davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
What? No Ham on Rye,
Joe, for British Royalty!

week. But at the dinner the
Duchess of Kent aid to me,
Why don't you have an all
American dinner at which you
have corned-beef hash and
corn on the cob?' What do
you think of that. from t the
Duchess of Kent? Well, any:
how, I'm going to have that
dinner plus real Boston beans.
And when it is one bean for
them, it'll be two for me-"
Ambassador Kennedy says he
can't get good ice cream in Lon,
don. And does he miss it! He
is devoting his time in this
country to forays on ice ere a m
stands several times a day. He
had three tremendous helpings Of
ice cream in one hour Friday
night, he says. and more when he
got to his home.
Another thing he misses is the
kind of American snappy cheese
he says you find here at cock
tail parties. It can't be had In
London.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

Toledano insisted that neither
Mexican organized labor nor the
Mexican government had desired
such action, but that the eXpro,
priation had been forced by com.
panies who in effect had rebelled
against the existing laws.
The chief of the Mexican labor
movement was emphatic in his
declaration that the activities of
authoritarian and totalitarian
states in the assaults upon China
Ethiopia, and Austria, had re-
suited in an alignment of Mexi.
can sentiment, among all classes
of the people, with the United
States, which they view as a sin
cere democracy.
The same sort of change in
sentiment toward Spain has taken
place in the Mexican mind, DR..
TOledano said.
He also denied that Mexico is
selling oil to Germany or to Italy,
pointing out that this is Nazi
propaganda, and also that Mexico
has more to fear from authori.
tartan and totalitarian states than
from the democracies. He also
declared that oil would not be
sold to companies which would re.
sell to the Fascist or Nazi states
or to Japan.
DR.. Toledano delivers an ad-
dress tonight at the National Press
Club.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

"Your Royal Highness, it is q
privilege to make grateful
acknowledgment of the out
standing contributions made to
our national life by men and
women of Swedish blood. To
this spot came the pioneers.
But in the succeeding cen
turies tens of thousands Of
others have come to our shores
and added their strength and
their fine qualities of citizen
ship to the American nation. In
every phase of our history, in
every endeaVor - in commerce
and industry, in science and art,
in agriculture. in education and
religion. in statecraft and gov
ernment-they have we'll played
their part.
Nor have We as Americans
forgotten that after the war of
the Revolution. Sweden was the
-l-St neutral European power to
negotiate a treaty of amity and
;rsde with cur young and
struggling nation. All these
things We recall today with
grateful heart.
And to you who are here as
representatives of the people OF
Finland, 1 extend an equally
hearty welcome. Men and
women from Finland have also
contributed greatly to our Amer
ican civilization. Finland, small
in size but mighty in honor,
occupies an especially warm
place in the American heart.
Sweden, Finland and the
United States will continue their
service in the days to come in
The cause of friendship and Of
peace among the nations Of the
world"
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Pettengill Backs
Race of Van Nuys

Representative Pettengill of
Indiana, anti-New Deal Democrat,
today announced in the Congress
sional Record that he would sup
port the independent candidacy
of Senator Van Nuys CD of
Indiana for reelection to the Sen
ate. Conceding it is not likely
Van Nuys will be renominated on
the Democratic ticket, Pettengill
said he would support him ION
whatever ticket he may run"
Pettengill has announced his re-
tirement to resume a private law
practice.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Text of Presidents Address
At WiIminqton Rites

WILMINGTON, DEL, June 27
I.N.SJ.-Tert OF President
RooSeUelt'S speech commemorate
ing the 30Oth anniversary of the
landing OF the SWedeS and Firms
IN this country tollotDS:
your Royal Highness:
This is a day of happy sig
nificance to three nations. I
welcome you, for you represent
a true friendship under which
we have lived from the earliest
times unmarried by any rift, un-
broken by any misunderstand-
ing. You are thrice welcome to
our shores.
1T is a matter of keen sorrow
to me that His Royal HighnesS
the Crown Prince is unable to
be at this historic spot today,
but all of us pray that his re-
covery will be speedy and COM
plete-and l personally lock
forward to welcoming him and
his family at Hyde Park or
Washington the end Of this
week,
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

