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POTOMAC CHANNEL
CLEARING FINISHED
Work Completed Without Further
Damage to Cables at
Highway Bridge.

Work OF clearing the choked Po-
tomac River channel under the High
way Bridge draw span has been COM
pleted without further damage to SUBJ
marine cables at that point.
The last scow loads of sunken logs,
sand and debris deposited under the
span since the floods of last year today
are beig dumped behind the levees
at Gravelly Point, marking the close
Of another chapter in the er-end-
ing fight to keep the channel open
here.
Although all of the cables on the
upstream side of the bridge, except
the main power cable to the bridge
itself and the bridge light cable. we're
broken by the debris or the work OF
clearing them. the nine telephone
and telegraph cables below the bridge
which carry all communications to
the South, escaped.
Power cables which were broken
nearly two weeks ago north of the
span are being permanently replaced
by the Potomac Electric Power Co.,
which has been forced to reroute
service by way of Key Bridge.
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the famous American labor leader
(his second wife). was being given a
w. P. A. supervisors job in New York.
the International Labor Office of the
League Of Nations was completing ar
rangements for dedication Of the
Gompers memorial room in the vast
new l. L. o. Building at Geneva. All
expenses involved have been borne
by the American Federation Of Labor
The decorative feature of the room is
q painted frieze. which occupies the
upper portion of each wall. 1t was
executed by Dean Cornwell. we'll
known New York mural painter, and
depicts the fraternity OF international
labor. the development OF the arts,
and the progress Of various crafts in
agriculture, commerce and industry
Below the frieze hangs a life-size oil
portrait Of Gompers in characteristic
pose.
Copyright. 1889
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Washington Observations
Prolonged Depression Seen Only Factor Against
Roosevelt's Seeking Third Term

