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Evening star., 1933-02-26
PFAFF, WINIFRED.

rest on Thursday, February 80. 1888. at
hiz,rs his rssiaenss ;!inss: l4GS St sfteT lin
voted husband Of Pattie Rhodes: loving
father of Dora johnson, Rosa and VIII
liam RHODES. and stepfather of Lewis
Oliver. Remains resting at the w. Ernest
Jarvis funeral Church. 1882 You st. NV.
until pm. Sunday: thereafter at his late
residence. Funeral Monday, February 81,
at 2 pm. from st. Mary's Church, 23rd
st. between g and sts. NV, Rev. g. A.
invited. Interment Lincoln Memorial
Evening star., 1933-02-26

Russell, ELSIE BRlDGEFORD. On Feb
ruary ,25: 1923. at her home; in WOOD
FORD RUSSEL. widow Of the late sydney
Russell of Detroit. and beloved mother Of
Walter s. Russell. end; daughter OF Mrs
Madeleine Robinson Bridgeford and the
late William L. Bridgeford Of Louisville,
Of ,,avnashd wsshingten and O.. John gP
taken to Detroit. Mich. where services
will Be held at noon Sunday. February
26. at the residence of Walter g. Rus
sel Interment in Elmwood Cemetery,
Evening star., 1933-02-26

JOHNSON. DONALD c. On Friday. Feb
rIaEy =. jS5s: DONALD c. bsloysd baby
neral home, 317 Pa. ave. Sc, Tuesday,
February. 2S. at pm. Interment Ar,
friends invited
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
MIAMI BEACH, FLA.

RONEY PLAZA HOTEL and Cabana
Sun Club, Miami Beach, Fla.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
NotabIes Attend
ENJOYS Lecture
Continued from Page 81

ontInued from rage 81
of the Legation and Mrs.
ODonovan; the Minister of
Yugoslavia, DR.. Leonide Pitamic;
the Minister of Panama, Senor
DR.. Horacio F. Alfaro.
Other Prominent Guests
Col. Hikoso Tanaka, Military
Attache of the japanese EN-
bassy, and Nine. Tanaka; Mr..
H. Gabriel da Silva. First Secre-
tary of the Portuguese Legation;
Nicholas Khalil Bey. Mr.. Hus-
sein Chawky and Mr.. Andre
Cattaui. of the Egyptian Lega-
ton; the Most Rev. John M.
Mcnamara. Auxiliary Bishop of
Baltimore; Rev. DR.. John j.
Burke, C. S. P, General Secre-
tary of the National Catholic
Welfare Conference; Rt. Rev.
Msgr. James H. Ryan, Rector of
the Catholic University of Amer
lea; Very Rev. w. Coleman
Nevils, S. j., President of George
town University; Justice Pierce
Butler, of the United States Su-
preme Court, Mrs. Butler and
Miss Butler; Senator and Mrs.
Henry F. Ashurst. of Arizona;
Representative Mary T. Norton,
of New Jersey; Mrs. Chauncey
Depew, Major Gen. and Mrs.
Frank Mcintyre, the Misses Nc
Intyre. Brig. Gen. and Mrs.
George P. Scriven. Baron and
Baroness Won Below, Miss Ag-
mes G. Regan, Executive Secre-
tary of the National Council of
Catholic Women; Miss Marga-
ret T. Lynch, Assistant Executive
Secretary of the N. c. C. W.; Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Edward L. Buckley,
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Eugene Connelly,
Rev. DR.. Edmund A. Walsh, S.
j.; Rt. Rev. Msgr. David T.
O'Dwyer, Rev. RomanuS Butin,
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Patrick j. Nc
Cormick. Rev. A. A. Washable,
Rev. Theodore Peterson, Rt.
Rev. Msgr. Philip Bernardini,
Rev. A. Lardone. DR.. Maris
BoggS, Mr.. and Mrs. Moncure
Burke, Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel j.
Callahan, Mr.. and Mrs. Peter A.
Drury, Dean Fox, of the Cath
olic University, and Mrs. Fox;
DR.. and Mrs. James Cannon,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton.
Miss Betty Ainsworth Burke
has left for a two weeks visit in
Kansas City, Mo-, and will be
bridesmaid for Miss Helen
Louise Cook, who will be mar
ried to Clinton Manville Hoose.
Upon her return, Miss Burke
and her mother, Mrs. Henry
Dorsey MunnikhuySen, will leave
for Palm Beach and Miami for
a short stay.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
TODAY
Follows Last
Musicale

