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Evening star., 1939-12-14
The Political Mill
Government Financing Of Compoiens
Would Awaken Complex Problems

ganization. They are staging an
other such drive, which will culmi-
nate In jackson Day dinners In
Washington and other cities on jan
uary 8.
voluntary" Lines Are Dim.
The Hatch Act, which was strong
ly opposed by some Of the more
practical politicians, puts a ban on
efforts to collect campaign funds
from Federal employes-altho0gh
they are still permitted to con-
tribute voluntarily" Sometimes 1t
Is difdcult to say just where the
voluntary and involuntary lines be-
gin and break of In the matter of
these contributions.
The at forbids Federal employees
taking part in political campaigns
unless they happen to be in policy
making" ofaces, President, Vice
President, cabinet officers and their
immediate assistants. Attorney
General Frank Murphy has issued
warnings to United States attorneys,
marshals, ETC., that they are to keep
aloof. If United States attorney,
for example, wishes to run for elec-
tive office or to help manage q po-
litical campaign he must resign his
job.
There Is a United States attorney
in Missouri, Maurice Milligan, who
is anxious to get into the race for
the Democratic senatorial nomina-
ton. If he does, however, he must
quit the Federal service. 50 he is
saying nothing about his candidacy
although a good deal has already
been published about it in Missouri
newspapers. The final date for fl
ing for the senatorial primary comes
in May, and Mr.. Milligan may de-
lay his announcement, it Is said,
until then. The primary takes place
In AuguSt-and he would have June
and July In which to campaign.
Stark and Truman.
Gov. Lloyd C. Stark Of Missouri
and Senator Truman of that State
have both announced they will be
candidates for the senatorial nomi-
nation. Milligan is the man who
prosecuted Tom Pendergast and
several Of his lieutenants in Kansas
City. Stark fought Pendergast DO
licked him in one election
and generally made it possible to
put the skids under the boss"
II Milligan were content to run
for Governor and Stark were nomi-
mated for the Senate, Missouri
Democracy would put forward its
strongest ticket next fall. But Milli-
gan does not want to be Governor.
He wants to 60 to the Senate. In
spite OF the fact that Milligan was
the prosecutor in the Pendergast
case, the remnants of that
are said to hate Milligan
less than they do Stark. Milligan
has no political organization
whereas the Governor and, to a less
extent, Senator Truman has. Sena-
tor Bennett Clark, Democratic
power IN the State, might easily
determine the outcome Of the sena-
torial primary by casting in with
one Of the contenders.
There are the makings of a very
pretty row in Missouri's Democratic
party. Both Senator Clark and
Gov. Stark have been mentioned as
Democratic presidential possibilities.
II they can agree amicably on a
delegation to the 1910 Democratic
National Convention all well and
good. IT they get into a fight over
it there Is no telling how far the
ramiflcations will 60. In the past
they have been good friends.
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are made to these party campaign
funds" the New Mexico Senator
says. These funds come from (D
Government employees, Cd persons
who hope to become Government
employees, 90 special interests which
hope to obtain a quid pro quo from
the administration that is put into
power, 90 from wealthy individuals
who also hope to benefit, either
through legislation or through ap-
pointment to high official position.
These four sources account, in the
opinion of the Senator, for the bulk
of the contributions. There are
contributions made, he admits, by
some less selfishly interested men
and women. But these constitute
q comparatively small proportion Of
the total.
Senator Hatch says frankly that
the question is knotty one. If the
Government appropriated money
for the conduct of the political cam
paigns-and gave it to already Or
ganized parties it might be very
difficult for new political party
ever to get underway. Especially
would this be true If private contri-
buttons to political campaigns were
forbidden. Under existing condi-
tions, a Federal appropriation for
political parties would 60 in the
main to the Democratic and Re-
publican parties. Presumably these
parties would receive similar
amounts. although in the last ma
tional campaign the Democrats car
ried 46 States and the Republicans
only two.
Question of Supervision.
What supervision would the Fed
eral Government retain over cam
paign expenditures if a Federal ap-
preparation were made? Would 1t
be necessary to get the o. K. of a
Federal official every time money
was expended for billboards, radio
time, hired help, ETC.? Or would
the political campaign managers be
handed lump sum and allowed to
spend 1t in any way they saw fit?
The New Mexico Senator has ar
rived at no decision in the matter
of campaign funds and how they
should be raised. Other proposals
to have campaign expenses met by
Government appropriations have
been advanced in the past-by Sen
ator George w. Norris of Nebraska
and others. They have even been
put into bill form, but nothing has
ever come of them.
Both the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis are giving serious attention
now to the question of campaign
funds. The former have q deficit
of $655 900 coming over the 1896
campaign. They have beeen talk
ing of getting 655 persons each to
make a contribution Of 81 900 to wipe
it off This might work out-and it
would leave list of more than 900
men and women who might expect
a good deal at the hands of the
administration if it should be elect
ed, kind of preferred list.
The Democrats by holding annual
jackson Day dinners and in other
ways have been rolling up funds to
carry on the work Of the party or
Evening star., 1939-12-14

And d.Whut
They Do
McWiIIioms Appears
Likely to Toke Over
Bund Leadership
BY LEMUEL F. PARTON.

