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Act Is Cited
OnCampaign
Books
Non-Prosecution
Course of Jackson
Is Questioned
By DAVID LAWRENCE.
There Is something mysterious
about the apparent refusal of At
torney General Jackson to enforce
the Federal Corrupt Practices Act
as it refers to
the Democratic
National Com
mittee and its
campaign book,
for which it
collects money
from corpora
tions in violation
of the existing
statutes.
Earlier this
week, the At
torney General
in a letter to
Senator Hatch
called attention
to the fact that
David Lawrence.
while the present Hatch law, en
acted on July 19, 1940, “provides
penalties for those who buy books
or advertising, we find no penalty
for those who sell them.”
Within the last 24 hours the Dem- .
ocratic National Committee an- '
nounced that it was in process of
publishing a campaign book full of
advertising, and when its spokes
men were queried about it, the
answer was given that the sellers
of advertising space were not cover
ed by the Hatch law.
1925 Act in Force.
But, unhappily for the sellers and
buyers of advertising space in any
book issued by any political com
mittee, the Federal Corrupt Prac
tices Act of 1925 is still on the
statute books, and the Hatch laws j
of 1939 and 1940 are “in addition
to and not in substitution for" the j
previous statutes governing elec- ■
tion practices. In the law of 1925.
know'n generally as the Federal j
Corrupt Practices Act, appears the
following section 251:
“It is unlawful for any national j
bank, or any corporation organized j
by authority of any law of Con
gress, to make a contribution in
connection with any election to any
political office, or for any corpo
ration whatever to make a con
tribution in connection with any
election at which presidential and
vice presidential electors or a Sen
ator or Representative in Congress j
are to be voted for, or for any
candidate, political committee, or
other person to accept or receive
any contribution prohibited by this
section. Every corporation which j
makes any contribution in viola
tion of this section shall be fined j
not more than $5,000: and every
officer or director of any corpora
tion who consents to any contribu
tion by the corporation in violation
of this section shall be fined not
more than $1,000 or imprisoned not
more than one year or both.
“Section 252: Any person who
violates any of the foregoing pro- ;
visions of this chanter, except those
for which a specific penalty is im
posed by section 208 and section i
251 of this title, shall be fined not !
more than $1,000 or imprisoned not J
more than one year, or both.”
Defines Contribution.
Now what is a “contribution”? !
This term is defined in the same
Federal Corrupt Practices Act of
1925 as follows:
“The term ‘contribution’ includes
8 gift, subscription, loan, advance,
cr deposit, or money, or anything of
value, and includes a contract, j
promise or agreement, whether or j
not legally enforceable, to make a
contribution.”
Would the Attorney General say
that when a corporation buys ad
vertising space in a book issued by
a political committee, this is not
covered by the definition “anything
of value"? If there is some loop
hole in the law' which protects the
Democratic National Committee
members from prosecution under the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act, it
would be interesting to' have the
public told about it.
Earlier this week, the Justice De
partment was full of comment about
the academic discussion by Henry
Fletcher, counsel for the Republican
National Committee, on the subject
of possible contributions to State
committees and organizations. Sen
ator Hatch himself denounced even
the talk of possible use of such loop
holes. Here, however, is a case in
which the Democratic National Com
mittee has announced that it has
collected large sums for advertising
in this year's campaign book. Will
Senator Hatch take an interest in
this episode? If he does not, the
country may as well forget the
whole series of provisions in the
Hatch law and make up its mind
that the Democratic administration,
if continued in power, will continue
to wink, not only at violations al
ready proved in connection with the
Federal Corrupt Practices Act, but
future violations of the Hatch laws
Of 1939 and 1940.
Can Nullify Accomplishment.
The achievement of the able
Democratic Senator from New Mex
ico can be nullified easily by the
practical politicians who may con
trol the law enforcement machinery
of the Federal Government.
