and thus put
the country’s financial defenses in
an equally strong condition.
Finances, the Senator holds, are
Important even if the United States
A
SENATOR TY DINGS.
—Underwood Photo.
escapes the conflict, because dT the
aftermath of woes that always fol
lows war.
Senator Tydings is a veteran of
the World War, having been pro
moted through the enllstqi ranks to
lieutenant colonel, and having been
awarded both the Distinguished
Service Medal and the Distinguished
Service Cross.
ing cherry from Northern Japan,
named for the late Ppf. Sargent of
Arnold Arboretum fame, is slow to
develop but makes a far larger tree
than most of the flowering cherries
and is as handsome in the autumn
leaf colorations as it is in the spring
with its masses of pale pink single
flowers.
On their way to the arboretum
are a group of California big trees,
small plants but with wonderful
possibilities. Their one forerunner
is a tree on the Capitol grounds, not
too happy or luxuriant. On the
cooler, steeper slopes available at
the arboretum it is hoped that they
may make good, and perhaps do
even better than some specimens of
the same “big tree” known farther
north. Nearby it is hoped to have
a comparable grove of Cun
ninghamias, another evergreen tree
somewhat uncommon here, though
beautifully grown in some of our
Gulf States From some of the
thousands of Japanese yew seedlings
it is hoped enough treelike forms
will be found t« make possible a
grove of that type, while at their
feet or nearby will be the collection
of all the special horticultural forms
of yew that have come to enrich
our modern gardens.
The question is often asked as to
whether it will not be possible in
this arboretum to show off the value
of ecologica' plant associations.
Doubtless much may be accom
plished along this line, but this i*
not the major purpose of the arbo
retum here and probably involves
too great and too constant an outlay
of money for successful maintenance.
At the moment it seems wisest to
plan the arboretum in such a way
that emphasis will fall upon three
or four major effects and scenic
displays and to correlate all the
necessary botanical groups in such
a way that they will grow well but
not dominate the scene.
Not to ptirsue the discussion too
long, it is most important to remem
ber the advice of the old gardener
who said that if one had $5 for one
tree, 50 cents should go for the
tree and the rest for the preparation
of the hole. The National Arbore
tum. with very little to spend, has
been working attentively on the
preparations for planting and we
are confident that 50 years from now
there will be no regrets.
____
Sneak Thief Gets $21.45
At Filling Station
A sneak thief last night took
$21.45 from the cash register of a
filling station on the northeast cor
ner at Twelfth and E streets N.W.
while two employes were busy serv
ing customers.
The man, police were told,
emptied the cash register while the
employes were outside the office.
The loss was discovered soon after
he left.
Rudolph Jackson, colored, of
Woodbridge, Va., an employe of a
Washington chain grocery store,
told police last night two colored
men snatched his pay envelope con
taining $20 as he was standing at
Fourteenth and S streets N.W.
A thief who followed Miss Mar
jorie Cline of 1426 Whittier street
N.W. robbed her of her pocketbook
last night after she alighted from a
bus in the 2500 block of Massa
chusetts avenue N.W. Miss Cline
said the colored man was on the
same bus and followed when she
got off. The purse contained $10
and personal effects valued at $6.
Mrs. Eunice O’Harra of 2515
Thirteenth street N.W. reported to
police last night that a thief forced
entry to her car parked in Anacostia
Park and made off with $11 and
rings valued at $100.
Ad Men to* Meet
The effect of the war in Europe
upon direct advertising in the West
ern Hemisphere will be discussed by
Thomas Quinn Beesley of Washing
ton. president of the National Coun
cil on Business Mail. Inc., (Juring the
convention of the Advertising Fed
eration of America June 23-27 in
Chicago. Eugene S. Robb, Wash
ington attorney, is to speak on “Ad
vertising’s Relations with Wash
ington.”
End New Deal War
On Business, Dewey
Demands of Roosevelt
G. 0. P. Aspirant Calls
For Ousting of Several
Cabinet Members
By the Associated Press.
WINSTON-SALEM. N. C„ Juna
8.—Recalling the adage that “a
house divided against itself can
not stand,” 'Hiomas E. Dewey called
on President Roosevelt tonight to
put an end to the “war by the New
Deal against the business and pro
ductive forces of this Nation” in
the face of a national emergency.
The candidate for the Republican
presidential nomination, in an ad
dress prepared for delivery at a Re
publican meeting here, declared:
“For seven years we have been
divided by a war at home. The
policies of our present administra
tion have been conceived in terms
of domestic warfare. It has been
a war by the New Deal against the
business and productive forces of
this Nation.
