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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25
French Socialists
To Demand That
Da|adier Resign
Decision Is Taken After
Guards Are Called
To Break Strikes

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Nov. 25.-The Socialist
party, the most powerful in the
French Chamber of Deputies, de-
cided today to demand Premier
Daladier's resignation amid spread
Ing agitation against the govern
ment.
The decision was taken at meet
Ing of party leaders just after M.
Daladier summoned additional mo-
bile guards and gendarmes to curb
a wave of strikes involving 100000
workers protesting against the
premier's suspension of the 40
hour week and other DEGREES.
The Socialist chiefs conferred I'M
der the leadership of Former Pre-
mier Leon Blum and afterWard met
with Left Wing Radical Socialists
forming dissident group of M.
Daladiers own party. They were
understood to be attempting to form
= q new Chamber majority.
The Socialists also approached
leaders of the Social Republican Un-
Ion, whose approval of the anti
Daladier drive might bring the
resignation of two cabinet ministers
who are members of that party
Public Works Minister Anatole de
Monte and Labor Minister Charles
Pomaret.
Paris Factories Cleared.
Police announced all factories in
the Paris region occupied by the
strikers had been cleared. These in
cluded the Renault automobile
plants, where clash occurred last
night between workers and mobile
guards.
The Executive Committee of the
General Confederation of Labor met
behind closed doors at nightfall to
prepare a series of mass meetings
in protest against the government
tomorrow and to fix date, possibly
next Tuesday. for 24-hour general
I strike as gesture of protest against
the premiers program.
Daladier had ordered 10000 mobile
{ guards and 10000 gendarmes concen-
trated in the strike centers about
Paris and in the North.
Parliamentary deputies said M.
Daladier was determined to crush the
movement and was planning to de-
cree state of siege, similar to mar
tial law, unless the strikes were mas
tered quickly.
Some deputies said they under
stood M. Daladier even considered
the arrest of Blum, Leon Jouhaux,
General Confederation of Labor Sec
rotary. and Maurice ThoreZ, Commu-
mist party secretary, along with dis
solution of the Communist and So
cialist parties.
M Blum, through his newspaper
LIE Populaire, warned that France
faced a real social battle whose
consequences none can longer fore
see."
Strikes Spread to West.
Estimates were that 900 strikers
we're out near Lille in the North and
10000 in the Paris region. Strikes
broke out early today in Western
factories.
Workers in metal factories, textile
mills and chemical plants of Lille
voted to quit tomorrow, refusing to
do a half day of work Saturday
beyond the 40-hour work period.
Northern railroad hands, ordered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

personally, I doubt very much if
he made the statement. I can't
believe he would say thing like
that"
Among those who heard the re-
mark by Mr.. Hopkins, Mr.. Krock
said, was a most reputable citizen
of New York and, in lighter hours,
playmate of Mr. Hopkins"
They were at the Empire City
Race Track in Yonkers at the time"
the newspaperman continued, land
were discussing spending and the
New Deal in serious vein."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25
Dobbin Still on Job

SAN FANCISCO R.-Horses are
still used for 2 per cent of all
rural mail delivery, say figures from
the California State Automobile
Association. This means about TOO
carriers cling to the horse and buggy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-25

Collecting food and toys from for the needy of Wash
ngton Christmas time is the aim of these Washngtonans
who launch the eighth
Bros-N B. C. Christmas campaign. Presiding Newbold
Noyes, associate editor of The Star.
the table left to right Corporation
Seal representing the District government
Hudson Grunewald campaign director Frank Face
sentng Warner Bros heaters Coye radio announcer;
Miss Mary Coulson representing the Council Of Social
Evening star., 1938-10-31

