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S8th YEAR. No. 35,122._WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1940—FIFTY PAGES. *** THREE CENTS
M'NARY NOMINATED FOR VICE PRESIDENT
Short Is Only
Other Candidate
Opposing
Willkie Expected
To Come Before
G. 0. P. Convention
BULLETIN.
PHILADELPHIA,
June 28 (A.P.).—Sen
ator McNary of Oregon
was nominated for the
vice presidency this aft
ernoon by the Republi
can National Conven
tion. The vote on the
first ballot was Senator
McNary 890, Represen
tative Dewey Short of
Missouri 108, Senator
Bridges of New Hamp
shire 2. Wendell L.
Willkie, the presiden
tial nominee, was ex
pected momentarily to
appear before the con
vention.
By G. GOULD LINCOLN,
Star Staff Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA. June 28.—The
Republican National Convention
reassembled this afternoon and
prepared to nominate a running
mate for Wendell L Willkie of New
York, the party choice for President.
Despite reports from Washington
that Senator McNary of Oregon,
minority leader of the Senate, had
announced he would not be a can
didate for the nomination for Vice
President, work to nominate him
went right ahead.
Former Representative Bertrand
Snell of Newr York one-time Repub
lican leader of the House, talked with
the Oregon Senator over the long
distance telephone from Washington.
Mr. Snell said that Senator McNary
had told him he was not a candi
* date but that he would not decline a
nomination: that if the convention
nominated him in the face of his
lack of desire he would be a "good
soldier” and accept it.
W. S. Monscript, a delegate from
Minnesota, it was reported, would
place Senator McNaiv's name in
nomination. Former Gov. Alf M.
Landon of Kansas, the party's 1936
standardbearer, will second the nom
ination.
Others Are Mentioned.
Representative Clifford Hope of
Kansas. Gov. Ralph L. Carr of Colo
rado and Gov. Harlan J. Bushfield
of South Dakota were also discussed
as vice presidential possibilities.
Senator McNary. hailing from the
Far West and having written the
original McNary-Haugen farm bill,
was regarded as an ideal candidate
to run with the president of the
Commonwealth Sc Southern Corp.
Earlier today, before the pressure
*on him to accept the vice, presiden
tial nomination grew strong. Sen
ator McNary thus commented on
the nomination of Mr. Willkie:
‘‘His business experience should
fit in for a business administration
of Government affairs. He should
make an efficient and intelligent
campaign.
“My opinion is his candidacy will
be pleasing to the voters of Amer
ica.”
First-Place Candidates Out.
Three of the unsuccessful con
tenders for first place, Senator Taft
of Ohio, Thomas E. Dewey of New
York and Senator Vandenberg of
Michigan, made it plain they would
have nothing to do with second
place.
OCna\A/i ia»t oam uc nuuiu iU L
accept the vice presidency “under
any circumstances.” Both he nnd
Senator Vandenberg declared they
thought they could render the great
est service to the party in their
present Senate posts. Michigan
delegates said Senator Vandenberg
would file immediately for renomi
nation in Michigan's senatorial race.
Mr. Dewey said that although “al
most nobody really believed me. I
would not have accepted the vice
presidency.”
r Two possible contenders—Repre
sentative Joseph W. Martin of
Massachusetts and Gov. Arthur H.
James of Pennsylvania—were dis
qualified in the eyes of many poli
ticians on the ground that they, like
Mr. Willkie, lived in the East. Mr.
Martin, in fact, said he would not
accept the nomination “under any
circumstances.” The Massachusetts
Representative now is minority
floor leader. If the Republicans
should gain control of the House, he
would be Speaker.
Landon Favors Westerners.
Alf M. Landon of Kansas, who
helped clear the way for Mr. Will
kie’s nomination, told reporters:
“I think it ought to be a Western
man. I wouldn’t consider it myself.
Mrs. Landon, Peggy this daughter)
(See VICE PRESIDENTrPage A-2J
Enemy Planes Sighted
Three Times Over Malta
By the Associated Press.
* VALETTA, Malta, June 28—En
emy aircraft flew over this British
naval base three times yesterday,
but without dropping bombs.
