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Clifton Aires Rites To Be Held Tomorrow At His Home Mount Olivet Burial For Publisher of Capital Guide Book funeral services will be held to morrow for Clifton Aires, 50, editor end publisher of This Week in the Nation’s Capital and former adve’ Clifton Aires. using manager of the o 1 d Washington Herald. Mr. Aires died yes terday at Georgetown Hospital of a heart disease. The services will be held at 2 p.m. in his home, 4329 Windom place N.W., with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Well known in local advertising sna newspaper circles. Mr. Aires had been ill for about three weeks. He was a native of Washington end was graduated from Western High School. Began as Ad Solicitor. Mr. Aires founded This Week in 1922, on leaving the Herald, where he began his advertising career as solicitor and advanced to manager of advertising. Publisher of the National Theater program for the past 11 years. Mr. Aires also printed the programs for the old Poll’s, Belasco. President and Strand Theaters in the days when those houses catered to the legiti mate stage. He was a member of the Wash ington Board of Trade and a former member of the Civitan Club and the Manor Country Club. Married Twice. His first wife, Mrs. Mary Haske Aires, died seven years ago. In 1935 he married Rita Sullivan. A son, Thomas Leroy Aires, was killed in an automobile accident in 1937. Surviving, in addition to his wife, are another son, Gregory, w-ho is business manager of This Week; a daughter, Miss Mary M. Aires of Washington, and one grandchild. Defense (Continued From First Page.) inquiry to the Attorney General, but was told by newsmen that the latter "ain't” talking. The proclamation, Mr. Roosevelt asserted, is merely to permit the administration in Washington to take charge of clearance of foreign vessels. In case questions arise about them, he said, local harbor officials will be able to shift re sponsibility of clearance to Wash ington. That was his answer to a ques tion whether the proclrmation would permit the United States to detain such vessels as the liner Nor mandie, now in New York Harbor. Usually well - informed sources said last flight'that the Army fund request might be ready for sub mission to Congress next week. The exact amount of the forth coming request was not disclosed by these sources, but they did say that if the funds were voted the Na tion’s arms expenditures for the coming fiscal year would surpass the all-time record outlay of $11, 011.387,000 for the 12 months be ginning July 1, 1918. Funds Without Delay. Mr. Roosevelt, it was said, will ask Congress to make the addition- j al billions available without delay so that the Army can place more orders at once for planes, tanks and other weapons. The projected rec ommendation also was reported to include provisions for financing ex pansion of aircraft production and munitions factories construction. The action authorizing seizure of foreign vessels, one high offlcial said, could be interpreted as laying the basis for the possible detention, if necessary', not only of French ves sels in American w'aters but also of shipping owned in other European countries now controlled by Ger many. Invoking a 1917 espionage statute, the Chief Executive delegated the broad control powers to Secretary Morgenthau, who, as head of the Treasury Department, directs the Coast Guard and Customs Service. The control powers extend to domes tic as well as foreign vessels. The Treasury said no immediate action was contemplated. The proclamation stated that ships might be seized “to secure ob servance of the rights and obliga tions of the United States” and this language caused speculation. The question raised was whether the word “obligations” would cover seizure of French ships in lieu of the $4,200,000,000 owed by France to the United States on the World War debt. Offlcial clarification on this point was lacking. Normandie in List. French ships now in American ports, aside from the Normandie, Include the San Francisco and