“We have a right,'* the speaker
continued, “to insist that the Presi
dent put an end to the war at home
and dismiss from his councils those
who waged that war. * • • With the
wounds of division healed • • •
we can turn our attention whole
heartedly to the problem of na
tional defense.”
The address was broadcast over a
national network.
Sees Blindness to Militarism.
Mr. Dewey said that while Ger
many began its regimentation in
preparation for war seven years
ago, the New Deal administration,
knowing of the progress of mili
tarism in the dictator countries,
“shut its eyes and occupied itself
with emergencies of its own crea
tion.”
“Meanwhile.” he continued, “it
spent nearly $60,000,000,000 of the
people's money. Of this total
$6,500,000,000 was spent for national
defense. Today we know how badly
that job was done. Now, in a state
of hysteria, without plan or direc
tion, the New Deal is trying to
make up in a few months the mis
takes of seven years.”
Mr. Dewey termed the adminis
tration the “fourth wall” of national
defense, and went on: “The cabinet
officers who personify the war on
business and the White House clique
who have been conducting that war
still retain their power and influence
in Washington. That is a national
tragedy. * * *
Calls for Oustings.
“Specifically, there is still in office
the Secretary of War, under whose
guidance our military preparedness
has been shockingly inadequate.
There is still in office the closest
adviser to the President, the Secre
tary of Commerce, our totally non
commercial Harry Hopkins—a man
who never ran a business and never
so much as made a shoelace in his
life.
"As Secretary of Labor there is
still in office the individual during
whose tenure labor has been split
asunder to the gravest injury of the
Nation as a whole and to the great
advantage of racketeers and Com
munists in the labor movement.
“These cabinet officers, among
others, are symbols of incompetence,
disunity and class hatred. Until
they are removed from public office
there can be no national unity.”
Anti-Aircraft Artillery
In Action in Paris Area
By the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 8.—Anti-aircraft
guns thundered into action in the
Paris area tonight for the third suc
cessive night, but no air raid alarms
were sounded and the firing soon
died out.
The guns were heard shortly be
fore midnight with the firing much
heavier than on the two previous
nights.
Bombings were reported near Paris
last night and the night before, pre
sumably the work of the planes at
which the anti-aircraft fire was di
rected.
O'Connell Ordered to Rest
SACRAMENTO. Calif.. June 8
WP.—Physicians prescribed a month s
rest for Ambrose O’Connell of New
York today after the 52-year-old
Second Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral suffered a heart attack.
Mr. O’Connell was stricken on a
train en route to Reno to address a
postmasters’ convention.
Weather Report
(Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau )
District of Columbia—Local showers and thunderstorms today and
probably tomorrow: not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate
south and southwest winds.
Maryland and Virginia—Local showers and thunderstorms today
and tomorrow—not much change in temperature.
West Virginia—Local showers and thunderstorms today and tomor
row; not much change in temperature.
' Heather Conditions Last 21 Honrs. "
The disturbance that was some distance
east of Nantucket Friday night is moving
slowly eastward, being central about 700
miles east by south of Nantucket this
evening with lowest pressure about 1005.1
millibars (20.OR inches). A disturbance
of slight intensity is moving northeastward
over the Lower Lake region. Oswego. N Y.
1010.2 millibars (20.8.7 inches). Another
disturbance is advancing northeastward
over North Dakota. Williston. 000.7 milli
bars (29.52 inches), with a trough ex
tending southward to Northwestern Texas.
Amarillo. 100.7.* millibars (20.87 inches)
A high-pressure area with north-south
axis is moving very slowly eastward off
the New England Coast. Nantucket. 1017.8
millibars (30.05 inches). Pressure is rela
tively high off the South Atlantic Coast.
Another high-pressure area is moving
eastward over the Upper Lake region
Marquette. Mich.. 1018.8 millibars (30.08
inches), and pressure is high on the
Washington Coast Tatoosh Island. 102.7 0
millibars (30.21 inches). During the last
24 hours showers have occurred in Mon
tana, the Plains States, the Ohio and
Mississippi Valleys, the Lake region and
in portions of the Gulf and Atlantic
States. Temperatures have risen in the
Lower Missouri and Middle Mississippi
Valleys and in the Interior of the North
Paciffc States while they have fallen in
the Upper Lake region and in the Middle
and Northern Rocky Mountain region.
Hirer Report.
