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The Washington times., 1938-08-22
This Side and That
Here are of the charges and answers made last
night in the LeUis- Tydings senatorial battle:
Tydines

The sovereignty of our
State, the right Of our peo-
pie to pass judgment on
their representatives, with
out fear, intimidation or
outside interference is again
being called into question.
David ]. Lewis went
to the White House one day
and had a talk with the
President. Then, he came
back into Maryland. and
became a candidate.
Mr.. Lewis has tried to
make it crystal clear that
if he is nominated and
elected to represent Mary
land in the U. S. Senate his
vote on any and all ques-
tions will be the personal
property of the President of
the United States.
I believe the day will
come when President Roose-
velt will realize that neither
he nor any other executive
should attempt to destroy
the independence and use
fulness of the other branches
of the Government.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
HUGE PROGRAM
|OF U, S, REFORM
|WA|TSCONCRESS

| News Service)
The Roosevelt administration
will call upon the next session
of Congress to enact far-reaching
legislation designed to balance the
national economy and build a
foundation for q more lasting
prosperity.
The agenda is being drafted in
close collaboration with the ma
tion'S business, industrial and Ia
Dor leaders, and will be the most
ambitious economic program pre-
sented to Congress by the Admin
istration since the ill-fated NRA.
MONOPOLY is TOPIC
Here are the major subjects the
New Deal already has agreed
upon:
ONE-Monopoly: The joint con-
greSsionalexecutive committee
investigating monopolistic trends
is expected to be ready with
some recommendation before
the 1899 Congress adjourns. The
present antitrust laws will be
strengthened and efforts will be
made to foster a free market
and price system.
TWO-TaxeS: Treasury experts
already are at work studying
proposals for new tax legislation
aimed to plug loopholes and en-.
courage business enterprise.
HELP FOR SOUTH
THREE-The South: President
Roosevelt is expected to recon.
mend sweeping economic re
forms for the impoverished
Southland, which he describes
as his number one" problem
FOUR-The Wagner Labor Rela.
tions Act: President William
Green, of the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, disclosed fol
lowing a conference at Hyde
i Park that Mr.. Roosevelt favors
i certain unspecified changes in
i the labor act. Industry has
i been clamoring for this ever
since it became effective.
AID TO PRESIDENT
;FIVE-TranSportation: A Ions
range program to coordinate the
nations patchwork of trans
Il portation facilities is in the
| making. This will include Q
: plan to resuscitate the $26. 1000,
u 100000 railroad industry.
|, SIX-Agriculture: With the ma
tion-and world-faced with ar
!, almost unprecedented price-de
pressing crop surplus, the 1885
AAA Act is expected to bt
strengthened in an effort to ad
just carry-overs to production
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FIGHT FORECAST
TO TIGHTEN UP
ELECTION LAWS
Battle Royal Is Seen In
Next Congress
By ARTHUR HACHTEN

U.N.S.) A battle royal at the
next session of Congress to
tighten the laws against IRE
gularities in national elections was
forecast by congressional leaders
today.
Friction within the Senate cam
paigns investigating committee
over whether senatorial candidates
should pool their receipts and
expenditures with a SLATE" Of
other candidates, pointed to a
fight on the Senate floors when
the snow flies.
MAY ASK CHANGE
A constitutional m ndment
strengthening the power Of the
Senate to look into primary elec-
tions is among the measures that
probably will be considered as an
aftermath to the current blazing
primaries, Sheppard said.
In Pennsylvania, Gov. George H.
Earle, successful in his race for
the Democratic senatorial nomina.
tion, was on "Slate" with candi.
dates for State offices. Receipts
and expenditures for all candidates
on the SLATE were Jumped to-
gether. Earle's campaign managers
have declared themselves unable
to tell how much was spent on his
behalf.
A similar condition prevailed in
the unsuccessful campaign of
Mayor S. Davis Wilson, Of Phila-
delphia, to win the Republican
senatorial nomination from Senar
tor James j. Davis.
The committee already has
Iamassed many complaints Of al
legged misuse of Federal funds in
the primary elections, with these
charges expected to multiply when
the showdown elections come in
November.
REVIVE HATCH BILL
Certain to be revived at the
forthcoming session, it was be-
lieved, will be the Hatch bill to
make it unlawful for Federal Of
ficials to participate in any con-
vention where candidates are
chosen for president, vice presi-
dent, senator or representative.
Passage of that measure would
exclude thousands of payrollers
from attending as delegates pre-
cint or state conventions, even the
big national political conventions
at which presidential nominees are
chosen.
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Lewis

