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Warren Will Swing
Many Democrat Votes
In South, Leaders Say
Florida Delegate, However,
Expresses Displeasure at
Stassen 'Squeeze-Out'
ly th* Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, June 26.—South
ern Republicans see the nomination
of Gov. Earl Warren of California
for Vice President as the weight
needed to swing a tremendous num
ber of normally Democratic votes
to the GOP in November.
He won both the Republican and
Democratic nominations for Gov
ernor in California in 1946.
John Wilkinson, North Carolina
delegate and Republican senatorial
nominee, flatly predicted in second
ing Gov. Warren’s nomination that
his party will carry the Tar Heel
State.
All was not peaceful, however, on
the Deep South Republican front.
Florida Delegate Critical.
Emory Akerman, a Florida dele
gate and supporter of Harold E.
Stassen for the presidential nomina
tion, said that while he assumes "all
good Republicans” will support the
Warren ticket, there "is strong re
sentment over the way things were
handled” at the convention.
Asked what Stassen supporters
resented, Mr. Akerman said:
"The way Mr. Stassen was
squeezed out (for the vice presi
dential nomination), with nominat
ing speeches going on until 3 or
4 in the morning (for President)
and with the way we took long day
rcesses and held long night ses
sions.”
Wisconsin sentiment similar.
Mr. Akerman said he found some
what similar sentiment among Wis
consin's delegation, but hastily
added:
“Everybody seems to think Gov.
Warren is a very fine man and no
body blames him for the way things
were run.”
C. C. Spades, chairman of the
Florida delegation and its new na
tional committeeman, said he
thinks the selection of Gov. Dewey,
whom he supported, is “perfectly
splendid.”
“I think Gov. Warren will have
a tremendous appeal in the South
because of his dual-party position
in California,” Mr. Spades said. “I
think he will appeal to Democrats
as well as Republicans.”
George Norwood, South Carolina
national committeeman and an
original supporter of Senator Taft
of Ohio, said he was “very much
pleased with the presidential ticket”
and that Gov. Dewey always had
been his choice, next to Senator
Taft.
South Carolina Dubious.
"I suspect Gov. Warren will add
strength in the South,” Mr. Nor
wood said. "I believe we will carry
North Carolina.”
Asked about GOP chances in
strongly Democratic South Caro
lina, Mr. Norwood replied: “I’m
sorry to say it, but I don’t believe
we have much chance of carrying
my State.”
Alabama Chairman Claude O.
Vardaman said:
“It is the strongest possible ticket
we could have nominated. I think
its election Is a foregone conclusion.
It will get a tremendous vote in
Alabama.”
Harry Sommers, Atlanta automo
bile dealer who succeeded Wilson
Williams as national committeeman
from Georgia, said:
"It is the strongest ticket the Re
publican Party has had in my life
time.”
Houston Attacks Draft
As Harmful to Negro
ly th» Asiociot«d Pr«n
KANSAS CITY, June 26.—
Charles H. Houston. Washington
Negro lawyer, says that peacetime
military conscription “would place
Negro youth under the most re
actionary elements in the country.”
Speaking at a convention of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People, Mr.
Houston declared last night:
“Peacetime military conscription
means that the country turns its
youth over to a military caste whieh
is not responsive to any demo
cratic controls.” 1
He said he did not believe either
a peacetime draft or universal mili
tary training is essential to the
safety of this country.
Mr. Houston has been a leader
In a number of NAACP court battles.
James Herndon of Atlanta told
the convention he believed Negro
youth “will support the program of
civil disobedience against segrega
tion in the armed forces.”
“I believe,” he said, “the attitude
of Negro youth may be summed up
in this: If we must fight, let us
fight for democracy, Christianity
and our American way of life, let us
fight right here.”
Reds Deny Intimidation
In Arrest of Austrian
ly the Associated Press
VIENNA, June 26.—The Russians
have sidestepped Western power
charges of Intimidation in connec
tion with the Soviet arrest of Anton
Marek, Austrian Interior Ministry
official.
