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Roosevelt Puts Liberalism Above Party
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NO OBJECTIONS
TO REPUBLICAN
IN MITE HOUSE
Brief Statement Qualified
With "If He Is a Good
Liberal"
DENY HUGHES TRADE
OVERTURE WAS MADE
WASHINGTON. Sent. 2. (UP)
—President Roosevelt, departing
from nis ordinary White House
custom. today authorized the di
rect quotation of his view that "if
there is a good liberal running; on
the Republican ticket 1 would not
ha*. e the sli^hte>t objection t»> his
election."
Mr. Roosevelt mailt- the declara
lion in a 20-minute discussion of
politics in his press conference.
The lull text of his statement
said. "It there is a good liberal I
running on the Republican ticket
1 would n«>t have the slightest ob
jection to his election. The good 1
of the country rises above party."
The remainder of his talk was
about the Michigan political situa
tion.
The president mentioned Cali
fornia where Senator McAdoo
wa.N defeated by Sheridan Downey,
sponsor of the $3©-a-week pen -
sion plan in the primary.
He reiterated that he felt the
$.1U-a-week plan is financially un
bound but pointed out that it is a
btate plan, and th:it there is no
reason why the federal govern
ment should object if it is adopt
ed by that >tate. provided it did
not violate the federal constitu
tion.
The controversy tired by the
president's ill fated attempt to
expand the supreme court crac
kled about his head again last
night a< he Went ahead with plans
to carry the new deal's wobby
"purge" of conservative Demo
crat into Maryland on Labor Day.
Sen. Millard E. Tydings, next
on the list of party members
marked for banishment bv the
president because of opposition to
the new deal, revived the dispute
with charges that new deal sen
ators offered to compromise the
court tight if Chief Justice Charles
Kvans Hughes would resign. He
raid that foes of the legislation
i ejected the offer.
\\ lute Mouse allies snapped a
quick denial that the president
was a party to the scheme. They
presented their own "inside story"
of behind the scenes maneuvers
during the struggle which portray
ed the chief executive as flatly
rejecting >u>rgestions by an uu
named senators and a congress
man that he seek the objectives
of the legislation by encouraging
the retirement of conservative
justices.
The unidentified congressmen,
it was stated, were told emphati
cally that Mr. Roosevelt was not
interested in trafficking in iudtres.
Senator M. M Lojran, D., Ky..
who was closely identified with the
court measure by reason of his
position on the senate judiciary
committee, said he never heard of
the proposal reported bv Tydings.
He said that such a suggestion did
not come from any member of the
committee sympathetic to the bill
nor from the late Senate Majority
Leader Joseph T. Robinson.
The president took no official
cognizance of Tydings' charjres.
It could not be learned whether
he would deal with them when he
speaks at l>enton, Md.. the heart
of one of Tvdings' political strong
holds, on Monday. The chief ex
ecutive has branded Tydings as a
traitor to democracy and he is ex
pected to make a strong appeal to
Maryland Democrats to replace
the aristocratic senator with Rep.
Oavid i. Lewis, a life long liberal.
Secretary of the Interior Har
old L. Ickes yesterday gave Lewis
a pat on the hack in a statement
reminiscent of one made by Harry
L. Hopkins. Works Progress ad
ministrator. on the eve of the
Iowa primary.
The scone of the contest be
tween Tydings and Lewis in Slary
land was revealed last night when
Lewis reported that his campaign
has cost $13,954 to date. Tydings
recently reported contributions of
$8,5H0 and expenditures of $5,
512.55. The committee is await
ing a second report from him
APPEAL IS FILED
WAYCKOSS. Ga.. Sept. 2.—
(UP)—Verna Mae Fowler, pret
ty waitress under life sentence
for her part in the Nelson insur
ance murder last May. yesterday
was denied motion for a new
trial. Counsel for the girl filed no
tice of appeal to the state su
preme court.
ji FDR, His Trip,
and His Friends
The map shows the route Pres
i«l*-nt Roosevelt takes through
Maryland as he asks election
of Representative David Lewis,
lt-ft above, to replace Senator
Millar.1 Tydings. The president
speaks at Denton on invitation
of Rep. T. Alan (ioldsboroujrh,
above at rig-lit. At Morgan*
town, the president will inspect
the site of a proposed bridge
across the Potomac.