with the economic royalist brush, who
harbor only thinly-veiled hopes that
business will recede again sufficiently
and in time to ruin Democratic presi-
Dental prospects two years hence and
thus automatically eliminate Mr..
Roosevelt from the 1910 picture.
X X X X
Throughout the New Deal, its lord
and master has given incessant evi-
dence that he's no hide-bound ira
ditionalist or burner OF incense before
the gods of things as they are or always
have been. When Gov. Roosevelt flew
to Chicago in July, 1892, to accept his
first nomination for the presidency he
not only forecast, in those exact words,
that there would be New Deal" If he
were elected, but categorically warned
the American people there would be
many precedents." So, If and when
F. D. R. chooses to run again. he'll be
able to ask the country, in AL Smiths
famous idiom, to take q look at the
record" There it stands written that
Mr.. Roosevelt left no doubt of his
intention to break new ground, leave
his footprints in untrodden paths. and
generally become. II not the Great
Emancipator. the Great Innovator.
Until he does a Tecumseh Sherman
II will not accept If nominated, or
serve if elected"-he must be regarded
1910 Barkis.
From the groups which marched
militantly behind Representative Lud-
low. Democrat of Indiana and his War
Referendum Amendment last winter
now comes warning that there will
be AN immediate drive" to pass that
legislation If the administration carries
out announced plans to repeal neu-
| trality legislation in the next Congress
The issue is to be raised meantime In
every congressional district during the
impending campaign. 1t will be re-
called that the Ludlow plan was de-
| feated in the House by a mere dozen
votes, more or less. What is not SO
generally known is that it was nothing
less than the personal influence Of
Jim Farley with q handful of on the
fence Representative in the nick of
time that saved the day for the Presi-
dent and Secretary Hull in their
ardent desire to stave OF the refer
! endum.
No industry in the country is max
ing more concerted or valiant effort
to combat depression talk than the
motion picture trade. Few businesses
are more quickly or directly affected by
hard-times psychology" than the pur-
veyors OF amusement. Movie houses In
Washington, as elsewhere in the United
| States, have felt the box office impact
Of the Roosevelt recession" but re-
fused to take 1t lying down. AS all
outdoors is competition for the the
aters, the latter took the lead in in
| stalling air conditioning to minimize
the seasonal summer slump. This
year Hollywoods outposts throughout
the Union have had to meet, in addi-
ton to depression and hot weather, the
persistent gossip about product short
age, which is branded a myth, pure
and simple. While revivals Of old
timers are enjoying certain vogue.
each week is said to bring forth
brand-new film, and managers are
finding that good pictures are the real
cure for their ills.
About the same time this month
that Mrs. Samuel Gompers, widow OF
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facts, been pointed here, simple
strength the President has a
liberal direction the Democratic party
following his standard
which will choose the
already planning
dle-ofhe
cicnven this plan quidate the New
three alternatives He capture the organizations which he
where the 1910
interesting
third
popular Washington
likely organiza-
little understood Of the the
nomination Of Senator Frederick
Van Ns had been marked for destruction for petty
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impression, grown to conviction in
many minds, that he is a receptive
and all but avowed candidate for
his own successorship. The trained
Washington newspaper men, who
were fellow-passengers on the presi-
Dental special, are virtually a unit
on this score. as is, indeed, the Capital
news-writing fraternity in general
These professional pursuers OF the
elusive truth, though by no means
New Dealers in their entirety. are
nearly all warm admirers Of Mr..
Roosevelt and treat him gently even
when duty dictates criticism and op-
position.
There has, in the writer's judgment,
never been but one future factor that
would defect the White House incum-
bent from his purpose to seek third
term. That factor is the possibility
that the New Deal depression might
be prolonged into 1910. In such a
contingency, I have doubted, and still
doubt, whether SO astute politician
as Franklin Delano Roosevelt would
tempt fate at the hands of an
electorate with deep-seated prejudices
against the third term. But, with re-
covery achieved and new era OF
prosperity assured. the President could
risk flying in the face OF tradition
hallowed with the memory Of George
Washington, and probably get away
with it, as none Of his predecessors
ever was able to do. He could plead
the unwisdom Of swapping horses in
midstream. The current news in all
this speculation is that the business
revival has now set in with such
decisiveness that authorities. govern
mental and private, are seriously be-
ginning to calculate only whether it
will last six months, a year, or two or
three years.
Opinions. always as far apart as
the poles among experts, differ widely
as to the longevity OF the "cyclical
business upturn," as Washington's S
most authoritative analyst has Just put
1t, in bulletin that regularly reaches
thousands of the Nations financial
and industrial leaders. Certain wish
full thinkers. generally men close to
the throne. profess to believe the boom
has staying powers that will take it
over 1910, In other quarters, where the
desire is also father to the thought.
you'll encounter persons. usually tarred
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leadership the people and in matters legislation appealed
constant
forth the Looking upon tulos years one
persuaded
sciosn Of the Nation power Govern
- - ~
The historian present Ambassador to Spain and
he Is writing Of Beveidge the progressive
Roosevelt man
pledged continue his policies CTand Beverdge
Ing to the Senate s he
Il without consruc-
followed the adoption Of the Constitution
unparalleled affection
because he gathered hopes
and the aspirations the
fact that he has achieved greatly
that he has wrought the welfare
creed, o
One
has the
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Freighter Runs Aground.

MANILA. July 20 (P.-The master
of the British steamer City of Derby
radioed early today the freighter was
aground on Saline Island, but was in
no immediate danger and was not
leaking
Tugboats were dispatched to aid the
vessel, ashore 500 miles from Manila.
The 6,246ton steamer carried no pas
sengers.
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in 1912, with the result Of victory
for the opposite party.

J
for the opposite party.
80 Per Cent Detection Vital.
Republican chances of success will
grow as thirdterm talk continues 1t
is the one thing Mr.. Roosevelt does
not fully overwhelmingly, the in
grained belief Of the American people
in democracy and their unwillingness
to approve anything which savors of
dictatorship. One-man government
will be repudiated at the polls Just as
the effort to break down the Supreme
Court was repudiated by ma ajority of
members of Congress. If disaffection
of 80 per cent occurs in the Demo-
cratic ranks-and there are signs from
the results OF the Gallup poll that
this may be developing on the third
term issue-the Democratic party will
be damaged by the third-term candi-
dacy and the Republicans will win.
Likewise, there is a chance of an
independent Democrat going into the
field; maybe Vice President Garner
would be selected to head up such a
movement The third-term issue is
political dynamite, but ambition In
politics knows no bounds and no
hurdles that seemingly cannot be
overcome.
tCopyrisht. 1881
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PICNIC SPEAKERS
Maryland Farm Bureaus and
Grange Heads Will Talk.