One is believed to have been hit
by anti-aircraft fire.
k
Sixth Ballot Landslide Wins
Majority for Willkie
Taft's Delegates Are Last to Crack;
12,000 in Packed Hall Cheer Victor
Bl a Staff Correspondent ot The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. June 28—Wen
dell L. Willkie of New York is the
new champion of the Republican
party, nominated for President in
the small hours of this morning on
the sixth ballot taken by the Re
publican National Convention.
Mr. Willkie won the presidential
nomination after some of the wildest
balloting of any recent convention.
The first closely-contested voting
saw him start on the first ballot with
105 votes, third in the list of con
testants. and batter the ranks of his
opponents steadily thereafter until
they were crumbling on the fifth.
Thomas E. Dewey of New York and
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
seeing their hopes fade, had re
leased their delegates, and the forces
of Senator Taft of Ohio, caught in
the stampede in the middle of the
sixth ballot, yielded to the onslaught.
Before the final vote for the presi
dential nomination could be an
nounced. State after State obtained
permission to change its vote, and
it was declared Mr. Willkie had re
ceived 998 votes, all that were cast
And even before the result was an
nounced, on motion of Gov. Bricker
of Ohio, the vote was made “unan
imous.”
The climax came as a dramatic
moment that few conventions see.
While Chairman Joseph W. Mar
tin. jr.. banged away with his gavel
to start the sixth ballot, 12,000 vis
itors, banked tier on tier around
the walls and jamming every aisle,
shouted to the convention to nomi
nate Mr Willkie. Delegates and
(See G. O. P., Page A-4.)-”
Willkie Quits Utilities
Presidency Monday
To Start Campaign
Will Be Glad to See
Roosevelt, He Says;
Favors Hatch Bill
i
By J. A. O’LEARY,
Star Staff Correspondent.
PHILADELPHIA. June 28—Wen
dell L. Willkie today told his first
press conference as Republican
nominee for President that he will
resign Monday as head of the‘Com
monwealth & Southern Corp. and
give his full time to a campaign to
bring back prosperity, adequate de
fense'and national unity.
Engaging in rapid repartee with
more than 100 interviewers, the
rugged, smiling Hoosier said, ’’I’d be
delighted to see Franklin D. Roose
! velt,” when informed the President
j had suggested he would welcome an
opportunity to discuss the serious
problems of the dRy with the Re
publican nominee. Then Mr. Willkie
i added amid laughter:
“I think one should be courteous
j to his predecessor.”
President Willing to See Him.
When some one later asked if he
would give Mr. Roosevelt any par
j ticular advice on the world situa
I tion, if invited to Washington, Mr.
Willkie replied, “About my going to
j the White House, he's done most of
j the talking.”
(In Washington President
Roosevelt said he is willing to
meet Mr. Willkie at any time for
a discussion of foreign policy.)
The Republican nominee urged
Congress to stay in session, not be
cause of the campaign but in view
of the delicate world situation.
He also came out in strong ap
proval of the Hatch clean politics
bill, still awaiting House action, and
said one of his first acts will be to
request the Republican National
j Committee treasurer to announce
adherence to the spirit of the meas
I ure. He said he hoped it will be
I come law.
Hopes for Small Gifts.
“I hope contributions to my cam
paign will be small and widely dif
fused,” he continued. When pressed
to fix a maximum, he pointed out
the Hatch Act contains a $5,000
limit from any individual. “I hope
they will be sms Her than that,” he
said, “because this is the people’s
movement.”
The nominee declared his general
approval of the party platform, but
asked to be excused from discussing
specific questions for a few days,
when he expects to elaborate on the
issues of the campaign. He promised
the Republicans a “very aggressive”
and widespread campaign.
He refused to express a preference
for the vice presidential nomination,
! saying he thought that a matter for
the convention.
When a questioner asked why he
thinks the people want him for
President, he smiled for a moment
of reflection, then shot back:
"Won’t you permit me, as a presi
dential nominee, some semblance of
modesty?”
Ml Mil XlUSt,
"Are you going to have a brain
trust if you are elected?” some
one queried.
Such talk is a myth, he responded,
adding: “it takes two things to
make a brain trust, brains and a
trust, and you’ve only had trust.”