If there is anyone who
has ignored the sovereign
vote of Maryland, it is Mil
lard Tydings. He has
flouted the people Of Mary
land and the President al
most every step of the way.
I was not urged to run by
the President. He knew
nothing of my resolution un-
til I advised him Of it.
The President knows, and
my friends know, that I
have worked for and fought
for the ideals of the New
Deal long before the Roose-
velt administration was
thought of. I shall continue
to fight for these ideals. E.
X 4 r
Tydings and his Liberty
League friends are trying
to turn back the clock. he
remembers, and particu'
larly his high h-placed friends
remember, the old bucca'
neering days. when q
Tory Republican Senate die
tated the economics Of thii
country.
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Roosevelt Hurting
Lewis Chances
Weeks Schedule
For THdings

Following is Senator Tyd-
ino's schedule for the week;
Today-Queen Annes county
on the Eastern Shore, eve
ming meeting st Centreville.
TueSday-B q Iii m ore or
"The ShOre"-undecided.
Neutrality-suspicious. raj
lies.
Thursday-Sixth legislative
district, Baltimore. "a labor
district where Lewis is StrOng.)
Friday-Brunswick and
Frederick for two evening
meetings-Frederick at 8 p.
M, probably on Court House
steps.
Saturday-Open.
Sunday-BaltimOre.
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All MGrylGnders
Are Sort of Fixed

And from all sides you get a
definite opinion that the Presi-
dents interference" in Davey'S
behalf has done the latter more
harm than good. All Marylanders
are stubborn, sort of fixed" peo-
plea dozen men and women EN-.
phasized that point to me in dis
cuSsion. And Western Maryland.
erS are the most stubborn and
fixed" of all MarylanderS.
| A lady whose husband is run
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new MOMENTUM IN RACE
BETWEEN TYDINGS, LEWIS
Sen. Pope May Run:
As Independent

HYDE PARK. N. v, Aug.
Ex-senator James p. Pope,
of Idaho, ardent AdminiStra-
ton supporter recently de-
feated in the primaries for
denomination, may run as an
independent.
The Chief Executive can
vaSSed the Far West political
situation with Pope, who was
a guest at the Summer White
House. and the latter admit
ted that they touched briefly
on the possibility of his re-
entering the field.
Il have made no decision
in the matter and l do not
expect to until 1 return
home" Pope told newspaper
men.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
GeorgeFOeS
GlOdt Over
Letter

ATLANTA, Ca, Aug. ~
U.N.S.).-The written plea
Of James w. Arnold, Repub-
lican committeeman, urging
the reelection Of Senator
Walter F. George, whom
President Roosevelt placed on
his purge list" today was
seized by New Deal forces as
justification for White House
interference in the Georgia
senatorial primary.
United States District At
tOrney L aWre ce Camp,
whose candidacy was openly
Endorsed by President ROOSe-
welt, regarded the Arnold let
ter as further proof that
President Roosevelt was right
in characterizing s e n a tor
George q Republican.
Camp added that IL doubt
existed before concerning
Senator Georges status, 1t
has now been removed.
Senator George, however,
completely ignored the Arnold
letter.
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Tydings' Air Advantage

Senator Tydings had a two-fold
advantage over his opponent in
the arrangements for the broad
casts.
The Tydings managers tied up
all the stations in Maryland a
month ago for last nights talk
long before they knew what it
was to be on, and before Presi-
dent Roosevelt had shown his
hand. Several radio stations in
the State shut down at 7 o'clock
or soon thereafter, so Lewis could
not have followed on the same
stations if had wished.
All Lewis could do under the
circumstances was broadcast over
"a single station in Baltimore,
which reaches most of the State
He told his audience he could
not afford to pay for Senator
Tydings' vast radio hookup."
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ship the people of Maryland need
fear is the dictatorship of business
interests who, working through
friendly Representatives in Con-
gress, seek constantly to control
the processes of government as
they did in the days of Mark
Hanna, and attempt to do now
through such legislators as Sena-
tor Tydings, whom Lewis accused
of using his senatorial office to
serve his law clients. President
Roosevelt, whose program was
twice approved by MarylanderS,
more nearly reflects the sentiment
of the State than Senator Tydings,
and has broken the rule of busi-
ness and restored it to the people.
AS the candidates and their
campaign aides settled back to
await later returns from the
speeches, the camps resounded to
rumblingS of two new develop
ments which, in the view of close
observers of the political scene,
contain ominous news for TydingS.
They are:
l. The certainty that DR. H. c.
Byrd, president of the University
of Maryland, will come out shortly
for Lewis, and put the whole
weight of the lniVerSity'S far
flung influence back of his candi-
dacy. There are those who believe
that, now that DR.. Byrd has un.
selfiShly eliminated himself from
consideration as a candidate for
office, he is in position to contri.
butte more than any individual
in the State to the success Of the
Lewis cause, since the farmers OF
Maryland, in the end, are likely to
decide the senatorial contest. He
has sent word to President RooSe.
velt and to Lewis that he will act
in his own time and his own way
2. The equal certainty that Rep
resentative Alan Goldsborough, a
| Tydings enemy, who at one time
thought of running against him
this year and who is conceded to
be a power on the Eastern Shore,
will come out for Lewis this week
and use his influence to swing the
nine county organizations on the
Shore into line for the New Deal
candidate
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0usted Briton
En- Route Home

