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88th YEAR. No. 35,164. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940 —THIRTY PAGES. *** THREE CENTS.
Draft Is 'a Tragic Necessity'
To Plug Gaps in U. S. Defense,
Sheppard Says,Opening Debate
Volunteer System
Too Slow Now,
Texan Declares
By the Associated Press.
Senator Sheppard, Democrat, of
Texas, opening argument for the
Burke-Wadsworth compulsory mili
tary service bill, told the Senate to
day that conscription had become
“a tragic necessity" because emer
gency defense, preparations could
not be accomplished speedily enough
by voluntary enlistments.
“The doctrines and aggressions of
certain dictator-controlled nations
become every day more menacing
toward the free and independent
democratic countries,” Senator
Sheppard asserted in urging adop
tion of the measure, which would
require an estimated 12.000.000 men
from 21 through 30 years of age to
register.
“The bloody conflicts they have
Imposed on many of such countries
outside the United States and are
still imposing on those countries,”
he continued, “call for the imme
diate establishment by the United
States of a nucleus of armed forces
In the air, on the sea and on land
properly equipped and capable of
expansion within an adequate time
Into proportions sufficient to over
come attack on‘the United States or
the Western Hemisphere. .
Advocates Larger Army.
“The time element is a tragic ne
cessity, because the voluntary sys
tem cannot accomplish the emer
gency work absolutely needed.”
Senator Sheppard contended that
a larger Army was needed imme
diately to protect American inter
ests in the Western Hemisphere,
warning that if the Panama Canal
were put out of commission, “our
Navy would be helpless.”
•'There can be no withdrawal from
Panama. Hawaii. Puerto Rico or
Alaska without vital disaster,” he
warned. “To permit these strategi
cal areas to fall into the hands of
any enemy would jeopardize the
security of the continental United
States itself.”
Previously. Senator Sheppard had
announced that the Military Affairs
Committee, which he heads, would
Invite Gov. Lehman of New York
and Gov. O’Daniel of Texas to
testify in open hearings next week
on legislation to set up a “home
guard” force.
“Home Guard” Considered.
Several suggestions, including one
by President Roosevelt that World
War veterans be called into "home
guard” service, have been considered
by the committee, the chairman said.
He said Gov. Lehman had pro
posed that additional units of the
National Guard be organized and
equipped with Federal funds to take
the place of any that might be
drawn into Federal service under
legislation approved by the Senate
yesterday.
Gov. O'Daniel suggested that Con
gress authorize the setting up of
State troops, equipped and main
tained by the State, he'pointed out.
Overwhelming Senate passage of
the bill authorizing the President to
muster the National Guard and
Army Reserves has emboldened con
scription advocates to propose a
broader registration program under
the compulsory service measure.
Just before the Senate began de
bate on the conscription issue. Sena
tor Burke. Democrat, of Nebraska
disclosed that he had drafted an
amendment calling for registration
of all men from 21 through 44. The
bill approved by the Military Com
mittee fixed the ages at 21 to 30,
inclusive.
Senator Burke said the Senate’s
H-to-7 vote yesterday in favor of
legislation which could put the
Guard and Reserves into active serv
ice was encouraging to those who
want to increase the number of men
subject to possible conscription.
Would Double Registration.
His proposed change, he explained
would make 24,000,000 men subject
to registration, instead of the 12,
■ 000.000 contemplated in the commit
tee-approved measure. In either
case only those from 21 through 30
would be liable for immediate draft
and military duty.
The Senate adopted unanimously
an amendment by Senator Pittman,
Democrat, of Nevada to permit
Guardsmen and Reservists with de
pendent wives or children to resign
■within 20 days after enactment of
the measure. Only the day before
the chamber had defeated a pro
posal to let any enrollee quit the
service.
Administration forces, aided by'
some Republican votes, beat off by
a 39-to-38 vote an amendment
by Senator Adams, Democrat, of
~tSee~CONSCRIPTION. Page A~-3X
$150,000,000 Cotton-loan
Approved by President
By the Associated Press.
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Aug. 9.—The
temporary White House announced
today that President Roosevelt had
approved a recommendation by Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace for a
$150,000,000 noq-mandatory loan on
the 1940 cotton crop.
The loans will be handled through
the Commodity Credit Corp. The
loan rate will be announced later,
probably in Washington.