If throughout the country the
rank and file of politicians see the
Justice Department overlooking
plain violations of the Federal Cor
rupt Practices Act, they will tend
to believe that nothing serious will
happen to them if they contravene
the Hatch laws. Maybe Senator
Hatch will show his courage once
more and demand of his own party
that the national committee turn
back to all donors the funds received
for the campaign book, or that in
dictments be asked for at once from
grand juries for all who may have
played a part in the collection of
funds for the Democratic campaign
book this year.
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Missourian to Preach
At Ngtional City
“A Beatitude for Hard Days” will
be the subject of the sermon by Dr.
C. E. Lemmon of Columbia, Mo., at
th*: National City Christian Church
Sunday morning. Dr. Lemmon is
occupyipg the pulpit during August.
Miss Maxwell Galloway and E. E.
Condron will sing ‘‘Tarry With Me,
O My Savior,” by Nicolai.
The young people’s meeting will
be in the Vermont Avenue Building
at 6:30 pm.
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The Capital Parade
Donovan's Glowing Report on England's Chances
Regarded as Officially Optimistic British View
By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER.
Col. William J. Donovan, who was sent to England to survey the
war situation for Secretary of the Navy Knox, hate returned to the
United States with a glowing report on England’s chances. From the
President down, no member of the administration has heard such
Cheerful news since Count Rene de Chambrun arrived, fresh from
Dunkerque, with the same sort of data and opinions.
Col. Donovan, who saw pretty nearly every one worth seeing In
England, may be regarded as the transmitter of the officially optimistic
English view. He is understood to lay heavy emphasis on three main
points:
1. While admitting an immense German superiority in numbers of
aircraft. Col. Donovan accepts the English thesis that their air force is
so much better than the German, plane for plane and man for man, as
to counter-balance the Germans’
numerical advantage. Capt. Kel
sey, the American air attache who
also returned recently irom Lon
don, makes the same point after
seeing both air forceyin action.
2. Col. Donovan lays great em
phasis on seasonal conditions. The
moon and the tide, he argues, will
be right for an invasion of England
only for a few days more. If the
Germans miss this chance, in his
opinion, they may have to postpone their grand assault until spring.
3. Co Donovan also talks much of the magnificent English morale.
Taking all the factors together, he contends that the Germans probably
cannot establish a bridgehead on English soil, and that if they succeed
in landing troops, they will eventually be repulsed.
The Gloomy Experts
The only trouble with the optimistic forecasts of men like Col.
Donovan and Count de Chambrun. and even with such isolated expert
opinions as Capt. Kelsey’s, is that they simply do not coincide with the j
judgments of the American War and Navy Department experts who
, have all the facts at their command.
These men, and the State Department officials for whom the course
of the war is of the utmost importance, are decidedly gloomy without
exception. Only the most cheerful put the English chances at even—
’!? ong as additional destroyers are not made available to the English
1 avy. Many paint so dark a picture of the future that it is almost
impossible not to wonder whether they, or the politicians who behave
h Jiv0™* fe^’°!'lrf Tr„e rocking a!one as usual, have not gone collec
tively out of their minds.
Dark Thoughts
In casting up the balance, the prophets of gloom allow little weight
to moiale Except that they consider the next 60 days as “the fighting
season, they think the seasonal factor unimportant. Always excepting
tne destroyer question they admit the excellence of the English Navy
BUt ^PlaCe fa£, th,e greatest emphasis on the situation in the air.
„hfT9^- Gern'lan’Enghsh air strength ratio is commonly estimated at
f=. oV 2 ,t<\1' E£latlvel-v- the German superiority in bombing planes
Sweater. Germany has the whole European Atlantic coast to
attack from, and can send a load of bombs over English ports, factories
an.lalrfields ln 2?e'thlrd of the time Jt takes an English bomber to reach
a v.tal centei. Thus, despite the gallantry of the R A. P raids on Ger
hi^g ar?d regarded as inescapably consigned for the present to
1 ] ghi,y di,sadvantageous defensive role. It is doubted, therefore
whether the English plane-for-plane, man-for-man advantage can turn
the trick, as Col. Donovan predicts
So far the experts generally agree, although some paint a still
darker picture. They also generally agree in believing that the German
Maryann.