The German Ambassador and
Frau Won Prittwitz, and the
Italian Ambassador, Signor Au-
gusto Rosso, attended the
luncheon given today at the
Mayflower by Mrs. Lawrence
Townsend in compliment to
Nine. Lotte Lehman and Mr..
Paolo Marion, soloistS at the
last Wednesday morning mu-
sical to be given this season.
The other guests were Coun-
tess Szecnenyi, the Minister OF
Austria and Nine. Prochnik, the
Minister of Bulgaria and Nine.
Radeff, the Military Attache of
the Italian Embassy, Lieut.. Col.
Marco Pennaroli, and the Secre-
tary of the Embassy, Mr..
Giuseppe TommaSi; the Coun-
Selor of the German Embassy,
Herr Rudolf Leitner, and the
third secretary of the Embassy,
Mr.. Alexander Won Wuthenau;
Mr.. Nicholas de Vegh and Baron
Paul Schell, of the Hungarian
Legation; Mrs. Hume Wrong,
Miss Cornelia Szechenyi, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter r. Tuckerman,
Miss Ruth H. Tuckerman, Mrs.
Francis L. Spalding, Mrs. Har-
ley Peyton Wilson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis E. Taylor, Mr.. U.
Grant Smith and Miss Rebecca
G. wellington.
Other HOSteSSeS
Other hosteSses who enter
tanned at luncheon following
the musicale this morning were
Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard and
her daughter, Mrs. George Maui
rice Morris, who we're joint
hostesses. Their guests included
Mrs. Hugo Black, Mrs. Nellie
Tayloe Ross, Mrs. Atlee Pom
creme, Mrs. Keith Merrill, Mrs.
Edward Meigs, Mrs. Kenneth
Gilpin, Mrs. Nathan William
MacCheSney, Mrs. Charles
Baird, jr., Mrs. William j.
Flather, jr., Mrs. William P.
MacCracken, jr., Mrs. Edgar
Snow, Mrs. Edward Perot and
Mrs. Charles Drayton.
Mrs. William Howard Taft
was the guest in whose honor
Mrs. Harry Clay RanSley, wife
of Representative Ransley, en-
tertained at luncheon today;
Mrs. Henry Parsons Erwin en-
tertained in compliment to Mrs.
Samuel S. Dennis, and Mrs.
Mary Stewart was also a
hostess, as were Mrs. Hugh
Campbell Wallace, Mrs. Dwight
Chester, Mrs. j. Thompson
Wales, Mrs. Oscar Jarecki and
Miss Julia Sheridan.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
The Loudoun Hunt

The hunting fixtures as an
nounced by the Loudoun Hunt
Club for February are as fol-
lows: February 4, Big Spring;
February 7, Kincaid's Gate;
February II, Morven Gate;
February IA, Dry Mill Bridge;
February 18, Balls Bluff Road;
February %, D. M. Rust Lane;
February 25, wainwright Gate,
and February %, Cool Spring.
Mr.. w. H. Lipsconb, of
washington and Leesburg is M.
F. H. for Loudoun Hunt and
Mr.. w. F. Peach, secretary.
Miss Lyla Townsend, daugh-
ter of Senator John G. Town
send, jr., of Delaware, will enter
tain at the dinner dance at the
Shoreham this evening, in
honor of Miss Sara Catherine
Cooke, of Georgetown, Della.
X r. \
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harrison,
Of Cleveland, Ohio, accompanied
by Mr.. and Mrs. John D. Killing,
have come to Washington to
spend several days and they are
at Wardman Park Hotel.
X +
Mrs. William Levy has re-
turned to Washington from
Tallahassee, Fla, and she is in
her apartment at Wardman
Park Hotel.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