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Aug. %.
Capt. Thomas Kendrick, passport
officer Of the British consulate in
Vienna arrested by Nazi secret
police as a spy, today was en- route
home to England by way Of Yugo-
slavia and Italy. Kendrick was
ordered to leave the Reich
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
'D0vey' Didn't Want
Presidents Blessing

They say Davey has lost ground
in his home territory since the
President conferred his public
blessing and demanded the defeat
of Senator Tydings. Davey didn't
want it done. You get the i'm
preston here he shouldn't have
stood for it for one moment. And
then on the tail of that you get
this thought-in words more than
once:
"Davey's old. Davey's getting
on to TO-"
But Davey, say those who criti
cize and love him and those who
lust love him, is going to carry
Allegany county. It's pretty solid
labor. He is also going to carry
Washington county, adjoining
Garrett is a tosS-up and FredericE
and Montgomery lean to TydingS
That, if the concenSus of the opin
ions of about 40 people of all sorts
and shades of political thought
means anything, puts the sixth
congressional district as a pretty
even fight-which it should moi
be when it's Congressman is the
candidate, and, it is claimed
would not have been but for the
Presidents action.
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Schools a Beehive,
Teacher S a Queer

ELKTON. Mich, Aug. o.
Pupils of the Chandle School here
have been notified that the fall
term will not open until the sum.
mer session. being attended by be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 bees, can
be concluded. After a fumigator
has killed the SwarmS, carpenters
will tear down the wainscoting
end clean out the dead bees and
the honey.
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jackson Believed
To Hold Advantage

There's an awful lot of money
being spent in the senatorial
battle in western Maryland-and
so the question arises: How far
can you go in the process of break
ing down this StubbornneSS and
"fixedneSS" with dough? It's
something we seem to be destined
to find out right soon.
Everybody here seems to give
Mayor Jackson, of Baltimore, the
edge over States Attorney Herbert
O'Conor for the governorShip. The
intra.party fight seems to have
lulled down sufficiently for Cover
nor Nice not to be able to take
advantage of it. There are a lot
of people who think that Re
publican candidate Stewart-fol
Davey'S present seat-haS chance
to win over the most popular mar
among Democratic candidates
Ryan, Byron and Cantrell. Ant
this seat was Republican for
good many years. But that wa.
in days before Spend-lend ant
other largesSe programs.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

The fIamIng.haired ''BOrgia" who
poisoned five Of her best friends 10
condemned at last by the Vienna pO.
lice. Read the gruesOme testimony
that doomed her, in The American
Weekly, the magazine distributed with
next Sundays Herald-Times.
The Washington times., 1938-08-22
One Certain Result

Little was to be learned of the
net result, as both camps got an
exclusively favorable response
from friendly sources. On both
sides, however, it was recognized
that one thing the duel of words
did do was set the stage for PreSl-
dent Roosevelt's personal partici-
patton in the campaign when he
follows through with his purge
program in Maryland.
The voters at least have the
Tydings and Lewis versions OF the
Presidents course before them, as
well as their contrasting conclu-
sions as to "purges" and "dicta'
torships."
AS given to the air waves, the
rival arguments on the President
and the purge boil down to this:
BY TYDINGS-President RooSe,
velt's intervention in the Sena-
torial primary and the use of the
Federal power to aid his opponent
are a step toward dictatorship
and comparable to the govern
ment by bayonet" imposed on the
South during the Reconstruction
period. The "transcendental" issue
Of the campaign. in view of the
Presidents course, is State SOW
ereignty-the right of the people
Of Maryland to choose their owr
officials and run their own affairs
without Federal interference. Tht
purge is simply terrorism designed
to coerce Federal employees into
voting for his opponent.
BY LEWIS-The only dictator
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Rivals Radio Talk
Brings Prompt
Reaction
Bv THEODORE HUNTLEY