Potomac end Shenandoah Rivers muddy
at Harpers Perry late yesterday.
Report Until 10 P.M. Saturday.
Midnight _73 12 noon _ 79
2 a.m-73 2 p.m.__ZZZZ.ZZ83
4 a.m-89 4 p m-S3
g » m..71 6 p.m_78
8 a.m-73 8 p.m..___75
10 a.m-78 10 p.m_71
Record Unto 10 P.M. Saturday.
Highest, 84. 3 p.m. Yesterday year
ago. 88.
Lowest' 89- 4 am. Yesterday year
ago. 70.
Record Temperatures Thle Year.
Highest. 92. on June 4.
Lowest, 7, on January 29.
. Tide Tablet.
(Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Surrey.)
_L Today. Tomorrow.
High-10:12 a.m. 11:00a.m.
Low- 4:33 a.m. 5:23 a.m.
High -10:47 p.m. 11:40 p.m.
Low- 6:14 p.m. 6:00 p.m.
The Sun and Meen.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today _ 4:42 7:32
8un. tomorrow_ 4:42 7:3.3
Moon, today . 8:22 a.m. 10:24 p.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-haIt hour alter sunset.
!•
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
_ Capital (current month to datei
Month. -1P40. Average. Record
January -2:12 3.55 7 83 37
February- 2.77 3.27 fi 84 '84
March - 3.42 3.78 8.84 '31
April -8.19 3 27 P.13 'SP
May - 3.10 3.70 10.8P «P
June - - 4.13 io.p4 'no
July - - 4.71 10.83 '88
August - - 4 01 14.41 '28
8ep ember - - 3.24 17.45 '34
October -- 2.84 8.81 .37
November - - 2.37 8 8P S3
December __ 3 32 7 58 'hi
Weather In Varioas Cities.
.-Temperature-. 7 .10
Max. Min. Sat. p.m to
Sat- Frl 7:30 7:3(1
. . .. urday. night, pm. pm
Asheville. N.C-87 61 73 0 13
Atlanta. Oa. .... 02 89 82
Atlantic City. N.J.. 69 82 84
Baltimore. Md. .. 78 85 73 0 18
Birmingham. Ala ._ 86 67 72 1 p.i
Bismarck. N. Dak._ 70 47 60 0 53
Boston. Mass. _ 68 57 66
Buffalo. N. Y- 81 65 75
Cheyenne. Wyo. . 67 48 85
Chicago. 111. ... 85 70 56 0 12
Cincinnati, Ohio.. 90 66 86 0 30
Cleveland. Ohio . 87 67 77
Dallas. Tex. ..94 72 72 0 04
Davenport. Iowa
Denver. Colo. _. 72 52 88
Des Moines. Iowa _ PI 62 79 0 66
Detroit, Mich. _ 86 67 70 0 31
Duluth. Minn. _ 53 49 52
El Paso. Tex ... 90 75 87
Galveston. Tex_ 88 76 81 0 18
Helena, Mont. .. 52 40 49 0 02
Huron. S Dak. ._ 74 51 67 0 06
Indianapolis. Ind.. 85 65 68 0 45
Jacksonville. Fla._ 89 72 §2 '
Kansas City. Mo... 87 64 83
Little Rock, Ark.. 91 67 87
Los Angeles. Call!.. 72 60 71
Louisville. Ky. . 80 65 81
Marquette. Mich.. 52 45 52 0 0#
Memphis. Tenn. .. 87 70 85
Miami. Fla, _ 85 75 go
Mpls-8t. P.. Minn.. 74 57 70 o 44
Mobile, Ala. _8# 7# go
5S ??rVDSN.It- 74 tb Is
North Platte. Nebr. 79 53 68
Omaha. Nebr. ... 80 8i go
Philadelphia. Pa. . 73 60 70 0 04
Phoenix. Aril. _ 99 63 97
Pittsburgh. Pa. __ 8ft 68 77 0 IS
Port and. Me. ... 67 54 ft4 .
Portland. Oreg. . 79 48 78
Rapid City. 8. Dak. 76 55 70
St. Louis. Mo. 90 68 83
Balt Lake City, Utah 66 43 68
Ban Antonio. Tex.. 93 72 78
San Diego. Calif. .71 61 68
San Francisco. Calif. 72 55 62 -
Santa Fe. N. Mex.. 78 56 73
Savannah. Oa. 93 70 an —
Seattle. Wash. ..70 46 7" —
Springfield. III. ... 87 64 82
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