WHERE IS MY
SMilLAlAM y
II .
air force has been tuning up, to
date, with desultory raids on Eng
land, probably while waiting for
quantity production of improved
types, and is expecting the real
attack to come before the "fighting
season" passes. They do not agree
as to the pattern of the attack.
The most convincing theory is
that a tremendous air assault on
England, using almost the full
German strength, will come first.
Then, under cover of intensive air warfare, forces now concentrating in
Norway will attempt to take possession of the Shetland and Faroe Islands
and perhaps of Ireland, while fifth columnists, who have been observed
in great numbers, may also try to seize the Azores. Simultaneously the
Italian drive against Suez may be supplemented by a big operation
against Gibraltar. In the end, if this strategy succeeds, England will be
pulverized, surrounding “siege points-’ will have been established and
England's vital sea communications will be seriously threatened. Thus
the way will be prepared for the actual invasion of England, which may
be considerably delayed. It is not a pleasant forecast, but it deserves
careful consideratidn.
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mings.
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No Cabinet Post for Flynn
Roosevelt's New Campaign Manager Denies
He Has Any Political Ambitions for Self
By WILL P. KENNEDY.
President Roosevelt’s personally
picked campaign manager—big Ed
Flynn of the Bronx—has no inten
tion of accepting any cabinet post,
has no desire for any place in the
“President's political family,” never
had political ambitions and hasn’t
any now. In this he is unique in
the line of “President makers” with
in the memory of current politicians.
Mr. Flynn has been in Washington
for several days, conferring with
party leaders preparatory to taking
over the job of chairman of the
Democratic National Committee,
from which his close friend, Jim
Farley, is to retire. For some time
he has been learning the ropes at
the Democratic campaign head
quarters in the Bellevue Hbtel. New
York. He already is well oriented
at the headquarters, where he and
Mr. Farley have been closely asso
ciated and working together for
more than 20 years.
Usually a successful manager of a
presidential campaign becomes the
distributor of party patronage, is
adviser in chief to the President,
and occupies an important official
position in the Capital, where he
is readily accessible to party chief
tains from all the States. He also
makes frequent forays into the
States to see that the party organi
zation is being well maintained.
In recent years the postmaster
generalship has been considered the
proper office through which the par
ty workers are kept content and
rewarded for their efforts, as in the
case of Mr. Farley. Dr. Work. Will ;
Hays, etc. But none of that for him. I
says Edward J. Flynn. Time will
tell.
Financially Independent.
“I am just taking over this job
because of a very real affection for
President Roosevelt, and because I
believe in what he is trying to do.”
Mr. Flynn says. “I am not trying
to make a job for myself—probably j
because I don't need it financially,”
he added, when his attention was
called to how a steady line of his
predecessors had been induced to
become cabinet members.
In his personal affairs Mr. Flynn
is well fixed. He is still relatively j
young—he will be 49 on September j
22—and is independently wealthy,
with a summer estate at Lake
Mahapac, N. Y., and a ranch in
Nevada. He has a beautiful, auburn
haired wife and three children to
whom he is devoted. Politics is his
favorite hobby, but he doesn't take
it home with him. “My wife doesn’t
know politics,” he smilingly explains.
He has been “helpful” in getting
good political appointments for ■
many of his old schoolmates, but
he asks nothing for himself.
This is the third important post j
for which Mr Roosevelt has picked
him. When Mr. Roosevelt was Gov- j
ernor of New York, he asked Mr. j
Flynn to be secretary of the State ;
Senate. Since he has been Presi- j
dent, he appointed Mr. Flynn as |
Federal Government commissioner !
for the New York World's Fair, and
now he has designated him as his
third-term campaign manager.