ALL OFFICES
HERE TO CLOSE
ON LABOR DAY
Stores, With Few Excep
tions Will Remain Open
as Usual
Indications today were that
public offices in Hendersonville1
will observe Labor l>ay, next Mon
day, by closing, but that mercan
tile establishments will with few
exceptions remain open.
VVhil" several sports and other
attractions ate being arranged for
the city and vicinity, no formal
program is being planned. Coun
ty. city, chamber of commerce and
other similar offices will be closed
all day, as will the State Trust
Co., while the post office will ob
serve legal holiday regulations.
The double holiday is expected
to bring many late-season visitors
to the mountains, while a number
of local people are likewise plan- i
ning motor trips.
Italians Ousting
Native Jews From
Cultural Posts
HOME. Sept. 2.— (IIP >— The
Fascist government today banned
Jewish students and teachers from
all Italian schools as a first step
in the campaign to eliminate all
Jews from Italian cultural life.
The cabinet decreed all Jewish
members must resign from Italian
academies, institutions, scientific,
literary and artistic associations.
This becomes effective October,
16.
Today's decree was against
Italian Jews as contrasted with
yesterday's expelling all foreign
Jews who had cpme to Italy since;
1918. I
CALIFORNIA N'S
WIFE IS TAKEN
BY KIDNAPERS
Both Are Bound and Gag
ged; Home Ransacked
Before Departure
$15,000 IS PRICE SET
FOR WOMAN'S RETURN
MARYSV1LLK, Calif.. Sept. 2.
j (UP) —■ Two shabbily dressed
young bandits wearing white
j masks today kidnapped Mrs. \V.
; I!. Meek. wife of a prominent
( peach grower and held her for
$ 1 ...0OO ransom.
The gunmen entered the Meek
home while the woman and her
l husband were listening to their
radio.
They ordered the couple to lie
| on the floor.
One held a gun while the other
1 hound them with rope and plaster
ed their mouths with adhesive
tape.
Then both ransacked the house.
Mrs. Meek's feet were then un
tied ami the pair led her from
the house calling to Meek that
you can get your wife back when
we get $15,1)00.
Meek freed himself in half an
hour and notified the sheriff.
When he was free. Meek found
that his wife and her abductors
had driven away in his l!».'iN Chev
rolet sedan. The automobile was
found abandoned a few hours
later on a MaryVille side street.
Police believed that the kidnapers!
may have taken another car in
an effort to throw the pursuers
off their trail.
Sheriff Bert I' 11 fey and Under
j sheriff Dick Timmer left for the
Meek's home after sending out a
message on the state-wide tele j
type system warning all officers '
to be on the lookout for the kill
, napers and their victim.
Meek was s^ excited when of-1
ficers arrived it took them some
time to learn details of what had
happened. Meek did not know
whether the kidnapers hail taken .
valuables from his house.
Meek is a well-to-do but not I
wealthy peach grower. His wife, ,
an attractive woman with brown ;
hair, hail been a prominent club ,
worker in Southern Sutter county i
for many years.
LOYAL SPAIN
WOULD TRADE
WAR CAPTIVES
Suspension of Death Sen
tences Is Proffered to
Promote Effort
HENDAYE, Franco - Spanish
Frontier, Sept. 2. (UP). — The
Spanish loyalist government last I
night offered to suspend death
sentences already imposed on hun
dreds of insurgent prisoners, pro- ,
vidintf Generalissimo Francisco
will do likewise, to open the way I
for a neutral exchange of prison
The Barcelona government an
nounced. as the civil war turned
from a deadlock on the southwest
ern Estranadura front to wide
spread aerial bombardments, that
its offer was made to allow the
British commission for exchange !
of urisoners to negotiate.
The offer did not apply to |
death sentences imposed begin
ning today.
The note to the British com
mission which arrived at Tou-|
louse, France, enroute to Spain,
referred to Premier Juan Negrin's ,
former offer of amnesty and j
added that the government "never ■
considered ordinary soldiers on
the other side as insurrectionists."