Since TemodeliMo, the Miami
Colonial lobby is easily the
most distinctive and Gttrdc.
tire in Miami.
Guests qriH be intrigued BY
the Pilgrim Room. qchere nn.
usual and unique decorative
effects haze been achieved.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

plenons always lovely. For their con-
venience all the great film studios have
made this luxurious soap the official
soap for dressing rooms.
Don't be satisfied with a skin that
just "gets BY" Have a skin fawlessly
lovely II truly irresistible. Begin today
to use fragrant, white Lux Toilet Soap
regularly.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Inaugural Ball To
Be Sponsored
By Smart Set

The Official inaugural Ball,
which will be held at the Wash
ington Auditorium on the eve
ming of March 4, has on it's
list of patrons and patronesses,
the Ambassador of Germany
and Frau Won Prittwitz, the
Ambassador of Japan and Nine.
Debuchi, the Ambassador of
Great Britain and Lady Lind.
say, the Ambassador of Ar.
gentina, Senor DR.. Felipe A.
Espil, the Ambassador of Spain
and Sonora de Cardenas, the
Minister of Portugal and Wis
countess d'Alte, the Minister of
Uruguay and Nine. Varela, the
Minister of Albania, Mr.. Faik
konitZa, the Minister of Nor
way and Nine. Bachke, the
Minister of Guatemala and Sc
nora de RecinoS and the Min
Ster of CzechoSovaklia and
Nine. Veverka.
Additional Ball Sponsors
Mr.. Justice and Mrs. Pierce
Butler, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson,
Mrs. Robert Lansing, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sumner Welles, Mr.. and
Mrs. Huston Thompson, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank West, General
and Mrs. William Mitchell, Mr..
and Mrs. Perry Belmont, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Davies, Judge
Barton Payne, Col. and Mrs.
Arthur O'Brien, Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm McConihe, Mrs. Glib
son Falmestock, the Bishop of
washington and Mrs. James E.
Freeman, Major Gen. and Mrs.
AmoD A. Fries, Judge and Mrs.
Peyton Gordon, Major Gen.
Adolphus w. Greeley, Mr.. and
Mrs. James M. Green, Mr.. and
Mrs. Franklin M. Gunther and
Mr.. and Mrs. Randall H. Hag-
ner.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hard Aid Ball
Also Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sumner Hamlin, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Hard, Commodore and
Mrs. Charles H. Harlow, Mrs.
Jack Hayes, Mrs: John j.
Hamphill, Mrs. Truxtun Beale,
Mrs. Louis D. Brandeis, Rear
Admiral and Mrs, Henry v.
Butler, Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Childress. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Clifford, Mr.. and Mrs.
Victor N. Cushman, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. Mathews Dick, Mrs.
Augustus Downing, Mrs. Charles
Deming, Major and Mrs. Henry
Leonard, Senator and Mrs.
Claude Swanson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Swagar Sherley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Marcy L. Sperry, Mr.. and Mrs.
John F. Costello, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic A. Delano, Mr.. John
r. Colpoys, former Gov. Nellie
Tayloe Ross. Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel Herrick, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Charles E. Riggs,
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard B. Jones,
Rep. Ruth Bryan Owen, Miss
Jessie Dell, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick Atherton, Mr.. and Mrs.
woodbury. Blair, Mrs. M: de
Glare Barry, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Baldwin Cochran, Mrs.
Calderon Carlisle and Mr.. and
Mrs. Rozier Dulany.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

"Capture for yourself glamorous COM
plexion loveliness. You can do it the
way the screen stars do. Men are al
ways stirred by lovely skin!"
g out ofIO Screen Stars use it
Of the 6o4 important Hollywood ac-
tresses, including all stars, actually 686
use Lux Toilet Soap to keep their COM
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
Hotels and Resorts

LOOK TO THE MIAMI BILTM0RE for
your new conception of resort life.
Most amazing program resort activities
ever conceived. establishing new standard
vacation values. Coral Gables. Miami, Fla.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

MIAMI, FLA.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01

"nON'T let love grow humdrum!"
- This is the warning Helen Twelve
trees sends to the many perplexed women
who write this charming screen star for
advice.
"When a man begins to take you for
granted" she says, "look out!'
And then she tells Hollywood's secret
Of winning and holdin6-adoration.
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
To Lecture Tonight

