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The Washington times., 1937-05-29
FIGHT OPENED
ON INSURANCE
FOR VETS
House Leaders Plan
To Override Veto
InHouse Vote
By WILLIAM s. NEAL
International News Services

The House veterans bloc today
girded itself to override on Tues
day President Roosevelt's veto Of
the veterans insurance bill with
leaders CT aiming sufficient
strength to pass the bill.
The test will be the first MIR.
Roosevelt has encountered with
Congress this year on a veto mes
sage. It will be the first conflict
over veterans legislation since
Congress OVERRIDE veto and or
dered the $4,000, 000, 900 soldiers
bonus paid.
Spokesman for the American
Legion and other major World
War veteran organizations planned
to back the Congressional veter.
ans group in their fight to set
aside the Presidential veto.
Discrimination Charged
Mr.. Roosevelt's argument that
the bill, which extended the war.
time term level insurance priv.
lege for another five years, Is Q
discrimination in favor Of q few
veterans against the great body.
apparently carried weight with
some members.
While hundreds Of thousands Of
veterans have converted their
term level $4,000 wartime poll.
cies, approximately $4,000 veter-
ans are still paying on the term.
level basis as result Of repeated
Congressional extensions Of the
privilege. A higher rate would b
required if the policies were con.
verified
Rankin CD Of Mississippi, Of
the House Veterans Committee,
explained:
There will be a vote to over,
ride the veto. One member can
demand a vote, and several
have served notice Of their in
tentiOn."
OTHERS BACK BILL
Representative Griswold CD
of Indiana, who headed q veterans
subcommittee which recommends
ed passage of the legislation,
favored passage of the bill by q
two-thirds vote over the veto.
Representative Edith Nourse
Rogers of Massachusetts,, ranking
Republican on the committee,
joined in urging enactment Of the
measure.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
W. R. HEARST
IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, May 20 GN.S)-
william Randolph Hearst arrived
today from California to spend a
month or more in New York City.
Looking the picture Of robust
health. the publisher smilingly de-
clared:
II feel fine-better than I
have any right to feel after cele-
brating my 74th birthday re-
GENTLY"
Reporters who then inquired his
views on "the state Of the nation"
received this answer:
ut is much better than it
was-and not as good as it
might be-"
Mr.. Hearst was accompanied
east by four Of his sons, William
Randolph Hearst jr., and John
Hearst, with their wives, and Ran
dolph and David Hearst.
Posing for photographers Mr..
Hearst held in his arms his 3-year-
old grandson, John Hearst jr., who
resisted all the Establishments of
his parents and refused to smile.
Mr.. Hearst announced that he
contemplated no European trip
this summer.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
League Condemns
Franco War Tactics

GENEVA, May 20 G.N.S0.
Inferentially criticizing German
and Italian intervention in Spain,
the League of Nations Council TO-
day condemned the war methods
Of InSurgent Generalissimo Fran
cisco Franco and demanded i'm
mediate withdrawal of all foreign
volunteers from the battlefields.
The councils decision gave full
satisfaction to the demands OF
the Valencia government, al
though it is powerleSs to take any
action to enforce its stand.
This decision was reached after
Julio. Alvarez del Vayo, delegate
Of the Valencia government,
charged between 10000 and $1,000
italian troops in Spain are COM
hitting an aggression against a
state which is a member Of the
League of Nations.
LONDON, May 20 G.N.S0.
Loyalist Spanish planes were &C.
cused today of bombing an Italian
naval vessel participating in the
nonintervention patrol.
The Italian representative at a
meeting of the nonintervention
committee asserted the Italian
ship was subjected to an aerial
bombardment in which six Italian
Seamen we're killed and several
officers wounded.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Merrill and Lambie
Presented Medals

Arkansas and Representative
James Stanley of Connecticut for
their part in getting the bill
through Congress authorizing the
observance of Aviation Day.
Jack Grim, legislative repre-
sentative of the Army and Navy
Union, and the man chiefly re-
Sponsihle for national Aviation
Day, presided at the dinner. The
medal to Merrill, designating him
as "Ace Pilot" was presented by
C. j. Russell, national senior vice
commander of the Army and Navy
Union.
The medal designating Lambie
as "Ace Navigator" was presented
by H. C. Baker of the Military
Order of the Firing Squad. The
ceremonies were broadcast by the
Columbia Broadcasting Company
on a national hookup.
Lauds Hearst Aid
Jack Grim paid special tribute
to the Hearst organization and
particularly The washington
Times for aid in the passage of
the National Aviation Day bill.
Speakers at the dinner were
Senator McAdoo, Representative
Stanley, Representative Bud Gear
hart of California, Representative
William Citron of Connecticut,
Maj. Gen. Oscar WeStover. chief
of the Army Air Corps; Capt. A. c.
Reed, assistant chief of the Naval
Air Service; Col. Ross E. RoWell,
chief of the Marine Corps Air
Service; Capt. L. T. Chalker, head
of the Coast Guard Air Service;
Col. Clarence Tinket, chief of Ma
tional Guard Flying, and John J..
Fitzpatrick, managing editor of
The Washington Times.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Ruling No Surprise
In London Circles

