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BORAH TO WAR
ON NAZIS-BUT
NOT IN EUROPE
Lauds F. D. R.’s Blast
At Munich Pact
By ARTHUR HACHTEN
(I N S ) President Roosevelt will
have the support of Senator
William E. Borah, <R.), Idaho,
“every foot of the road,” if the
Executive's attacks on totalitarian
regimes are aimed at protection,
of the Western Hemisphere
against the system of government
In Nazi Germany.
But if the President seeks to
interfere with Nazi activities on
foreign soil, the Idaho Senator, a
power in the Senate on foreign
affairs, will be against such ac
tion “every inch of the way.”
FLAYS MUNICH PACT
In making known his position
today byway of comment upon
President Roosevelt's n ati on a 11
radio broadcast from the White
House Wednesday night. Borah
flayed the Munich pact and sav
agely assailed naziism as an
enemy of democracy and liberty.
"I do not know what the
President had in mind exactly.”
Borah said, “but I like to think
that back of his words was the
determination to let it be known
that, while we urged the peace
ful settlement of the Sudeten
affair, we are not responsible
for the terms and conditions
which finally entered Into the
Munich pact.
•CARDINAL TENET’
“The Munich pact makes the
violation of treaties, treaties
which involve the life of a na
tion, a cardinal tenet of modern
diplomacy.
“No one has preached more
persuasively and more persist
ently the sanctity of treaties
than our Secretary of State. The
Munich pact makes the mere
name of a treaty a byword and
* hissing.
“If we are responsible in any
way for the approval and utter
disregard of as vital a treaty
as was ever signed by a nation,
we would have little right ever
to open our mouth again about
treaties, or the obligation to ob
serve treaties.”
NOT RESPONSIBLE
President Roosevelt’s messages
to Hitler and others, urging peace
during the recent Sudeten crisis,
should not be interpreted as im
plying the American Government
would be responsible for the vio
lation of treaties in order to get
peace, Borah said, continuing:
“So long as the attack upon
the most sacred things of life,
upon those things without which
democracies can exist only in
name, are viciously attacked,
there can be no such thing as .
cordial relationship.
•CAN’T WORK TOGETHER’
“And that ought to be under
stood ! What Germany has and
the German people have is, of
course, no concern of ours.
“But that is not the program.
We have been advised by the
Naziists even since Munich that
naziism and democracy cannot
work together. There has not
been the slightest change in the
program of naziism’s war
against free institutions.
“It would be a shameless be
trayal of our trust to indicate
to them that there is no dif
ference, Irrevocable difference,
between a government which
would destroy liberty and the
government which would pre
serve it. There is the real fight.
There is an issue which we will
finally have to settle.”
Three-Judge Court
Frees Slaying Suspect
CADIZ, Ohio, Oct. 29 (1.N.5.).
A three-judge court today found
Booker Johnson, Pittsburgh Negro,
pot guilty of the roadside slaying
Os State Highway Patrolman
George Conn a year ago.
Johnson was the third of five
persons indicted in the slaying to
be tried. Peter Serino, also of
Pittsburgh, was acquitted by a
jury and Bernard Masulla was
found guilty and sentenced to
life imprisonment on the jury’s
recommendation of mercy.
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in Vienna.—l.N.P.
BERLIN DELAYS
JEWS’ OUSTER
(Continued from Page 1)
to retain their Polish nationality,
they must get out.
Negotiations with Warsaw ap
parently have covered little
ground, and are merely postpon
ing the eventual deportation of
100,000 more persons.
Exile of All Seen
Informed Nazi quarters pre
dicted gradual departure of the
“majority of the remnants of
Polish Jews from the Reich. Some'
sources even termed this a "cer
tainty.”
Propaganda Minister Goebbel’s
influential Nazi newspaper, Der I
Angriff. made the first public ref- i
erence to the exodus with this re
sounding headline:
"Exodus of Israel! We Are
Shaking Eastern Jews From
Our Skin!”
Several hundred Polish Jews,
many of them women and chil
dren, again besieged the Polish
consulate, milling about the build
ing all morning in an effort to
obtain validation of their pass
ports.
Tragic Scenes
As on yesterday, many of these
weeping Jewish women com
plained that their menfolk had
been removed from their resi
dences during the night and
hustled to railway stations for de
portation.
At Munich 700 Polish Jews en
trained for the border at 5 a. m.