There are some differences be
tween a family budget and the
Nation's budget, he said, but that
over a period of time both should
be balanced. He did not believe
the Government budget could be
balanced at once, but did say that
a start should be made. Answering
another question, he said he re
garded the Democratic platform of
1932 as “a very good one.”
He gave May 11 as the date on
which he first took seriously the
idea of going after the nomination,
and said it grew out of an invita
tion he received to address the Re
publicans of Mifinesota. Pressed
for further details, he said that
after a debate he had about that
| time “with that well-known gladi
| a tor, Harold L. Ickes,” he was asked
| if he would address the Minneso
tans.
When one interviewer likened his
47-day victory to a blitzkrieg, he
said he did not see why it should
be called that. He said he would
call it a 47-day expression of the
people.
I
Defeated Candidates
Pledge Their Support
To Willkie Ticket
Supporters Are Glum,
Some of Them Tearful,
At Balloting's Result
By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 28—De
feated candidates for the Republican
presidential nomination, surrounded
i by glum and sometimes tearful party
workers, cheerfully pledged their
support today to victorious Wendell
L. Willkie.
During the last crucial hours of
the balloting, most of the losers
stayed by radios in their hotel rooms.
Several kept in almost constant tele
phonic communication with Conven
tion Hall. When the battle finally
was over, the losers quickly tele
phoned or telegraphed their con
gratulations to Mr. Willkie. to pledge
their support “for the fight ahead.”
Senator Taft of Ohio called Willkie
“an extraordinarily able Republican”
and said “no one can present better
than he the case of the Republican
party against the New Deal in
November.”
Dewey Pledges Support.
Thomas E. Dewey sent the follow
ing telegram: “I congratulate you
on your nomination as the Repub
lican candidate for President and I
pledge you my full support in the
fight ahead.”
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan,
who also sent congratulations, had a
quip for reporters after his elimina
tion. He said that when, he came to
Philadelphia Sunday, he thought he
was going to win the nomination on
the sixth ballot.
*‘I had the right number, but the
wrong man,” he added ruefully.
Alf M. Landon of Kansas, the
1936 Republican presidential nomi
nee. issued this statement:
“It is a splendid thing that the
convention made the nomination
without any suspicion of jockeying
or trading, and there were no
smoke-filled rooms or one-man
dictation in this convention. The
fact that the convention did not
take a lengthy recess from the first
to the last roll call is evidence of
this.
Sees No Commitments.
"The political principles of Mr.
Willkie are very much in line with
mine. I believe he got the nomina
tion free of any commitments or
promises that will In any way ham
per him in making a splendid,
vigorous, competent Chief Execu
tive."
"My congratulations,” former
President Hoover telegraphed Mr.
Willkie. "The result of a free con
vention in a free people will carry
you to victory.”
Senator Bridges of New Hamp
shire commented, “The Republican
party has nominated a great Amer
ican citizen and the next President
of the United States.”
Frank W. Gannett of New York
said in a statement:
“The Republican party in an un
(See LOSERS. Page A-7.)
Rockefeller's Estate
Turned Over to County
By the Associated Press.
TOMS RIVER, N. J„ June 28.—
The 610-acre Lakewood estate for
merly occupied by the late John D.
Rockefeller was accepted today by
the Ocean County Board of Free
holders as a gift from John D. Rock
efeller, jr.
----—
Further Defense
Moves Indicated
By Roosevelt
Mass-Production
Materiel Contracts
May Be Stressed
By JOHN C. HENRY.
Declaring himself “too busy" to
discuss politics. President Roose
velt today disclosed several further
steps in mobilizing the Nation for
defense. i
Announced at his press confer
ence were the following:
1. The indication that a further
defense program mav be laid before
the present session of Congress, with
emphasis probably on authorization
requests for the letting of mass
production materiel contracts.
The Chief Executive pointed out
to his conference that ability of the
Government to let large contracts
would enable industry to plan its
expansion more effectively and
might well prove cheaper in the
long run to the purchaser. He in
dicated that the goal of a fleet of
50,000 warplanes is a foremost ob
jective in obtaining further con
gressional support.
He said he had no idea at this
time of how much might be in
volved financially.
Plans for Boost Reported.