LONDON, May 70 GN.S0
Announcement in Britain's Off
cial gazette that Mrs. Wallis War
field cannot become Her Royal
Highness" after her marriage to
the Duke of Windsor failed to
cause even the flicker of an eye
brow in informed London circles
today.
For weeks the people "in the
know" here have insisted Mrs.
Warfield would not be entitled
to be anything more tina Her
Grace" after the wedding. and
the decree merely confirmed
their opinion.
But the general public's reac-
ton was somewhat different.
Men in the street took a mixed
view of the whole affair and
searched for some motive under
lying the announcement.
The majority of Britain's Cup
per class" appeared frankly re,
lieved by the decree, feeling it
places the future status of the
Duke and his bride-to-be beyond
reach of further doubt or embar.
raSsment.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29

Dick Merrill and Jack Lambie,
who flew across the Atlantic to
London and back to return coro-
nation photographs, today held
medals from the Army and Navy
Union for performing the most
meritorious aviation performance
of the year.
The award was made at a ban
quet at the Willard Hotel last
night, eliminating the Capitals
first observance of national Avia-
ton Day.
Leaders of Army, Navy, Marine
Corps, Coast Guard, National
Guard and civilian aviation units
attended the dinner and paid
tribute to the filters.
McAd0O Is Speaker
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo
of California, long a flying en-
thusiast, and other members of
Congress attended the dinner and
spoke on aviation and the needs
of this country to build up its fly
ing service.
Tribute was paid to Senator
McAdoo, Senator Robinson Of
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
COMPROMISE
0NRELIEF GOES
T0PRESIDENT
Leaders Hope to End
House Fight Before
Returning to Bill
international News Service

House Administration leaders to-
day drafted compromise proposals
in the hope of ending the battle in
the House over earmarking the
proposed $1,5OO,OOO,OOO relief fund.
A plan to settle the fight which
temporarily unseated the regularly
chosen leaders of the huge Demo
cratic majority was to be given to
President Roosevelt, with a view
to obtaining approval before the
House again considers the relief
bill on Tuesday.
President Firm
Increasing Of the regular budget
recommendations for flood control,
additional funds for the Public
Works Administration, together
with relaxation of the relief labor
order, and a pledge to use WPA
funds on highways were discussed
as possible bases of compromise.
President Roosevelt, it was re-
ported, will stand firm for the
81 ,50O, 900, 900 relief fund, with all
of it to be used for WPA.
In discussing relief, Mr.. Roose-
welt has made it plain that the
cost of relief on WPA projects is
much smaller than on PWA prof
ects. Diversion of funds to PWA
he has told advisers, would force
the discharge of hundreds of thou
sands of WPA workers.
Flood of Propaganda
Members of Congress were be
ing flooded with propaganda, both
for and against the earmarkine
Of any part. of the $500, 600, 00C
relief funds for flood control, PWA
and highways.
Leaders of the "PWA bloc" de
manded that the Executive Order
requiring use of relief workers or
public-workS projects be modified
This order, it is claimed, has re
suited in local governments
throughout the country refusing
to proceed with PWA construction
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
POPE APPEALS
T0NAz|S