There were plenty of belly
laughs around the Army and
Navy Club when the yarn came
out that the spies were piously
buying American Army and
Navy documents at the Public
Printers here, industriouSly
copying them and selling them
to European espionage brokers.
Hardest working of the spies,
however-thoSe with a real flair
for verisimilitude-are the agents
who buy Coast and Geodetic
Survey charts of the Atlantic
Coast for a few cents, trace pen
Gil copies, and profitably f. O. o.
the copies off in Europe as per-
ilouSly Sketched maps of Amer.
iCa'S vulnerable spots.
Don't call it a press confer
erence, please" said the PWA
press representative who ar
ranged for Capital newSWomen
to see the 25-year-old bride of
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
BY EARL GOODWIN

BY nearly,royal command. the
United States Ambassador to
Great Britain is arranging a din
ner for English royalty at which
corn-beef hash and corn
on-the-cob, plus Boston b k d
beans, predominant.
Ambassador Joseph Kennedy let
this be known to friends recently
while he was telling them about
a dinner he gave to the Duke and
Duchess of Kent, brother and sis
ter-in-law Of the King Of England,
at which Potomac Shad roe was
the novel piece de reSistance-and
almost unknown to Englishmen.
The shad roe had been rushed
from the Chesapeake Bay country
to New York, frozen and put
aboard the Queen Mary in cold
compartment.
The shad roe took we'll"
said Ambassad dor Kennedy, but
I must say I kept a lot Of it
myself and had shad roe ali
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Hague Attack
Sage Group Director
Urges 'CLeGn Up

CAPE MAY, N. j., June 27.
Mayor Frank Hague, of Jersey
City, was denounced by Mary Van
Kleeck, director of industrial
studies at the Russell Sage Foun-
dation of New York, who addressed
the second session of the Friends
General Conference here yester-
day.
Declaring that Mr.. Hague is
resisting the CIO and therefore
is destroying business and impair
ing the rights of employees. Miss
Van Kleeck urged the cleaning up
of corrupt municipal governments.
Taking as her topic, Conflict
and Cooperation in Industry"
Miss Van Kleeck referred to the
corruption of the ballot box" in
Jersey City and the recent strife
that existed when public addresses
were attempted by prominent citi-
ZenS,
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

The President, who Spurred
the Congress toward getting the
Nations Capital a proper airport
with the story of his dream of
witnessing horrible crash on
WaShington'S pocket-handker-
chief field, is not the only resi-
dent of the White House
troubled with nightmares.
Mrs. Malvina Thompson
(Tommy) Scheider, the indie
fatigable secretary whom Mrs.
Roosevelt says makes life pos
sible for me-" tells of having a
nightmare during the first few
days of her present illness when
she was under the influence of
opiateS. She would dream that
she and Mrs. Roosevelt were
stranded on a lecture tour in a
town without any tranSporta-
tion facilities. They had noun
tains of baggage, and her lecture
date in another city and no way
OF getting there.
1T never actually happened
nor anything like it," Tommy
laughed. But I guess I always
had a subconsciouS fear it
would"
The modest secretary who has
not gone out socially in the
Capital and refused all invita-
tionS except from personal
friends, though she was anony-
nous until she got sick. But
supplying her with books and
flowers has been the principal
industry Of the PoughkeepSie
book stores and florists the
past three weeks. The orders
came from all over the country.
\ II
Postmaster General Farley Is
popular on Capital Hill, even
among those who don't agree
with the President and his poll
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
CROSS DEFENDS
LEGION AGAINST
FASCIST CHARGE
Attack by GeIIermann
Branded a Libel"

NEW YORK, June 81 G.Ns).
The charge of Prof. VIM. Gellers
mann, of Northwestern University,
that the American Legion is "faS.
cist and unpatriotic, today was
branded a Communist brainchild"
by jeremiah F Cross, New York
commander of the Legion.
Prof. Gellermann's denunciation
was printed in a 280-page mono
graph released by Teachers Col
lege, Columbia University.
ut sounds like something
Matched out OF Prof. Counts incu-
bator of communism and will be
discounted as have been most of
his previous attacks on genuine
American institutions which up
hold the constitutional form Of
democracy" Cross said.
Prof. George S. Counts was su.
pervisor of the investigation upon
which Prof. Gellermann, who re-
ceived a doctor Of philosophy de.
gree from Columbia, based his
opinion.
In the monograph Prof. Geller-
mann attacked the part played by
the American Legion in the edu-
cational, economic and political
life Of this country and he warned
against the "pressure-group pol
icy" of the Legionnaires.
DR.. Gellermann declared that
his study of the veterans organi.
cation from its beginning revealed
it to be a "reactionary group"
used as a tool by the privileged
classes" to maintain its status
quo.
APPEALS TO SCHOOLS
The monograph was entitled
THE American Legion as Educa-
tor" and Dr. Gellermann urged
school authorities to cease pan.
dering" to the Legion.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Grade Crossing
Fatalities Lower