Lt. Gen. L. V. Kurasov, Soviet'
high commissioner in Austria, told
the Allied Control Council yesterday
that results of investigations in
Marek's case would be disclosed “in
due time.” Mr. Marek is accused
of espionage against Russia.
American, British and French au
thorities accused the Russians of
intimidation and violation of the
Austrian control agreement.
Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keyes, Amer
ican high commissioner, claimed Mr.
Marek was a victim of Gestapo
methods. He said he assumed Mr.
Marek was arrested because tha
Russians did not want Austrians to
know about Communist subversive
activities. Part of Mr. Marek’s Job
was to investigate kldnapings.
Meanwhile, the Russians still are
holding Mr. Marek, possibly to try
him in their own military court.
Death at St. Elizabeths
Declared Suicide
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
•aid today he will issue a certificate
of suicide in the strangulation death
last night of Lacy S. Hall, 58, patient
at St. Elizabeths Hospital.
Hall, a retired Army sergeant, was
found on the floor with a belt looped
around his neck. The other end of
the belt was fastened to his bed,
police said.
This Changing World
Soviet Expected to Step Up Activities
Immediately, Fearing G. O P. Victory
By Constantine Brown
the Soviet government is ex
pected to increase the tempo of its
activities in Germany, Austria, Iran
and China, now that the Republican
Party has nom
inated Gov.
Dewey. The con
sensus in Mos
cow is reported
to be that there
will be a change
o t adminlstra
tio n in the
United States in
January.
Foreign gov
ernments have
been more inter
ested in the Re
publican Con
vention than
they have ever
Constantine Brown.
been in any such meeting before.
Dependent as many of them are on
American economic, political and
military assistance, they are aware
that their national lives in the next
four years will be deeply affected by
the policies of the American govern
ment.
The U. S. S. R. has far and away
the best informed and mo6t active
intelligence service in this country.
While other countries must rely on
newspaper storieS and commentaries,
supplemented by personal contacts
between their diplomats and Amer
ican politicians, the Russians not
only have their own agents in var
ious parts of the country but also
receive the valuable assistance of
Communist Party members and the
hundreds of thousands of fellow
travelers who have infiltrated into
all walks of American life.
Fear Aid to Moral Unity.
Hence, Russian information about
political trends in this country is as
complete and accurate as that of
both the Republican and Democratic
National Committees.
The Soviet intelligence workers
have reached the conclusion, accord
ing to word from within their ranks,
that the Republicans will win the
election in November. This conclu
sion was arrived at some time be
fore the Republican Convention.
While Soviet propaganda describes
the Republicans as reactionaries and
unable to stem the much hoped-for
(in Russia) depression and conse
quent social strife in the United
States, those in the Soviet govern
ment who deal with political real
ities are informed that the ability
of the Republicans to preserve the
moral and spiritual unity of the
country Is not to be minimized.
nils judgment in Moscow Is based
on reports from Soviet agents to the
effect that the rank and file of
American organized labor rapidly is
breaking away from any connection
with Communist ideology which
some of their leaders were attempt
ing to instill into them. They are
looking Instead to the free life guar
anteed to them by the Constitution
and the traditions of American lib
eralism.
Relied on Sabotage.
It is known to the American in
telligence services that one of the
major weapons on which the Soviet
general staff was relying, in event of
an armed conflict with the United
States, was disaffection and sabo
tage by workers in American indus
trial plants, transportation and com
munications
It was estimated by Moscow’s
agents last year that some 60 per
cent of these workers could be relied
on to follow their leaders. 'Ifre
Communist purges in the various
unions, which were carried out by
rank and file members In free vot
ing, reduced that potential substan
tially.
According to recent reports which
have leaked to this country from
Russia, there is distinct concern in
Moscow over the possibility that if
the Republicans win, as the Reds
consider highly probable, the entire
sabotage organization—both politi
cal and industrial—so carefully cre
ated since World War II will fall
apart.
See* No Immediate Challenge.