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy,
May 20 QN.S). - Eschewing all
bitterness, Pope Plus indirectly re-
piled to Propaganda Minister 10.
seph Goebbels of Germany today
with firmness, coupled with an ap.
peal for the Christian spirit" in
the Reich.
The Pcntiff, who will be 80 years
old Monday, gave special recognl
ton to a group of German pill
grimS at his villa here by receiving
them in private audience.
1--WE must insist on the Chris
tian spirit for individuals, for
the family and for society in
that nation where grave events
are now occurring" said the
Pope, making it clear that the
Catholic Church will stand
rigidly on her rights in Ger
many.
In a reference to his Palm Sun
day encYclical, which brought the
church and Nazis into open con
flict, the Pope said:
eve are glad to see our dear
sons who have come from a part
Of the Catholic family for the de-
Tense of which we have already
written"
BERLIN, May 20 G.N.SO.-Phy
steal attacks on Catholic priests
were openly feared by church
authorities today following a fiery
speech by Propaganda Minister
Joseph Goebbels in reply to Car
dinal Mundelein's attack on the
Nazi regime.
Goebbels warned the church tc
halt its criticism or face the
"sharpest counter-measureS."
AS a result, the Berlin Diocese
instructed priests not to appear or
the streets in clerical robes for the
time being. Officials Of the diocese
expressed apprehension lest priests
be beaten and their lives be endan
gered by Nazi extremists, inflamec
by Goebbels' impassioned words.
Goebbels, speaking to all Ger
many over the radio from Deutsch
land Halle, denied Mundelein'!
charges that the current series o,
Nazi prosecutions of priests werC
framed" and accused the Cath
Ollie Church of moral decay, I'm
paralleled in the history OF man
kind.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
KINGS ACTION
SURPR|SET0
COUPLE
Former Monarch Had
Expected Right to Use
Royal Hiehness'
Copyright, 1897. International News
Service)

Copyright, 1887. International News
Service)
MONTS, France, May 80
Il. N. S0.-The decree of King
George vi, forbidding the title of
"Her Royal Highness" to Mrs.
Wallis Warfield, came as crush
ing surprise to the Duke of Wind
Sor and his bride.to-be, Interna-
tional News Service learned today.
The duke and Mrs. Warfield, as
well as other guests at the Chateau
de Cande here, until the last
minute had confidently expected
she would be permitted to become
"Her Royal Highness" upon her
marriage to the duke.
The recently crowned monarch,
however, ruled that the American
lady will have the right to be adj
dressed as your Grace, the
Duchess of Windsor"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
{. |. 0. Opens Drive
In Utility Industry

NEW YORK, May 20 G.N.S0.
The Committee for Industrial Or.
ganization today announced a
drive to enroll in its ranks the
$4,000 public utilities employees in
the country.
The campaign will officially be
launched Monday when an ad-
vance guard of 20 organizers for
the C. I. O.'s united electrical and
radio workers union leaves for a
survey of the eastern and south
ern States. First object of their
drive will be the commonwealth
and southern corporation, it was
reported.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
SUGAR HERES
ADMITS RIFT

SAN FRANCISCO, May 20
GN.S0.-Mrs. Adolph B. Spreck-
els, jr., member of the wealthy
sugar family, was aboard the
Steamer Lurline today, bound
for Honolulu and what she termed
"a six months trial separation"
from Spreckels.
Mrs. Spreckels before sailing de-
MED she contemplated a divorce
but admitted there had been a
rift"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Senate Votes Funds :.
For 80 Worlds Fair
International News Service

A Senate resolution authoriz.
ing appropriation Of $1,500,000
for participation by the Federal
Government in the 1889 San Fran
cisco Worlds Fair. was passed BY
the Senate yesterday.
The measure, sponsored by SEN
ators johnson and McAdoo, Of
California, originally called for
$1,750,000. but was reduced at the
request of johnson. ~
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
West Coast Seamen :
Oppose Labor Board
International News Service

West Coast seamen are opposed
to the Bland bill. setting up q Ia
Dor board to help prevent strikes
in the maritime industry, Z. r.
Stawell, of San Francisco, assist.
ant secretary Of the SeamenB
Union of the Pacific, told the
House Merchant Marine Commit.
tee yesterday. He said: =
I'VE feel that we have Q SyS.7
tenn that is working"
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
5 SPAIN CITIES
ARE BOMBED
CONTINUED from Page u

IS bombing planes and three pur-
suit craft attacked Amorebieta.
Loyalist aviation sought ven
geance for the Valencia raid in
q single swoop on the Soria air
field, 100 miles northeast of Ma
drid, where so newly arrived air
planes were concentrated.
Residents Asleep
Two full squadrons Streaked
out of Valencia, pounced on the
grounded insurgent aircraft, and
returned a few hours later. glee-
fully reporting that a majority"
Of the rebel ships had been de-
Stroyed.
The Barcelona raid, like Va
lencia's, was carried out while the
city slept.
The attackers were believed to
have been of either Italian or
German manufacture.
The Washington times., 1937-05-29
Sets New Glider Record

BERLIN, May 20 G.N.SJ.
Soaring for 40 hours, SIS minutes,
Julius Jachtmann, glider instruc-
tor at the Sylt Island School, to-
day established a new worlds
record for sustained motorless
flight.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
Louise Beavers Does Not
Object To JeFniFna Roles

