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Evening star., 1936-06-24

headquarters in the thick OF traffic.
His signs fore and aft read: Il voted
for Hoover in 1936-but I've changed
my mind"
Distinguished guests and delegates
continue to arrive at the convention
hotels. Representative J. Hamilton
Fish of New York, touted as a candi-
date for President on the Republican
ticket and then campaign manager
for Senator Borah, arrived last night
TO watch from the side lines-and get
some good ideas" his House colleagues
commented.
Others who have arrived recently
include: Basil OConnor of New
York. law partner OF President
Roosevelt and brother of Chairman
O'Connor of the House Rules Com
mittee; Col. and Mrs. J. F. Donovan
of Palm Beach. Fla. intimate friends
of the President; Lieut.. Gov. Frank
Hays Of Waterbury, Conn; Alvin C.
johnson. attorney general, Indianhp-
oils Ind; Senator and Mrs. William
Gibbs McAdoo Of California; Gov.
Henry E. Horner of Illinois; former
Representative Aiming S. Prall. now
chairman of the Federal Communica-
tions Commission: State Senator j.
P. Beacon and Mrs. Beacon, Hunt
ington, w. Va; Arthur F. Mullen,
Democratic national committeeman:
Mayor George j. Zimmerman. Buffalo.
N. Y: Mr.. and Mrs. Acey Carraway,
headquarters manager in Washington
for the Young Democratic Club of
America former United States Sena-
tor j. Thomas Hef1in of Alabama and
Gov. Bibb Graves of Alabama.
John B. Colpoys, chairman Of the
District delegation. was proud dele
gate yesterday when he went to the
opening session and found he had
seat No. in the auditorium.
The entire District delegation was
assigned to the front row on the
center aisle, with the banner Of the
Nations Capital directly in front of
the speakers platform.
AS the first session adjourned yes
terday afternoon the crowds leaving
the auditorium saw three little girls
walking by the hall with big poster
bearing the slogan, "Landon Top
With Roosevelt"
The din caused by a combination
of cheering, singing and -band-playing
during the first parade of delegates
around the hall yesterday failed to
frighten two dogs that were carried
in the pushing throng Of marching
delegates by two girls from New York
Some Of the loyal Democrats let
their enthusiasm get out of hand yes
terday, and as result they may find
themselves out in the cold at future
sessions of the convention.
Postmaster General Farley's OPEN
ing speech yesterday was the signal
for the conventions first demonstra-
ton, but when the shouting and cheer
ing was over at least score of
delegates discovered they had lost
IIleH DduStS-licH Oiily ulCdIlS VI
admission to the hall.
The West Virginia delegation put
on the best side show of the convention
last night in the lobby of the swanky
Bellevue -Stratford, where the high
moguls of democracy are staying.
With a real hilly billy band, bare
feet and all, they gave rendition of
Coming Down the Mountain" that
soon had all the delegates and visitors
singing at the top Of their voices.
Evening star., 1936-06-24

the city representing moving ma
chimes. rakes, etc, with derisive signs
concerning Mr. Hoover's grass-in-the-
streets remark. and a slogan hay,
hay. Hoover" Well, maybe he's run
ming. too. We're so mixed up, we
aren't sure.
But perhaps the ghostliest thing Of
all was the new road our taxi driver
pointed out to us as We left the con-
vention hall.
They needed good road away from
here" he explained courteously, sc
they Just dug up this cemetery and
moved the bodies"
1t may be symbolic. And then again
it may not be-
tcopyrisht. 1885. by the Norm American
Newspaper Alliance IncD
Evening star., 1936-06-24