While Mr. Flynn is not yet ready
to discuss campaign plans, he is
quite willing to be quoted as saying
he is “confident we’ll win." At the |
same time, he confesses that he
doesn't expect to fill Jim Farley's
shoes—either physically or meta
phorically. “I'll just do my best,”
he says, “and I'll have many good
helpers.”
No Big Changes Expected.
He does not anticipate any im
portant changes in the campaign
organization, or in the headquarters
office force which has been well
trained under Mr. Farley and is well
known to political leaders all over
the country.
Mr. Flynn has a pleasant per
sonality, wins friends easily and has
a strong Farley touch in the gracious
way he meets people. But he has
a peculiar weakness for a man who
has gone so far and been at time's a
storm center in public life. He is
shy and admits it. He denies he
EDWARD J. FLYNN.
has any inferiority complex, but he !
sincerely dislikes personal publicity |
and is/reticent.
Flynn is not, however, meek and
yielding, but can be aggressive, stub
born and firm. He loves a fight—
"that’s the Irish in me, I suppose,”
he says. When he makes up his
mind to do something, it's pretty
hard to dissuade or deter him, his
close friends and political co-workers
say.
He is a real Irishman, although
born in the Bronx where he always
has lived and still lives. His father
came from Ballin Spittle, near Cork,
where the family tree has been
growing for hundreds of years and
is still growing. His father was a
graduate of Trinity College, Dublin,
and for years was connected with
the New York Central Railroad. He
himself has visited Ireland many
times—15 to 20—"been going across
all my life,” he says, "and will be j
going back again as soon as the
war's over.”
Was Track Athlete.
He was born September 22. 1891,
and attended Fordham College and
the Fordham Law School, from
which he graduated in 1912 and
started practicing law on his own.
At Fordham he was a track athlete.
He went into the State Legislature
22 years ago, then for four years
was sheriff and later city cham
berlain under Mayor Jimmy Walker.
For 10 years he Was secretary of
the State Senate, and for 18 years
he has been leader of the Bronx.
Thirteen years ago he was mar
ried to Miss Helen Margaret Jones.
He admits that he thinks his wife
“is very beautiful” and that "many
other people agree with me.” Their
children are Pat. 10; Dick, 9, and
Sheila, 5. He and his wife were
both christened, confirmed and mar
ried in St. Jerome's Church, New
York City, and all of their children
have been christened there also—
quite a record among the shifting
population of the metropolis.
His summer place is at Lake
Mahopac, in Putnam County, where
he has a farm of 350 acres and 56
head of blooded Guernsey cattle.
There he runs a dairy farm. He
also has a cattle ranch of 14,000
acres in Nevada with 3,000 head of
cattle.
Horseback riding is his favorite
sport and he has been riding since
he was a small boy. Several years
ago his back was so seriously in
jured in a fall from a horse that
he had to %tay in bed for two months
at the lake.
He has never known the chal
lenge of being “broke” and admits
that he “probably missed a lot in
that way.” His family always was
well to do. He acquired his con
siderable fortune partially by in
heritance from his parents, partly
from his law practice (he is now
a member of the Arm of Gold
water & Flynn, 60 East Forty
second street) and through invest
ments. He laughingly denied that
he has made any investment in
Mr. Farley’s new business enter
prise for which he is quitting as
Postmaster General on August 31.
Nature’s Children
Lima Bean
By LILLIAN COX ATHEY.
We find that of all the pole beans
the limas have the greatest economic
importance. They are usually grown
for profit and are entitled to the
popularity showered upon them.
There are three types at the present
time which lead--the Dreer, small,
or Sieva, and the large lima. Each
of these has subvarieties or strains
and they appear in bush or pole
form.
The old-fashioned lima bean was
a buxom and healthy-sized bean.
Somehow it has been losing its
popularity of late years and the
small, green, tender ones have led.
The lima bean has long been
called the king of table beans—no
matter what size. Of course, since
this vegetable must be trained to
climb a pole, it does not come cheap.
Individual care always costs money.