Harry H. Nutle, president Of the
Maryland Farm Bureaus, and Roy
Brooks, State grange master, will be
principal speakers tomorrow at the
joint all-day picnic Of the Prince
Georges and Charles County grangers
and Farm Bureau agents to be held
this year at Chapel Point. Md
More than 5000 persons are ex-
pected to attend the event. which also
will consist Of athletic contests, dane
ing and entertainment.
P. E. Clarke Is in charge OF ar
rangements for Prince Georges Coun-
ty and P. D. Brown for Charles County.
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A.
Farley leader middle
times Elsewhere in New York
Kansas Illinois there
tions sewed up for middle of the road candidate
hints renewed dependence
mood of the
to have returned the West
third
that only the President
American
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The Capital Parade
Capital Again Debates Third. Term Possibility, but
Roosevelt's Intentions Are Still Mystery.

BY JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER
YL President third
~ responsible would
reported that
not From the dinnerable
hating rich dterm suddenly
seriously discussed
The Presidents attitude subject
interview Secretary
kns Miss Perkins asked whether the
dent himself and that instead
window.
True, the President told Wells that
194 find him reading
hermitage Dutchess Hill
than friend the that
world he would think his
a
tive attempt the Democratic
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Strong Affection in Zoo.

PHILADELPHIA. July 20 P).-
Grumpy Lizzie cantankerous old
maid elephant at the Philadelphia Zoo.
has adopted a peahen. The bird Is
Matching her four eggs in nest
few feet away from the elephant,
which chases away all intruders.
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blned pOntlcal -
vacation trip July
s, this observer
voiced the view
that "F. D. r.
and his whole
family are right
now running for
rem o m ination.
Since then the
P r E s / d E n t
has crossed the
country, encoun-
tered abundant
evidence Of his
abiding personal
popularity, and
Streppt.hened the
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CerLdully-WHaI
President in re-
cent years wanted
to give up the
power and au-
thority Of the
omce?"
w h e t her Mr..
Roosevelt decides
10 run Is some
thing else again.
But that he
wants to run: in
deed, is only wor-
ried about how he
Is going to over
come the third
Term tradition, is
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The manner of the Presidents
triumphal progress across the con-
tinent is the immediate occasion
for the outburst Of third-term talk
here. Naturally. such an interim
report as this cannot be positive.
The truth is that no one
knows what the Presidents inten-
tions are. But it may be said that
behind the transcontinental prog
ress and the third-term talk there
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sanity created in the piling up Of
unhealthy fortunes, with unhealthy
haste, by unhealthy methods-an
insanity that makes men who are
worth scores Of millions fight . law
which will reduce even q small
percentage OF their enormous
profits"
So what? Well. they got rid
Of Theodore Roosevelt and Taft
abandoned Roosevelt's policies. and
Taft went out of office with a bang
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Law Ties Fire Engines.

BROOKLINE, Pa, July 20 P).-
The Brookline Volunteer Fire Com
pany has three fire engines-but no
one to drive them. The license Of the
regular driver, Anthony Beyers. was
revoked because of two accidents.
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But the best Information Is that
the McNutt machine did not give
in to Van Nuys because he was too
strong for them. The McNutt ma
chine gave in because Van Nuys
had become symbol Of the con-
servative wing of the Democratic
party. and. since McNutt cannot
expect support from the strict New
Dealers. he hopes to be the middle
of-the road candidate in 1910.
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HE opinions OF the rtters this page their o
necessarily TIE Stars Such opinions are presented n
readers although such opinions MAY contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars
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We, the People
Opposition to Franklin d. Roosevelt Is Likened to
That Which Confronted T. R.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

OOSEVEET President
- fene with forceful statement Of political
For the last there determined
to check but back this mighty
esy IN trade and Righteousness business which
determined
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ST. 600 About Limit.

Only the New Jersey State retire
ment system for teachers and four
city plans pay average annual allow
ances of more than $1,000.
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By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

4 NYBODY who realizes that the
~ Roosevelt depression is on the
~ way out knows why the Roose-
\ velt third term movement"
is on the way In. Exactly one week
before the head of the Democratic
party left Washington on his COM
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the most resourceful in the republic
or in the world-have been PLAN
ming, and are planning now. to turn
1t back. Unlimited wealth is at
their disposal, the craftiest minds
in politics are at work"
The year is 1908, the Senator
is Beveridge, the President is T. r.
An historian, q member OF the
opposing party. writes Of Mr..
Roosevelt:
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Talk of Third
Term Aids
COP.
Roosevelt Is Pictured as
Reluctant to Give
Up Power.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

BY DAVID LAWRENCE.
TINE most persistent question
4 that comes to a Washington
correspondent nowadays is
- this: do you think President
Roosevelt wants to run for a third
term?"
The answer which I always give is:
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Get Jobs While Students.