Meanwhile the Spanish (loyal
ist) press agency reported that at
least 10 were killed and 40
wounded when five Savoia tii
motor planes bombed Palamos, 150
miles up the coast from Baice- '
lona.
DAYTIME BURGLAR
SALT AIRE, N. Y., Sept. 2.—
(UP)—Citizens of the seaport
town yesterday appealed to the
state police against a daylight
burglar who has been carrying on |
an unprecedented crime wave, i
The town has only one policeman. .
and he works at night.
In Wile's Arms
After Kidnaping
Safe at home again after four
days iu which he said he was
held prisoner without food ami
kept under the influence of
drugs, Julius Borgeson, pictured
here with his wife, blamed la
bor difficulties at his l)es
Plaines, III., lauudry for the
kidnaping. The IJepartment of
Justice has been asked to in
vestigate.
GORDON GRAY
IS BACKED BY
YOUNG DEMOS
Local Club Boosts Him as
State Mead and Names
Delegates
The Henderson County Young
Democrats last night endorsed the
candidacy of Gordon lira v. Win
ston-Salem publisher, for the
presidency of the North Carolina
Youiiji Democratic clubs.
Arthur H. Shepherd, president
of the local club, and Mrs. Vir
ginia Harrell. secretary of the
club, were appointed delegates to
the state convention which will be
held on Thursday, Friday and Sat
urday of next week at Durham.
J. 11. Yelton and Charles Mor
row were appointed alternates and
the club voted to seat any mem
bers of the local club who might
attend the meeting.
Plans for the fall election were
discussed and a committee com
posed of Mr. Shepherd, Miss Mar
trie McCarson, Mrs. Harrell, Oliver
Brownlee and Oeorge Fain was
appointed to arrange for a rally
of Young" Democrats some time
early in October.
M. F Toms, local attorney,
spoke briefly to the meeting' last
night.
TAKE FIRE TO WATER
NFW YORK, Sept. 1. (UP)—
When firemen were unable to get
water to a tire yesterday they
took the tire to water. Chemicals |
did no good to a blazing automo-1
bile so they towed it a cpiarter'
mile to a hydrant and put out the
tire.
WILL TRANSFER
U. S. SQUADRON
TO ATLANTIC
%
Roosevelt Calls for Mobili
zation of Electric Power
for War Industries
PLAN TO BE READY
WITHIN 60 DAYS
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. (UP)
President Roosevelt has put into
motion two plans for strengthen
ing th • national defense forces of
land and sea.
The navy department has an
nounced that it is forming1 imme
diately i'. squadron of tin* fleet for
duty on the Atlantic coast.
Simultaneously, the president
asked a special committee to de
vise a plan within (i(l days for the
industrial mobilization of electric
power to link 15 of the strategic
manufacturing cities which are
considered key points in war in
dustries.
Assistant Secretary of War
Louis Johnson said the purpose of
the plan was to make America
"so strong no foreign nation will
bother lis."
SHIPS IN ATLANTIC
WHEN NAZIS ACT
By CRATTAN McCROARTY
United Press Staff Correspondent
4 WASHINGTON. Sept. 2 (l'P>
The navy department last night
announced formation of a tem
porary squadron of tin* U. S. fleet
fur duty <>n (lie Atlantic coast.
Although navy department oft'i
rials aid (lie program is in prepa
ration for "fleet problem 20"
which will bring the entire fleet
into the Atlantic for annual ma
neuvers for the first time in sev
eral vears, il generally was be-1
lieved that the move directly re
flected growing- tension in p'urope.
The U. S. fleet' has not main
tained an Atlantic squadron for
several years.
Seven of the navy's newest
cruisers, all of the 10.000-ton
class, will go itito the new squad
ron. In addition, seven destroyers
will he attached to the squadron.
Hear Admiral Fordo A. Todd
will command the squadron which
is officially designated Cruiser
Division Eight.
The cruisers going into the
squadron are the Brooklyn, Phila
delphia, Savannah, Boise. Nash
ville. Honolulu and the Phoenix.