seemed not to have found any of the
grass Of Hoover's prophecy.
The mules and the machines were
decorated with signs containing Hoov-
er's words about growing grass, and
other signs as follows:
Well, Mister HoCUer, here Ire come
To do the job you iuanted done;
We're all ready to begin to NOR.
But uhere's the grass you said
would grotC?
These slogans have been suggested
to Charley Michaelson:
Hoover and his party didn't giue
us the chicken for the pot. nor the
two-car garage, and noD they
renege on their promise OF grass
cutting job.
The G. o. p. elephant, toodless
for three long years, counted on
feeding UPON HooDer grass.
What wiH the beast do nop,
poor thinq7
Hay, hay. HooUer'
Though its had three long years in
Uhich to sprout.
The Hoouer grass is definitely out.
The attention of Campaign Mana
ger Farley has been directed to a
Philadelphia policeman, on duty near
the campaign headquarters - Frank
Dean emo relation to Dizzy or Daffy.
he warns)-in case the Democratic
donkey becomes recalcitrant in the
campaign. He has twice proven his
ability to put the donkey over--in
fact, two donkeys. Each of them was
being taken into the lobby of the
Walton Hotel. The one yesterday was
to add to the local color" when the
entire Pennsylvania delegation was
being photographed. But the donkey
baked at the six or seven marble
steps. She was blindfolded-but that
didn't work. In comes Dean with a
taxi driver. They clasped hands be-
hind the hind legs of Miss Democ-
racy" and while she was getting set
to balk harder than ever, they fairly
hoisted her up the few steps.
Col William Bullitt Fitzhugh of
Cape Charles, Va, sergeant at arms
of the Virginia House of Delegates
attracted attention as figure of the
stage of an old-time Southern colonel
He strutted with a gold-headed cane
red necktie, and a conventional
sergeant at arms badge. He went
out for an early morning constitu-
tional and found statue of his uncle
John Christian Bullitt, in City Hall
Plaza, "I see they've washed him,
commented the ole kunnel.
In the convention. strutting his cane
and with his resplendent badge, he
paraded the center aisle before the
convention started, and when finally
forced to take his seat, mumbled: 81
could handle that crowd on the floor
Of our State House but I give ul
here"
Mrs. Fitzhugh is the great-great-
granddaughter of Patrick Henry.
A clown sandwich man, with bic
splay feet - enormous feet - padded
along in front Of the convention
Evening star., 1936-06-24
Sidelights of the Convention
Romney Fills big Shot" Role-Te.as Contingent
adopts Roof Garden Dancer, With Rangers
as Guard.

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star.
PHILADELPHIA. Pa, June "a
One of the real big shots" in the
convention official force is Kenneth
Romney, sergeant at arms of the
House, who has the important job
of chief tally clerk and contact man
between the convention chairman. the
parliamentarian and other officers.
This is the fifth consecutive national
convention in which he has had an
important position. Romney started
in at the San Francisco convention,
when Emil Hurja, who is now the
man behind the scenes as executive
secretary. was unable to crash the
gate at the convention, and Romney
gave him a badge of an assistant
sergeant at arms.
Texas Rangers and cowboys and
three -gallon-hat wearers have adopted
Tania Lessova as their mascot and
sweetheart" of the delegation. Tania.
who halls from the sunny Southland,
does an amazing Russian dance on
the Walton Roof Garden. Each night
a guard Of honor" of rangy and Wig
orouS Texans kneel around the dance
floor on which she does her act, and
give their yells when she has finished.
Tania was the guest of the Texas
delegation at the opening session. and
the Texans have arranged a special
performance at which she is to dance
during the big reception planned for
Vice President Gamers arrival Friday
night. Tania's father is q widely
known surgeon in Indiana.
The Democratic National Commit
tee arranged yesterday to have the
grass cut which Hoover said would
grow on the streets of "a hundred
cities, a thousand towns" if the DEM
ocratS were victorious in 1882.
Two crews of farm hands were sent
out to do the job. Each crew con-
sisted of a moving machine. drawn
by two mules; a rake, drawn by one
mule, and a hay wagon, drawn by two
mules. The crews drove up and down
Broad street and Market street and
Evening star., 1936-06-24

A clown sandwich man, with big
splay feet - enormous feet - padded
along in front of the convention
Evening star., 1936-06-24
If Constipated
Take This 1ip

Here's one of the friendliest
tips one can give another-how
to really relieve Constipation. It
is simply this: One or two E-Z
Tablets taken when bilious, due
to Constipation. are amazingly
effective =. yet so mild and
gentle. If you haven't felt good
for sometime have headaches,
tired feeling, no pep. you may be
suffering from Intestinal Fatigue,
commonly called Constipation. If
so, E-Z Tablets are what you
need. You get so little E-Z Tab
lets for 2sc. AT all good drug
stores.
Evening star., 1936-06-24
Seek to Hold Own Power,