Leopold L. D. at Nfew York, the Vannes and Wisconsin at Los An geles, the tanker Merope at Ches ter, Pa.; the Winnepeg at Miami and the tanker Scheherzade at Corpus Christi, Tex. The power to seize foreign vessels also was granted to the Governor of the Panama Canal under the ' same restrictions placed on Secre tary Morgentnau. On the subject of the reported additional defense request reliable sources said that both Mr. Roose velt and the National Defense Com mission have approved all its de tails. If transmission of the request to Congress is delayed beyond next week, they added, it would be be cause of budgetary procedure. Some members of Congress were reported to have been informed of the Presi dent's plans. Appropriations already provided for the Army have been based on the cost of complete equipment for 1,000,000 troops under the protective mobilization plan. The fact that the reported additional request would be entirely for Army pur poses indicated the high command had long-range plans to have full service and reserve equipment ready for an even larger force, should the occasion arise. Army Orders Placed. The War Department, meanwhile, placed further equipment orders & PHILADELPHIA^—CONGRATULATES VICTOR—Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, who lost the Republican presidential nomina tion to Wendell Willkie, with Mrs, Taft at his hotel suite after the convention had indorsed his rival. Taft is shown as he broadcast congratulations and a pledge of support to Willkie. —A. P. Wirephoto. yesterday in line with present de fense plans. The orders, calling for expenditure of $41,564,986, included 1,000 armored scout cars, to cost $5,387,500; gun tubes, $428,736; cloth for 1,500,000 uniforms, $27,234,460; anti-aircraft fire-control instruments, $4,571,887; submachine guns, $877,723; anti-air craft gun carriages, $794,300, and panoramic telescopes and spare parts, $242,560, Mr. Roosevelt's authorization for the ship seizures climaxed a full day of conferences for the Chief Execu tive yesterday. During the afternoon he saw members of the Defense Com mission and then talked at some length with the four cabinet officers drafting the all-American economic program. William S. Knudsen, production chief for the Defense Commission, told reporters an agreement with j the Packard Motor Co. for a mass production aviation order might be reached in about a week. Ships to Run as Usual, British Spokesman Says NEW YORK, June 28 </P).—A spokesman for the British Ministry of Shipping stated today, “We do not expect the proclamation by the President of emergency control over foreign and domestic ships will af fect the movements of our vessels, and we expect that they will run as usual.” The attitude of representatives of other lines flying the flags of bel ligerent and invaded countries was one of watchful waiting. An official of the French Line said he believed French ships would not be allowed to leave United States ports while war continued. An agent for several Norwegian shipping companies said the procla mation “would probably have some effect on Norweigian ships,” but added that he had received no offi cial definition of the course his clients would follow. There are approximately 140 for eign flag vessels, including the world's two largest passenger liners—the British Queen Elizabeth and the French Normandie—in New York Harbor alone. Also here are four French freight ers. in addition to a Norwegian ship leased by a French Arm, 28 British vessels, 32 Norwegian, 9 Danish, 6 Dutch—including the liner Nieuw Amsterdam—4 Belgian and 5 Italian. Summary of Today's Star Page. Amusements, A-16-17 Comics ..C-10-11 Editorials _.A-10 Finance_A-19 Lost, Found .C-5 Obituary ...A-12 Page. Radio_C-10 Serial Story—B-8 Society .B-3 Sports _C-l-4 Woman’s Page.B-12 Foreign Germany expected to ask U. S. aid In feeding Europe. Page A-l Carol appeals to Hitler as Reds march in. Page A-l Near East Allied chief orders hos tilities ended. Page A-l “Cannons speaking” is Nazi reply to any peace move. Page A-22 Japanese