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Vargas Makes Plea
For Solidarity of
Western Hemisphere
Calls for Mutual Respect
And Freedom of Nations
In Organizing Selves
By the Associated Press.
RIO DE JANEIRO. June 29.—
President Getulio Vargas, ap
parently answering foreign criticism
of his June 11 address championing
the ways of “vigorous people," today
called for American solidarity based
on the mutual respect and freedom
of each country to organize itself
politically according to “its own
tendencies, interests and necessi
ties."
“Thus we understand the Monroe
Doctrine and thus we practice it,”
he said.
Vargas, who spoke before the
maritime workers—Brazil's strongest
labor union—has ruled Brazil
through a dictatorship for all
except three months of his 10-year
regime.
No Choice of Belligerents.
He disclaimed for Brazil any
choice among the belligerents in
Europe.
“Our duty,” he said, “is to main
tain strict neutrality. * * * In the
defense of Brazil * * * the obligation
of every Brazilian is to conduct him
self in a manner to keep Brazil out
of war.”
The President refused to “take
back" his June 11 speech, which at
first was interpreted by some quar
ters as defending European dicta
tors and contrasting with President
Roosevelt's message at Charlottes
ville, Va., on June 10, the day Italy
entered the war against France and
Britain.
Vargas on June 11 said “Vigorous
peoples fit for life must follow the
route of their aspirations. * * * We
are marching toward a future differ
ent from all we know in economic,
political and social organization, and
we feel that old systems and anti
quated formulas have entered a de
cline. It is * * * the beginning * • *
of a new' era.”
Explains June 11 Speech.
The Brazilian President later in
formed Mr. Roosevelt that his speech
ccsid not be regarded as contradic
tory. Today he told the maritime
workers that his June 11 talk was
“a call to attention in view of the
hard lessons the present days im
pose on peoples w’ith the mobiliza
tion of all energies in order not to
be suprised or caught by events.
“I called the attention of Bra
Bilians to transformations occuring
in the world before which we can
not remain indifferent * * * re
affirmed our intentions of pacific
collaboration and solidarity with
the brother peoples of the continent
whose destinies are identified with
ours by historic bonds * * * showed
the necessity of fortifying the coun
try economically and militarily.”
G. 0, P.
(Continued From First Page.)
favor of the retention of Mr. Hamil
ton, after the committee had gone
into session behind closed doors,
made a strong plea for immediate
action on the chairmanship and
other officers of the national com
mittee. holding that it was a func
tion of the committee to make these
selections. It was not until word
was brought from Mr. Hamilton
himself, who was not attending the
committee meeting, that he was
not opposed to the procedure sug
gested by the candidate, that the
row in the committee quieted down.
A resolution calling for the appoint
ment of the special subcommittee
was adopted.
This procedure is similar, as a
matter of fact, to that adopted four
years ago, when a subcommittee was
selected to confer with the then
candidate. Alf M. Landon, on officers
for the national committee, and
visited him in Topeka for that pur
pose.
The subcommittee appointed to
make the selection of the commit
tee officers along with Mr. Willkie
was named as follows:
Walter S. Hallanan, West Virginia;
William F. Knowdand, California;
Samuel F. Pryor. Connecticut; Sin
clair Weeks, Massachusetts; Harri
son E. Spangler, Iowa; Ezra R.
Whitla, Idaho; Mrs.'Grace B. Rey
nolds, Indiana; Henry P. Fletcher,
Rhode Island: Werner W. Schroeder,
Illinois; Frank O. Horton, Wyoming:
William Stern, North Dakota, and
Mrs. Worthington, Scranton, Penn
sylvania.
May Meet Wednesday.
If present plans are followed out,
they will meet with the candidate
on Wednesday at 2 p.m. in New
York.
Committee members said today
they did not know of any candidate
for the national chairmanship. Mr.
Pryor of Connecticut, who did much
to aid in bringing about the nomi
nation of Mr. Willkie, was men
tioned as a possibility, but it is
understood that he does not want
the job and is for the re-election
of Mr. Hamilton.