The thing they are primarily in
terested in is the maintenance of
their own positions Of power in the
party, whether Roosevelt wins or loses
in the election this year. To this end
they have chosen to give the New
Dealers all the rope they want, so
far as the present campaign is con-
cerned.
Tending also to prevent open op-
Evening star., 1936-06-24

PEOPLES FRONT"
URGED BY FOSTER
Communists Open National
Convention With Attack on
Reaction, Fascism.
Ry the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 24.-Chairman
William q. Foster, opening the ninth
national convention of the Communist
party, called today for the develop
ment Of "a mighty peoples front
against reaction, fascism, and war
q Farmer-Iabor party"
The old order has the seal Of
death upon its forehead" said Foster,
thrice the party's presidential nominee.
Seeing the people rebelling, it fran,
tically seeks to cancel the democratic
rights and civil liberties of the people1
prepares civil war against them. ORD
gsn!zes Black Legions. Ku Klux Klan1
and self-styled Liberty Leagues
1T takes refuge in an irresponsible
oligarchy-the Supreme Court-Which
it hopes is out of the reach of the
people. 1t prepares to throw the whole
world into new and more terrible
war which threatens to blot out civil
ization.
"Only Way OUT
THE program of the Communist
party offers the only way out. the
only possible solution of the crisis into
which the whole world is plunged.
.
He cited the glorious victories OF
the peoples front in France as proof
of the correctness of the Communist
program
Our party has its roots deep in
American life and revolutionary tradi-
tions," he said We inherit and con-
tinue the traditions Of l776, Of the
Declaration of independence. Of the
birth of our Nation in the fires Of
revolutionary upheaval
I'VE inherit and continue the tradi-
ton of Lincoln, of the emancipation
proclamation, of the revolutionary
Civil War.
I'VE inherit and continue the tradi-
tion of generations of heroic struggle
to build the American labor movement
with its organizations. from the day of
illegality to its great promise Of today.
when, for the second time, it challenges
its greatest enemy. the steel trust"
Unite the TOilers.
Declaring that the convention repre-
sents the vanguard of the American
people TO find "the best, the quickest,
the least painful way out" he con-
cluded:
Along this path We will find the
way TO unite the toilers of America
against their enemies the monopolists
and bankers of Wall Street. and all
their agents. Along this path We will
find the road to better life.
Along this path We will unite with
Our friends of all lands to maintain
peace in the world. Along this path
we will march on toward socialism"
against reaction, fascism and war-a
farmer-labor party. Along this path
We viii march on toward socialism"
Earl Browder, general secretary Of
the Communist party, U. S. A., was
proposed as keynote speaker, with his
address scheduled for the afternoon
session.
Evening star., 1936-06-24
Shoe Industry College.

The German shoe industry has a
well-equipped college" at Pierma-
sens, where students receive instruc-
ton in the production Of footwear
along anatomical lines.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31

The good-humored and charm
ing melodic phrases of Smetana's
overture to THE Battered Bride"
was presented last night at the
Water Gate in sprightly vivacity
under the leadership of Sylvan
Levin as the opening work of a
most attractive summer nights
program.
With the cooler weather, many
of the usual concert goerS found
their interest drawn elsewhere,
but the audience of about two
thirds size gave every evidence of
an enthusiastic appreciation of
the efforts of Mr.. Levin and the
Washington Summer Concerts
Symphony Orchestra.
The constantly recurring tread
of the water carrier and the fire.
quent Splashing of water, together
with the frenzy of the magician'S
helper made a most effective mu-
steal picture in the presentation OF
THE Sorcerer's Apprentice" Du-
kas). The stirring rhythm of the
"Rakoczy Marc (Berlioz)
brought the first part of the con-
cert to an end.
The pleasing simplicity of Hum
perdinck's overture to "Hansel
and Gretel' was set in delightful
contrast to Rim SIX y-Korsakow's
THE Flight of the Bundle Bee"
The second section of the concert
included two waltzes, Invitation
to the Dance" CWeber-Weingart
ner) and LA ValSe" (RaveD. The
first named waltz is well known
to pianiStS, while the latter is
filled with such dissonances and
cross rhythms as to make it hardly
recognizable as a waltz, but it is
stimulating to the listener.
The "Siegfried Idyll" (WagneD
was interpreted by Mr.. Levin with
a fine sense of orchestral balance
and coloration, resulting in a fine
meditative musical study. In re,
Spouse to the insistent applause
Mr.. Levin played Dvorak's "Sla.
vonic Rhapsody in B Major"
The U. S. Navy Band, Lieut..
Charles Benter directing, will
give the following concert tonight
at 7:30 o'clock at the U. S. Capt.
toll: march, Colonel Bogey" Cal,
ford); overture, Roman Carni-
val" (Berlioz); coronet solo,
Court of Neptune" (Clarke)
played by Oscar Short; fantasia,
"Irlandia" George Drumm)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
LEGION
TRIAL READY
TO OPEN