confer with Dutch to as sure Indies trade. Page B-5 Chamberlain party pledges self anew to support war. Page B-6 Republican Convention Democratic leaders critical of Willkie as G. O. P. choice. Page A-2 Willkie supporter denies heavy money backs Willkie. Page A-5 National. President reported ready to double defense funds requests. Page A-l Willkie's life of action began as a schoolboy. Page A-3 Willkie promises fight for prosperity, defense and unity. Page A-4 Washington and Vicinity War Department to take over two new buildings. Page B-l Court to take part of Judge Bent ley’s work suggested. Page B-l Editorial and Comment Answers to Questions. Page A-10 Letters to The Star. Page A-10 This and That. Page A-10 David Lawrence. Page A-ll Alsop and Kintner. Page A-ll Constantine Brown. Page A-ll Frederic William Wile. Page A-ll Charles G. Ross. Page A-ll Miscellany Vital Statistics. Page B-5 Service Orders. Page B-10 Bedtime Story PageC-10 Letter-Out. Page C-10 Winning Contract. PageC-U Uncle Ray’s Comer. PageC-U Cross-word Puzzle. Page C-ll Nature's Children. Page C-12 Guns (Continued From First Page.) ons, and they are fairly vulnerable to attack, clumsy to maneuver. In Holland, I know that out of one group of about four dozen such planes, only one managed to land safely; the rest were shot down, or cracked up on soft ground. Ready to Pay Heavily. But Hitler has taken all that into consideration. He cold-bloodedly allows for enormous casualties. He has planes—and men—to spare. Meanwhile, continental air bases have been established at Aalborg, in Denmark; at Schipol, in Holland, and at dozens of fields strung out between Ghent and Brest which were wrecked by bombs during the battles of Flanders and France, but have been easily repaired by Hit ler’s labor battalions. In the Baltic, Bergen and Sta vanger provide excellent bases for naval and air attacks on the Firth of Forth, Glasgow and the Scottish industrial district, to be followed by landing parties. And in Ireland, off England's west coast. Hitler is counting on the co operation of the I. R. A. (Irish Re publican Army)—an actively func tioning fifth column of menacing proportions—which, if not actually utilized in raids across the Irish Sea, could certainly be called upon to supply and provision German planes and submarines (as the ex tremist Falangists have been doing in Spain). Bombing Program. That would take care of practi cally all England's seaboard and would make it possible, through a successful blockade, virtually to paralyze her whole industrial life. And through it all would be the fierce, unrelenting, concentrated bombing of all English fork, har bors, munitions plants and indus trial centers. Once Hitler had gained a foot hold on the English coast, he would undertake to land guns and tanks— again with terrific losses, but on the theory that he can afford to lose 90 per cent if he can get 10 per cent ashore. And then he would be ready for the big onslaught. This is no blueprint for an English invasion conceived in my own mind after witnessing the Nazi conquests of the Low Countries and France. I have just come from Lisbon, in Portugal—the last lung of a Europe in the final stages of consumption by totalarianism. the last country to re tain even a vestige of independence, the only country where American ships can land and the country whence the Clippers take off for the U. S. A. Suspicions ‘Tourists.’ Yet Portugal, too, is full of Ger man “tourists.” One meets a sur prising number of old friends or enemies in Portugal these days. The Germans and the pro-Nazis like to boast to political opponents and to newspapermen whom they dislike about their plans. I speak on the authority of sources apparently in close touch with high German quarters—and those predictions during the last year have proved all too true. But, with his guns in place, his trans ports waiting, his bombers poised, why doesn't Hitler strike? ■me cnances mat ne wiu—im mediately or in the very near future —are as good as 4-to-l. Neverthe less, the last few weeks have altered the