Nearly 100 of these deportees were
small children, and most of them
were tragic figures as they left
their homes amid scenes of weep
ing and despair.
WAFF SIDE’
Final Tryouts Set
For Play
ALEXANDRIA, Va.. Oct. 29.
Final try-outs for “The Distaff
Side,” three-act play to be pre
sented by the Little Theater of
Alexandria in December, will be
held at 8 p. m. Monday in the
Virginia Public Service Audi
torium.
The cast of 13 characters will;
be chosen from more than 50
members of the amateur dramatic
organization who tried out this
week. Jack Wilson, player-direc
tor at the Cross Roads Theater
: will direct the play.
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Recall Consul,
\azi Foes Ask
NEW YORK, Oct. 29
(1.N.5.). —For a speech in
which he defended Ger
many’s expulsion of Jews,
Dr. Hans Borchers, German
consul general here, today
faced demands from anti-
Nazi groups that he be im
mediately recalled.
Describing his talk as an
“impudent violation of diplo
matic courtesy,” the non
sectarian Anti-Nazi League
wired a request to Secretary
of State Cordell Hull to ask
the Reich to recall the con
sul. The American Jewish
Federation to Combat Com
munism sent appeals to Hull
and President Roosevelt.
KEEP HANRAHAN
IN COUNTY POST
ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 29.
Frank C. Hanrahan was unani
mously reappointed county man
ager of Arlington county by the
County Board today. In com
pliance with the law, the appoint
ment must be made two months
prior to January 1.
Hanrahan submitted a report of
an audit of the county’s finances
for the fiscal year 1937-38 showing
a surplus of $46,197.27.
This amount, however, must be
applied to the conty’s deficit of
$76,000. In addition, the county
had to pay $43,002 for fire depart
ment equipment which was in
volved in lengthy litigation last
year, so the net deficit facing the
county is $73,701.
The County Board also ap
proved construction of two large
scale apartment developments in
the county. One development, to
cost $7,500,000 will be located on
Washington Boulevard near High
land Park and will accommodate
3,000 families. The other, on
South Cleveland Street, will cost
$3,000,000 and accommodate 650
families.
Women behuAjt to chibn . . . and have 1
meeting" . . . hnd engage in all variety
of activities. Vylla Poe Wilson ob
serves and packs her Women's Club i
Pages with the cream of her Jottings.
Enjoy them in tomorrow’s Herald- I
rimes.
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JAPAN TO SCRAP
CHINA TREATIES
(Continued from Page 1)
crest of public acclaim because of j
the Canton and Hankow triumphs,
it was assumed that Arita has
approval of Japanese mili
tarists.
Upon taking over the foreign j
ministry, Arita issued a terse state
ment in which he declared: i
“There will be no change in
the Japanese foreign policy. I
shall act in accordance with the
policy already fixed, at the same
time endeavoring to minimize
international friction.”
Official circles declared Arita
will pay' special attention to re
adjusting strained relations with
the United States and Britain.
Disavow Treaties
At the same time, the official
Japanese news agency carried an
i interview with General Hata, com
mander of the Nipponese expedi
tionary force in central China,
which engineered the downfall of
Hankow.
In this interview Hata declared
1 the campaign against General
issimo Chiang Kai-Shek’s forces
will be extended and that the
Japanese will attack Hengyang,
Chungking, Yun-Nanfu and other
points if necessary.
Bishop Alleyne Guest
Os Galbraith Church
Bishop Cameron C. Alleyne, of
Philadelphia, prelate in charge of
the Baltimore-Washington con-|
ference of the A. M. E. Zion Church
connection, will preach at Gal
braith A. M. E. Zion Church to
morrow at 11 a. m.
In the afternoon at 3:30 o’clock,
Bishop Alleyne will participate in
a meeting to be held for the bene
fit of Livingstone College of Salis
bury, N. C. Dr. F. W. Alstork, pas
tor of Union Wesley A. M. E.
I Church is chairman of the cam
paign committee.
DALADIER WINS
APPROVAL OF
FOREIGN POLICY
Radical Socialist Party
Backs 4-Power Pact
By KENNETH T. DOWNS
(Copyrirht. 1»8«. by International
News Service.l
MARSEILLES, Oct. 29—France
today became practically com
mitted to a four-power foreign
policy when the powerful Radical-
Socialist party unanimously ap
proved Premier Edouard Daladier’s
aim of rapprochement with Ger
many and Italy.