Memphis had It's full quota OF weep
ing women calling in to learn the
facts.
At Richmond, Virginians tainted,
wept and prayed as the men from
Mars swept into New Jersey via the
radio, and shere were many who
reached first for the smelling salts
and then for the telephone.
The radio dramatization hadn't
progressed far before freshmen in
Mary Washington College dormi-
tory, at Fredericksburg, began call
ing for Mrs. C. L. Bushnell, dean of
women. She tuned in to get the
idea and stop anything like mass
hysteria.
Typical Of reactions was the case
Of a Richmond father of eight who
was peering into his beer at the
corner drug store when his young
ster phoned:
Mama says come home quick.
The worlds coming to an end"
He rushed homeward to find all
the family in circle, praying.
Wells Deeply Concerned.
In New York, Jacques Chambrun,
literary representative for Mr.. Wells,
was quoted as saying the famous
British author was deeply con-
cerned" that the radio dramatiza-
ton of his book should have spread
alarm in this country.
Mr.. Chambrun said the author
cabled him from London this
morning, declaring that the Colum-
Evening star., 1938-10-31

and emergency police sped to the
scene.
They found five families pouring
out an apartment house, warning
against the fumes" No fumes were
found.
In Jersey City and other cities
hundreds ran into the streets.
Nurses and doctors called police
to offer their services.
A white-faced man raced into
Hillside police station and asked
for gas mask. Police said he
painted out tale of terrible people
spraying liquid gas all over the
Jersey meadows"
A terrified motorist asked a pa
trolman the way to route "a. "All
creations busted loose. I'm getting
out of jersey" he screamed.
There were others who actually
"saw" the little men" and described
minutely details of the invasion"
At Fayetteville, N. c., people with
relatives in the section of New Jer-
sey where the mythical visitation
had its locale. went to a newspaper
Office in tears, seeking information.
A message from Providence, r. l.,
said:
weeping and hysterical women
swamped the switchboard of the
Providence Journal for details OF
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Broadcast
Continued From First Page.)

-soday could only say I'm sorry
that some apartment houses in New
York were emptied hurriedly by
frantic residents, who either heard
the program or were given second
and third hand accounts that null
tiplied the impending peril.
The monsters did such good job
of devourlng imaginations that some
persons reported they could smell
the gas and see the flames started
by the attackers. People gathered
In groups to pray for salvation. All
over the New York metropolitan
area panicky persons jumped into
their automobiles and headed for
the open spaces to escape the hypo-
thetical bombing. Church services
in New York and elsewhere were
broken up by intruders who screamed
the world was coming to an end
"Is it true? Were 40 killed in New
Jersey? Or 1000 in New York? Are
men from Mars attacking New York
With deadly other world weapons
and gas?"
NdnteQ 10 volunteer.
An Offer to volunteer in stopping
the invasion" came from San
Francisco, where the effect on the
public was the same as in the East.
One excited man called police and
shouted My God! Where can
volunteer my services? We've got'to
stop this awful thing"
A woman in Pittsburgh tried sui
eide, saying: I'D rather die this way
than like that At high point in
the program, the electric power
failed at Concrete, Wash, town of
1000, and the lights went out in
most of the homes. Many thought
the invasion had reached the West
Coast. Women tainted and men pre-
pared to take their families to the
mountains.
But there wasn't a Marian in
sight and the hysteria subsidized al
most as quickly as it started. Sena-
tor Clyde L. Herring, Democrat, of
Iowa, said at Des Moines, however,
it wasn't washed up as far as he
was concerned. And Chairman
Frank McNinch of the F. C. c., who
didn't hear the broadcast, said he
intended to make inquiries today
of what actually happened.
The Senator referred to the
dramatization as Halloween
"bogey man story" adding: Radio
has no more right to present pro-
grams like that than some one has
in knocking on our door and scream
ing. Some of the bedtime stories
which are supposed to put children
to sleep-but involve murders and
violence-are an outrage and should
be stopped. Programs of that kind
are an excellent indication of the
inadequacy of our present control
over marvellous facility. There
is no freedom of the press or radio
involved at all 1t is merely a move
70 tell radio what we want to come
nto our homes"
Especial Bulletin" Heard.
The program started out in rou-
ne fashion with announcements
nd few bars of music. Suddenly
here was an interruptions: 1--WE
Interrupt our program of dance
music to bring you special bulle
IN Twenty minutes before 8
-'roi. Farrell of the Mount Jennings
Evening star., 1938-10-31