The Approved Schools Com
mittee of the District Daugh-
ters of the American Revolu-
ton will entertain at the Wash
ington Club, 1701 K St., this
evening at $50 o'clock. Mrs.
William H. Pouch, National
Chairman of Approved Schools
will be the speaker, giving a
lecture with motion pictures.
Hotels and Resorts
The Washington times., 1933-02-01
From Norfolk

Mrs. Benjamin F. Prescott, Of
Norfolk, Va, with her daughter,
Miss Marguerite Prescott, is
at Wardman Park Hotel for a
short stay.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
BOY HOODLUMS
SUSPECTED Of
Staying GIRL

NEW YORK, Dec. 26. GN.S0.
Detectives trailed "the dancing
feet" of 15-year-old Sarah Weiss
today, seeking a clue to the brutal
slayers who tossed the sack
swatched body of the pretty high
school girl into a lower East Side
gutter after mutilating her.
Her father said:
"Her dancing feet led her to
death. I tried to keep her at
home. But she must go out,
dancing, staying away"
Questioning of nearly a hundred
schoolmates and friends of the
girl, police said, failed to throw
any light on the mystery sur
rounding her death.
Police were seeking the girls
shoes and her purse, both missing
when her body, stuffed into two
gunny sacks and tied with rope.
was found in a gutter before a
stable not half a dozen blocks
from her home.
It was thought the girl might
have dropped the purse or kicked
off her shoes in a struggle. Act
ing on that belief, detectives were
combing the tenements, garages.
and stables of the section, spur
red by reports that a gang OF
youthful hoodlums have recently
staged drinking orgies in aban-
doned buildings and vacant apart
ments, forcing girl companions
to participate.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
D, {, SYMPHONY
SEEKS To AID
MUSICIANS

Washington's National Sym
phony Orchestra is successful
artistically, and since it was organ.
tied during one of the worst
economic crises in the history of
the country, and not only survived
but improved and attracted a
steadily increasing number OF
people to its concerts, it can be
called a financial success as well.
But behind the scenes is a pic
ture of self-sacrifice on the part
of all the musicians, and OF down
right want on the part of many.
Nearly every man of the National
Symphony, each a highly trained
musician who has devoted years
of study 20 his profession, earns,
for the music season washington
so enthusiastically acclaims, exact
ly $640!
This is the sum he received for
all his work with the orchestra,
"a concerts and the attendant re-
hearSalS.
Salary Basis Sought
Subscriptions to the guarantee
fund and ticket sales for a season
bring about $87 1000. PaymentS TO
80 men amount to about $52,OOO.
The rest covers soloiStS, rental OF
Constitution Hall, newspaper and
other advertising, management
office rent, scores of parts, the
printing of tickets and programs,
ets., purchase of special instru-
ments and other necessary items.
Leland Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Bruce Howe, Mrs. Edwin
B. Parker, Mrs. Tracy Dows and
other Washington music lovers are
working to increase the orchestra's
subscription fund so that these
musicians can be put on a salary
basis and remove the specter OF
actual want and hunger that fol-
lows them.
Many Of the musicians have
families. Some can give lessons
and others obtain outside engage
ments. But some play instruments
used only in large ensembles, and
few students here want to learn
to play the bassoon, for instance,
or the double bass, oboe or French
horn.
Finds 2 Selling Ice Cream
Two of them, DR.. Kindler found
one day last summer selling ice
cream in the street. These were
conservatory men, two Of the best
players in the orchestra.
One musician, who played one
of the rarer instruments, could
find no pupils. He had a wife
and three children. Extra work
was meager. Through constantly
Stinting himself of food, he be-
came ill, and had not the vitality
to recover. His children are now
in a Washington orphan asylum.
His widow is being helped by
members of the orchestra.
The penalty of dedicating ones
self to the cause of fine music
nowadays is heavy one, and
the National Symphony Orches-
ira Association, despite all its
efforts, has not been able to allie
viate it sufficiently.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
GAS BLOWN OUT,
2FR|ENDS DIE