picture of international politics to such an extent that Hitler may (or may not) be forced to change his timetable. Fear of Russia. With France at the mercy of the dictators, an increased rivalry be tween Germany and Italy has be come apparent, in the course of recent events, to careful observers. Mussolini has started dreaming of a Latin union of Italy, France and Spain. And the idea of a revival of the old Roman empire doesn’t appeal to Hitler at all. Hence, growing manifestations of this rivalry in the Iberian Peninsula. Even if Hitler, for the time being, must let Mussolini play the con queror and master in the Mediter ranean, the more eagerly Mussolini presses his plans for this Latin union the more reluctant Hitler will be to undertake an immediate at tack cm Britain. For there is a strong feeling in some German quarters that if Britain is destroyed with it will be destroyed a powerful counterpoise against Italian in fluence. Russia’s attitude, too, has been causing considerable concern in Ber lin of late, because, though Russian occupation of the Baltic countries was foreseen in the Nazi-Soviet pact, Germany knows that such a move, though temporarily a defense measure, is really directed against her. Copyright, 194a Chieaso Daily New*. Inc. Cuba shipped products valued at $29,355,177 to the United States ia the first three months of this year. » American Citizens May Be Removed From Hong Kong British Ships Ready To Aid Women and Children if Necessary By the Associated Press. HONG KONG, June 28.—A de cision on the possible removal of 1,000 American citizens in Kong Kong may come tomorrow, it was said tonight as British quarters dis closed they were holding ships ready to carry away women and children if it becomes necessary. A statement broadcast by the government radio here said instruc tions had been received from Lon don which indicate an order for removal of the women and children might be made soon. This was taken in some circles as indication that Britain had decided to resist Japan’s demand for the closing of the Burma (British) route, over which arms have been shipped to China. xi. woo xceuiicu uxutea oLaies au thorities have cabled the State De partment at Washington for permis sion to instruct the United States liner President Coolidge, arriving here tomorrow from San Francisco, to go to Manila and stand by until further notice. At the same time, the steamer City of Newport News, which left Hong Kong today for America, could be recalled if necessary, but the President Coolidge was considered large enough to take all Americans on board. Two United States gunboats are in or near Hong Kong. American interests here are In charge of a veteran in the Foreign Service—Consul General Addison Southard of Louisville, Ky. The 1,000 American nationals con sist, roughly, of one-third Occi dentals, one-third Filipinos and one third American-born Chinese. It was estimated there are not more than 200 women and children among them. Millstein Is Acquitted Of Blackmail Charge A District Court Jury has acquitted Reuben K. Millstein, attorney, audi tor and former Justice Department bank accountant, of a charge of blackmail. The case was heard be fore Justice James W. Morris in District Court and the jury's ruling was returned Wednesday. About a year and a half ago the District grand jury indicted Mr. Millstein on charges brought by Attorney Harvey L. Cobb, a stock holder and president of the Arcade Cafeteria, Inc. Representing Mr. Millstein at the trial were Attorneys Rudolph H. Yeatman and George D. Homing, Jr. Mr. Millstein took the witness stand and denied the charges. Testimony was produced by the Government designed to show that Mr Millstein on January 14, 1937, threatened to accuse Mr. Cobb of falsifying tax returns of Arcade Cafeteria, Inc., before the Bureau of Internal Revenue unless he was given $200. Mr. Millstein prepared the tax re turns. He brought out that he was a stockholder in the concern and helped start the business in 1930 and sought a larger share of the profits. A $50,000 libel