The action was taken under the
1938 Agricultural Adjustment Act.
At the same time it was announced
the President had signed a bill in
creasing the resources of the Com
modity Credit Corp. from $900,000,
000 to $1,400,000,000 to carry out the
mandatory loan provisions of the
1939 A. A. A. Act on corn, cotton
and wheat.
The bill, S3998, was designed to
meet marketing emergencies*arising
from war abroad and to permit tem
porary advances to other divisions of
the Agriculture Department as re
quired by law for short-term sea
sonal needs.
A
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Tax and Profit Uncertainties
Delay Defense, Stimson Says
Compton Also Tells Legislators
Business Firms Balk at Contracts
By the Associated Press.
Secretary of War Stimson and
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Compton told a congressional com
mittee today that profit limitations
and business uncertainty over tax
legislation had delayed production
of airplanes, guns, ships and other
vital items of the defense program.
The two testified with regard to
an excess profits tax containing
various provisions designed to speed
armament manufacture. One sec
tion would permit the cost of plant
expansion to be deducted from taxes
over a five-year period. Another
would lift present profit limitations
imposed by the Vinson-Trammel
Act,
William S. Knudsen, defense
commissioner in charge of produc
tion, who likewise appeared at the
tax hearing, said the projected Vin
son-Trammel suspension and plant
expansion provisions had given rise
to the feeling that “we are going
British Withdraw
Troops From Shanghai
And North China
Destination Secret;
May Go to Hong Kong
Or Singapore
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 9.—The War Office
announced today that "British
troops at present stationed in
Shanghai and in North China are
being withdrawn for service else
where.’’
Authoritative sources said the
United States Government had been
kept informed of Britain's inten
tions to withdraw the troops and
Japan also had’been notified.
These sources said the total num
ber of troops affected was about
1.500, and that protection of British
interests would be left to the inter
national police force commanded
by the municipal council which gov
erns the Shanghai International
Settlement.
No replacements for the British
troops was planned, it was reported
While the destination of the men
was not given it was considered un
likely they would be. taken from the
Far East.
(Shanghai reports suggested
Hong Kong or Singapore as the
destination.)
The troops in Shanghai consist of
Large Fires Started
Near U. S. Embassy
By Japanese Bombs
By the'Associated Press.
CHUNGKING, Aug. 9.—Large
fires were started near the
United States Embassy on the
south bank of the Yangtze
River today when 64 Japanese
warplanes, coming in two
waves, gave Chungking its
worst bombing in several
weeks.
Authorities expressed fears
that casualties would prove
heavy, as many people were
outside the air-raid shelters
when the Japanese planes
came.
The area around the Amer
ican Embassy hitherto has suf
fered little from air raids.
(In Shanghai Japanese
pilots were quoted as saying
the residence of Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-shek had
been wrecked and burned in
this raid.)
the 2d Battalion of the East Surrey
Regiment, the 1st Ba£talion of the
Seaforth Highlanders and several
platoons left behind when British
soldiers were removed from North
China. One company also is sta
tioned at Tientsin.
Informed British said the ques
tion of shifting the British forces
had been under consideration since
before the start of the European
war. They declined to comment
when asked if the move now had
any connection with the British
Japanese crisis, adding only:
“This step arises from the fact
that Britain is at war.”
The original purpose of keeping
troops in China under the 1901 in
ternational protocol, official sources
explained, was to protect British
lives and property from banditry
and Chinese violence.
They added that, with the de
velopment of the Chinese-Japanese
war, any practical reason for the
(See SHANGHAI, Page A-7.)
French Air Force Loss
Put at 29% in 46 Days
By the Associated Press.
VICHY, France, Aug. 9.—The
French air force lost 29 per cent of
its effectives in the 46 days of the
German western offensive, it was
stated today by the newspaper
Le Petit Parisien.
French pilots generally fought
against German flyers In the ratio
of 1 to 10, it added.
to have fairly clear sailing from
now on.”
He also testified that an army of
2,000,000 men could be completely
equipped by 1944. but subsequently
said he wished to withdraw that
estimate and submit a brief on
the subject later.
The big, ruddy business executive
appeared before the committee
without a prepared statement. Right
off, he said he was “ignorant of
procedure” and. stuffing both hands
into trousers pockets, offered to
answer any questions he could.