These beans demand especially
fertile soil, and it is claimed by
those familiar with the temperament
of the limas, that you can hardly
give them too much rich soil. This
means expense again To provide
right soil means enrichment of the
ground in which the seeds are placed,
further food added to the ground
during the days when the bean is
learning to climb the pole, and again
after it is all set to mature its seeds.
Beside all this attention, the lima
desires warm soil and neighboring
poles no closer than 4 feet.
Once the lima get* ready to bear
pods it keeps at the job regularly.
As soon as the matured pods ap
pear on the .vine tney should be
gathered, so that strength required
for the coming one? will not be
wasted in maturing the older pods
for seed purposes. Toward the last
of the lima bean season, if you have
found this bean to be all that you
desire, then you ma\ permit some
of the finest pods tc ripen and be
ready for another crop the coming
year.
Lima beans require a long season.
Therefore they are not a vegetable
for the colder climates.
The bush lima, the Sieva, la the
most successful. These do not take
the place of the pole lima, as they
are not so productive. But they have
been found satisfactory where con
tinuous bearing is desired and pol^s
are found to be out of the question.
The foliage of th? various beans
does not appeal generally to insects.
But the pods, when dry, have too
much appeal for the beanweevil, a
small cousin of the peaweevil, with
the same family habits. The loss
to the grower is considerable, and
for this reason, all beans used for
seed or food must be protected
against this foe.
Bean blight, a disease that often
affects the lima bean in the field,
also causes heartache among the
growers of this finely flavored and
popular vegetable. There are over
100.000 acres of lima beans under
cultivation in California alone. The
profitably growing of lima beans
calls for a specialized education.
Guess work here is costly.
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Draft Bill Held Misunderstood
'Selective Service' to Protect America Rather Than
'Compulsory Conscription' Is Called Its Objective
By COL. FREDERICK PALMER,
Noted Military Expert.
Widespread misunderstanding of the Burke-Wadsworth conscrip
tion bill prevails. Many people think registration means immediate call
to military service. Many who are most alarmed about a fifth column
in case of war do not realize that enactment of this bill is the best way
to deal with such subversive activities.
Let us simplify the spirit, terms and purposes of the bill. We can
do so by using the cover page of the report of the hearing before the
Senate Military Affairs Committee. The title of it is “Compulsory Mili
tary Training and Service.”
Compulsory is not a pleasant word to many of us. It denotes con
scription, which is a horrid word with a totalitarian sound. Conscription
grants the Government the power to draft any man into the Army, and
under this bill to draft him in time of peace. There is no denying this
fact. It will remain established, if the bill is passed, until the bill is
repealed.
The subtitle on the cover page calls it “A Bill to Protect the Integrity
and Institutions of the United States Through a Svstem of Selective
Compulsory Military Service." Reports of the bill’s progress are increas
ingly gi^en tj leave out the word “selective” before the word “compulsory.”
tt •.BJuti,.flrst consider .“protect the integrity and institutions of the
United States." Conscription is accepted too exclusively as limited to
military preparedness against armed attack from without. How will it
protect us from dangerous forces working from within?
Candidates Are Investigated
Turn to the requisite qualifications for a private in our Regular Army
or a seaman in our Regular Navy today. Passing the educational and
physical test is preliminary to further examination. If the candidate is
in easy reach of a recruiting station, say in a city, an experienced non
COm a2.eiS ^ome and up his record and the company he keeps.
ii ui 8 cueck"uP is made by mail through the local postmaster or other
reliable sources, if he lives at a distance—on a farm or in a village.
No one touched with subversive teachings is wanted.
Registration in peace supplies initial information which will not
have to be obtained in haste if war comes. Any man with subversive
tendencies can be dealt with immediately. He will have to prove that
his ciaim to be a conscientious objector is not an excuse for a slacker
if it should appear, when his case is studied by the draft experts, that
he has just got off on the wrong foot and likely will make a good soldier
on the way to become a good-' citizen, if rightly handled, he will be
received in the draft army.