suit, filed by Mr. Millstein against Mr. Cobb, is pending in District Court. \ _ Fratt and Forman Win Boys' Doubles Title Peter Fratt and Leon Forman won the boys' doubles in The Star’s City of Washington tennis tournament at Columbia Country Club today. They defeated Bache Gill and Delos (Cot ton) Smith, 6—0, 6—1. After losing the first set, Gill and Smith put up a battle at the start of the second set. They * deuced the first two games, winning the first, but thereafter they were easy for Fratt and Forman, winning only four points during the remainder of the match. Virginia U. Golfer Enters Collegiate Semifinal Round Eastern Entrants Snatch Three of Brackets in Championship Play By the Associated Press. MANCHESTER, Vt.. June 28.— Eastern golfers, paced by Harry Ha* verstick of Swarthmore, gained three of the four semiflnalist brackets today in the National Col legiate A. A. golf championship play at Ekwanok. Haverstick eliminated Stewart (Skip) Alexander of Duke, regarded as the most potent of the eight quarter-finalists, by a 3-and-2 mar gin to qualify for an afternoon round against Bill (Ace) Cordingley of Harvard. The other morning victors were F. Dixon Brooke of the Uni versity of Virginia, and Eddie Foy of Holy Cross. Haverstick and Alexander, who also was eliminated in last year's quarter-finals play, put together one-under 34s as they completed the first nine all even. After both birdied the 10th, Haverstick clinched the match by threeing the next two holes with a winning par and a birdie. • Alexander managed to win the short 13th with three, but Hav erstick took two of the last three holes to end the match on the 10th green. Brook Defeats Middlecoff. Brooke defeated Cary Middlecoff. Mississippi. 3 and 2. Foy defeated William G. Clark, Dartmouth. 4 and 2. Cordingley defeated William Hall, Iowa State, 2 and 1. Brooke, captain-elect of the Cava liers’ team, was one over par for the 16 holes that were required to eliminate Middlecoff. Brooke had only 1 birdie, a 3 on the 365-yard third hole, while matching the first nine’s par of 35, a performance that put him 3 up. Each took three of their seven in ward holes and Brooke ran out the match by getting his 4 for a win on the 16th. Hu Unsteady Start. Foy started off in unsteady fash ion and lost two of the first three holes to Clark's par 4s. He pulled into a 1-up lead by winning the eighth and ninth holes. Clark squared matters on the 10th green and then regained the lead by rapping in a 35-footer for a birdie deuce at the 11th. Foy, however, pulled even by sinking a 10-footer for a birdie 3 on the next green and then played par golf to win the next four boles. Cordingley in defeating Hall, one of the 1930 semi-finalists, was steady and straight on all but the 16th hole where he sliced his drive out of bounds, but Hall visited many a trap and found much roughage. Cordingley pulled into a 3-up on the first four holes. Then Hall's putter became hot and he pulled even by birdieing the first two inward holes with 15 and 10 footers. But it cooled off almost immediately and Cordingley regained his advantage when Hail three-putted for five on the 12th and 14th. (Earlier Story on Page C-l). G.O.P. Women Stirred By Tip Mrs. Roosevelt Was 'Observer' By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, June 28.— Note to Mrs. Frankltn D. Roose velt: Did you slip into the Re publican Convention for part of a session? The rumor that you did curled the hair of several very good Repub licans. Your cousin, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, gasped at the idea and then laughed, “Anything’s possible.” It didn’t help any either that one of the people attending the convention had seen you driving north through Wil mington. Weather Report (Furnished by the United States Weather Bureau.) District of Columbia—Showers and thunderstorms tonight and early tomorrow, followed by fair and slightly cooler tomorrow afternoon; fresh southwest winds tonight shifting to northwest tomorrow: Sunday fair. Maryland—Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and