Mr. Compton strongly recom
mended that any plant expansion
legislation enacted be made retro
active to cover existing contracts, “if
it can be done without seriously im
pairing the tax features of the bill.”
A number of contractors already
have risked their money for plant
expansions in the interest of na
tional defense, he said, and he
thought they should be accorded
(See :DEFENSE. PageA^3J
British Shoot Down
15 Italian Planes in
Air Battle in Libya
Big Victory Claimed;
Fascist Advance on
Berbera Admitted
E> the Associated Press.
CAIRO, Egypt, Aug. 9—Italians
in British Somaliland pressed an
advance toward Berbera, capital
and principal port, the British ad
mitted today as they claimed a
smashing victory in the biggest air
battle of the African war in Libya.
An army communique said the
Italian columns of motorized troops
which seized Hergeisa and Oad
weina early this week, were con
tinuing a northward march through
the barren rock hill roads toward
•the coast, which they aim to $elze
for an Ethiopian outlet on the
Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean.
Hergeisa is about 100 miles from
Berbera, Oadweina about 80.
The air battle was fought yester
day, when the British attacked an
Italian force apparently convoying
caravans of supplies to desert forces
concentrating on the Egyptian
border.
The middle eastern command here
said 15 Italian planes were de
stroyed when a British force, out
numbered more than two to one,
fought over Italian Libya.
The British said the battle took
place "some distance west of Sidi
Omar,” when the Britons appar
ently set out to break up Italian
troop and supply concentrations be
ing prepared for Italy's main offen
sive against Egypt and Suez.
The British admitted the loss of
two planes.
(The Italian communique said
losses and plafies engaged were in
a reverse ratio. Five British
planes were shot down and two
Italian, the communique said, al
though the Italians were outnum
bered, 27 to 16.)
(This battle was fought at
about the same time the British
reported smashing 60 planes
from a German air armada which
attacked convoys in the English
Channel.)
Sidi Omar is a small Libyan town
about 8 miles from the Egyptian
frontier and lies southwest of Salum,
Egypt.
The Italians twice raided Berbera,
the capital and principal port of
the protectorate.
The British said that one of the
bombers was damaged and that
there were no casualties.
R. A. F. Bombs Hargeisa.
The Italians already have occu
pied Zeila, a small harbor 150 miles
west of Berbera, near the French
Somaliland frontier, and Hargeisa.
native camel-breeding center on the
mountain highway 100 miles from
Berbera, and Oadweina, near Har
geisa.
The British said they bombed
Hargeisa yesterday, hitting bar
racks and bungalows in which
troops w'ere believed quartered.
(The Italian communique to
day reported the capture of Har
geisa, which the British admitted
had taken place Monday.)
The British South African air
(See EGYPTIAN, Page A-3.)
Nazis Resume !
Plane Attacks
On England
New Report Places
' Reich Loss at 60
In Channel Battle
By the Associated Press.
LONDON. Aug. 9.—Germany paid
with loss of at least 60 planes for
yesterday’s wholesale aerial assaults
on British shores and shipping, the
Air Ministry reported today, as
Nazi air attacks continued.
In all, the Ministry said, 60 Ger
man planes were destroyed “and
many others damaged ”—a toll of
about one in seven of "some 400”
Nazi raiders it counted in the raids
—the greatest attack in British his
tory.
A loss of 16 British planes was
acknowledged, but the Air Min
istry said three pilots previously
counted as missing now are reported
safe, two of them wounded.
(The German high command
asserted that British losses were
49 plants shot down near the Isle
of Wight in the English Channel
and ofT the port of Dover. Ger
man losses, it said, were only 10
planes shot down and two which
had to make forced landings.) 1
Sinkings Multiplied by Three.
An authoritative source said the
German communique, reporting 12
merchant ships totaling 55,000 tons
sunk in the forays, "multiplied by
three” the British losses.
Contrary to the German report,
this source said, the attacked con
voy "contained no tanker nor, in
deed, any ship approaching the ton
nage figures for single ships given
in the German claim,” mentioned
an 8.000-ton tanker and two steam
ers of 5,000 and 4,000 tons.
Two German bombers were shot
down today, one by anti-aircraft fire
after it had bombe'd a northeast
coastal town and the other by three
Spitfires off the northeast coast.