A mechanical engineering institute
in Moscow, Russia, claims that all
lJs students are engaged before they
graduate, some preparing their theses
at the plants employing them.
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freedom started fresh
Wilson's little
handsome Hyde Park named Franklin Delan
became President Of the
United States discovered himself that the history
change, the thing.
Copyrg gh,
Evening star., 1938-05-25
EIGHT ACE PAIRS
BATTLE E0NL|NKS
Pros in 4-BalI Tourney at
Toledo With $1,000 as
First Prize.
BY the Associated Press.

GJ VIC hSooSiAtco 1850
TOLEDO, Ohio, May 2o.-Sixteen Of
the country's top-notch golf profess
sionals had a free ride coming today
around the Inverness Clubs tough
terrain-one last chance to find the
answers to a flock Of questions the
course will ask tomorrow through Sum
day as the stars fight it out for $4,000
in prizes in the fourth annual invita-
ton four-ban matches.
The Is players have been split into
eight pairs, and each twosome is
booked to meet each other duo in 18-
hole match play best ball rounds. All
matches will go the full 18 holes, the
winner Of each getting a plus score
equal to the number of holes it is up"
and the lyosers getting correspond
ing minus" count.
Scores will be carried over through
the seven matches, and at the finish
the pair with the greatest plus" takes
the 81 900 first prize. Second prize is
$500. and the others slide downward
until the last placers get $780, Each
player, under that system, is guaran-
teed a minimum of $25 per day and
expenses, should he and his mate fin
ish last
Pairings for tomorrow's opening
round: Ed Dudley and KY Laffoon VS..
Lawson Little and Jimmy Demaret;
Vic Ghezzi and Sam Snead vs. Jimmy
Thomson and Tommy Armour; Willie
Goggin and Frank Walsh vs.. Henry
Picard and Johnny Revolta: Horton
Smith and Harry Cooper vs. Dick Metz
and Gene Sarazen. Picard and Re-
volta won, the first tournament in
1885. Walter Hagen and Laffoon paired
to take the laurels in 1885. while Smith
and Cooper grabbed the heavy end Of
the pot Of gold a year ago.
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PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE,
SOUTHERN ASSOCTI

Portland. 8; Los Angeles, 3.
Seattle, 6: San Francisco, 2.
San Diego, 10: Hollywood, I.
Sacramento, 5: Oakland, l.
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# %HE:; + 8 s @

tied for second prize. In the Hastings
England, International Masters Tour
ney Of 1856, Fine was the victor.
Fine Defeated Euwe.
Travelling in Europe, he equaled DR..
Max Euwe in 1886 Amsterdam fray,
ahead of Alekhin, present world
champion Subsequently at Zand-
WORT he placed first, in front Of Euwe.
then world champion, and in the 1887
world championship battle between
Euwe and Alekhin, he was Euwe's
second while the Dutch master lost
his title to Alekhin.
More recently Fine competed in the
second open tournament for the
United States crown, and by the mere
draw of a single game ran second to
Champion Reshevsky. A win would
have meant the national title for Fine.
Fine and his wife, a charming Dutch
girl, visit Washington as house guests
of Albert w. Fox. Under the auspices
of Kurtz Wimsatt and Turover the
simultaneous public exhibition is
scheduled for tomorrow evening at
the cented. Spectators will be admit
ted free, but reservations to play Fine
are 81 per board, and. where possible.
challengers are requested to fetch
their own equipment.
Whether you are a chess
nut" or not. the Reuben Fine
solo will merit your support,
and an evening Of fine enter
tainment awaits all visitors and
players.
The Metropolitan Chess Association
and the Interhigh Chess Association
highly indorse the Fine festivity. No
doubt the Paul Morphy Chess Club,
that ordinarily assemblies on Thursday
evenings for match play. will turn out
en- masse for the occasion, and Capt.
tai City Chess Club, rich in its heri-
tage of chess laurels. will welcome
with open arms the gifted master.
Tonight the Washington Social
Chess Divan Club meets at 1885 I
street NV, and, in all probability,
President Anton Hesse will postpone
any Thursday matches to insure a
record attendance at the center.
Evening star., 1938-05-25
By PAUL ]. MILLER, Jr.