Believed hit BY shell from an Army
gun A heavy black fog-of ex-
treme density, nature unknown
Objective is New York City
We're ready to attack They're
closer >. There they 60 :. A giant
arm is raised They're spraying
us with flame"
An operator" cut in: Poisonous
black smoke from the Jersey marshes
Gas masks useless Urge
population to move into open
spaces"
The bells you hear ringing are
to warn the people to evacuate the
city as the Martians approach" !"
came the announcemnt from a
point in New York"
"All communications with jersey
closed :. Our Army wiped out j..
This may be the last broadcast .
Well stay to the end"
Then: I've just been handed a
bulletin Cylinders from Mars are
falling all over the country One
outside Buffalo-another in Chi
cago-St Louis .. ;"
The announcement kept on: "Peo-
pie are dropping like flies the
poison gas spreads -
Just as the continent was top
pling' into oblivion, the real an
nouncer cut in to explain simply
that the audience had been listen
ing to dramatization of Wells
book.
The four cautionary announce
Evening star., 1938-10-31

the massacre and destruction at New
York, and on1cials Of the electric
company received scores of calls urg-
ing them to turn on all lights so
that the city would be safe from
the enemy"
Mass Hysteria Mounts.
Mass nysteris mounted so nigh IN
some cases that people told police
and newspapers they saw" the in
vasion.
The Boston Globe told of one
woman who claimed she could see
the fire." and said she and many
others in her neighborhood were
getting out of here"
Minneapolis and st. Paul police
switchboards were deluged with calls
from frightened people.
In Atlanta there was worry in
some quarters that "the end of the
world" had arrived.
1t finally got SO bad in New Jersey
that the State police put reassuring
messages on the State teletype, in
structing their officers what it was
UAA obOuV.
Newspaper switchboard operators
quit saying Hello" They merely
plugged in and said: Its Just a
radio show"
The Kansas City Bureau of the
Associated Press received queries on
the "meteors" from Los Angeles, Salt
Lake City, Beaumont, Tex, and St.
Joseph, Mo-, in addition to having
its local switchboard flooded with
calls.
Atlanta reported that listeners
throughout the Southeast had it
that a planet struck in New Jersey,
with monsters and almost every
thing, and anywhere from 40 to
1000 people reported killed" Edi-
tors said responsible people, known
to them, were among the anxious
information seekers.
In Birmingham, Ala, people gath
cred in groups and prayed, and
Evening star., 1938-10-31

bia Broadcasting System and Mr..
Orson Welles have far overstepped =.
their rights in the matter - and ,
should make full retraction."
He said Mr.. Wells cabled the radios
dramatization was made with q.
liberty that amounts 70 a complete
rewriting" and turned his novel tn.o
IAN entirely different story" He
said the author considered It 4
totally unwarranted liberty"
Meanwhile, Station WJSV, on the
Columbia chain, said it had received
between so and 200 calls today from
persons who had not heard the pro.
gram "but wanted to-" suggesting
that it be rebroadcast, and from
others who had heard it and would
like to hear it again. During and
Immediately after the broadcast
last night, however, nearly 500 calls
were received at the station and
thousands of others were turned
away when the switchboard was
overloaded, 1t was reported.
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Broadcast Quiz
Set by +. &C.
Officials