Three of the crew of the second Nazi
plane were captured in a rubber
boat.
Although the intensity of the at
tacks apparently had slackened, the
Air Ministry reported scattered raids
throughout last night and today.
It disclosed there had been “some
damage to property and some cas
ualties, one of which was fatal,” in
Southwest England.
Casualties “Few.”
Renewed bombardments of the
Strait of Dover, the Bristol Channel,
Northwest England and the Mid
lands also caused some damage and
killed “some” persons. Casualties,
however, were said to have been
"few.” ■* -
Seven persons were reported killed
and 12 Injured in collapse of part of
a factory In the northwest. The
building was surrounded by a mili
tary guard after the accident.
A grim order by the government to
Britons to "stay put” lest they be
killed was underscored by yesterday s
day-long attack in which unofficial
tallies reported that 800 Nazi planes
roared over the Channel and Inland
in waves of about 80 planes each.
One attack formation included 150
planes, bombers and fighters.
Press Warns of Mass Raids.
The press warned that the Ger
mans now may stage raids of 500
planes at a time and the public was
told to "stay where you are” in a
leaflet published by the Ministry of
Information and tucked under the
doors of millions of homes in the
United Kingdom today.
Yesterday’s assault was the great
est ever leveled against this island
seat of empire. At least 100 Ger
men airmen met death, it was
claimed.
Last night British airmen were
believed to.have struck back. Ten
German-controlled radio stations
went silent, indicating they were
shut down so as not to guide the
Britons. They were the stations at
Stuttgart, Brussels, Cologne, Hilver
sum, Leipzig, Berlin, Strasbourg,
Frankfort, Saarbrucken and Ham
burg.
The Ministry of Information
warning to the public to "stay put”
capped a five-day campaign de
signed to prepare Britons for mass
aerial bombardment, if not actual
invasion.
The government is represented
as content with the navy's ceaseless
patrol, Royal Air Force forays over
the continental coastline and the
army’s “stand to” at the dangerous
hours of dawn and dusk. The fight
ing services are secure against sur
prise, it is held.
To prepare the man in the street,
Prime Minister Churchill himself
opened the campaign Sunday by
warning against "the slightest re
(See BRITISH, Page A-4J
Son Born to Princess
ROME, Aug. 9 (/P).—A son was
born today to Princess Maria,
youngest daughter of King Vittorio
Emanuele, who was married to
prince Louis of Bourbon-Parma in
January, 1939.
Summary of Today's Star
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Amusements, Radio-B-10 fense structures. Page B-l
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Finance-A-15 Woman’s
Lost, Found, B-6 Page .B-2 Editorial and Comment
Obituary —A-10 • This and That. Page A-8
Foreign Answers to Questions. Page A-8
Jews’ rights in Rumania cut by Letters to The Star. Page A-8
drastic decrees. Page A-l ^av*d Lawrence. Page A-9.
British shoot down 15 Italian planes Alsop and Kintner. Page A-9
in Libya. Page A-l Jack Stinnett. Page A-9
Nazi air attacks on Great Britain Lemuel Parton. Page A-9
resumed. Page A-l
National
Profit limit, tax uncertainty held de- Vital Statistics. Page B-6
‘laying defense. Page A-l Badtime Story. Page B-10
Letter-Out. Page B-10
Washington and Vicinity Winning Contract. PageB-11
Man drowns in leap off Chain Uncle Ray’s Corner. PageB-11
Bridge. Page A-l Cross-Word Puzzle. PageB-11
Option forecasts big development on Service Orders. Page B-12
Temple Heights. Page B-l Nature’s Children. Page B-12
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Flynn Calls for Democratic
Unity on D. C. Representation
New Party Chairman Would Not Confuse
Issue With Self-Government
Edward J. Flynn of New York,
new Democratic national campaign
manager, today declared his em
phatic support for national repre
sentation for residents of the Dis
trict of Columbia and expressed the
hope that Congress promptly will
approve the Sumners resolution pro
viding for a constitutional amend
ment empowering Congress to grant
whatever representation it might
determine.
The new chairman of the Demo
cratic National Committee, person
ally selected by President Roosevelt
'to manage his campaign, empha
sized that the inclusion of this Dis
trict suffrage plank in the party
platform is a recommendation to all
Democrats in Congress that they
should support the legislation. By
such action, he said, they will carry
out the platform pledge and give
the people throughout the States an
opportunity to vote on the question,
through their State Legislatures.