PHIL ADELPHIA, Dec. 26.
Death ended a reunion Of two
old friends when the wind blew
out a gas jet, and both men were
overcome by the fumes.
The victims were Daniel Bon
ner, 4S, and James Moran, SIS.
They were found dead by James
Sedergen, janitor in the Bonner
house.
Moran, who was a city laborer.
moved into the neighborhood a
week ago. He learned that Bon
ner lived nearby and paid him a
visit.
The two men were talking in
Bonner's room on the second floor
when the accident took place.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
WOMEN FORM
OWN COUNCIL

Organization of a woman's
division in the National Recovery
Council, recently created by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, was reported to-
day from several sources.
It is understood that an organ
ization will be created within the
council that will handle the
women's phase of the several emer-
gency units in the Federal service.
Several well-informed sources
indicated that few women proml-
nently identified with Democratic
politics are being considered ser
iously to take over the helm OF
the new division.
The council, which is headed by
Frank C. Walker, treasurer OF the
Democratic National Committee
and also executive secretary OF the
executive council, is an organiza-
ton destined to head up the sew
eral emergency agencies Of the
cover n THE NRA, AAA,
FERA, CWA and others.
In Walkers absence from the
city, the report of organization of
the women's division could not
be confirmed, but reliable sources
indicated his desire to create such
a unit.
It is understood that nothing
definite will be done in this con-
nection until after the Christmas
and New Year holiday season. In
the meantime, however, offices
for the emergency council are
being set up in the Commercial
National Bank Building.
The Washington times., 1933-12-26
STAGE GUILD FORMED

Young folks interested in
theatricals last night formed the
Calnan Guild at st. Michaels
Church, Silver Spring. George w.
Kennedy was named chairman
and plans were made for stage
presentation on February II. Re
hearsals, under the Rev. Thomas
Calnan, will start January 2.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
Incendiary Plot Suspected
In Sanitarium Fire

it was smoking and did not burst
into flames for 10 or Is minutes
. I saw several people on the
second floor and with William
Glendenning, jr.. a son of the
superintendent, ran and got a
ladder. We placed it against the
window and ran up it.
We carried four persons out
When we tried to rescue the pa
tients, they all tried to fight us
off. We had to overpower them
I found one aged woman hiding
under a bed. We might have
saved more had not the patients
become panic stricken.
Two night nurses were escort
ing patients out from the first
floor. After about 10 minutes
the smoke burst into flames and
all rescue attempts had to be
stopped.
There was the widest panic
ever saw.
We did our best and there
might have been a different end
ing if the fire department could
have gotten here quicker.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
PROBE IN DEATH
Of HEIR HALTED

CHICAGO, Feb. 3 G.NS0.-A
long-distance call from Detroit to-
day halted plans for a post NOR
tenn examination of the body of
James Carey Davis. jr., 35-year-old
son of the late steel magn,. te.
A sister, Mrs. Frederick Curtis,
in Detroit, telephoned to the
undertaking establishment here
and told the coroner's physician
that the family objected to the
proceedings.
Davis was found dead today in
the exclusive Rogers Park Hotel
under mysterious circumstances
Davis was named yesterday in a
100000 heart balm suit filed by
Chester Schrem. Evanston drug
clerk. who had accused Davis of
alternating the affections of his
pretty young wife, Louise.
named yesterday in a 100000
heart balm suit filed by Chester
Schrem, Evanston drug clerk,
who had accused Davis of aliena-
ting the affections of his pretty
young wife, Louise.
Davis, 35, had been married
twice. His second wife is now
living on the vast Davis ranch
near Vista, Calf. She had filed
a divorce action against him in
Las Vegas, New.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
ACCUSED
IN PLOT

CHANGCH HUN. Manchukuo,
Feb. 3 QN.SD.-A plot to as
sassinate the highest officials of
Manchukuo, including a number
of prominent Japanese, was an
nounced by Japanese police
headquarters today with arrest
of the alleged conspirators.
The plot, according to the
police announcement, also called
for destruction of public build
ings. Police charged that Mar
shal Chang Hsueh-Liang, former
Manchurian war lord, had en-
gineered the conspiracy through
Chinese and Koreans living in
Manchukuo.
Police said they suspected a
connection between this plot and
an alleged attempt upon the life
of Gen. Nobuyosh' Muto. Japa-
nese military commandant here,
in December.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
3 LEGION LEADERS STAGE FIGHT FOR CABINET POSTH
Bank Cashes Check
Made Out in
BrGiILe