Washington's chess world. which Is
second only to that of New York
City, extends a warm handclasp to
the great youthful chess master. Reu-
ben Fine, who pays his respects to the
Nations Capital in his first local
simultaneous exhibition tomorrow
evening at o'clock at the Jewish
Community Center.
This 24-year-old American born
youth is of Russian-Jewish stock and
was graduated from the New York
City College in 1888 OF excellent
memory. Fine, learning chess at the age
of IL, has mastered the theoretical
science of chess play, prefers OPEN
game tactics and is a wizard at the
end-game.
His record as a winner is bril-
liant cascade of flrsts. At Mexico
City in 1934-35 he shared premier
honors with Steiner and Dake, gar
nered the title of the American Chess
Federation in 1882, 1888, 1885. and in
1884 split honors with Samuel Re-
shevsky, current United States cham
pion.
Reuben Fine.
During 193l-34 he was champion of
the world-famous Marshall Chess Club
of New York Representing the United
States in 1888 on board No. 3 at Folk
stone, England. he tailed wins, 6
draws and only l loss. In 1885, at
Warsaw, in the International Team
Tournament, he played top board for
Uncle Sam and against the truly emf
nent foreign national experts he
scored wins, draws and 4 losses.
At Lodz, in 1885, he and Kolski
Evening star., 1938-05-25
ROSS SSTEADFAST
7-T0-5 FAV0R|TE
Support for WeIter Champ
in Face of Armstrong;
Record a Tribute.
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, May 25.-Trained like
fighting cocks, to quote their respec-
tive managers, Barney Ross and Henry
Armstrong did little more than flex
their muscles and get couple Of hair
cuts today in final preparation for
their 15-round battle for the welter-
weight championship tomorrow night.
Both completed training without
mishap, and unless one of them trips
over the scales ct the official weigh
ing-in tomorrow noon they will enter
the ring at the big Madison Square
Garden bowl in shape for the scrap
of their careers.
Ross, the Jewish lad with the fam
ing spirit, remained steadfast IA
vorite at Z to S to defend his welter-
weight crown successfully against the
Negro feathAweight ruler, whose
fearsome record of knockouts in the
last two years is unparalleled in
modern ring history.
Odds . Tribute to Ross.
The odds might be considered a
tribute to Ross record Of never hav-
ing done other than fight man to the
limit of his skill and endurance since
he became a g-timer in 1882. That,
more than the weight advantage, will
keep him the favorite until he gets
licked
The record books show that Barney,
at %, will be giving away some four
years to his everlasting. powerful
opponent But those who have
watched the clean-cut boy from Chi
cago fight over the long span think
he still can whip Armstrong or any
one else around his weight.
At 142, or thereabout, Ross will
square off at his very best fighting
weight. He always was a light welter.
Armstrong, on the other hand. has
been forced to build himself up TO
1856 for the weigh-in, and some cagey
fighting men think he might feel those
extra pounds after he has toted them
around for while.
The tactics planned by the two are
pretty we'll defined. Armstrong in
tends to dig into his older rivals mid
section from the start, and in time to
bring Barney's guard down to where
he can be- walloped soundly on the
jaw.
Ross Packs Confidence.
Ross is certain he isn't going to re-
treat like Armstrong; other victims.
He is smart and clever enough. he
thinks, to stay in close and Outlook
Armstrong. He thinks. also. that he
can punch harder than Henry when it
comes to a showdown.
"All those fellows Armstrong
knocked out tried to stay away from
him." says Ross None Of them, ex-
cept maybe Baby Arizmendi, was smart
enough to stay inside his swings and
keep him of balance. Anyway, he
hasn't any killing punch. He hit most
of those guys lot Of times before
they went down"
Armstrong, quiet and studious as
ever. is making no fiery predictions,
though his manager. Eddie Mead, says
Henry will win by knockout. He
even calls the punch: A right to the
jaw. He is very angry because the
Ross retinue has suggested that Arm
strong is a low-puncher when he be-
comes excited.
The advance sale continued to pick
up, and with good weather it appears
that more than $150,000 worth of GUS
toners might sit in the big saucer.
whence no champion ever has escaped
with his title.
Evening star., 1938-05-25

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Knoxville, 5: Birmingham, 4.
Atlanta. Z: Memphis. 8.
Nashville. 4: New Orleans. 3.
Chattanooga, 4: Little Rock. I.