The destroyers ar the Ralph
Talhot, Mugford, Helm, Somers,
Shaw, Warrington and Sampson.
The squadron will be formed
officially on Sept. 6, although four
of the cruisers and the destroyer
Sampson will not join until they
have completed shakedown cruises.
Cruisers which have not yet com
pleted trials are the Boise, Nash- j
(Continued on page three.)
County Singing
Session Sunday
The Henderson County Sinfjinp
convention will meet at Edney
ville high sehool building Sunday,
September 4, at 2 p. m.
The Wilkie-Huntley reunion
will be held in the forenoon, but |
the convention will have the after
noon from 2 until 4 p. m. The
public is cordially invited.
HOPE FOR OFFICIAL OPENING |
OF BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY IN
SPRING; LAST LINK CHOSEN
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.—A
definite location of the last link of
the Blue Ridge parkway through
the Cherokee Indian reservation
was given approval on Thursday
at conferences between Secretary
of Interior Harold L. Ickes and
members of tin* North Carolina
highway and park commissions.
In addition, arrangements were
made for the National Park Ser
vice to take over from the state
what is known as N. C. Route No.
107 through the North Carolina
section of the park, and supervise
its maintenance and improvement.
Under the arrangement worked
out, the long-delayed transfer of
that portion of N. C. Route 107 in
the park will he made to the Na
tional Park Service at once. The
park service, which also is under
Secretary Ickes, has agreed to ap
prove the road and to build links
connecting Black Camp gap, Hein
tooga ridge and the Flat Creek
tourist center., which has an eleva
tion ol' 5,000 feel.
Under the route approved yes
terday, the parkway will follow
the higher or "ridge route" in-1,
stead ol the valley route original-1'
ly approved.
The valley route involved rights-1
of-way thru the reservation which
i the Indians refused to exchange 1
for other land.
Attending the conference were '
Frank L. Dunlap, chairman of the
State Highway and Public Works 1
commission; Charles Ross, attor-! 1
ney for the commission; R. G. |'
Browning, engineer, and W. VV. I '
Neal of Marion, chairman of the
park commission. 1
The route of the parkway thru
the reservation will follow what is
known as the ridge route, it was I
agreed, and will enter at Ravens-■ 1
ford. I \
The hope was expressed at the i
conference that the parkway! 1
: would be ready for an official j <
I opening next spring. i
WAGNER ACT AMENDMENTS
SEEN WITH PUBLICATION OF
STUDY OF BRITISH LABOR LAW
President Points to Proof
of "Cooperative Spirit
and Restraint" Shown
Abroad
WASHINGTON, Sept. U. (UP)
President KooJ-eVel! today said lie
hopes Americans can acliieve the
same Ira nit- of mind as English
im*n, \vIn»s*.* universal acceptance
of collective bargaining makes for
industrial peace.
Commenting on the British la
bor relations report, the president
said the chief factor in England's
satisfactory labor relations was
desire of all parties to cooperate.
By WILLIAM H. LAWRENCE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. (UP>
Publication of a presidential com
mission's special study of British
labor legislation pointed the way
today toward possible Wagner
act amendments or new labor laws
based on English experience.
President Roosevelt said in
making the report public that
"the most salient feature" of it
to him was "the cooperative spirit
coupled with restraint which is
shown by those who represent
both employers and employes in
Great Britain."
"Collective bargaining," he said,
"is an accepted fact, and because
of this the machinery which car
ries it out is functioning."
lie lilted Americans to read
the full report, declaring1 that "un
less this is done, discussions of
the facts contained therein, will
l<t- ul little value.
There was no indication of what
Sections of th econil'nittee's lfi,
01)0 wold report would be cited by
Wagner act critics as supporting
their demands for changes in the
controverted labor relations stat
ute, but it was believed almost
certain that some new legislation
would be proposed as a result of
it.
Mr. Roosevelt denied when he
appointed the committee that its
study hail any connection with the
Wagner law, but has conceded
since that the labor relations act |
may need some clarification.