It has been reported that opposi
tion to the continuance of Mr. Ham
ilton in the chairmanship has come
from former Gov. Alf M. Landon
of Kansas, whose campaign man
ager Mr. Hamilton was.
The arguments advanced for the
retention of Mr. Hamilton are thkt
It would be unwise to break up an
organization already functioning,
and start all over again with a new
executive head, who would have a
lot of new assistants of his own.
Members of the committee insisted
, that Mr. Hamilton had done an ex
cellent job as chairman during hard,
lean years for the Republican party,
and that he should be retained.
In some quarters it was suggested
that the national chairmanship
should go to David S. Ingalls, the
Taft pre-convention manager. Mr.
Ingalls is the national committee
man from Ohio. Such a step, it was
said, would help to cement the
partv, taking into active manage
ment of the campaign a foremost
supporter of Mr. Willkie's leading
opponent for the nomination. If any
change is to be made from Mr.
Hamilton, it is reasonable to sup
pose, however, that it would go to
one of th« Willkie supporters of
pre-convention days.
Speeds With Motor Dead
ELIZABETH, N. J„ June 29 (IP).—
The motor of John P. Gilbert’s car
wasn’t running, but he was fined $7
for speeding.
A friend, whose motor was hum
ming nicely, pushed him more than
40 miles an hour. The friend was
lined, too.
PHILADELPHIA.—NOMINEE MAKES NAUTICAL EXIT—Wendell Willkie, Republican presidential nominee pictured as he waved
farewell to Philadelphia yesterday. Beside him on the deck of Publisher Roy Howard's yacht is his wife. They left for a brief sea
voyage before returning to New York. __A p Wirephoto.
Politics
(Continued From First Page.)
attitude toward" war and the Demo
crats to win must make the most of
his weaknesses.
Sees War Chief Issue.
“Absolute security against ag
gressors and against war is the only
issue worth a tinker's damn in this
campaign. If the Democrats fail to
face the war issue squarely in their
platform and if they name an inter
ventionist also, a third party—a
peace party—will destroy what little
is left of their already weakened
chances.
“The mothers, the ‘cannon-fodder’
and the veterans of this republic de
mand a vote on the question of
peace and they shall have it.”
In his opinion, Senator Johnson
explained further. President Roose
velt is “an interventionist'’ whose
renomination would lead to launch
ing of the “peace party.”
For his part. Senator Wheeler was
making no direct comment yester
day on the Johnson statement be
yond a wide-open, declaration that
"I have no desire to head up a third
party.”
Informed that such a pronounce
ment might easily be interpreted to
mean he would accept leadership in
a third party if offered to him, the
Montana Senator said analysts are
welcome to make their own inter
pretations of his words. Two weeks
ago in the Senate, he declared that
Progressives drew more than 4,000,
000 followers and captured 88 elec
toral votes. In 1924, a new Pro
gressive party, with Senator Wheeler
holding second place under the late
Senator La Follette, drew about
5,000,000 popular votes, but only 13
electoral votes.
Senator Byrnes, Democrat, of j
South Carolina, declared that Re- '
publican speakers at their conven- i
tion had painted a false picture of
this Nation's ability to defend itself
He will reply to them in a radio
address at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday over
an N. B. C. network. His subject,
"America Needs Preparedness, Not
Politics,” he said, would be a fac
tual statement to the American
people.
Roosevelt Nomination Seen Sure.
With the Republican.convention
Dver, Capital political interest veered
to the forthcoming Democratic con
vention at Chicago, beginning July
15.
Most Democrats, confident that
President Roosevelt #would accept a
third nomination, appeared to be
lieve that the only major issue fac
ing their convention would be selec
tion of a vice presidential candidate.
Senator Ellender, Democrat, of
Louisiana, predicted that nomina
tion of Mr. Roosevelt for a third
term would be “practically unani
mous except for a few favorite son
candidates.”