Daladier, it was learned at the
same time, is planning to enlarge
and transform his cabinet before
promulgating semi-dictatorial so
cial and financial decrees.
URGE MORE ARMS
The decision of the Radical Sa
cialist Congress, marking the most
drastic reorientation of French
foreign policy since the World
War, also carried an appeal for
greater national rearmament ef
forts, and strengthening of the
national economy and finances.
The party’s resolution stamped
with approval Daladier’s accept
ance of the Munich accord on
Czechoslovakia, and added:
"It is also hoped that better
relations among the four great
powers of Europe will permit a
broader international confer
ence—which is the wish of
President Roosevelt — where
means of remedying disorders
of world economy can be ex
aminee.”
SPLIT WITH COMMUNISTS
While Daladier was victorious
on foreign policy, his aim to
swing the government away from
the left toward the right and
center encountered difficulties.
The premier, it was understood,
represents a minority of one on
the domestic polity committee,
the others fearing to go as far
to the right as he.
Nevertheless, an official rupture
with the Communist party was
certain.
HERRIOT OPPOSED
Former Premier Edouard Herriot
led the opposition to Daladier’s
rightward drift.
The demands of national disci
pline “must not sever the ties of
the working class,” Herriot said.
The League of Nations, the Kel
logg Peace Pact, and the Nine-
Power Pact of China are now "use
less,” Herriot said. He asked ap
proval of the policy of four-power
rapprochement, but insisted that
the defense alliance with the Sov
iet Union be maintained.
Menuhin Abides
By ‘Closed Shop 9
LOS GATOS, Cal., Oct. 29
(I.N.S.).—Yehudi Menuhin, young
violin virtuosso, today prepared
to carry out conditions of his con
tract with the 4 closed shop Los
Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
“as an artist and gentleman.”
The violinist, booked to appear
with the orchestra November 3
and 4, objected to carrying an
American Guild of Musical Artists
membership card.
That he would do so appeared
certain today after Lawrence Tib
bett, president of the AGMA. an
nounced in Chicago the one time
child prodigy would be allowed to
play with the orchestra under
terms of his contract.
131 Cities Reduce
1938 Aulo Deaths
Auto fatalities in 131 major
cities for the first 42 weeks of
1938 were 20 per cent less than
the same period last year, the
Census Bureau reports. Death to
talled 6,230, compared with 7,743
for 1937. Fatal auto injuries in
these cities for the week ending
October 22 totalled 184, or 48 less
than in the corresponding period
last year.
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Dempsey Threatens
To Quit Dies Probe
LORDSBURG, N. M., Oct. 29 (1.N.5.).—1f the Dies
committee investigating un-American activities continues
its policy of “political assassinations,” Representatve John
J. Dempsey (D.) of New
Mexico will resign from
the committee, Chairman
Martin Dies was informed
today.
In a telegram to Dies,
Dempsey reiterated his
stand that the committee
ought to be adjourned un
til after the November
elections. Dempsey’s tele
gram said:
“Current proceedings
and testimony being is
sued to the press have
only for their end the as
sassination of characters
of men who are outstand
ing and whom both you
and I know to be American citizens of the highest type.
“If this method is to be followed, it can result in un
doing what good the committee has accomplished and
finally result in total repudiation of these investigations.
“If we are to expect such continuation, I have no other
alternative than to ask the Speaker of the House to accept
my resignation as a member of the committee.”
The New Mexico Congressman had taken issue with the
committee once before over policies, but the present ex
pression from Dempsey represents the first open break in
the committee’s personnel.
HAGUE PLANS
TO DEFY COURT
JERSEY CITY, N. J., Oct. 29
(I.N.S.).—Mayor Frank Hague
held fast today to his determina
tion to keep “Reds and radicals"
out of Jersey City’s parks and
streets, even though he and other
city officials are threatened with
contempt of court action.
James A. Hammill, Jersey City
corporation counsel, declared
that the decision of the State
Supreme Court, holding that the
ordinance requiring permits for
public meetings applied to streets
and parks, would be relied upon
by the city officials.
The CIO and the American
Civil Liberties union attorneys con
tend the new Federal Court ruling,
upholdin the right of the CIO to
hold meetings in parks, bust be
adhered to, however. They will
ask Federal Judge William Clark
for a formal injunction order next
Wednesday.