NEW YORK (C)-Interviewed
by Roi Ottley, Harlem theatrical
editor, Miss Louise Beavers, who
made a personal appearance at
the Harlem Appollo theatre last
week, said:
It have no objection to playing
the so-called Aunt Jemima' roles,
because they are period plays. I
am an actress and interpret char
acters as they are written
There are plenty of scripts which
I personally do not agree with, but
can l be personally responsible
for what a Hollywood writer puts
into his story?. While l might
interpret the roles Of ignorant
people at times, l have heard it
said that it takes intelligence to
do such a part. / am particularly
anxious to get this across to my
people, am only playing the
parts. I don't live them"
Miss Beavers was born in Gin
cinnati and went to California at
the age of eleven. She has never
been South, she says, and knows
nothing about it except what she
hears.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
Many Groups Are
Backing Farley

Reelection Of Port Commission
President Jack A. Farley. backed
by unanimous endorsement of all
labor groups of Seattle. and by
virtually all groups Of voters, was
generally conceded this week. but
'EarIeys campaign leaders are
putting on a Get Out and Vote
drive, sin the interest Of popular
government"
Sponsored by Democratic and
Republican precinct committee wo-
men, a countrywide women's group
is active in assisting organizations
in their respective communities.
"The voters shall show their re-
sentiment of any attempt to inject
partisan politics into this non-par-
tisan port or school board race.
All groups are aligned in support
OF Jack Farley because of his ex-
cellent, constructive record" said
Mrs. Fabre Baker and Mrs. saide
Wilkinson, two Of the women's
leaders in this district.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
TO Inter
Marriage BIZ Brings
Results; Hold Lobby
ENTERPRISE SCORES

Taking prompt action against
the intermarriage bill introduced
in the Senate by Senator Earl
Maxwell shortly more ehan a week
ago. The Northwest Enterprise in
itiated an opposition to the pas
sage of the nefarious bill, which
opposition was soon crystalized in
to mass meetings Of opposition and
lobbies against the bill at the State
Capitol. AS a result, it appears
that no further effort will be made
to force the bill to a vote.
A strong editorial in the last is
sue of The Northwest Enterprise.
together with a news article or
posing the bill, was brought to the
attention of each meraber # the
Senate. A mass meeting held on
February 25 at the Baptist Church
on "a hours notice, was attended
by 200 enthusiastic people, eager
to defend against the passage of
discriminatory legislation. On the
23rd day of February, a committee
representing the NAACP went to
Olympia, where they conferred
with the Public Morals Committee
to which the bill had heen referred.
They were c~ourteously received,
and assured that the bill would not
be favored. Monday, a committee
headed by Mr.. I. F. Norris, sec
rotary of the Progressive Colored
Democratic Club, made a trip to
Olympia, where they conferred
with Senator j. H. Sylvester,
chairman of the Public Morals
committee, and Senator Earl Max
we'll, who introduced the bill. Mr..
Norris expressed the disadvantage
of any bill which would encourage
and engender segregation. The
committee was promised no fur
Their effort would be made to car
ry the bill through the Senate.
Members of the committee besides
Mr.. Norris, were H. c. Williams,
E. A. Pitter, Mrs. j. N. Drake,
Mrs. E. A. J liter, Mrs. F. H. Lam
ming and Virgil Howard of spo-
kane.
Tuesday, a caravan of twenty
automobiles carrying approximate
~ seventy-five white persons, Ne
groes and Filipinos, representing
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
Elmer A. Carter, Editor
OF Opportunity Will
Give Lecture March 10

Elmer Anderson Carter, editor
of Opportunity Magazine, "a Jour
nal of Negro Life, published by the
National Urban League, will be
presented by the local Urban Lea
que in a lecture at the First AM.
E. Church Friday evening, March
10. Mr.. Carter, a graduate of Har-
ward University. is %proported to be
one of the foremost orators of the
race. He will speak to the Negro
community in a clear, analytical
and stirring address on What
1887 means to the Negro" A
small admission of twenty-five
cents will be charged. Mr.. Carter
is returning to New York from a
tour of the Southwest and the Pa
cific Coast. While in Seattle he
win also address the Members
Council of the Chamber of Corn
merce and the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
Much Support
For Ellsworth