The Louisiana Senator said that
renomination of Vice President Gar
ELWOOD, IND.—WILLKIE’S THEIR CHOICE—Two long-time
Republicans of this place, J. N. Nuzen, 84 (left), and Elmer Cox,
74, talked about shoes and politics in Nuzen’s shoemaking shop
yesterday and agreed they’d vote for Wendell Willkie, who was
born in Elwood. Nuzen, as a boy of 8. cheered for Abraham
Lincoln when he was the Republican standard-bearer.
—A. P. Wirephoto.
i rah wilxi me uemo
cratic party" if it became a ‘‘war
party " _
Might Draw Many Votes.
Already adequately on the record
as critical of the Roosevelt foreign
policies, Senator Wheeler is ex
pected to echo the Johnson appeal
for a peace platform for the Demo
crats in a speech tonight before the
American Anti-War Crusade of the
Keep Out of War Congress at Chi
cago.
Prominent, too. in this resistance
to the Roosevelt-Willlcie sentiments
toward totalitarian aggression is
John L. Lewis, C. I o. president,
who likewise has been reported
flirting with the third party idea
and has openly indorsed Senator
Wheeler as presidential timber.
Whether Mr. Lewis could draw
any sizable portion of the C. I. O.
voting strength to a third party is
problematical, but the labor leader
in recent weeks has wooed the
favor of several organizations al
ready recorded as fearfui of Ameri
can involvement in war.
If formation of a new political
party actually occurs, its net effect
is hard to calculate at this point.
Peace, especially when coupled with
preparedness, is an enticing hill of
goods—easy to dramatize and diffi
cult to criticize. If marketed
shrewdly, it might draw a surpris
ing number of votes from both
Democratic and Republican ranks.
Could Destroy Balance.
While there is no likelihood that
such a party could grow to vic
torious proportions by November, it
might destroy the normal balance
between Republican and Democratic
followers and have the effect of
swinging the result to a different
victor than would result from a
two-party test.
Since Civil War days, three elec
tions have been influenced by third
parties. In 1892, the Populists polled
more than a million individual votes
and 22 electoral votes. In 1912, the
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■ harmonious move.
“If Garner won't have it. I be
lieve Senator Byrnes is leading the
field,” Senator Ellender said.
As a preliminary to the Demo
cratic convention, it was announced
that a subcommittee of the Demo
cratic National Committee would
meet in Chicago July 11 to consider
a plan for reapportioning delegates
to future conventions.
Bonus Plan Suggested.
The subcommittee, headed by!
Senator Green of Rhode Island, was j
created pursuant to instructions of
the 1936 national convention which
voted out the two-thirds rule, j
Southern delegates, in yielding the
rule under which they had been
able to balance the numerical su
periority of Northern States in
choosing a presidential candidate,
were assured that a new system of
apportioning delegates would be
installed.
The present system is two dele
gates for each Senator and Repre
sentative in Congress, plus six from
the District of Columbia and each
of the territorial possessions, except
the Virgin Islands, which has two.
Some suggestions have been made |
that a new plan should be based
on the “bonus” system, used by
the Republicans, under which States
supplying big majorities in presi
dential voting get bigger delegations
in the next party convention.
Representative Rankin, Democrat,
of Mississippi said in a statement
yesterday that as a result of the
“power trust blitzkrieg” at Phila
delphia “the octopus” should be
substituted for the elephant as the
Republican party’s emblem.
He said the Republican nomina
tion of Mr. Willkie, utilities exec
utive, would make “the power ques
tion” the outstanding issue of the
campaign.
Britain used five and one-half
billion match boxes last year.
G. 0. P. Leaves Philadelphia
Bad Case of 'Morning Afteritis'
By Vie Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, June 29.—Phila
delphia had a bad' case of "morning
afteritis’’ today,
A few soggy banners which hung
out during last night's rain dripped
on passers-by.
Hollow-eyed hotel clerks sum
• moned a set smile to speed the last
parting guests.
The destructive knock of razing
hammers echoed through the big
hall which had rung all week with
whacks of the chairman's big gavel.
That was all there was left of the
tumultuous Republican National
convention.
A comparative handful of re
porters greeted the presidential
nominee, Wendell L. Willkie, at a
press conference this morning. And
they were waiting only for conclu
sion of the National Committee’s
organization meeting to pack up. He
left a few hours later aboard the
yacht of Roy Howard, publisher,
New York bound.