President William Green of the
A. F. of L. last month discussed
the report with Mr. Roosevelt and
emerged to announce that he and
the chief executive were in ac
cord on the need for certain un- j
disclosed amendments. The A. F. |
(Continued on page three)
MEXICANS SENDING RELIEF I
TRAIN TO 1000 AMERICANS
SAID STRANDED BY FLOODS
But Not More Than 300
Tourists Believed Ac
tually in Distress
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept.
2.—(I.''Pi.—Officials of the Mex
ican Automobile association an
nounced today that they were at
tempting to run an emergency
train from Mexico City to Velles,
Mex., where 1000 American tour
ists weii' reported stranded by
fluods.
It was said that while highways
were impassable it still was possi
ble tii reach Valles, 175 miles
north of Mexico City, by railroad.
Hal Worth, Dallas carnival opera
tor, telephoned a San Antonio
radio station last night from
Valles to appeal for food sup
plies.
Worth complained that the
Americans had been "unable to
jet action" from Mexican author
ities and asked Radio Station
IVOA1 to attempt to get a special
:rairi with supplies sent from the
United States.
Jose Rivera, director of the
Mexican Automobile association,
telegraphed William H. Furlong
)f San Antonio, American repre
ientative of the Mexican high
ways department, to advise that a
special train was being ordered to
dalles, relieving the necessity of
sending one from the United
States.
"There are 1,000 of us sleeping
in our cars and in the streets,"
iVorth told the radio station.
'We've stood about all we can
<tand and we want to get out.
I'he situation rapidly is growing
vorse."
Utriciais oi me ivussouri racu
ie lines, which operate between
■Jan Antonio and Mexico City, in
'ornied the South Texas chamber
if commerce that an emergency
.rain could not be sent from the
Jnited States to Valles without
,he approval of the Mexican gov
•rnment.
Rivera said the train would
ake the Americans to Saltillo, 50
niles south of Monterrey, from
vhence they could return to the
Jnited States aboard regular pas
senger trains. That would neces
sitate the tourists shipping their
lutomobiles by freight, which
iiany of them objected to.
Severe rains, in places as heavy
as 1U inches, lashed the area be
ween Monterrey and Mexico City
earlier this week. The rains had
stopped, but roads were left in
such condition that tourists were
mable to proceed to the United
States. Many school teachers who
loped to get back before next
,veek were reported among those
itranded.
It was said that it probably
.vould be several days before
lighways could be traveled. Fur
ong said he was doubtful wheth
»r there were more than 300 tour
sts in the Valles area, and added
hat since railroads still were op
?rating it was unlikely there was
i serious food shortage.
(DANIELS MAY
NOT BE CALLED
FROM MEXICO
But U. S. Officials Disap
pointed by Further Ex
propriation Threats
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2. (UP)
I United States officials were dis
I appointed today over the indicat-j
I ed refusal of President Cardenas
of the American-ownpd agrarian
lands.
They felt, however, that Car-!
denas' speech before the Mexican
congress did not constitute an of
ficial reply to Secretary of State
Cordell Hull's stern rebuke for
the action which threatened "good
neighbor" relations between the
two countries.
Official statements were with-!
held pending delivery of a formal
note from Cardenas to Hull. Also,
informal statements were restrain
ed because of lack of a complete
text of Cardenas' statement.
Some officials, who were skep
tical at the outset on the possi- j
bility of Mexican acquiescence to
United States' demands, felt that i
Cardenas' statement possibly was
a "trial balloon" and that his for
mal note to Hull may or may not
be as vigorous.
Reports from Mexico City that|
Ambassador Josephus Daniels
I would be recalled by Hull were
regarded as premature by observ
ers. It was pointed out that no
formal diplomatic answer has
been given bv the Mexican gov-!
ernment to the Hull note. Any
definite action by the United
States, it was added, would await i
such a formal reply.
NOT ARBITRAL,
CARDENAS STATES
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2. (UP)
President Lazaro Cardenas yester
day reiterated that Mexico's ex
propriation of American-owned
lands is not a subject for arbitra
tion, but agreed with a proposal
by Secretary of State Cordell Hull
to discuss the amount of compen
sation due United States citizens
whose farms were seized under
the agrarian laws.