Supporters Of A. 1. Ellsworth
are conducting a strong. city-wide
campaign to elect him to the school
boald next Tuesday.
Enworth was put in nomination
by a petit on signed by nearly a
thousand citizens who knew of his
community service during the past
twenty years in the Boy Scouts
and Camp Fire Girl movements.
He was one of the organizers of
the Boy Scouts twenty-five years
ago and served three terms as pre-
sident of the Seattle area.
Ellsworth's sponsors say of him,
"E,lsworth's record, both in BUSH
ness and in public service, stamps
him as a man whom parents can
trust to guard and promote the
welfare of the children in the pub
lie schools. He has 10 theories or
interests to promote; just a will
ingness to devote time and ability
to important public service, with
out salary"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
"Whaf IS Race" Asks
Arthur Garfield Hays

New York; Arthur Garfield
Hays. famous liberal attorney. to-
day wrote Walter White, secre-
tary Of the N. A. A. c. P, regard
ing the new famous cockburn case
in White Plains. New York, where
an attempt vas made to invoke
a property holders covenant IN the
deed to restrain Captain and Mrs.
Joshua Cockburn from occupying
their new $4,000 residence.
Mi. Hays, II commenting on the
question he raised effectively as
to what IS a Negro, writes Mr..
White:
7 do not quite understand why
the question was never raised be-
fore, but it is about time that som-
cone raised the point that there
are practically no Negroes in the
United States. You people call
yourselves Negroes just like a lot
of US call ourselves Jews, who CO.
me from a certain race and who
belong to a roinority group. In
other words, we are not willing to
desert an oppressed group even if
we have the opportunity to do it.
But, as l said in my argument, on
ly Nazis know what pure races
are. Nobody knows what a Negro
is, even Negroes themselves, any
more than anyone knows what a
Jew is, and I'd like to be helpful
in getting the courts to do away
with artificial distinctions among
people Of the human race
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
Visits Flood Area


Alfred Edgar Smith. WPA Adj
ministrative Assistant, who this
week (Feb. 21-2s) is touring the
flood area of the Chic and Mis-
sissippi Valleys, to gather informa-
ton for Washington work-relief
officials on how hard colored per-
sons were hit by the flood, and
chow they are sharing in the re-
Mobilization efforts of the WPA
and other agencies. Starting at
Memphis, Mr.. Smith win work
northward through Louisville, to
Cairo and way points, to cincin-
natl.
The WPA's big job in the flood
area has just begun with the re-
cession of the flood waters in this
section. The flood drove several
hundred thousand people-many
Of them Negroes from their
homes. Proper sanitary precau-
tions must be taken before these
hofaes are reoccupied if the health
of the communities is to be in
sured.
Working in cooperation with the
u S. Public Health Service and
state health department officials,
the WPA is providing the man
power for cleaning streets and
public buildings of the debris left
by the flood. WPA labor is also
being used on emergency SANTA
ton projects and emergency re-
pairs to water mains and high
ways.
State administrators in Arkan-
sas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Tennessee and Indiana have been
given a free hand in the employ
ment of workers to relieve the
suffering caused by the flood.
On his tour, Mr. Smith will sur
vey for the Administration the
needs Of colored flood victims and
the degree to which they are be-
ing assisted in the general pro-
gram.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1937-03-05
Fits Confident Of Victory
In Port Commission Race

Winding up a brief but rapid
fire campaign pr Port Commits
sioner Frank Fits. longtime City
Light advocate, awaited Tuesdays
election with confidence.
Il am certain" said Fits, that
the voters who are informed on
the Importance of their port will
turn thumbs down on the present
administration.
"Twenty-six years ago success
crowned the work of Robert Bird
ges, who had pioneered for years
for a politically owned Port of Sc
attic. The people of King county
voted their overwhelming approval
for Bridges plan and backed it up
with a SO, O00,O 900 bond issue to c
quire and construct the wharves
and storage plants necessary to
make of the Port the "~cross-road
of the world" Bridges had visioned.
Were Bridges to return today
his child" would be a stranger.
The docks and terminals intended
to be publicly operated have al
most all. been leased to private
concerns. The Spokane st. ter
minal, built to provide facilities for
handling, freezing and storage of
fish has an ice plant capable of
supplying all the harbor's needs.
Through an amendment passed in
1928 it has been prevented from
using for than 5 per cent of capa-
city. The Skinner and Eddy ship
building site-'Hooverville" to you
bought for S600,Oe0 now costs
taxpayers $4,000 yearly in bond
interest and brings no return. An
Injunction prevents it being devel-
oped into the shipbuilding yard and
terminal it could be and was in
tended to be.
Admittedly your present port
commissioners cannot violate these
laws and i%njunctions, BUT they
could, through legislative enact
ment, have these obstacles remov-
ed.
IT believe that the people still
approve the plan of Robert Bird
ges and / will work to the end
that his original program be III
stalled as Port policy