It had previously been reported
that Mr Roosevelt intended to seek
an immense boost in the defense
! program that would more than dou
ble the $5,082,310,080 already appro
; priated and shatter the arms bill
of the peak World War year.
2. Appointment of Donald M. Nel
son. head of the Procurement Divi
sion of the Treasury Department,
as co-ordinator of all national de
; fense purchasing.
3 Disclosure that the President
| was asking Daniel J. Tobin, presi
dent of the Brotherhood of Team
i sters and a vice president of the
! American Federation of Labor, to
become an administrative assistant.
Mr. Roosevelt said Mr. Tobin would
' come to Washington Sunday to dis
cuss the proposal. The President
said he had no precise duties
| planned as yet, if Mr. Tobin ac
cepts, but that the union leader
would be a general handy man.
4. Appointment of James V. For
restal, recently named administra
tive assistant, to be liaison man for
the pending all-American economic
program.
progress uisciosed.
With regard to this program. Mr.
Roosevelt said he conferred yester
day with the four cabinet officers
handling the matter, and that ap
preciable progress is being made.
General interest already has been
noted on the part of other republics
of the Western Hemisphere, he said.
The President's appointment of
Mr. Nelson to supervise defense pur
chasing was made on recommenda
tion of the National Defense Com
mission and a special group which
has been studying the procurement
problem. Mr. Nelson, a former ex
ecutive of Sears, Roebuck & Co.,
recently was made procurement di
rector.
A formal announcement of the
Nelson appointment defined his du
ties as follows:
Determination of the most eco
nomical and effective methods for
purchasing items needed by several
agencies and concentration of the
purchasing responsibility in the
single agency best qualified. It is to
be provided, however, that the War
and Navy departments shall retain
full authority for making defense
purchases, subject to co-ordination
for establishing priorities. The col
lection of maintenance of statistics
and specifications for agency pur
chasing. Determination of immedi
ate material requirements and esti
mates of future requirements.
Studies to Be Made.
It was also provided that studies
be made toward the possibility of
new legislation or executive action
relative to simplifying Government
purchasing methods and with re
gard to granting of priority for de
fense orders over private contractural
obligations.
The President’s attention was
called to the fact that in proclaim
ing yesterday that the Government
might hold any foreign vessels in
American ports it was said he acted
under a statute which said the
President could act when a state
of national emergency prevailed.
Reporters inquired whether an ac
tual state of emergency had been
declared or whether a limited state
was in effect.
The Chief Executive referred the
fSee DEFENSE. Page A-27)
Roosevelt Is Willing to Meet
Willkie for Foreign Policy Talk
President Roosevelt expressed a
willingness today to discuss the
Nation's foreign policy with the
Republican party's presidential
nominee, Wendell L. Willkie.
Mr. Roosevelt’s attitude was dis
closed at his press conference in
response to a question on whetnei
he might see the utilities executive
for discussion of a possible united
political front on foreign affairs.
While he indicated he had n,ot
thought of such a consultation, ne
said without qualification he would
be glad to talk to Mr. Willkie if
the latter would care to
Mr. Willkie's position on the
European crisis and America s de
fense needs generally has been very
4
similar to that of Mr. Roosevelt
and the administration.
Opening his conference in a jovial
mood, Mr. Roosevelt reported a
White House power crisis and hinted
darkly that it might have some re
lation to last night's developments
in Philadelphia.
Appearing late, the President said
the delay was caused by lack of
power for the White House elevator.
Laughingly, he said he didn’t know
whether it had any connection with
the nomination of Mr. Willkie.
The Chief Executive, who looked
well and rested, disclosed that he
intends to be in Hyde Park over
July 4, and is planning to partici
pate in the ceremony turning over
the new Roosevelt Library to Gov
ernment ownership.
i
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\NA/END1E? J
Germany Expected
To Ask U.S. Assistance
In Feeding Refugees
Polish Relief Experience
Throws Suspicion on
Humanitarian Aims
By BLAIR BOLLES.
The German government plans
soon to ask the assistance of the
United States Government in feed
ing the millions of Dutch, Belgians
and French driven from their homes
toward the South of France during
the active period of the German in
vasion of their home countries, an
authority close to , the source of
Nazi decisions disclosed here today.