Moscow Is convinced, however,
that the present administration will
not dare challenge any moves by
the U. S. S. R. which do not involve
armed aggression against American
forces. Thus intensification of the
Communist armed activities in
China; renewal of the separatist
movement in Azerbaijan; stimula
tion of confusion and fratricidal
strife in the ranks of the newly
created state of Israel, and resump
tion of the squeeze on Western Al
lied forces in Berlin will be met with
sonorous protests from Washington,
but nothing more serious.
Moscow feels, according to avail
able reports, that it has only a few
more months to put into effect its
expansionist policies without be
coming involved in a shooting war.
And it believes that much can be
accomplished in that time.
Public Welfare Board
To Increase Relief
Grants on Sept. 1
Relief grants by the Board of
Public Welfare will be Increased,
beginning September 1.
The board, at a meeting yester
day, expressed hope that all those
on relief would receive the extra
monies by the start of next year.
Aid to blind persons will be
boosted from $40 a month to $45
and aid to dependent children will
be increased 20 per cent, from about
$76 a month to $92. In addition,
the board raised the base on which
the grants will be given. The Wel
fare Department now is working
on 1942 prices, and it was decided
to raise them to the 1946 level.
Some of the increases result from
the amendment to the Social Secur
ity Act, passed by the last Congress,
which will give increased funds
to welfare organizations.
The board approved the recom
mendation made by Raymond
Clapp, principal assistant director
of the department, that the min
imum contribution of $2 a week per
child be established in the Child
Care Centers. The recommendation
followed one made by the Senate
District Committee that this should
be the minimum charge.
The board also approved the di
rector’s recommendation concerning
the budget estimates for 1950 for
the Child Welfare Division and the
Public Assistance Division but put
a ceiling of $160 a month as the
limit to any grant in any month.
This will effect between 20 and 30
persons with large families. The
board permitted grants in addition
to the ceiling, when required, for
such special items as furniture mov
ing expenses, household services as
needed and special diets.
The special diets for some relief
recipients will be reinstated on doc
tor's order, after they were dropped
last year.
The board also broadened its defi
nition of blindness so that any per
son who is unable to compete with
other workers because of poor eye
sight will be included in the aid
to blind.
Electric Co-op Planning
To Expand in Maryland
T7ie Southern Maryland Electric
Co-operative plans to launch an ex
pansion program shortly, with the
purpose of electrifying rural homes
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Representative Sasscer, Demo
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Electrical Administration had ap
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Leopold Asks Referendum
On Abdication Issue
ly *h« Associated Press
BRUSSELS, June 26. — Exiled
King Leopold says he will give up
his crown if the Belgians do not
.want him, but he would like a ref
jerendum on the question,
i In a letter to Premier Paul-Henri
Spaak, dated June 22 and made
public last night after a cabinet
meeting, Leopold said:
"I am in favor of a general con
sultation of all Belgians. If this
consultation does not bring an in
disputable majority in favor of my
return to the throne, I shall then
abdicate.
"If a favorable majority is shown
by the referendum, I would expect
Parliament to put an end to the
present Regency and vote a law
bringing me back to the throue. I
am so far not sure my abdication
is wanted.”
Leopold, who surrendered the
Belgian armies to the Germans in
1940, was barred by Parliament in
1945 from returning to his country.
He lives in Switzerland. His brother,
Prince Charles, is regent.
Trout Season Extended
To Sept. 15 in Virginia
By the Associated Press
RICHMOND, Va., June 26—The
State Commission of Game and In
land Fisheries yesterday extended
the open season for trout to Sep
tember 15 from July 31.
The extension was under author
ity of legislation during the recent
General Assembly. The beginning
date remains April 30.
RESORTS.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH. MI).
Three Parties Pleased
By Dewey Choice, but
For Different Reasons
Capper Sure of Victory;
Wallace, McGrath See
Aid to Both Campaigns
ly the Associated Press
Politicians of three parties ex
pressed pleasure over the Repub
lican nomination for Gov. Dewey
for President.