A total Of 362 fatalities resulted
from highway-railroad grade cross.
ing accidents in the first three
months of this year-a decrease of
1873 compared with the correspond
ing period in 1897, the Associd.
ton of American Railroads re-
ported yesterday. During the
first quarter Of this year, Las
persons were injured in grade
crossing accidents, compared with.
1,497 in the first three months
Of last year. Accidents totaled
933. a S66 decrease.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Good Will Symbol

Il accept with profound Erati-
tude. in behalf Of the peop' Of
the United States. this re
monument placed here . IN
the generosity of the D %
Sweden l am confldeE at
TO generations yet Unk n
Sweden and IN the United
States it will typify close aSso-
citation and continued GOOD viii
between our two nations.
Il am fortunate IN having
personal association with the
colony Of New Sweden. for one
of my ancestors, william Beck
man, served as vice director or
governor of the colony of New
Sweden on the Delaware River
from 1858 to 1868. And am also
proud that Swedish blood runs
in my veins, for another of my
ancestors, Martin Hoffman, was
an early Swedish settler of New
Amsterdam.
My friend, the Governor Of
Delaware. holds office in direct
official succession from the gov.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
WPA INCREASES
PAY IN SOUTH TO
STEP UP BUYING
Scale Remains Below
North and West

G.N.sJ Unskilled WPA workers
in 13 Southern States got the
jump on the rest of the country's
low-pay workers today by receiving
the first real benefits, though in
directly, from the wage and hour
bill passed by Congress and now
awaiting President Roosevelt's
signature.
At the direction Of the President,
WPA Administrator Hopkins an
nounced pay increases for all un-
skilled WPA workers in North and
South Carolina, Virginia, Ken
lucky, Oklahoma, Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Georgia, Louis
lana, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Texas, and made adjustments in
the monthly security wages for all
WPA workers in four of these
States; Virginia. Oklahoma, North
Carolina and Kentucky.
81 DAILY MINIMUM
"ThiS wage scale means that
no one who works in the WPA
will receive less than 81 day
in any region" Hopkins said.
I'VE have also believed that
with the apparent beginning OF
an upturn in business, this Is a
particularly advantageous time
to accelerate that upturn by
creating additional purchasing
power in the lower brackets"
While the increases average
about IS a month, the WPA wage
level in the South still remains
lower than in the North and West.
Hopkins said Federal officials
have felt for some time that the
security wages in certain sections
were based on standard OF llv-
ing below the levels of health and
decency and did not bear Suffi-
cient realistic relationship to the
actual cost Of living"
THE new minimum wage
rates created for these half mil
lion workers receiving the low
est monthly security wages" he
said, while still inadequate in
my judgment, give the people
something nearer to an income
which will assure a minimum
standard of living"
BIGGERS COMMENTS
John D. Biggers, administrator
of the November census of the un-
employed, declared in his final re-
port today the hardships of the un-
skilled unemployed lis an increaS-
ing problem in the United States"
He said the records show that at
present the unskilled Workmen con-
Stitute At per cent of all made
workers unemployed, whereas the
figures of the 1880 census showed
that only q per cent of all male
workers at that time were classi-
fled as unSkilled.
OF the 5,816,975 unemployed
male registrants in the November
census, 2.177,150 were classified
as unskilled. The breakdown was
as follows: Farm laborers, 677, 900;
servant classes, 177,008; other Ia
borers, 1,322,233 OF the 7,845, ,016
who registered as totally unem-
ployed or emergency workers, s.
816,975 were men and 2,028,041
were women.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
.ReUiSedAAA
To MOlifu
Farmers
BY ROBERT HUMPHREYS

0.N.SD Revision of the 1895
AAA act to curb the discretionary
powers of Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace and to stem the revolt OF
Midwest farmers, was described
ky House members today as a
major task facing the next Con
greSS.
Representative Cannon CD OF
Missouri, chairman of the House
appropriations subcommittee on
agriculture, declared that "un,
questionably" the act, on the
statute books less than six
months, will be thoroughly over.
hauled next year.
A similar view was taken by
Representative Polk CD of Ohio
member of the House agricul,
ture committee which drafted the
present control law. He said that
members of the committee virtual.
ly have agreed that Congress must
"spell out" the exact powers
which the Secretary of Agricul-
tu1e may exercise.
Representative Eicher CD of
Iowa, a leading member of the
powerful House agriculture bloc,
likewise predicted revision of the
act. He said he doubted the
present program lis the solution
to the farm problem Eicher has
long advocated a cost-of-produc-
ton program which would guaran.
tee farmers a domestic price for
what they produce.
Cannon declared that not only
would the new law be revised, but
that Congress will vote to impose
processing taxes again so that
parity payments, now only being
partially made. can be paid in
full. He declared:
1--WE are going to have to do
as much for the farmer as we
have done for labor. Cost of
what the farmer buys has gone
steadily up, but his income has
Jagged far behind"
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
D,C.ACCOUNTANT
CALLED SUICIDE.