Association May Well Cure His Grouch
He wilf not find he is in a group who shared his warped views. Care
is always taken to avoid that error. He will be in the ranks between two
normal, right-minded American youths. Association likely will cure him
of his grouch just as it did a host of similar examples in the World
War draft.
He will live a healthy, disciplined life in place of a malcontent, not
to say disorderly life. Serving under the flag will insure depths of feeling
for it which he could never get by watching it pass in a parade. We
cannot stress too much th^ "selective” before the “compulsory” since
"selective” is being so frequently omitted; or too much that being
registered does not mean you will be called out—an impression common
among many people. If all men from 21 to 31, who would be registered,
under the terms of the bill as it came from the Senate committee, should
be called out we should have 15 to 20 times the 400,000 or 500 000 which
it is proposed to draft for the first year.
By registration we shall know‘what each man is best fitted to do,
whether mechanic or clerk, his present employment and general qualifica
tions. This is only the extension for war needs of the personnel system
of any corporaton or any employment bureau, seeking to place unemployed
or high school or college graduates. Employers do not choose on sight
or by lot, but on records. The Army would have records and choose by lot.
Registration Might Help F. B. I.
In the World War—when we started from scratch—months passed,
not only at home, but in the A. E. F., before we got satisfactory allocation
of personnel. It was quite human that men wanted to do w’hat they were
accustomed to doing and best fitted to do. Under registration in peace
we shall be through with all this groundwork when w:ar comes. It will
not happen as it did in France in 1917-18 when the service of supply,
needing 100 more automobile mechanics, had to hunt for them.
It is past understanding to one with experience of war and in the light
of what happened in Europe, how any one who favors universal finger
printing can object to selective service registration to meet attack from
without. This registration might tip off the sleuths of our F. B. I. about
potential fifth columnists for the attack from within.
Some opponents of selective service who have a weakness for
analogies, without looking too closely into premises, point out that the
totalitarian dictators conscript all the way from grandchildren to grand
parents. They see conscription as the very mother of dictatorships. Not
to mention how Lenin paved the way for Stalin in Russia. It was by
raising volunteer gangf. black shirt and storm troops that Premier Mus
solini became master df Italy, and Chancellor Hitler of Germany. Dicta
tors most often rise as the result of national unrest and defeat. In war
or peace they come when a people are in the mood to vest all power,
as indispensable, in one man.
If the British had started conscription in ample tim» before the
war they would be in a better position to defend their homeland and
their possessions overseas. Australia hesitated long, but now, with her
lifeline threatened by Japan’s incursion into East Indian waters and the
Italian attempt to control the Gulf of Aden, she is about to adopt a
full measure of conscription.
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Births Reported
James end Elizateth Ackman. t,.
Leverette and Allie Baker, girl.
Ira and Gladys Bechtold. girl.
Garland and Margaret Bloom, boy.
William and Katherine Brady, boy.
Wilfred and Dorothy Callett. gin.
Walton and Marian Darwin, boy.
Eugene and Thelma Dawson, girl.
Edward and Irene Dedwney. girl
Robert and Catherine Early, girl.
George and Mildred Ellis, girl.
William and Katherine Evans, girl
Hugh and Elizabeth Francis, girl
Charles and Myrtle Garrison, girl
William and Droury Harpold. boy.
Charles and Eva Hayden, boy
George and Marie La May. boy. x
Emery and Lillian Lane. boy.
Charles and Matilda Larkins, girl
John and Sara Malone, boy
George and Dorothy Mangum. ei
Joseph and Laura Mlchaelle. girl
Thomas and Elizabeth Montgom
Arthur and Aline Murphy, boy.
Joseph and Lillian Nau. boy.
Merritt and Marguerite Pearson
Riy and Laura Pence, girl.
Ralph and Cynthia Pierce, boy.
Samuel and Edith Reeder, boy.
Edgar and Mabel Saux. girl.