Disappointed candidates and king
makers already had left. Calls to
campaign headquarters, which two
days ago couldn't be completed for
an hour, drew only a “No answer”
response from the switchboards.
Senator Robert A. Taft's head
quarters carefully packed banners
for shipment to Cleveland, ready to
use, perhaps, if Taft runs for re
election.
Others just tossed the banners
into rooms littered with folders
which hadn’t done the trick to await
a general cleaning out
There was activity in Convention
Hall—typewriter companies loading
up machines installed for more than
800 working newspapermen—car
penters tearing down the honey
comb of cubicles erected for various
purposes—decorators removing those
handsome State shields which sou
venir-hunting delegates overlooked.
Gone, too, were the countless
lapel badges which had emblazoned
virtually all officials and visitors—
that is, gone from every lapel ex
cept that of a grizzled Texas
delegate.
He displayed a “Draft Hoover”
button.
“I still say that it’d be a good
idea,” he growled to questioners.
Gains in U. S. Income
And Non-Agricultural
Employment Reported
Payments for 5 Months
Total $29,132,000,000,
Hopkins Reveals
By the Associated Press.
The Commerce Department re
ported yesterday that income pay
ments to individuals during the first
five months of this year totaled $29.
132,000,000. an increase of 5 per cent
over the same period last year.
The index of such payments—us
ing 1929 figures as 100—increased
three-tenths of a point to 87 from
April to May, Secretary Hopkins
said. This increase, he added, "re
flected largely the increase in busi
ness activity following the slow de
cline in February, March and April.”
At the same time, the Labor De
partment reported that employment
in nearly every region of the United
States increased between April and
May in non-agricultural establish
ments. There was a net gain of
250.000 in such employment, It said.
Secretary Hopkins said that a rise
in pay rolls during May was more
than enough to offset a decline in
cash farm income caused by the
sharp drop in Government agricul
tural benefits. Salaries and wages
for May 'were estimated at $3,789,
000,000, an increase of $61,000,000
over April and $191,000,000 over May,
1939.
«is report said mat me total of
income payment totals during the
first five months of the year was
divided in this way: Salaries and
wages, $18,655,000,000; dividends and
interest, $3,428,000,000; entrepre
neurial income and net rents and
royalties, $5,828,000,000; direct relief
and other labor income, $1,212,000,
000.
(Income payments to individ
ual differs from national income
in that Government payments
for relief, crop subsidies, etc., are
included. When national income
is figured, these payments are
excluded, but increases in corp
oration surpluses are included.)
In a report on the current agri
cultural situation, the United States
Chamber of Commerce said that the
expansion of industrial activity
should mitigate to some extent the
loss of farm export markets as a
result of the war.
It added, however, that “it is
scarcely to be expected that this
expansion will take place rapidly
enough or be adequate to offset the
effects of thq diminished foreign
demand.’’
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O'Conor Lauds Veterans
As Fifth Column Foes
Bs the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, June 29.—Gov.
O'Conor told the Maryland Depart
ment Veterans of Foreign Wars
Convention today that the Nation
was "fortunate'’ it had such organ
izations which could help to "stop
subversive movements before they
really get under way.”
The Governor's address followed
an announcement by Department
Comdr. James H. Arthur that a
plan was being considered for estab
lishment of a home defense group
recruited from ex-service men.
Gov. O’Conor said the V. F. W.
and other veteran organizations “are
of inestimable value to our country,
and are proving their value in many
ways.”
He said patriotic organizations
could help prevent “fifth column”
movements "by establishing in the
minds of those who might be
tempted to join them the realiza
tion of the unmatched privileges
they enjoy here in America.”
Comdr. Arthur said the home de
fense corps plan would be submitted
to the convention and that if
adopted it would be offered at the
national convention.
Willkie Was Dishwasher
In South Dakota Cafe
By the Associated Press.
ABERDEEN, S. Dak., June 29 —
From dishwasher to Republican
presidential nominee! That’s the
way Aberdeen citizens today viewed
the spectacular rise of Wendell L.