BALTIMORE. Md, Aug. %
New momentum was apparent in
Marylands fast-moving senatorial
campaign today following last
nights radio battle between Sen
ator Tydings and New Deal candl'
date David J. Lewis.
Telegrams, phone calls, letters
and visitors were pouring INTO
rival campaign headquarters here
as voters responded to the candl-
dates appeals and pledged their
support They wanted buttons,
circulars, booklets, automobile
banners and other campaign para
ohernalia with which to spread
the gospel of their favorites can
didacy.
One man came into Lewis
headquarters in the Emerson
Hotel and announced that, though
q Republican, he intended to
change his party affiliation on the
strength of the Cumberland candi-
dates analysis of the President IS
part in the present contest.
Claims Influence
Il can't vote in this primary"
he said. but l can get dozen
others who will and they'll all
be for Lewis
At Tydings headquarters last
night campaign aides had to shut
off the telephone so uninterrupted
was the stream of calls praiSing
the Senator's speech. Today 1t
was the same story, except that
kilograms and letters as well as
phone calls brought assurance OF
support from all parts of the State.
Without lost motion, the candl-
dates themselves plunged ahead
on campaign schedules which Will
keep them going day and night
down to the date of the primary
September IL. crossing and crlSS-
crossing the State by train and
automobile to keep speaking en-
Hagements or return to doubtful
districts for a personal canvass.
Supreme Confidence
Both are supremely confident
of winning-Tydings on the
strength of organization support
now in sight and the response to
such speeches as that of last night,
Lewis on the basis of steady prog
xess in overcoming his rlVals
organization advantage, plus some
evidence of a groundsWeli IN ms
favor and belief that develop
ments still to come will detlnltely
turn the tide his way.
It is admitted on both sides that
the final weeks of the campaign
will tell the story-that it's not
'in the bag" yet.
Reports from over the state
show Tydings leading in the votes
needed to nominate in the State
convention under Maryland's pecu-
liar election system, with the final
decision in the hands of the farm
ers and organization workers IN
southern Maryland and on the
Eastern Shore
The Washington times., 1938-08-22

ALI, NAu. SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYABLE
m ADVANCE
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
kELLEYGRAMS

This column of the Times
begins its eleventh year today.
There have been many changes
In the theater scene, and quite
a few new faces have come into
the amusement world, since it
began as a regular feature in
1928. More about this later.
ALLEN is WINNER
Harry r. Allen, a 21-year-old
cornetiSt, won the Tommy Dor
sey competition for the best
Washington amateur. He gets
$75.
OF the 95 who competed since
last Friday, young Allen was
considered outstanding as a
musician.
Winner works for the Poto-
mac Electric Power Company,
plays cornet in the Fifth Marine
Reserve Band, conducted by
Leon Brusiloff.
Prize trumpet blower is the
son Of United States Deputy
Marshal Harry C. Allen, who
gave me an early-morning shock
by announcing his sons triumph
after I had decided he had ar
rived with a jury-duty summons.
Tommy Dorsey'S radio broad
cast from the Earle stage last
night drew the early jitterbugS.
They filled the theater before 6
p. m. and there they remained
right through until the Dorsey
The Washington times., 1938-03-24
Books
Adverse

The lavish perturbation of
Hervey Aliens monumental
novel, Anthony Adverse" will
be revived at the Little Theater
beginning Sunday.
This film, which boasts the
distinction of having earned the
unreserved approval of the
author, required the casting of
SO principals with speaking
parts and the services of nearly
5000 technicianS. 1t is conceded
generally to be the most careful
and effective translation of a
novel to the screen. Presenta-
tions of two operas add to the
richness Of production.
Fredric March plays the title
role as the story of Anthony's
adventures through five coun-
tries across the seas and over
three continents is unfolded.
The leading feminine part is the
work of Olivia de Havilland, and
the other important acting
tasks have been entrusted to a
group of Hollywood's most popu-
lar and talented featured
players.
Edmund Gwenn is Anthony's
grandfather, Anita Louise his
mother.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