The Hudson County Committee
for Labor Defense and Civil Rights
has filed application for a meet
ing next Tuesday night. Roger N.
Baldwin, branded a Communist by
Mayor Hague, has been announced
as speaker. An organization of
Hague supporters issued a call for
a meeting to protest granting of
a permit.
Housing Project
In N. Y. Approved
Administrator Nathan Straus,
of the U. S. Housing Authority,
yesterday approved the base bid
of $8,242,000 by the Cauldwell,
Wingate Company, New York
city, for construction of the
Queensbridge low rent housing
project in New York. Actual con
struction on the project will get
underway early next month,
Straus said.
Air Travel Popular
MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 29 (1.N.5.).
With this city the hub for airlines
converging from northern States
and from the West Indies and
Latin America, traffic statistics
show that nearly six persons an
hour arrive here by air in an aver
age year.
Giant String Bean
BATTLE GROUND, Wash., Oct.
29 (I.N.S.).—A giant string bean
found in the garden of W. J. Wel
don measured 12 inches in length.
Weldon said he checked on the
bean's growth, and it grew one
inch In three days
r«t«pAon« RE publie 1234
Rep. John J. Dempsey
CLERICS READY
FOR INDIA POST
Ceremonies of departure for
nine Holy Cross missioners leav
ing the Seminary of the Holy
Cross, Harewood Rd. N. E., in
Brookland, will be held Sunday at
8:30 p. m. in the chapel of the
Foreign Mission.
Five priests, two brothers and
three nuns will go to Bengal,
India, having completed their
preparational study..
The priests include the Revs.
John W. Kane, C. S. C., Milwau
kee, Wis.; Michael A. Mangan, C.
S. C., Notre Dame, Ind.; Edward
Massart, C. S. C., Seattle; William
Monaghan, C. S. C„ Omaha.
The brothers are Bede Stadler,
C. S. C., Nanawa, Wis.; Eligius
Rusczik, C. S. C„ Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The sisters are Mother M. Syl
vina, C. S. C„ Elizabethtown, Pa.;
Sister Rose Monica, C. S. C., De
catur, Ind., and Sister Helen
Xavier, C. S. C„ St. Louis, Mo.
These will serve in the Diocese
of Dacca, which has 20,000 square
miles and a population of 12,500,-
000, principally Hindus and Mos
lems.
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TAX INTEREST
IS EXCESSIVE
GOP Candidate Blames
Democratic ‘Bosses’
QUEEN ANNE, Md., Oct. 29.
Tax payers of Prince Georges
county are suffering a loss of more
than $51,000 a year through the
payment of excessive Interest
rates on the bonded indebtedness
of the county. Bird H. Dolby, Re
publican candidate for the Mary
land House of Delegates, charged
last night.
In an address before a large
Republican rally at Queen Anne,
Dolby stated that the county com
missioners, under the domination
of Democratic party basses, had
deliberately set the interest rates
on school, road and building bonds
at an excessive figure in order to
favor the banks which purchased
the bonds and which are owned
by the Democratic bosses.
RATES TOO HIGH*
Dolby said:
“Our taxpayers are now pay
ing three, four and even five
per cent interest on a total
bonded indebtedness of $3,616,-
500 tax-exempt bonds. The nor
mal interest rate on county
bonds is usually two or two and
a half per cent and rarely runs
over three per cent.
Last year, according to the an
nual statement of the treasurer,
the county paid $123,635 in inters
est. Had the rate on the $3,616,-
500 been 2 per cent, the county
would have had to pay only $73,-
330, a savings of $51,305. Such a
savings would mean the cutting
of the county tax rate by seven
and one half cents.
BOND ISSUE
He added that the county com
missioners could, if they wanted
to. secure a much lower interest
rate on their bonds. He pointed
out that the county school board
last year issued a $40,000 bond is
sue at only 2 per cent interest.
“The excessive interest rates
are understandable,” he said,
“when you remember that the
three Democratic party bosses
who rule the county are all offi
cials and large stockholders in
the three biggest banks in the
county.
“Under present business con
ditions it is ridiculous that we
should pay 4 or 5 per cent.
Some of these bonds were issued
when the rates were higher, but
the commissioners have delib
erately failed to recall the bonds
and reissue them at a lower rate
in interest.”