A request of that nature would
put the United States Government
in a difficult position. Despite this
country's natural wish to extend aid
to civilians of nations with which
under normal circumstances we are
actually, as well as formally, on
good terms, the problem arises
whether the United States would be
willing to intrust to Germans the
distribution of the millions of dol
lars worth of food which the persons
under consideration would need.
Later, it is expected all Europe will
be faced with a food shortage even
after the homeless are back home.
The difficulties of American agen
cies in getting supplies to Poles after
the German conquest of Poland are
vividly recalled here, and the mem
ory contributes to the general lack of
confidence in German Humanitarian
co-operation. On the purely politi
cal side of the matter, the fact re
mains that the Germans, with their
easy access to the Atlantic Ocean,
now are free, if they can run the
blockade, to transport goods from
the United States." Thev will have
that privilege so long as the Neu
trality Act remains as it is.
May Force Public Stand.
A political result of such a Ger
man request might be to force the
administration into some public an
nouncement about its policy toward
occupied France—whether it recog
nizes the Petain government, which
for all practical purposes is a Ger
man-controlled puppet government
so long as the occupation of France
continues, or plans to deal only with
the unofficial French exile govern
ment in London.
One diplomat insists that the Ger
man dilemma may give the United
States the upper hand in dealing
with Europe if Germany is ulti
mately victorious in the whole of its
western war. The argument runs
that Germany will have to bargain
with the United States for assistance
in coping with this problem and
that the United States will take full
advantage of Germany's position by
forcing from Berlin economic ar
rangements calculated to improve
the commerce of the Americas,
North and South.
World’s Food Basket.
At any rate, the problem of feed
ing vast numbers of persons 'living
in the countries fronting the west
ern coast of Europe remains, and
the United States soon will emerge,
it is expected, as the world's food
basket. , Certainly, the British soon
will increase their goods purchas
ing in the United States. England
is self-sufficient almost in vegetables,
but fats and meat she must buy
overseas. The normal sources are
Denmark, the Netherlands, Argen
tina, New Zealand and Australia.
The first two are off the British
list as a result of German occupa
tion.
The European food situation is
(8ee REFUGEES, Page A-7.)
Withdrawal From War
Demanded in Transvaal
By the Associated Press.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa,
June 28.—Resolutions demanding
the government withdraw from the
war were passed at eight Transvaal
centers today.
The meeting protesting the Union
of South Africa’s war policy were
called by former Premier J. B. M.
Hertzog, who bitterly opposed en
tering the war.
•
Huge Nazi Guns Reported
Placed for Attack on Britain
Rumors Say Germans Are Planning to Land
20,000 Daily on Kent County Coast
By M. W. FODOR,
Chicago Daily News Foreign Correspondent.
NEW YORK, June 28.—Almost be
fore the blood had dried on the
battlefields of Holland. Belgium and
France, Adolf Hitler started build
ing gun emplacements along the
devastated eastern coast of the Eng
j lish Channel.
He used the quickest-hardening
concrete that Nazi science could
produce, but even that took a rea
sonable length of time to solidify
sufficiently to bear the weight of
the huge guns on which he is chiefly
j relying for the '■onquest of England.
In the last few days, however, the
| concrete should have hardened. The
1 guns are in position at Dunkerque,
! Calais, Boulogne and other strategic
points. And their muzzles are
pointed toward England.
Under cover of their fire—which
should block the English Channel
like the guns of Gibraltar block the
entrance to the Mediterranean—and
under a rain of bombs from thou
sands of planes. Hitler expects to
dominate the whole County of Kent,
across the Channel, and to facilitate
a landing in the vicinity of
Folkestone or Dover.
Hundreds of small boats, equipped
to transport the landing parties, al
ready are assembled in harbors along
the coast.
All Hitler wants, to begin with, is
enough protected ground to establish
an aviation base—a few square miles
would do. Then, with his big .junker
roop transport plants. Hitler expects
to land a minimum of 20.000 men in
England a day.
The transports carry but 20 men
earti, the rest of the room being
taken up with their elaborate equip
ment of machine gun*, flame
throwers and other modern weap
(See GUNS. Page A-2.)