tonight, slightly warmer tonight; tomorrow partly cloudy, preceded by showers in east portion, cooler in afternoon and at night; Sunday fair. Virginia—Showers and thunderstorms this afternoon, tonight and to morrow; cooler in north portion tomorrow afternoon and night; Sunday partly cloudy with local showers in south portion. West Virginia—Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms tonight and in south portion tomorrow; slightly cooler in northwest portion tonight and in north portion tomorrow. A disturbance is moving eastward oven Lake Michigan. Houghton. Mich., 998.6 millibars ("9.49 inchesl, with a trough extending southward to Indiana and thence southwestward to Northwestern Texas. Amarillo. Tex.. 1008.5 millibars (29.78 inches). Pressure continues high over the Eastern Gulf of Mexico and in the East Gulf and 6outh Atlantic States, Tampa. Fla.. 1021.7 millibars (30.17 inches). Another high-pressure area la advancing rapidly eastward off the New Jersey coast. Sandy Hook. 1014.6 millibars (29.96 inchesl. Another high-pressure area is advancing eastward over the Plain* States and the Northern Rocky Mountain region. Havre. Mont.. 1023.7 millibars (30.23 inches). During the last 24 hours showers have occurred in the Plains States, the Upper Lake region the Upper Missis sippi Valley, the Middle Atlantic States, the western Lower Lake region, and in portions of the North Atlantic 8tates. Temperatures have risen in the Lake re gion. the Ohio Valley, the Middle Atlantic States -and in the Interior of the East Gulf States, while they have fallen over the Northern Rocky Mountain region and the Dakotas. Report for Last 24 Hours. Temperature. Barometer. Yesterday— Degrees. Inches. 4 p.m _ 82 29.78 8 pm _ 79 29.81 Midnight _ 73 ’ 29.88 . 72 29.88 Noon*1 ::::::::::: U UM Record for Lott 24 Hours. (Prom noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest, 88. noon today. Year ago, 72. Lowest. 69, 8:30 am. today. Year ago. 68. Record Temperatures This Year. Highest, 93. on June 24. Lowest. 7. on January 29. Humidity for Last 24 Hours. (From noon yesterday to noon today.) Highest. 93 per cent, at 2 a.m. today. Lowest, 54 per cent, at 6:30 p.m. yes terday. River Report. Potomac River clear and Shenandoah muddy at Harpers Ferry; Potomac slightly muddy at Great Falls today. Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States Coast and Geodetic Survey.) Today. Tomorrow High _ 2:00 a.m. 2:54 a.m. Low _ 8:59 a.m. 9:56 a.m. High _ 2:19 p.m. 3:15 p.m. Low _- 9:03 p.m. 9:55 p.m. The Sun and Moon. Rises. Sets. Sun, today _ 4:44 7:38 Sun. tomorrow_ 4:45 7:38 Moon, today_ 12:08 a.m. 1:07 p.m. Automobiles lights must be turned on one-half hour after sunset. A f---— Precipitation. Monthly precinitatlon in inches In the Capital (current month to date): Month. 1940. Ave. Record. January .- 2.12 3.55 7.83 '37 February_ 2.77 3.27 6.84 ’84 March _ 3.42 3.75 8.84 ’91 April _ 6.19 3.27 9.13 '89 May _ 3.10 3.70 10.69 '89 June '_ 0.14 4.13 10.94 '00 July _ ... 4.71 10.63 ’86 August __ 4.01 14.41 '28 September__ 3.24 17.45 '34 October _ — 2.84 8.81 '37 November __ 2.37 8.69 '89 December _ -- 3.32 7.58 01 Weather in Various Cities. Temp. Rain Barom. High.Low. fall. Weather Abilene .. 29.83 93 78 Cloudy Albany._ 29.89 69 47 0.06 Clear Atlanta .. 30.06 90 73 _ Cloudy Atl. City _ 29.94 82 65 — Clear Baltimore 29.94 88 61 _ Cloudy Blrm'gham 30.06 89 76 Cloudy Bismarck. 30.03 76 50 0.01 Cloudy Boston 30.12 76 57 _ Cloudy Buffalo 29.83 66 48 ... Cloudy Charleston. 30.06 91 78 _ Cloudy Chicago 29.59 72 64 0.07 Cloudy Cincinnati 29.77 86 73 Cloudy Cleveland 29.74 80 59 0.24 Cloudy Columbia 30.03 92 70 _ Cloudy Denver . 30.09 94 61 . Cloudy Des Moines 29.89 90 62 0.02 Clear Detroit .. 29.65 77 61 0.01 Cloudy El Paso . 29.77 94 75 Cloudy Galveston. 29.97 90 79 0.01 Cloudy Helena . . 30.18 75 43 ... Clear Huron 29.94 81 52 ... Clear Indlan'polis 29.74 83 73 _ Cloudy Jack'vlfie 30.15 94 76 _ Cloudy Kans. City 29.89 92 71 _ Cloudy L. Aneeles 30.00 80 68 _ Cloudy Louisville. 