Willkie.
On a summer's bumming trip dur
ing his youth, the tousle-haired vic
tor of the Philadelphia convention
once washed dishes in an Aber
deen restaurant. Mr. Willkie "K.
P.'d” in the cafe, now non-existant,
operated by Charles Shortridge,
while looking for work in Dakota
harvest fields.
Turin Military Hospital
Visited by Mussolini
By the Associated Press.
ROME. June 29.—Premier Mus
solini visited a military hospital
at Turin today on his second day
with Italian troops who fought on
the western front in the two-week
war with France. „
At Ulzo he reviewed a division
and conferred with Crown Prince
Umberto, commander of the armies
In the west.
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ICE '
CREAM
Helps
Build Up
Energy
RUSHVILLE, IND.—“LIKE A SON” TO HER—Kindly, white
haired Mrs. Philip Wilk, 79-year-old mother-in-law of the Re
publican presidential nominee, will have plenty of fried chicken
and cherry pie ready when “Win” returns to Indiana for a
formal acceptance speech at Elwood. Shown above with one of
the many bouquets she received after Willkie’s nomination,
Mrs. Wilk corifided “Win is like a son to me.” A.P. Wirephoto,
Lady Mosley, Hitler's Friend,
Arrested by Scotland Yard
By the Associated FreBs.
LONDON, June 29. — Scotland
Yard's fifth column squads today
arrested tall, blond Lady Mosley,
pre-war friend of Adolf Hitler, wife
of the imprisoned British Fascist
leader and daughter of a British
peer.
In doing so, a wary and menaced
official Britain not only took cogni
zance of the fact that Lady Mosley
shared actively in Sir Oswald Mos
ley’s "British Union” activities at
home, but it reached back also into
the curious friendship of two pretty,
high-born sisters for the Fuehrer of
Nazi Germany.
Lady Mosley is the third daugh
ter of Lord Redesdale and the older
sister of the Honorable Unity
Valkyrie Freeman-Mitford, who now
is in seclusion somewhere in Eng
land after a war-time return from
! enemy Germany, where she was
] shot and seriously wounded last
autumn.
During the years or appeasement
, the two sisters were frequently in
S Germany as the personal guests of
Hitler. Lady Mosley became so pro
j Nazi that she trained her two small
,sons by a previous marriage to
| answer the door of her town house
' and greet visitors wdth upraised
arms and cries of "Heil Hitler!”
Her sister was equally fervent.
(Sir Nevile Henderson, the former
British Ambassador to Berlin, has
told how she dumbfounded him by
i giving him the Nazi salute at a
! Nazi Numberg party congress.) She
j fought in Hyde Park with a man
j who snatched away the swastika
button Hitler gave her, and defied
i
55 Babies Wore
Same Dress at
Christenings
\ By the Associated Press.
LEONARDTOWN, Md„ June 29.
A christening dress more than 100
years old is still being used for chil
dren in the Camalier-Sterling fami
lies of St. Mary's County.
The dress, which has been used
at the christening of 55 babies, is
the property of Mrs. L. J. Sterling,
who wore it at her own christening.
All of her 17 children and grand
children wore the white, lacey, ruf
fled little gown at their christening.
Before that her aunts and cousins
were christened in it.
Miss Kate Camalier, a spinster,
made the dress and so expert was
her workmanship that it shows lit
tle signs of wear.
It is carefully tucked away in
moth balls between christenings, just
as carefully brought out and aired
when a new baby arrives.
Its most recent use was at the
christening of Tommy Bell-, son of
Mrs. Mary Catherine Sterling Bell.
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in Lake Serpentine.
Lady Mosley, 30 years old. was
arrested at her country house,
Savetay Farm, Denham, Bucks, near
London. Plainclothesmen took her
into custody under the blanket
defense of the realm regulations.
Her husband. Sir Oswald, was ar
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said yesterday that some persons
have misinterpreted his remarks
made Wednesday night in Baltimore
before the Americans on Guard in
which he predicted that "within the
next year the A.merican people are
going to have a new government
backing the Constitution, even if
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