Ohioan Is Named
Principal Assistant
Welfare Director
Conrad Van Hyning
Has Hopkins' Backing;
Board Is Appointed
Conrad Van Hyning, a native of
Ohio, today was appointed by the
Commissioners to a new *6,500-a
year job as principal assistant wel
fare director of the District.
Mr. Van Hyning, it was said, has
had several years of experience in
welfare agency administration. One
of his sponsors was Secretary of
Commerce Hopkins.
This appointment was made after
some delay, while the Commissioners
made a search to see if an equally
qualified Washington resident were
available for the post.
The Commissioners also made
four appointments to the Board of
Public Welfare.
A. J. Driscoll, a veteran civic
worker, for many years president of
the Mid-City Citizens’ Association
and civic news reporter for the
Times-Herald, was appointed as a
member of the Welfare Board, to
succeed Mrs. George L. Harrison,
the former Mrs. Cary T. Grayson,
•who resigned.
Three Members Reappointed.
Three members of the board,
whose terms were to expire June 30,
were reappointed. They are Dr. H.
J. Crosson, Edgar Morris and John
R. Pinkett. These three were
named to terms of six years each.
Mr. Driscoll’s term will expire June
30. 1942.
The Welfare Board members
were reappointed on motion by
Commissioner John Russell Young.
Mr. Driscoll was the personal se
lection of Mr. Young, who suggested
his name because of his long ex
perience in District affairs.
Nominated by Bondy.
Mr. Van Hyning, who is 40 years
of age, was nominated for the new
job of assistant welfare director by
Welfare Director Robert E. Bondy
and the Welfare Board. Obviously,
in answer to question raised as to
Mr. Van Hyning not being a Wash
ton resident, Mr. Bondy told the
Commissioners:
“Mr. Van Hyning is recommended
for this position, created under the
1941 Appropriations Act (for the
District, after a very careful can
vass of all local possibilities, as well
as out-of-town people. The welfare
director has consulted with those
who are acquainted with available
people and finds there are none with
the public welfare experience that
this position should carry who are
available in the community. As the
position entails the carrying of full
responsibility in the absence of the
(See WELFARE BOARD, Page A-15.)
m
Allied Army Chief
In Syria Orders
Hostilities Ended
Gen. Mittelhauser Reveals
Decision; London Awaits
Official Confirmation
By the Associated Press.
JERUSALEM, June 28. — Gen.
Mittelhauser, French commander in
chief of the Allied armies in the
Near East, announced today the
cessation of hostilities in Syria.
The general added that the
French flag would continue to be
flown in Syria.
Official Confirmation
Awaited in London
LONDON, June 28 (£>).—Both the
British War Office and the French
National Committee in London re
fused today to accept without official
confirmation an announcement car
ried in a dispatch from Jerusalem
that “cessation of hostilities" had
been ordered In Syria.
“It, may be true,” officials said,
“but w-e shall have to wait.”
“Cessation of hostilities" would be
merely the formal way of stating
that French forces no longer are at
technical war in Svria. Thprp have
been no hostilities there.
It was reported that Gen. Henri
Gouraud, member of the French
Superior War Council has gone 10
French Morocco, carrying an offi
cial message and power to effect
substantial changes in the military
command there.
Cifra, Spanish news agency, said
the trip possibly was connected with
the removal of several French gen
erals in Northern Morocco, among
them the President-General, Gen.
August Nogues, "who are in touch’
with the French National Commit
tee movement of Gen. Charles de
Gaulle in London.
De Gaulle Leadership
Recognized by British
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, June 28.—The British
government tonight recognized Gen.
Charles de Gaulle as “the leader
of all free Frenchmen.”
Gen. De Gaulle, dropped from the
French Army by the Petain govern
ment of France after he had called
for continued resistance to Ger
many, heads a national committee
of French in London—a sort of
shadow government in exile.
The British statement said:
“His majesty's government recog
nizes Gen. De Gaulle as leader of
all free Frenchmen wherever they
may be who rally to him in support
of the Allied cause.”
Reds March In
As Carol Sends
Plea to Hitler
'British Trick/
Nazis Say, Vowing
. To Settle Later
By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. June 28.—Soviet
Russia's swift, bloodless acquisition
of a huge expanse of Rumanian
territory was labeled by German
Legation officials today as a British
trick to make Germany fight on a
new war front in the Balkans. But,
they declared. Germany is carefully
staying out of any such trap.