DETROIT, Aug. 81 U.N.S).
Neighborhood gossip which de-
veloped into cause for murder in
the hands of a bigoted organiza-
ton will be converted into court
testimony today with the start of
the mass trial of Black Legion
aires for the death ride of
Charles A. Poole, an obscure WPA
worker.
Actual opening of the trial with
tedious selection of jury will get
under way tomorrow. Today, the
court faced the problem of deter
mining whether one of the dozen
defendants, Thomas r. Craig,
must face trial despite his plea
he was not actually present when
Dayton Dean, cult two-gun man,
poured eight bullets into Poole
body on a lonely road in the out
skirts of the city last May IL.
It was the Staying of Poole
which unmasked the night-riding
Black Legion of haters and horse
whipperS and ultimately led to
charges of murder, arson, criminal
Syndicalism and flogging against
Ct alleged members of the cult.
The garrulous Dayton Dean will
be the star witness for the State
at the trial which is expected to
last a full month. Dean has re-
lated how he and fellow cultists
lured the innocent Poole into the
woods after reports, later declared
spurious, that Poole beat his wife,
an expectant mother.
The State has endorsed 40 wit
nesses. Among them will be Mrs.
Rebecca Poole, 81, the victims
widow, whose baby was five days
old when her husband was killed.
VOTE AMERICAN
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Army Band Will Play
War College Concert

The U. S. Army Band, under the
direction Of Capt. Thomas F.
Darcy, will give the following pro-
gram this evening at 5 o'clock at
the Army Band auditorium, at the
War College: March, 1.-THE Purple
Carnival" (AlforO: overture, 80
lennelle 1912" (Tschaikoswsky) !:
saxophone solo, "Juliana" Cure
wich), played by Eugene Hostel,
ter; Dance of the Tumblers,"
from 1.-THE Snow Maiden" (Rimsky-
Korsa kow); waltz, Summer
Glory" (zulueta); march, "Pasa-
dena Day" (VeSsella).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
Marine Band 10 Play
Concert at Barracks

The U. S. Marine Band, Capt.
Taylor Branson, conductor, will
give the following concert tonight
at 8 o'clock at the Marine Bar
racks: March, "Gridiron Golden
Jubilee" CBranson); overture,
Magic Flute" (Mozart); cornet
solo, Carnival of Venice
(Clarke), played by Robert De-
Hart; excerpts from THE Seren-
ade" (Herbert); Turkey in The
Straw" and Arkansas Traveller"
(transcriptions by Guion); clari-
net solo, La Somnambula" BEL
lini-CavallinD, played by Payl
Gogel; selections from Romeo
and Juliet" (GounoO: concert
waltz, "You and You" from 1.-THE
Bat" (Strauss): Dame Piemon-
test" Sinigaglia }; Norwegian
Artists Carnival" (Svendsen).
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
Fleming Is Assigned
To Engineer Office

Lieut.. Col. Philip B. Fleming,
Corps of Engineers, has been re-
lieved Of duty as district engineer
at Eastport, Me-, and will come to
Washington for an assignment in
the Office of the Chief of Engi-
neers, according to the War De-
partment.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
Wife Of Policeman
Is Held in SIayinq

JAMAICA, L. l., Aug. 81 UN.S0.
Mrs. Catherine Balser, SO, es-
tranged wife Of a policeman, has
been arraigned before Magistrate
Georgia, charged with the murder
Of John Lang, 80. She pleaded not
guilty and was held without bail
for hearing September 8.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31