A coroner's certificate of death
by suicide was issued today for
Irving Jones Martin, so, an &C
countant and father of eight chill
dren. who was found dead in his
apartment in the 1000 block Of
Douglas st. N. E., yesterday.
Martin left a note indicating his
dependency after his wife and
children left him several months
ago. His wife, Mrs. Ruth Martin,
is believed to be somewhere in Vir-
gi11ia with the children.
Martins body was discovered
through a neighbor. Mrs. Edith
Frazer, who became suspicious
when a milkman told her that
newspapers were piled in front of
Martins door and that he smelled
gas coming from the apartment.
Police broke the lock on the door
and found Martin dead.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Canning Strikers
Defy CIO Chiefs

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 81
G.NSO.-Ignoring orders by Will
liam Dalrymple, State director of
the CIO Steel Workers Organizing
Committee. to return to work and
instead demanding his removal,
1,500 employees in five California
plants of the American Can Com
pany remained on strike today.
The workers struck Friday at
American Can Company plants in
San Francisco, Oakland, Los Ange-
les, Sacramento and San Jose, de-
claring negotiations with employ
ers had broken down.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
$4,000 Damages
For Falling Rope

NEW YORK, June 27.-Re-
sponsibility of landlords were
increased under a decision
handed down by the appellate di-
vision. upholding a jury's verdict
of $25, 900 to Harold Simmons, 40
years old, of Perth Amboy, N. j.
Mr.. Simmons claimed damages for
injuries he received when he was
struck by a falling rope used by a
holster employed by a tenant.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Gre Dit.
APPROVED.
BY R 0 OSEVELT.
Small Business Aid Aim
OF Program
BY ERIC FRIEDHEIM

G.N.SJ A program for utiliz-
ing millions of idle dollars to
finance expansion of the nations
smaller business firms was ap-
proved today by President Roose-
welt as part of the recovery cam
paign.
Needing complaints voiced by
many businessmen banks have re-
fused to lend money for worth
while industrial projects, the Presi-
dent ordered the Governments
chief financial agencies to place
into effect new bank examination
and investment regulations that
will permit the liberation of cap
ital into commercial channels.
EFFECTIVE JULY l
The new regulations, drawn by
Federal Reserve, Treasury. FDIC
and Comptroller of the Currency
experts after weeks of bitter dis
agreement, were submitted to Mr..
Roosevelt last week. The Pres;-
dent directed his fiscal aides to
put the plan in operation July /.
In brief, the plan calls for:
l. Revision of Federal bank
ing rules to permit banks to
buy bonds of small corporations
that hitherto we're unable to
market such securities.
2. Liberalization and coordi-
nation of Federal bank exami.
nation procedure which will al.
low banks to use larger portions
of their assets for lending pur-
poses.
Under the new program. banks
may buy from small corporations
various types of securities, except
common stocks, which do not have
public distribution. The cor =.
poration, however, must redeem
IS per cent of the securities within
10 years.
LONG FIGHT WAGED
A protracted fight over this pro-
vision was Waged by liberal finan-
cial experts. headed by Federal
Reserve Chairman Eccles. and con-
ServatiVes composed of Treasury,
FDIC and Comptroller officials.
The conservatives at first in
sisted that the securities pur-
chased by banks under the new
program be amortized completely
in 10 years, while the Eccles fac
ton favored a SO per cent redemp-
ton during this period. The two
groups compromised on rs per
cent.
SEC officials hailed the bond
purchase plan as another vital
step in the Administration eff
forts to open the capital markets
to small industry.
Since the majority of the issues
will be small, they will be exempt
from the SECS registration re-
QuirementS.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