They declared frankly that Ger
man diplomats had advised Carol
to meet Moscow's demands, but had
told him that relinquishing of the
territory was only ‘‘a temporary ad
justment,” and that Germany "defi
nitely will settle things later.”
Russia’s big army marched un
opposed into four Rumanian cities
in today’s early hours following a
dramatic appeal for help from King
Carol to Adolf Hitler.
' Meanwnue. tne Turkish fleet,
fully fueled, loaded with muni
tions and stripped for action,
moved into the Black Sea today,
ready to defend the Dardanelles
against any attack, a dispatch
from Istanbul said.
'Turkey was said to feel deep
concern over Russia’s demands
on Rumania, which were report
ed to have included naval bases
on the Black Sea and Danube
River, as well as the Province of
Bessarabia and Northern Buco
vina.
(The fleet was headed by the
battle cruiser Yavuz. It repre
sented approximately two-thirds
of the total Turkish naval
strength.)
Signs Nazis Were Surprised.
There was every indication that
the Soviet ultimatum and advance
into Bessarabia and Bucovina took
the Germans completely by surprise.
Wealthy German landowners and
German experts employed in the
territory now being occupied by the
Red Army fled to Bucharest late
last night and early today like
ordinary refugees, without any
warning.
The Legation quarters declared
bitterly that Russia had moved aided
and abetted bv Britain to take ad
vantage of German preoccupation
in the west with the wrar with
Britain.
These Germans alleged that the
British Ambassador to Moscow. Sir
Stafford Cripps. had “pushed"
Stalin into Rumania in an attempt
to create a new embarrassment for
Germany and to cause the Reich
to turn her attention away from
the west.
They asserted that Germany would
not be fooled by this “maneuver” at
this time.
They declared openly that the
Reich cannot permanently permit
the Soviets to dominate the mouth
of the Danube and Northern Buco
vina because of the potential long
range military danger and the pos
sibility open to Russia to block
Germany's Black Sea approaches.
King Carol issued a decree sum
moning the Rumanian Parliament
into extraordinary session tomorrow
afternoon.
A government order closed all
night clubs, theaters and movies and
forbade music in public places for
three days.
Two Iron Guard (Rumanian Nazi)
leaders. Horia Sima and Ion Simo
nescu, were appointed to the cabi
net. Sima, chief of the Iron Guard,
Was made undersecretary of educa
tion. and Simonescu. Iron Guard
chief lieutenant, was appointed sec
retary of health.
All civilian railway traffic was sus
pended throughout the country to
leave the rails clear for military
movements.
Nazi Minister Leaves.
The German Minister to Ru
mania. Johann Fabricius, left sud
denly for Vienna this morning by
special airplane. This trip was re
ported being made in connection
with Carol's appeal to Hitler for
help in the crisis with Russia.
It was not clear, however, whether
the appeal of the harassed Ru
manian King to Hitler was a re
quest for direct aid against Russian
encroachments or an entreaty that
the Fuehrer use his influence to
temper the Russian demands.
Although Hitler had no# replied
to the Rumanian appeal for help
by shortly before noon (5 a.m.,
E. S. T.), official quarters were in
formed that Hitler had sent a tele
gram to Josef Stalin asking him to
meet Rumania “half way.” What
effect this was having was not im
mediatelv clear.
(Both Bulgaria and Hungary,
claimants to territory now Ru
manian, started calling reservists
to the colors. A high source in
Budapest said a large-scale
Hungarian callup was in connec
tion with the Rumanian situa
tion. Bulgarian regulars were
shifted from the Turkish to the
Rumanian frontier.
Reports circulated in diplomatic
quarters that Carol told his cabinet
he was willing to open negotiations
“at a suitable moment” with Hun
gary and Bulgaria regarding their
territorial claims on Rumania. At
the same time the King is deter
mined to resist with force any at
tempts by those countries to repeat
the Russian procedure.
The Soviet Legation issued a state
ment this morning declaring that
“Josef Stajin is immensely pleased
with Rumania for her loyal co
operation.’.’
Ion Inculetz. named by Carol for
the post of Minister for Bessarabia
in a cabinet reconstruction during
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