“Of course, I am for anything in
Man Leaps to Death
From Chain Bridge
After Parking Car
Tags Listed to G. A. 0.
Accountant, Who Had
Obtained Leave Today
A man who parked a sedan on
the Virginia end of Chain Bridge
shortly after noon today leaped
screaming over the railing into the
Potomac River, floundered for a
moment on the surface and sank
as he was swept away by the swift
current.
The tags on the car were listed
to Arthur H. Bartelt. about 40, a
General Accounting Office account
ant, of 1424 R street N.W., investi
gators said. Mr. Bartelt obtained
leave of absence from his work this
morning, it was said.
The man left a note in the car.
Police refused to disclose the con
tents. but said the note did not
divulge the identity of the writer.
Louis St. George of 140 Quincy
street N.E., employe of a filling sta
tion on the Virginia shore, said he
heard a scream and saw a man
waving his arms in the current
which sweeps through the gorge.
The man sank a moment later.
Two See Plunge.
Vernon Goultrie of Alexandria,
Va„ and Posey Price of 419 Second
6treet NT, who were fishing from
the rocks under the bridge, saw the
man plunge from the railing below.
He disappeared a moment later, the
witnesses said.
At the home of Edward F. Bart
lett, commissioner of accounts and
deposits. Treasury Department, a
brother of Arthur Bartlett, it was
said the brother had complained
recently that he could not sleep be
cause of the heat. Members of the
family were worried about him, it
was said.
Mr. Bartelt, a World War veteran,
came here from Illinois several
years ago. He is unmarried, it was
said.
Police Search for Body.
Harbor police were searching for
the body this afternoon. It was
not believed possible that the man
could have swum ashore. The full
force of the Potomac piles swiftly
through the narrow, rocky gorge
where the man disappeared.
A passer-by who found the note
said it was scrawled hastily in pencil
on both sides of an envelope. He
said the man had written that he
“couldn’t stand it any more” and
was taking “this way out.” Most
of the writing was illegible, he said.
Mr. Bartelt had not been seen at
his apartment since yesterday after
noon. He lived alone, neighbors
said.
Philadelphia Needy
Will Get Fobd Stamps
B? the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department an
nounced today that its stamp plan
for distributing surplus food among
needy families will be extended to
Philadelphia in about a month.
the party platform,” he said. ‘‘I be
lieve that Congress, which is now in
unquestioned Democratic control,
should by passing this legislation
give evidence to all the people that
the platform is sincerely a declara
tion of party principles and what
the party aims to accomplish. I am
glad to see that the< party leaders
in both Senate and House have
taken this stand.”
Mr. Flynn who has been in Wash
ington for several days conferring
with the President and party
leaders, shows that he is well in
formed on the problems involved
and appreciates the reasons Con
gress is unwilling to relinquish any
of its control over the National
Capital. He feels with party leaders
in Congress that any attempt at
this time to put through legislation
which would grant elected local self
government in the District would
be ill-advised.
The attitude of the new chair
(Se(TREPRESENTATION, Pg. A-10)
Morgenlhau Predicts
Huge Deficit, Asks
Excess Profits Tax
Fears Increase in Debt
Limit; Sees Treasury
$5,700,000,000 in Red
By tht Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau, forecast
ing a $5,700,000,000 Federal deficit
this year, urged Congress today to
open another source of Govern
ment revenue and provide a "better
distribution” of defense costs by
enacting an excess profits tax.
An eventual increase in the pres
ent $49,000,000,000 Federal debt
limit to permit more deficit financ
ing was predicted by Mr. Morgen
thau, while Undersecretary Daniel
W. Bell said that at the present
rate of defense expenditures it
would be necessary to increase the
limit by about $9,000,000,000 next
summer unless new taxes were
raised.
Appearing before a joint meeting
of the House Ways and Means
Committee and the Senate Finance
Committee, the Treasury chief also
proposed prompt action on pending
tax legislation because he said it
would facilitate execution of de
fense contracts.
“The national defense program,”
the Secretary said, “places upon us
the duty of reconsidering certain
features of the tax structure now,
in order to obtain a rapid expan
sion of production for defense tmd
a better distribution of its cost to
the taxpayer.”