TRENTON, N. J., Aug. 81.
Well-organized relief agencies,
such as the Civilian Conservation
Corps, are given part of the credit
for the reduction of New Jersey
crime in 1885 as compared with
the peak of 1881. William ].
Ellis, commissioner Of the State
Department Of Institutions, re-
ported that in the year ended
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31

composer directing; American
rhapsody, Cabins" (Gillette);
waltz, "Vienna-1913" (Crist)
STARS Fell in Alabama" Carr. by
Grofe); excerpts from THE For
tune Teller" (Herbert); rhapsody,
"Espana" (Chabrier).
Succulent sauSages, slipping
sodas and summer symphonies do
not mix, according to Jose Iturbi,
noted Spanish pianist and guest
conductor with the Great Lakes
Symphony Orchestra last week.
Iturbi, who will appear in Wash
ington this season in a piano re-
cital, was so upset by the specta-
tors walking by the orchestra
platform eating hot-dogs and
drinking pop, that he asked to
have his contract broken rather
than endure the nerve-racking Or
deal. Not that he does not like
hot-dogs himself when he is off
the podium.
The Tempo Choral Club Of
Washington, which made such a
favorable impression last summer,
will give the final concert at the
Sylvan Theater tomorrow night
at 8 o'clock. The program will
include Negro folk music and
spirituals sung by a mixed chorus
of SO voices.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31
CCC LOWERS CRIMES

June 80 the number of commit,
ments to penal institutions was
1,840, compared with 2,342 in
1881, the peak year.
VOTE AMERICAN
Now. turn to Ellsworth Vines
story of the national singles
championship from Forest Hills
on the sports pages.
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World Of Music
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $1,000
Theme From Second Movement, Symphony No. l."
by Sibelius.

suggestion for using and prescribing the daily music theme
Many teachers of appreciation GdUe their pupils to clip and
them filing Nth the composers at the top
III nlnhnheticnL
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-08-31

Ellsworth Vines, worlds rank
ing tennis player. is covering
the national singles exclusively
for The Times. Now turn to the
sports pages.
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.V0TE ERICAN-
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
TWELVE HUNDRED ROOKIE
TARS NOW AT GREAT LAKES

The largest group of naval recruits
since the war is now stationed at Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, north of
Chicago. Reopened last July for the
training of inland advocates of Uncle
Sans naval supremacy after more than
two years of agitation at Washington,
by the Chicago Chamber of Commerce,
the station now has 1900 promising tars
in it's barracks. Quite few men from
Hagerstown and Washington county
received their training at this station
during the war.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
FARMERS INCOME IS
HIGHEST SINCE 1880
Total For First 4 Months
Includes $2,O17, 100000
From Marketings

A new six-year high in farmers cash
income is reported by the Bureau of
Agricultural Economics. The total for
the first four months of 1895 includes
100000 from marketings and $62,-
100000 in governmental rental and ben
eft payments. This compares with ST.
749,O00,0OO from marketings in the first
four months of 1895, and 1921 100000
from rentals and benefits.
Government payments during the re-
mainder of 1886 will likely exceed the
payments in the same months of 1885,"
the Bureaus report stated, with the fur
Their prediction: ''It is probable that if
industrial activity is maintained, farm
income from marketings will be in ex-
cess of the 1885 level"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
MISTAKEN IDENTITY

A little girl was put in an upper berth
Tor the first. She kept crying until her
mother told her not to be afraid, be-
cause God would watch over her.
Mother, you there?" she cried. "Yes''.
Father, you there?" yeah" Just then
a fellow passenger lost all patience and
beloved forth: Were all here, your
father, mother, sisters, brothers, aunts
uncles and cousins; now go to sleep.
There was a pause, then very softly,
Mamma" "Well?" "Was that God?"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
MEN NOTICE
Seven

He was hoping to impress her, and
had been telling her all about himself
in glowing terms.
Il hope you don't think I'm conceit-
ed" he said modestly, after he had fin
ished.
"Oh, no." she replied. "But I'm just
wondering how you can keep from Civ
ing three hearty cheers whenever you
look at yourself in the glass;"
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19
THIS WAS IN KANSAS

The Kansas City Star tells this one
on the modern housewife: Finding no
bread for breakfast, the husband was
sent to the corner grocery for loaf of
bread. He returned with an unsliced
loaf. They had nothing for breakfast
but coffee.
Joe Ford and force of workmen have
reprinted the exterior of Zion Reformed
Church.
Job Printing? Stouffer Printing Co.
The Hagerstown globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 1936-06-19

Job Printing? Stouffer Printing Co.