29.83 89 75 _ Cloudy Miami - 30.15 89 81 Clear Mpls.St. P. 29.68 76 68 0.42 Clear N. Orleans 30.09 91 76 0.01 Cloudy New York- _ Clear Norfolk .. 30.03 83 71 Clear Omaha_ 29.94 92 63 0.40 Cloudy Phila _ 29.94 81 64 *... Cloudy Phoenix 29.86 105 77 _ Cloudy Pittsburgh 75 60 Cloudy P’land, Me. 29.86 73 53 0.30 Clear P’land. Ore. 30.06 81 59 _ Clear Raleigh .. 29.97 93 69 Cloudy St. Louis . 29.83 90 66 0.81 Rain S. Lake C. 29.97 89 53 ... Clear S. Antonio 29.91 93 78 _ Cloudy San Diego 29.97 74 59 _ Clear S. Pranet’o 29.94 65 56 _ Cloudy Seattle — 30.12 74 50 ... Clear Spokane.. 30.15 80 48 _ Clear Tampa 30.18 90 77 0.19 Clear WASH.D.C. 20.89 84 69 . Cloudy POUIGN STATIONS. (Noon. Greenwich time, today.) Temperature. Weather. Horta (Payal), Azores 88 Cloudy (Current observations.) San Juan. Puerto Rico. 83 Cloudy Havana. Cuba _ 76 Clear Colon. Canal Zone_ 84 Cloudy Composite Totals of Balloting r~— -— Ballots - Candidates. _1 1 2 | 3 j 4 5 1 6 WILLKIE105 1 171 1 259 | 306 429 j 998* TAFTl'| 189 1 203 j 212 j 254 1 377,' |g PEWEY _jj 360 1 338 1 315 1 250 57 1 ft JAMES___74 66 j 59 \ 56 59 ° \ VANDENBERG_76 73 j 72 j 61 42 U HOOVER _ 17 | 21 32 ' 31 20 "I McNARY__| i3 10 [ 10 'j 8 | 9 ' °£ MacNIDER_jr 34 j 34 j 28 [ 26 1 4 j || GANNETT_j 33 | 30 j 11~ 4 j 1 j § \ BRIDGES_| 28 1 9 1 ]~\ j \ \ MARTIN _44 ! 26 j j j_j jf CAPPERi| 18 1 18 i 1 j j f t LA GUARDIA 1 11 ! --- o g BUSHFIELD; 9 I | 1 1 | Votes cast 111,00011,000] 999 I 997 i 998 ! 998* Catholic Chaplains Of Prisons Adopt 12-Point Program Institute Given Blessing Of Apostolic Delegate, Hears U. S. Official The first annual Institute lor Catholic Prison Chaplains closed today with adoption of a 12-point program and the apostolic bless'ng bestowed on all chaplains, their in stitutions and an estimated number of more than 100,000 inmates by the Most Rev. Amelto Giovanni Cicognani, the apostolic delegate. The organization, which held a three-day session at the National Catholic School of Social Service, 2400 Nineteenth street N.W., de cided to continue in what was de scribed as a “fluid state," with an informal organization headed by the Right Rev. Msgr. John O’Grady secretary of the National Confer ence of Catholic Charities. The apostolic delegate paid high tribute to the work of the chaplains. He called on them to continue their excellent work in the “transforma tion of souls," through the love of Jesus Christ. “The souls of some of those in mates." he said, “may appear to be abandoned, but they are not abandoned." In a brief discussion at the close of the session. James V. Bennett, director of the Bureau of Prisons. Justice Department, expressed ap preciation for the work of the chaplains and suggested that next year it might be beneficial for the group to meet in some city where a penal institution is located. Among the recommendations which the chaplains adopted were: Pull time Catholic chaplains in every penal institutions; a training pro gram for Catholic prison chaplains; appointment of assistant chaplains: a chapel devoted solely to Catholic worship in each institution; mass every Sunday and holy day; a course of relious education; co-operation with Parole Boards, and others. Vice President (Continued From First Page.) and I all prefer the comparatively simple but Intelligent life of Kan sas.” Representatives Frank Horton of Wyoming and Charles Halleck of Indiana, two Willkie leaders, also were mentioned, but were reported disinclined to seek the nomination Senator Austin of Vermont sug gested Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin of Connecticut, another Willkie manager. But he added. “If McNary would take it, I would be for him.” Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Minne sota, Mr. Willkie's convention floor manager, said Senator McNary was his personal choice. It was generally acknowledged that Mr. Willkie would have an im portant voice not only in the selec tion of a running mate, but the next National Republican Committee chairman as well. Some informed political leaders predicted that he would not favor the retention of Chairman John D. M. Hamilton. McNary Is Outstanding Choice, Says Stassen By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA. June 28—Nom ination of Senator McNary of Oregon as the running mate of Wendell Willkie was forecast today by Gov. Harold Stassen. floor man ager for the successful presidential nominee. He said the Senate's Republican leader was the outstanding choice of the convention delegates. Pour of the Oregonian's close friends and colleagues—Senators Vandenberg of Michigan. Lodge of Massachusetts, Townsend of Delaware and Austin of Vermont—predicted he would accept. Herbert Hoover, who had tele graphed his congratulations to Mr. Willkie shortly after midnight, left this convention city In midmoming and apparently did not participate in the vice presidential talk. The former President would make no further comment on the outcome of the convention. Several of those most prominently mentioned for the vice presidency had removed themselves from the picture. These included Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio and Hanford MacNider of Iowa. Mr. MacNider said today he was Willkie Nomination Poses Question of * Methods, Says Farley Clearcut Division Between Parties Is Provided, Bankhead Asserts By the AmccIi led Prew. Democratic National Chairman Parley said today this was the ques tion posed the Nation in the light of Wendell Winkle’s nomination by the Republicans to be President: "What sets of forces, economic and social, are to conduct our Gov ernment — the historic American processes or some new and some what foreign methods of concen trated control?” Speaker Bankhead, who will be keynote speaker at the Democratic Convention next month, had this* comment: "The nomination of Mr. Willkie provides a clear-cut division between the two major parties. If the voters wish to place the executive In the ' control of forces which are some what foreign to our usual American way of life, and which will doubt less largely dominate the actions of the Republican nominee, they have a constitutional right to do so in November.” Secretary of the Interior Ickes predicted that President Roosevelt will be renominated and re-elected In a prepared statement comment ing on the nomination of Mr. WiU kie. Mr. lcses described the Repub lican candidate as a “man with no experience except as a clever lawyer and successful public utility hold ing company representative," and declared that "the people at this gravest crisis since we became a Na tion will choose the courage and wisdom of President Roosevelt.” Willkie to Grow Weaker, He Says. “Two months ago Mr. Dewey seemed to be the glamorous and dazzling hope of the Republican party," Mr. Ickes said. “Today, Mr Willkie is. “The difference between Thomas E. Dewey and Wendell Willkie is the difference between a pinwheel and a skyrocket. Pointing out that following the. Illinois and Wisconsin primaries he predicted that Mr. Dewey was at the top of his strength at that time and would grow weaker as the days passed, Mr. Ickes said, ‘‘I make the same prediction today with respect to Mr Willkie.” Gen. Yague Replaced MADRID, June 28 <JP.~Gen Juan Yague, a hero of the Spanish Civil War, was replaced today as air min ister by Gen Juan Vigon, chief of the high general staff. ‘‘not a candidate for Vice President, and couldn't take the vice presiden tial nomination even if it should come to me.” He added in an inter view, “I have a lot of land to farm and a cement plan to run, and I don't feel I should try to do anything else. I’d rather live in Iowa than in Washington, anyway.” Mr. MacNider was Assistant Sec retary of War in the Calvin Coolidge administration. Commenting on his residence in the voteless District Of Columbia, he said, humorously: “My kids were born there, and now they razz me about having ‘no citizenship.' ” Gov. Bricker also told interviewers ’ he did not desire nomination and would not accept. Gov. Bricker has been renominated for his present office. * VICTOR 3-WAY PORTABLE RADIO „ ■ • Ploys on its own current * Ploys on AC House current • Ploys on DC House current k i