The excess profits tax has been
estimated by experts to yield $300,
000.000 to $500,000,000 a year.
The Treasury and Budget Bureau
hav^ calculated that, as of. August
5. the Treasury faced expenditures
of mo«e than $12,000,000,000 in the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, Mr.
Morgenthau said. Revenue esti
mates, he reported, totaled $6,367,
000,000, including the new defense
taxes recently enacted.
Sees Borrowing Power Exhausted.
Unless new taxes were enacted,
he continued, virtually all of the
new $49,000,000,000 Federal borrow
ing power would be exhausted by
June 30, 1941.
“On the basis of these estimates,”
(See TAXES, Page A-10.)
Democrats to Issue
1940 Campaign Book
Despite Legal Opinion
Volume Was Established
Before Hatch Act,
Michelson States
The Democratic National Com
mittee is issuing a 1940 “campaign
book” with “more advertising than
usual" despite the brand of il
legality put on the venture by At
torney General Jackson, it was dis
closed today by Charles Michelson,
head of the party publicity organi
zation. at the press conference where
Edward J. Flynn, chairman-desig
nate of the committee, discussed
presidential campaign plans.
Asked how this program jibed with
the Attorney General’s opinion,
which was given Wednesday in a
letter to Senator Hatch, Democrat,
of New Mexico, author of the act,
in recommending that the legisla
tion be tightened, Mr. Michelson
said that when the book was es
tablished, there was no Hatch Act
proviso against it, and that Mr.
Jackson had not passed on it.
Price to Be 25 Cents.
A question, asked Mr. Flynn and
referred to Mr. Michelson, who sat
with him, disclosed the commit
tee’s Intention.
Mr. Michelson said that the price
of the book would be 25 cents. The
1936 book—some of which were
autographed by President Roose
velt—brought as high as $100 a
copy either when bought outright
or used as advertising mediums.
When the project was under dis
cussion this morning Mr. Flynn
quoted from the Chicago Times
that similar books, for which ad
vertising is being sold at $1,000 a
page, are being issued by the El
wood Notification Committee of
the Willkie-for-President Club.
Proceeds Unestimated.
Asked if he could give a “rough
estimate” of the proceeds from the
book, Mr. Michelson said no, but
that he could “tell you something
about the literary contents.”
In his letter to Senator Hatch,
Attorney General Jackson said that
a shortcoming of the present prohi
bition against advertising devices
was that it was directed only against
the purchasers. He recommended
that the sponsors likewise be made
liable to facilitate prosecutions.
Morgenthau Outlines
U. S. Fiscal Outlook
At Tax Hearing
By tbe Associated Press.
Secretary Morgenthau gave
this summary of the Gov
ernment's fiscal outlook when
he testified at a congressional
tax hearing today:
Estimated expenditures for
current fiscal year, ending June
30, 1941, $R,058,000,000.
Estimated revenues (exclusive
of proposed new excess profits
tax), $6,367,000,000.
Net deficit, $5,691,000,000.
Approved and pending appro
priations and contract authori
zations for Army, $6,809,000,000;
for Navy, $7,893,000,000.
Total national defense outlay
so far voted by Congress, $14,
702,000,000.
Estimated actual cash defense
costs this fiscal year, $5,000,
000,000.
Present Federal debt, $43,
803,196,540.
Estimated debt June 30, 1941
(exclusive of proposed new tax),
$48,700,000,000.
U. S. to Build Heavy Tanks;
$5,689,725 Contract Is Let
By the Associated Press.
The Army has decided to build
monster land battleships like the
70-ton German tanks which are
generally given much of the credit
for breaking through French and
Belgian fortifications.
The National Defense Commission
has cleared a $5,689,725 contract
with the Baldwin Locomotive Works
at Philadelphia for construction of
heavy tanks.
Army officials refused today to
disclose details of the order, but It
was reported that the tanks would
weigh in the neighborhood of 70
tons each and would carry 75 mlli
meter cannon, equivalent in size to
the famous fast-firing French field
gun.
Cost of carrying out the initial
order will be high in view of the
fact that much new machinery will
have to be developed to turn out the
parts. Estimates of the number of
tanks which would be obtained un
der the first contract varied from
30 to 50. No date was given as to
time deliveries could be made.