The Republicans were playing it
straight. Senator Capper of Kan
sas, their oldest Senator, called the
Dewey-Warren combination "won
derful” and predicted: "The Repub
licans will sweep the country.”
Representative McCormack of
Massachusetts, House Democratic
leader, took the line that the New
York Governor is “politically vul
nerable” and declared the chances
for a Democratic victory next fall
are “most favorable."
Henry Wallace, who Is trying for
the White House on a third-party
ticket, said Gov. Dewey’s nomina
tion will help his own movement.
He said both the old-line parties
are “supporting the cold war from
which stems the major problems of
the American people.”
Senator McGrath, of Rhode Island,
the Democratic national chairman,
declared “the Dewey machine steam
rollered Warren through the con
vention” after a decision was reached
to “lockup the Tafts and Martins
and Hallecks and Brickers like so
many skeletons in a closet until after
the election.”
“The desperate efforts of the
Dewey camp to shake off the alba
tross record of the Eightieth Con
gress is doomed to failure,” Sena
tor McGrath said. “Dewey and
Warren may run away from the
Republican Congress but the facts
can’t be erased.” ^
President Truman had no official
comment on the Republican nom
inees, but was quoted by a senatorial
visitor as saying the Republican
convention demonstrated that “con
servative interests are in control of
that party.
Murray Derides Republicans.
That comment was relayed to the
press by Senator Murray, Montana
Democrat. He added that the Presi
dent "seemed to regard the (Re
publican) platform as a reiteration
of preanises the Republicans have
failed to carry out in the past.”
On his own hook, Senator Murray
declared:
“Once every four years the Re
publicans slip a pair of overalls
over their gray-striped morning
pants and pretend to be concerned
about the men who do the work on
our farms and in our cities. They’ve
Just done it again.”
Senaor Murray said he would like
to see the President call Congress
back into session and ask the Re
publicans to make good on past
promises of housing and lower
prices.
Senator Ball, Minnesota Repub
lican, who backed Franklin D.
Roosevelt against Gov. Dewey four
years ago, told reporters he will
support Gov. Dewey this time.
Chairman Taber of the House Ap
propriations Committee, said he ex
pects there will be little difference
between his views and Gov. Dewey’s
on foreign aid.
“I know that Gov. Dewey will
want honest administration of the
foreign aid program. When he does
that he will not need to appro
priate so much money to get things
done.”
Arlington Club Elects
Mrs. M. P. Ayers of Falls Church,
Va., has been elected president of
the Creative Arts Club of Arlington,
the group announced. Other officers
are Mrs. Augustus Wedderburn, first
vice president; Mrs. A. L. Young,
second vice president; Mrs. Dale
Flagg, recording secretary; Miss
Virginia Harrison, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. W. D. Martin, treas
urer, and Mrs. Jones D. Jasper, his
torian.
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Cincinnati Woman Indicted
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•y Hw AiHciatfd Priu
CINCINNATI, June M. — Mrs.
Mary Clay Watts, 42, of suburban
Norwood was indicted by a grand
jury yesterday on a charge of
poisoning her daughter, Barbara
Ann, 11.
Prosecutor Carson Hoy said Mrs.
Watts would be arraigned Monday.
He said he would ask an early trial.
Mrs. Watts was arrested June 13
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' _
Man Held in Theft
Of Chewing Gum
From Mail Cart
Jesse James, who probably
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grave if the knew what modern
mail robbers are coming to.
Held for action of the grand jury
on a charge of mail theft yester
day was Leroy Pender, jr„ 28, col
ored, of the unit block of Forty
sixth street S.E.
His alleged swag: Twenty packs
of chewing gum from a mail cart
at Union Station._
Venezuela Bares Bomb Plot
CARACAS, Venezuela, June 26
(£>).—Minister of Interior Eligio An
zola told a news conference yester
day that police had found 30 pack
ages containing bombs which revo
lutionists had planned to mail to
President Gallegos and other gov
ernment officials.
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