Herbert and Lillian Schiefer. gi
George and Adele Tacey. boy.
Braine and Thelma Wade. iirl.
Harold and Louise Watkins, boy.
Lewis and Hattie Bariao. boy.
Stephen and Rachel Braxton.
John and Dorothy Brown, boy
George and Marie Burgess, boy.
Lawrence and Marie Carberry. t
Samuel and Mary Carter, boy.
Dajyel and Lillie Chisolm, girl.
Richard and Ida Cooper, boy
William and Alma Gates, girl.
Mathews and Lillian Greene, girl.
Joseph and Ida Griffin, boy
Clyde and Beatrice Jones, girl.
Lawrence and Nancy Jones, boy.
Wilbur a.nd Irene Jones boy.
Leroy and Lillian Lamont. boy.
Carroll and Elizabeth Lenyear. boy.
John and Mary Mathis, girl.
William and Rosetta Morton, boy.
Francis and Beatrice Perry, girl.
Frederick and Grace Smith, girl.
Edward and Juanita Towell. boy.
James and Mollie Walker, girl.
Icam and Jeanette Washington, girl.
Lenard and Clara Wheeler, boy.
Coilis and Bedeiia Willis, boy.
Solomon and Etter Worrell, girl.
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Deaths Reported
William H. Morse, 94. 3638 Van Ness
st. n.w.
August J Bommer. 82- Gallinger Hospital.
Hettie Atkinson. 82, 1400 Fairmont st.
n.w.
Cecelia Bassechas. 80. Garfield Hospital.
Anne E. Earp. 78. 16 Channing st. n.w
Francis G. Richmond. ?6. Emergency Hos
pital.
Emma Miller. 72. Emergency Hospital.
Samuel L. Craft. 72. 2002 C st n.e.
George Eckloff. 62. Sibley Hospital.
John M. Kearful. 58. I3*a and D sts. n.w
Willis B. Gibbs, 51. United States Naval
Hospital.
Dyer J. Taylor. 49. 1617 21st st. n.w.
George Annie. 40. Sibley Hospital.
Helen Draper, 30. Doctors’ Hospital.
Henry D Lemmond. 28. Social Security
Bui’ding.
Mary Evans. 85. Home for Aged
Jollie Drape. 70. Gallinger Hospital.
Charlotte Hewlett. 66, up G st. sw
James H. Nelson. 61, St. Elizabeth’s Hos
pital.
Henry Lewis. 43. GaHinger Hospital
Geneva Horton. 28. Freedmen's Hospital.
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The
Political
Mill
Campaign May Be
Contest of Rural
And City Votes
By G. GOULD LINCOLN.
The supposedly defunct Pender
gast Democratic machine in Kansas
City and its allies in St. Louis and
outlying parts of the State have
G. Gould Lincoln.
defeated, by a
very narrow
margin, Gov.
Lloyd C. J'tark
in his contest
for the Demo
cratic senatorial
nomination. Not
all the credit
for Gov. Stark’s
defeat goes to
the machine.
Part goes to
Senator Bennett
Clark, who broke
with Gov. Stark
about a year ago,
when the Gov
ernor became a potential candidate
for the Democratic presidential or
vice presidential nomination.
It was Gov. Stark who took “Tom”
(Boss) Pendergast for a ride in a
couple of election contests after
Stark became Governor. It was
Stark who pressed for action to put
the Pendergast machine and its
boss out of commission in Kansas
City.
Maurice M. Milligan was United
States district attorney in Kansas
City. After the onslaught against
Pendergast had begun, it fell to Mr.
Milligan to prosecute the boss, and
to obtain a conviction against him
for income tax law violations So
Mr. Milligan, worked upon by his
own friends and by enemies of Gov.
Stark, determined to get into the
Democratic senatorial race.
Milligan Boom Deflated.
Early in the year there wer
those who insisted—although tl-'
might have known better—that Mi
ligan was the man of the hour, a?'
that he would defeat both Stark an
Senator Truman, who had been
; elected to the Senate six years ago
with the support of Pendergast.