Cudahy Given
Reprimand and
Ordered Home
State Department.
Acts After Receiving
Notes of Interview
By BLAIR BOLLES.
John Cudahy, American Ambas
sador to Belgium, was reprimanded
publicly by the State Department
today and ordered by the President
to return to this country immedi
ately for consultation concerning
his ipterview in London on Belgian
food conditions.
Acting Secretary of State Weiles
at his press conference read a pre
pared statement in which he said
the interview given by the Ambas
sador contained certain opinions
"not to be construed as representing
the views of this Government.”
Transcript Received Here.
The Acting Secretary’s statement
was prompted by the receipt here
of a transcript of the notes of the
interview. The statement expanded
the general expression of disap
proval made by Mr. Welles on Wed
nesday.
“The incident illustrates once
again.’’ the statement said, “the
importance which must be attrib
uted by American representatives
abroad to the department’s instruc
tions to refrain at this critical time
from making public statements
other than those made in accord
ance with the instructions of the
Department of State.”
Mr. Welles pointed out that the
Ambassador's observations violated
the department's standing instruc
tions and that the interview was
given without the department’s au
thorizinig it or being notified in
advance about it.
Sincerity Unquestioned.
“I am sure,” Mr. Welles said,
“that no one will question the sin
cerity of the Ambassador's sym
pathetic interest in the future well
being of the Belgian people, an in
terest which is shared by, the peo
ple of the United States.
This reference, however, did not
soften the firmness of the rebuke
meted out to Mr. Cudahy, who was
a millionaire real estate operator
before *he entered diplomacy as a
reward for his support of the Demo
cratic party.
“By direction of the President,”
Mr. Welles’ statement concluded,
“Ambassador Cudahy has been re
quested to return to the United
States immediately for consulta
tion.”
The Ambassador had remarked
that Belgium by mid-September
would face famine, and Intimated
that in his view the British should
relax their blockade of the Conti
nent to let food supplies from Amer
ica through.
The Ambassador also compared
the conduct of the American sol
dier in Europe in the last war un
favorably with the conduct of the
German soldier today in Belgium.
Mr. Cudahy is the second Ameri
can chief of mission reprimanded
for public statements this year.
James H. R. Cromwell, former Min
ister to Canada, was the first. How
ever. the Cudahy reprimand Is more
vigorous.
At the same time, Mr. Welles re
vealed that Norman Armour. Amer
ican Ambassador to Argentina, is
on his way to the United States
simply in the interests of a vaca
tion—the first he has had in two
years.
The Japanese Ambassador was to
call on Mr. Welles this afternoon,
but the exact nature of the con
versation was not intimated in ad
vance.
The administration is still con
sidering what reply it wall make to
the representation against the
American aviation gasoline export
embargo lodged with Mr. Welles by
the Japanese Ambassador last Sat
urday.
Far East Policy Unaffected.
Beyond stating that the with
drawal of British troops from the
Shanghai International Settlement
would have no effect whatever on
our policy in the Far East, Mr.
Welles gave no indication what
steps the United States would take
to protect itself and uphold treaty
arrangements in the Settlement*
Mr. Welles said that this Govern
ment knew in advance of the
British plan to withdraw its troops.
The Swedish Minister and the
Spanish Ambassador called on the
Acting Secretary this morning. The
Swedish Minister wanted’some en
lightenment about the licensing
system recently put in effect for
the export of certain materials im
portant -in our own preparedness
drive.
Windsors Are Planning
Visit in U. 5. 'Soon'
B' the Associated Press.
HAMILTON, Bermuda. Aug. 9 —
The Duke of Windsor said today he
and his American-born duchess
would visit the United States “soon.”
"The Duchess hasn't been there
for eight years and I haven’t been
for 16 years, so it’s certainly time
we went,” the Dyke said in his first
interview since arriving yesterday
en route to his post as Governor of
the .Bahamas.
“When I was last in the United
States the Woolworth Building was
the highest in New York—that
rather dates me,” the Duke com
mented.
(Earlier story on Page A-6.)
Commons to Debate War
LONDON, Aug. 8 (JP).—A debate
on the general conduct of the war
will be held in the House of Com
mons in the week starting August
r19, the government announced to
day. Prime Minister Churchill win
make a statement.