The Federal Communications
Commission today was to investigate
the broadcast from New York that
last night threw q scare into a
Nationwide radio audience.
Chairman Frank r. McNinch, in
a formal statement, said:
II have this morning requested
the Columbia Broadcasting Co. by
telegraph to forward to the COM
mission at once copy of the script
and also an electrical transcription
of the War of Worlds which was
broadcast last night, and which the
press indicates caused widespread
excitement, terror and fright. I
shall request prompt consideration
of this matter by the commission.
Il withhold final judgment until
later, but any broadcast that creates
such general panic and fear as this
one is reported to have done is to
say the least regrettable. The wide
spread public reaction to this broad
cast as indicated by the press is
another demonstration of the power
and force of radio and points out
again the serious public responsible
ity of those who are licensed to
operate stations"
Evening star., 1938-10-31

ments that it was fiction were lost
and forgotten in the realism Of the
portrayal, in its faithful similarity
to the style of the "newscasters"
and in the realistic manner Of
breaking into regular programs with
broadcasts Of hot news.
Columbia declared afterward it
had no intention of misleading lis
teners and when 1t became evident
that part of the audience had been
disturbey by the performance, five
announcements were made over the
network later in the evening to re-
assure those listeners.
Young Mr.. Welles, who last season
startled the theater ocularly by por-
traying Caesar in modern dress
with Fascist leanings, was overcome
by the unbelievable reaction to his
presentation. He recovered enough
today to issue this statement:
"Orson Welles, in behalf of the
Mercury Theater of the air, is deeply
regretful to learn that the H. G..
Wells fantasy War of the Worlds,
which was designed as entertain
ment, has caused some apprehension
among Columbia network listeners.
Ear from expecting the radio
audience to take the program as fact
rather than a fictional presentation
we feared that the classic H. G.
Wells story, which has served as in
SpiratiOn for so many moving pic
lures, radio serials and even comic
strips, might appear too old-fash-
Toned for modern consumption. We
can only suppose that the special
nature of radio, which is often
heard In fragments, or in parts dis
connected from the whole, has led
to the misunderstanding"
The c. B. S. studios were so over
burdened with calls that New York
police were unable to contact them
and a radio car was sent there for
information.
City Manager Paul Morton of
Trenton, N. j., near the locale of
the f1ctional invasion, said he would
demand an investigation by the F.
C. C. with the view of preventing
recurrence OF what happened"
Associated Press dispatches from
far-f1ung points gave reactions of
this type:
In Groveville, N. j., 3hs miles
from Princeton, where the men from
Mars supposedly landed, persons in
hundreds of automobiles massed,
looking for the catastrophe"
The town of Princeton itself was
upset greatly, as police reported calls
from innumerable persons, including
many prominent in civic and edu-
cational life, as well as from police
departments and newspapers in
many parts of the East.
Throughout the entire State
countless reports were received by
police of persons who packed their
belongings and started driving
West"
In Newark hundreds or persons
fed into the streets with towels and
handkerchiefs around their heads
to ward off poison gas fumes" while
hysterical women knelt in the streets
to pray.
Hospitals treated scores for shock.
+ Police headquarters were notified
OF serious "gas accident" in one
section and squad cars, ambulances
Evening star., 1938-10-31
Criticisms Of MIR. B.
May Be Aired With
Attack on Smith
One Senator Forecasts
Senote Confirmation
If Roosevelt Desires
Ry the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Senatorial reaction indicated today
that the American Federation of
I,abor's demand for rejection of the
reappointment of Donald Wakefield
Smith to the National Labor Board
might become the basis for a gen.
eral airing of criticisms of the board.
One Senator who asked that he
not be quoted by name said he
was convinced that if President
Roosevelt makes an active fight for
Mr.. Smith the federation would
have extreme difficulty in preventing
Senate confirmation.
Senator Holt, Democrat, of West
Virginia gave notice, however, that
he intends to use the controversy
to express some of his critical views
about the Labor Board.
This Is the first chance that Con-
gress has had to check up on the
board" Senator Holt declared. "You
know they even refused to make
public their personnel lists. I think
that in order to stimulate peace in
the labor movement We ought to
clean up the whole Labor Board
situation"
Senator Holt made it plain he had
formed no opinion on the desira-
bility of confirming Mr.. Smiths ap-
bointment.
Senator Borah. Republican, of
Idaho said he thought the appoint
ment should stand or fall on Mr..
Smiths record. He said he was un-
familiar with this record and had
formed no opinion.
Il would not vote for any man who
was partisan" Senator Borah de-
clared. The Labor Board has job
that is difficult enough without par
tisanship being injected"
Senator King, Democrat, of Utah
said he would not make up his mind
until he had heard both sides, and
Senator Townsend, Republican, of
Delaware said he intended to study
Mr.. Smiths record as board men,
Der before reaching decision.
Evening star., 1938-10-31