mlttee OF IL members.
The informal conference was
called by Senator O'Mahoney CDD
of Wyoming. who is expected to
be selected chairman. The inves
tigation will serve as basis for
anti,monopoly legislation at the
next session of Congress.
The inquiry was requested by
President Roosevelt in a meSSap pe
to the last Congress shortly before
it adjourned.
C. OF C. PRAISED
Members Of the committee
hailed as the spirit of coopera-
ton" the announcement of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce that it had asked certain
of its largest members to aid the
Government in its investigation Of
monopolies.
The spirit of cooperation" also
was exemplified in another quar-
ter when 10 of the nations lead
ing businessmen and industrialists
met with Richard C. Patterson,
jr., a member of the committee,
and discussed the investigation at
length, along with the relation
ship between business, industry
and Government.
Those who attended the in.
formal conference included E. r.
Stettinius, jr., chairman of the
board of the United States Steel
Corporation; w. A. Hartman,
chairman of the board of the
Union Pacific Railroad; Clarence
Francis, president of the General
Foods Corporation; S. Clay Will
llamS, chairman of the board of
the R. j. Reynolds Tobacco Com
pany and former NRA admins
traitor.
KING LAUDS BUSINESS
Senator King D) of Utah. a
member of the committee, joined
colleagues in praiSing the spirit
OF cooperation" between the COM
mlttee and the business world.
AT the same time, he served no
tlce the committee will not recon-
mend any drastic" legislation as
the result of the inquiry.
Il do not believe the constant
remuneration of corporations
and lndiscriminate assaults on
businessmen is advantageous"
he said. 1t would be disastrous
to our economic and business
life to overturn and destroy our
competitive system and super
impose on the people state So
clallsm, or Communism, or a
powerful bureaucracy, which
would establish oppressive regi-
mentation."
Members of the committee said
that in addition to selecting
chairman at today's meeting, they
will consider applications for a
chief investigator and assistants.
In view of the mass of material
concerning monopolies already on
hand, the committee is not ex-
pected to begin open hearings un-
til fall.
The committee is composed of
three Senators, three Representa-.
tives and representatives of the
and Exchange Com
the Federal Trade Com.
the Departments of Jus.
tice, Labor, Commerce and Treas
ury.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Martin Opens War
On Alien Elements

CAMP TAM1MENT, Pa, June
27 Q.N.SD.-A relentless fight
against, "alien and inimical' ele.
ments in the United Automobile
Workers of America, CIO affiliate,
was pledged today by its presi-
dent. Homer Martin.
There is no place in our
union" declared Martin, "for
any who put an alien organiza-
ton or its principles above the
welfare of the organization"
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Bandits Victim,
No Cash, Slugged

WINDSOR, Ontario. June 27
G.N.SO.-"Six of one-half a
dozen of the other" today moaned
Alfred Vernier as he nursed his
sore head.
Vernier needed his wife's warn
ing to leave his money at home
when he went out Saturday night.
En- route home he was slugged
over the head by one Of three
bandits when they discovered he
had no money.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
TeIevision
France to England
Test Successful

BRIGHTON, England, June 27
0.N.SO.-International television
was off to a brilliant start today,
with adagio dancers and wrestlers
atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris
seen distinctly on an ordinary
$4OO receiving set near this British
seaside resort, 200 miles away.
LIT is only a question of time
before we have transatlantic
transmission" said G. w. God
frey, Marconiphone Television
manager, who conducted the ex-
pertinent.
The greatest previous reception
distance in Europe was $50 miles.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Living
Costs Highest

When it comes to cost Of Lv-
ing, its a far cry from Mobile,
Ala. to Detroit, Mich. A survey
conducted by the WPA of 38
major cities disclosed that a fam
lily of four can live most econom-
ically in Mobile. with Detroit as
the most expensive point.
The Washington times., 1938-06-27
Hamilton ScOffs
At Roosevelt Chat

John D. M. Hamilton, chairman
of the Republican national COM
mittee, had this to say here:
"Mr. Roosevelt's attempt to
divide himself miracuously into
two separate and distinct per-
sonalities is so amusing as to
bring to mind Pooh Bah, OF Gill
bert g. Sullivan'S 'Mikado."
The Washington times., 1938-06-27

respondents Of the Capital
joined the gentler society re-
porters at this soiree. The new
Mrs. Ickes took them all into
camp. They agreed:
She looks even younger than
Is.
She is very much prettier than
her pictures. Said a Capitol
Hill veteran enthusiastically:
"She has blue, blue eyes and
satiny red hair"
First Family Notes: The Frank
lin Roosevelt. irs. CEthel du-
Pont) celebrate their first we'd