Opening the regular four-month
sessions of congress, the president
said his government's reply to
Hull's note of August 22 regard
ing agrarian seizures will reiter
ate Mexico's previous argument
that the expropriations are pure
ly a matter of Mexican law.
He expressed this country's wil
lingness to name a commissioner
to confer with a United States
commissioner to determine be
tween themselves the appropriate
compensation for individual seiz
ures. Any differences between the
commissioners would be decided
by a single arbitrator selected in
(Continued on page three)
REPORT WORD
GIVEN BRITAIN
IN CZECH DEAL
| Action Delays Any Euro*
pean Outbreak (or at
Least Two Weeks
CRUCIAL PARLEY ON
SITUATION IS AHEAD
BERLIN, Sept. 2. (UPI—Cier
i many has given assurances to
Great Britain that ."he will under
' take no hasty steps in the Czecho
slovakian minorities dispute, it
was reported authoritatively to
ilay.
It was believed this assurance
was given through Sir Neville
Henderson, British ambassador,
and was understood to be in re
turn for a pledge by the British
government that if minority pro
posals made by the Czech govern
ment and counter proposals which
the Sudeten German party is ex
pected to advance resulted in a
deadlock, Viscount Runciman,
British advisor in the minorities
dispute, would publish his own
conclusions and suggestions by
mid-September.
This mean that the fear of war
which has hung over millions of
European homes has been put off
for two weeks.
This report was circulated here
after Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler
gathered his key advisors, includ
ing heads of the armed forces,
around him at his Berchtesgaden
retreat at Obersalzburg for a mo
mentous conference with Konrad
flenlein, the "Czechoslovak Hit.
ler," last night.
Henlein, leader of 3,500,000
Sudeten Germans of Czechoslo
vakia whose militant autonomy
dmeands have carried all Europe
toward war, arrived here late yes
terday for a meeting with Hitler
today.
i nree questions sioou ouc arjove
all others as Henleirip repared to
, meet Der Fuehrer. They were:
1—Will they decide to reject,
the Prague government's offer of
a series of "Kupas" giving th»;
3,500,000 Sudetens a measure of
home rule alon^ the lines of the
Swiss Confederation of Cantons?
2—If so, will Hitler go bcforr
the Nuremberg Nazi party con
gress opening Monday and deliver
some form of ultimatum to Czech
oslovakia, fixing a deadline for
"satisfaction" of the Sudeten
claims, as was reported in London
last night?
3—Does the presence of key
Nazis and defense leaders at the
Berchtesgaden villa mean that
Hitler is mapping a course of
armed force if the Prague .nego
tiations fail?
Henlein will ask Der Fuehrer's
advice as to whether they should
be accepted as a basis for resum
ing negotiations, but will point
out that, instead of unified auton
omy for the Sudetens, they would
split the German areas into thre»>
distinct "kupas," or districts.
The Czechoslovakian govern
ment's offer, as officially reveal
ed at Prague yesterday, includes:
1—Division of the country into
23 cantonal districts, each with
a specified amount of local self
government.
z—ihree ot the sii cantons
would be purely German.
3—Fifty per cent of the offi
cials in the German cantons would
be Germans and 50 per cent
Czechs.
4—The difference between this
50-50 ratio and any preponder
ance of German population in any
of the districts would be compen
satpd by German appointments in
Czech cantons.
5—In mixed districts Czech*
and Germans would receive a pro
portionate percentage of officials,
based on population.
6—The police in each district
would be under control of auton
omous district authorities but the
government would retain the right
to intervene "in protection of na
tional interests."
Lord Runciman conferred for
a half hour yesterday with Presi
dent Eduard Benes. Last night
was the dinner guest of Dr. J.
Preiss, president of the Zivnos
tenske bank at Lavichv.
Heyward Mahon
To Ask Recount
Finds He Is Defeated by
Only Eight Votes
GREENVILLE, S. C., Sept. 2.
(UP) — Congressman Heyward
Mahon of Greenville said yester»
day he would ask a recount of
Democratic primary ballots which
gave his opponent, Joseph R. Bry
son, also of Greenville, an eight
vote majority.
The count was: Bryson 31,634,
Mahon, 31,626,