ers. 1t happened that Julie
wanted to monopolize his time
in business hours, and when he
politely refused to go with her
for a dress fitting, her revenge
was to buy a hussy's gown to
wear to the famous Olympus
ball.
Julie went to the ball in her
red dress--tradition called for
white gowns on unmarried girls
and lost both self-respect and
billiard. Her fiance couldn't
abide unconventional conduct.
billiard went away for a year,
while Julie waited, confident he
couldn't forget her. Instead,
he came back to N'Awleans with
his Northern bride.
So Julie tried to make him
jealous, and mourn for what he
had lost, by some coquetry with
Buck Cantrell. It brings about
a duel, and a death, and Julie
wakes up to the fact she has
made a mess of her love af-
fairs.
HANDSOMELY PRODUCED
Yellow jack grips New Or
leans and it gives Julie a chance
to be noble and to square her
own conscience for the shabby
way she had treated the man
she loved and lost.
"Jezebel' winds up with Julie
going to the outcast island
where fever victims and lepers
are b a nished. The screen
thumps out gone-to-glory mu-
sic, shows Bette Davis in bold
relief closeup, Madonna poses.
The finish is both abrupt and
completely illogical, as we meas
ure women and their ways.
Bette Davis gives Julie a cal
lous veneer, which, suspect,
was the screen authors purpose.
She had managed to acquire an
authenClc southern accent and
in the delightful backgrounds
of the hospitable Dixieland
makes an arresting portrait.
Her emotional scenes are well
played, better by far than they
are written.
Henry Fonda is the Preston
billiard and his sober face
technique fits the role. George
Brent plays with a most engag-
ing restraint and "you-all"
charm, and Margaret Lindsay
does very well with the other
important feminine role. Fay
Banter and Spring Byington
serve character roles with
distinction.
I mark "Jezebel" Grade A.
It has been handsomely pro-
duced and it's story holds you,
though the final chapter is
disappointing. It comes to the
Earle Theater screen tomorrow.
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bandmen had packed their in
struments and called it a day.
Swing patrons on Thirteenth
street have been a problem.
Five on the opening day kept
their perches from II a. m.
until after the first evening
show, sending out for hambur.
gers to satisfy the inner man
cravings.
THEY TWIST TITLES
If you ask the National Thea
ter boxoffice employees what's
in a name, they'll tell you that
there's plenty, if the name hap
pens to be that of a Broadway
hit which many patrons just
cannot remember.
"You Can't Take It With
Continued on Page II, Col. II
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

Loew'S Capitol Theater's
recent promise of bigness in the
matter Of forthcoming stage
shows takes immediate shape
with announcement today that
the stage on Friday, March rs,
will be occupied by Count Berni
Viei's Spices of 1885," lavish
attraction, billed as the "Barnum
and Bailey of all stage revues."
Talent of every conceivable
description is packed into this
colorful production which
boasts, in addition to the regular
bevy of Berni Wei beauties, the
transatlantic SwingetteS, a group
of Is comely musicians.
To be presented in IS scenes
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Bethesda Theater Is
Nearing Completion

Work is being rushed on the
new Boro Theater, in Bethesda,
which is expected to open to. the
public on or about May /, under
the direction of Sidney B. Lust,
well-known Washington indie.
pendent exhibitor.
The Boro will have 1000 seats
and will be modern in every re-
pect. John EberSon, well-known
New York architect, who has
several of the newer Washing
ton theater to his credit, de-
signed the new Lust house,
which is being erected by the
Woodmont Development Com
pany.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

The gorilla, an actual bOrther of man?
Not an ape at all, but a backslider from
direct human, OF possibly subhuman
stock, thinks Explorer SandersOn, and
tells why he and the tribes in gorilla land
are convinced of 1t. The American Weekly,
with Sundays Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1938-03-24

STORY OF SOUTH
Bette Davis is the wilful, head
5trong, utterly selfish and
spoiled daughter of Louisiana
who is called Julie. She was
the pet of the plantation, the
lovely in crinolines who made
all susceptible male hearts flut-
ter, the pleasure-loving girl who
tried to be daring and different.
Like Scarlett O'Hara she
spread much misery and influ-
enced many lives, tried, when
contrite, to atone for it all with
q Florence Nightingale sacrifice
on the altar of nursing.
I found Julie a most interest
ing study, and her life, as the
screen portrays it, struck me as