What happened to Mr. Milligan was
rather pathetic. He received about
125,000 votes in the primary last
Tuesday to 262,000 for Senator Tru
man and 255.000 for Gov. Stark. His
only accomplishment was the de
feat of Gov. Stark. Stark and the
re-election of Senator Truman—
with the accompanying joy of the
Pendergast machine and probably
of the boss himself. For one reason
or another, the machine's hate of
Gov. Stark was far stronger than
any dislike it may have had for the
district attorney who won the cases
against Pendergast and sent him to
jail.
Gov. Stark showed himself n
uncompromising foe of the machine.
He has been accused of having ac
cepted the support of Pendergc
when he was nominated four year
ago and later turning against tin
boss. He did have the Penderge i
I support, which would have been
: placed behind some other Derno
| cratic candidate had Stark not been
! the man. But when Pendergast
sought to dictate the appointment
of key men in the State's govern
ment, Gov. Stark promptly told the
boss where to head in.
Recount May Decide.
The vote in the senatorial nomi
I nation was so close in Missouri that
’ a recount may be necessary, but on
! the face of the returns. Senator
| Truman has a lead of 7,000 votes
over Gov. Stark. There remained
j yesterday several outlying districts
I to be heard from, in the sections of
I the State favorable to Stark, and
also a large number of absentee
ballots to be counted.
It is easy to see that if Milligan
had not allowed himself to be per
suaded to enter this senatorial race,
the anti-Pendergast machine voters
would have nominated Gov. Stark
for Senator.
The pleasant Mr. Milligan was
forced to resign his office as United
States prosecuting attorney when he
| became a candidate for the Senate,
under the provisions of the Hatch
“clean politics" act. It is difficult
to see, right off the bat, just how Mr.
Milligan has done much for him
self.
Gov. St-’rk is the kind of man
needed American politics. He is
a grad;' . j of the United States
Naval Academy. He served as an
officer of the Army in the A. E. F.
in the World War. He has been a
successful businessman and a good
Governor of Missouri. At one time
it was thought the President might
appoint him Secretary of the Navy.
But Mr. Roosevelt turned to Charles
Edison, who was Assistant Secretary
of the Navy and is now the Demo
cratic nominee for Governor of New
Jersey, after leaving the secretary
ship vacant for months. And then,
after Edison had been "built up"
for the gubernatorial campaign, the
President picked Col. Frank Knox,
Republican publisher of the Chicago
Daily News, to be Secretary of the
Navy in his effort to give the Gov
ernment a semblance of political
solidarity.
Machines for Roosevelt.
It will be unfortunate if Gov.
Stark is now retired from public
life permanently. The Roosevelt
administration has the ardent sup
port of the bosses of Democratic
machines in a number of big cities
in this country. Some of the ma
chines have a reputation for cor
rupt politics that will not down.
It will have the support of the
Pendergast machine in Kansas City,
just as it has the support of the
Keily-Nash machine in Chicago, the
Crump machine in Memphis, the
Hague machine in Jersey City and
the Democratic machine in New
York City, which is now dominated
by “Ed" Flynn, new chairman of the
Democratic National Committee.
It looks as though the present
campaign may come down to a
contest between the city and rural
votes. The New Dealers are count
ing heavily on rolling up huge votee
in the big cities—New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Detroit, Los Angeles,
Boston, Cleveland, etc.
A Job of the Willkie campaigners
is to so reduce the city pluralities
rolled up for President Roosevelt
that, taken in conjunction with a
big rural Republican vote, the G.
O. P. nominee may win next No
vember. Mr. Willkie is turning over
to Thomas E. Dewey the job of
showing the connection between the
New Dealers and corrupt machine
bosses.
When Mr. Dewey turns loose on
the Kellys, the Hagues, etc., he may
be expected to stir the political
cauldron with * very considerable
spoon. •
A.