Observatory, Chicago, ILL.,, reports
several explosions of the incan-
descent gas occurring at regular
intervals on the planet Mars"
A moment after the build-up an
nouncement of gas explosions on
Mars, the scene of the fantasy
switched to Princeton, where an
astronomer undertook to explain"
the phenomena.
Another meteor "struck" at nearby
Growers Mill to interrupt the pro-
fessor, who rushed out with the an
nouncer to investigate.
1t was giant tube of metal, they
reported, not meteor at all
Just a minute" the announcer
called. Something's happening!
Ladies and gentlemen, this is ter
rific
The end of the thing is beginning
to come off. The top is beginning
to rotate like screw! The thing
must be hollow"
There was babble of voices as
fictitious spectators grew alarmed.
Look! The darn things unscrew-
ing . Keep back! Keep back,
tell you! Maybe there's men in
it, trying to escape! :. It's red hot.
They'll burn to a cinder! =. Keep
back there Keep those idiots
back"
There was a clanking sound of
falling metal-then more voices:
She's off. The tops loose. Look
out there. Stand back"
Suddenly the monsters" began
crawling out their firearms"
proved to be death ray machines ..
200 spectators died instantly. The
Governor of New Jersey" declared
martial law.
Through the drone of airplane
motors came radio reports of Army
pilots to headquarters:
"One machine partially crippled.
Evening star., 1938-10-31
PROPOSALS.

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Drawn gs and specifications may be OBJ
tanned by qualified intending bidders on
applica ton to this ONCE. DAVID LYNN,
archte It OF the Capitol
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-24
They Did Us Proud

observer wanted additional proof of the ability of Negro
youth when anything equal opportunity that proof
furnished by the National Collegiate Track Meet held in Minneapolis
last Friday and Saturday.
With the college athletes competing Negro athletes
senng raa only of the coun population and less
than onefour the total college enrolment
the of the total number of first
places in the meet.
remarkable 20 of the % Negro youths entered in
the the final Further significant the
fact that four the youths who high honors from three
southern Negro colleges whose budgets do permit high priced track
coaches equipment.
Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala Prairie View College, Prairie
View Texas University the New Orleans Catholic school,
had entries in the
One factor which shows the inconsistency of southern
the fact that such southern whte schools Rice North Carolina
and Oklahoma had their athletes competing the against
Negro youths representing both Northern Universities and Southern
colleges southern white allowed
compete in their native southland.
Elerbe the youth Tuskegee
Drake Relay and the Collegiate 1OOyard dash ~ which the
premier event track meet allowed compete the south
land against the boys he defeated here in Minnesota
More credit the Negro for the accomplishments
these boys when it considered that Negro enrolment colleges
below that of other American because the
ons and small appropriations made for Negro colleges the deep
south where most of the Negroes live.
We extremely proud of all of the youths who made the
such big and especially proud the ownsnned
who virtually dominated the meet
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-06-24
More States Rights

The Cash kidnapping Florida has called attention to the
position of Southern of Federal anti ncng law who
loudly principle
up in Congress
The Richmond Dispatch Southern that has
led the that section Federal anynhng
law recent editorial peneny asks where the devotees
the Southern
Florida and action brought about the
the dnappe Has single them been heard that
Federal have business solving the Cash kdnappng? The
Federal anti ncng bill provides for the entry of Federal into
evidence against shers their deputies who
allowed ynchgs take The Tmesspatch recalls that
Senator Pepper of Florida objected srenuous the floor of the
Senate to the anti ynching bill.
Federal antynchng law should be forced unwilling
South should have the majority
Perhaps this goal will be brought accomplishment
arising out of the Cash