Evening star., 1937-09-21

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Shoulder TO shoulder, in the neigh
borhood of the reviewing stand, police
lined Madison avenue, lest the throns
break through and rush into Fifth
avenue. short block away.
At Forty-second street, sometimes
called the busiest corner in the world,
the spectators were crammed into an
almost immovabie piece of human
flesh, its edges squeezed into the gut
ters. The police looked slightly har-
assed, but not unhappy, and the
music and marching men went on and
on.
81 Army Planes Appear.
Then suddenly an aerial demonstra-
ton, a show of the Nations mighty
air force, was overhead, smothering
the slither of marching feet. the cries
of the spectators, the gay triumph
of the music.
Up Manhattan Island. from the
Battery, flying so low they seemed
almost to be able to touch the gilt
tering towers, moved 81 planes of
the Army. swift bombers, attack
planes, pursuit ships and flying fort
resses.
They left Mitchell Field, Long Island.
a little after ii O'Clock, and swung
down to the tip of Manhattan under
command of Brig. Gen. Gerald c.
Brand, second wing commander of the
general headquarters air force
Included among them we're 10 Mar
tin bombers from Mitchell Field. 33
Northrop attack planes from Barks-
dale Field, La; 10 monoplanes from
Langley Field, Va: IL single-seater
pursuit ships from Selfridge Field,
Mount Clemens. Mich, and of the
new flying fortresses from Langley
Field.
They roared majestically onward,
a symbol of the horrors of wars of to-
day. The crowds gaped The men
who had seen inferior planes in real
action, who had crawled into mud
holes and cellars so many years ago,
marched on with eyes straight ahead
save for those who we're under no
necessity of keeping military forma-
ton.
Hull Addresses Dinner.
Secretary of State Cordell Hull,
speaking at the national commanders
dinner last night. said the United
States in its pursuit of peace should
avoid extremes and follow a policy
of "enlightened nationalism.
Secretary Hull said the Nation
would have to steer a middle course
between utter isolation from world
affairs and complete entanglemen.
in them If it wished to avoid war.
Utter isolation, he declared, would
be closing our eyes to the realities
of the world today and assuming,
like. the courtiers of King Chanute,
that the rising tide of international
anarchy can be stopped before it
reaches u.s."
On the other hand, extreme interna-
tionalism would mean "abdicating our
independence of judgment, abandon
ing our traditional policy of nom
ENHANCEMENT and being drawn into
the rlvalries and disputes of other
nations"
Peace is not only the goal of the
ldealist," he said, 1T is at the same
time the corner stone of international
preservation"
Hoover Surprise Guest.
Former President Herbert Hoover
was surprise guest at the dinner.
attended also by State Governors. Sec
retary of War Harry woodring and
Legion officials.
In brief speech-one of his few
public addresses since leaving the
White House--Mr. Hoover urged "ade-
quate preparation for national de-
fense"
Peace is not dynamic thing" he
said. THE maintenance of peace has
as many dynamic requirements as the
conduct of war"
Mr. Hoover praised Secretary Hull.
who spoke before him, as a public
official who holds our confidence and
good will"
NO matter what our domestic diff
ferences may be, when the Secretary
of State speaks, he speaks for the
whole American people," he said.
"And the Secretary's task today is no
light task"
Convention hilarity-and it has
panicked Gotham for three days
reached a peak a few hours earlier
in the annual parade of the 40 and
g." Legion funmaking organization.
The 10000 outlandishly-c -costumed
men who clowned for spectators in a
four-hour parade up Eighth avenue
tied up midtown traffic in the
city's most severe case of convention
| paralysis.
| The paraders, many riding in mod
els of the old French-type box car
it held 40 men or horses-which
gave the organization its name. raised
! a deafening din with changing cow