NEW YORK. The first
check ever written in "braille,"
the raised writing of the blind,
has been cashed by Bank Of
Manhattan Company.
This marks a step Of the first
Importance for the blind and
their financial problems, ac-
cording to Augustine j. Smith,
philanthropist, who made the
experiment.
Smith, member of the
board of managers Of the New
York Institute for the Educa-
ton of the Blind, had the
check drawn in braille, signed
it, and presented to the bank.
Bank officers studied the
question and decided the check
was "in writing signed by the
maker" and that braille is
writing or printing within the
legal meaning of those terms.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
Marshall Chang Hints
Rift With War Chiefs

PEIPING, Feb. 3 QNS0 -
With Japanese forces massing
rapidly for a drive on Jehol prov
ince to annex it to Manchukuo
Marshal Chang Hsueh-Liang,
Chinese commander in the north,
today voiced hints Of a rift in
the Chinese high command.
Following reports that Chinese
troops had twice before been re-
pulsed in attacks on japanese
positions at Siucheng and Chiu-
men Pass in the Great Wall, Mar
shall Chang told international
News Service:
81 must point out that de-
fenSe of Chinese territory is not
my task alone.
"All orders for the defense Of
JehOl province against Japa-
neSe aggression are signed by
GeneraIissimO Chang Kai- Shek
over my counter signature"
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
SALES TAX BILL
= URGED IN n. !.

ALBANY, Feb. 3 Q.N.S) .
Pressure is being brought on Re
publican legislators to substitute
a 2 per cent retail sales tax for
Governor Herbert H. Lehman's
proposals for a / per cent tax on
gross personal incomes and an in
crease of / per cent in the pres
ent Scent gasoline tax.
Tax experts have informed the
G. o. P. legislative chiefs that a
2 per cent sales tax, without ex-
empting food. would yield $780,
100000 annually. This would
wipe out the States deficit with
out otLer new or higher taxes.
Governor Lehman recommended
a three-quarters of / per cent sales
tax on everything except food
products and motor fuel. He esti-
mated his proposal would boost
the States revenues by $23,000,-
600 yearly.
The Washington times., 1933-02-03
JOHNSON CITED
AS OFFICIAL"
CANDIDATE
Stevens and 0'NeiI, However,
Have Strong Backing for
Secretary of War

Three national leaders of the
American Legion were waging a
three-cornered race today for the
post of Secretary of War in the
Cabinet of President-elect Roose-
velt.
They were Monroe Johnson, Of
South Carolina, an overseas
colonel in the Rainbow Division;
Past National Comdr. Henry l..
Stevens, jr., of North Carolina,
and Past National Comdr. Ralph
T. O'Neill, of Kansas
"OfficiaI" Candidate
johnson was the official"
candidate Of the Legion. having
been indorsed by National Comdr.
Louis A. johnson, of West Vir-
ginia, and a number of other
prominent officials in the present
Legion administration. They have
sent their Endorsement directly
to the PreSident-elect.
The entire Congressional dele
cation from South Carolina also
ndorSed johnson. Senator
Byrnes CD of South Carolina,
a close friend of the President
elect, admitted Johnson had this
indorsement as we'll as that of
current Legion officials
O'NeiI Well Backed
The Legion support, however,
was divided between johnson,
Stevens, and O'Neil. Stevens
served as national commander
last year while O'Neil, curiously
enough, defeated johnson for
that post at the Boston conven-
ton a few years ago.
O'Neil has heavy political sup
port for the position. He served
during the recent campaign as
national chairman of the special
Democratic committee, named to
corral veterans votes. He is an
intimate friend of James A..
Farley, Democratic national chair
man.
Stevens was reported to have
strong business support for the
Cabinet office. He likewise will
have the influence of former
Secretary Of the Navy Josephus
Daniels.