Fritz Kuhn, starting his sab
batical year, made the not-so-fierce-
looking William G. Kunze his Goer-
ing. But now it appears that big,
handsome, dark-haired James Nc
Williams. a tough-talking Texan,
with wide experience as a catch-as-
catch-can agitator, will take over
the German-American Bund. AS
We get it, the boys in the back room
up at Yorkville yearned for more
militancy than Mr.. Kunze would
seem to promise as the neW,fuehrer
and Mr.. McWilliams seemed better
bet for getting action.
Mr.. McWilliams worked up from
humble beginnings, as a mild dis
senter and back->lley organizer, to
one Of the angriest and busiest Of
the shirt agitators He came up
through the Christian 'front.'" and
later branched out with his own lit
tie army Of Christian mobilizers,"
all Of them pretty sore about this
and that, and out to save the coun-
try. Detached onlookers say he has
more steam and can make a more
disturbing noise than any of his COL
leagues, and that he is particularly
gifted in working in the lower I. @.
strata Of bewildered and footloose
youth.
Mr. Kunze is a Philadelphia
mechanic, who, out of uniform,
looks like the man who wipes your
windshield, but who, in his storm
troopers uniform, is built up
ferociously. He has mastered the
yappant and climactic Hitler diction,
and, with flat-footed stance, both
arms outthrust and fists clenched,
and few timely "sieg heils" from
the audience, becomes quite ogreish.
He herded colored workers on con-
struction jobs in the West Indies,
which perhaps accounts for the
Emperor Jones touch in his studied
histrionics. He has high school
education and was an early volunteer
in the bund agitation, brought to
New York from Philadelphia by
Fritz Kuhn as press agent for the
bund. Kuhn upped him to $40 a
week and made him deputy fuehrer.
He used to wear mustache of exact
Hitler dimensions, but is widening
it these days, possibly indicating
that the bund expects to branch out
or possibly it is meeting the Stain
mustache halfway.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Bobson Is Advanced
As 1910 Candidate
By the Associated Press,

by Cne ASSOCIACeu PreSS.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 14.-Roger w.
Babson, economist and statistician,
was Endorsed yesterday by the
Greater st. Louis Prohibition Club
as the Prohibition party's candidate
in the 1910 presidential election.
A resolution was adopted recon-
mending his nomination because Of
his national reputation as an econo-
mist and because he will help bring
together into one party the moral
minded people Of the Nation, espe-
cially those opposed to the legal
ization Of liquor trafic."
Evening star., 1939-12-14
This Changing World
ItoIy PIoying Shrewd Come
Of Horse Trading and May Win
By CONSTANTINE BROWN.

year the Italians pegged their claims African colonies
longing at the present time France This done at the festive
session OF the last italian Parliament members
demonstration shouting Jbu
Corsica French
Paris believed that the
italian attack against bu dispatched
in the Red
% Herr Hitler
ing the Italian claims Nothing heard about
the made people believe that Duce has interest
possessions which his people demand
Allied diplomats
have been striving the last few weeks convince the Italian
Of the importance 1as maintaining uncaengd influence
the Danuban Basin Last week Muson issued warning Russia
not to spread In that Italian of influence
Diplomats rubbing diplomacy the
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fetched that ready death the
present time What he doing good trading He worried Berlin
by his declaration regarding Rus plans in the Balkans and he is
talking colonies
Out Of this Italy must get something tangible.
Musson like all democratic rulers must take public
public But also
influenced by military Developments 1t likely to follow the
leader willingly toward the side which shows strength
staemated front The only dramatic
between the allies
Atlantic British lived the tradition
British small speedy downed the
heavily gunned German pocket baeshp Graf
battleship Count who
while fighting
British Falkland badly damaged by other smaller but
British When the Of the engagement first
reached Washington believed that the British had chance
smaller British rifles It
the
with which the smaller the three British cruisers could be
loaded.
Atlantic pleasant
British fleet
the Mediterranean the powerful the
world something mysterious about the blockade
Western jai of when the
liked
Despite placed the Reich that her
Schee Deutschland
radng Now the Bremena powerful potential rdeha been
permitted by the British to get home from Murmansk.
Whether British could within
What here
she had sunk by the
North
practically handed the British
sailed before declared
outside the 3me
British
the explanation hard
oSco1 hIlkv Rrenon at
Evening star., 1939-12-14
The Capital Parade
Both Hoover and Pew Are Busy
On Mysterious Works in Campaign !
By JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT K1NTNER.

Taft Dewey Vandenbeg Republicans standing
openly campaigning presidency
the party ceaseey somewhat mysouy busy OF these the
most important Herbert Hoover
friends and former Federal oboers the millionaire
Joseph Pew, who heads the Pennsylvania junta.
Among conservative Republicans strongest
figures Their dong watched
ALI other
be working together unanimously
back him for the nomination reported encouraging
the other with the object of building
the party convention.
Will History Repeat?
Gov John Bicker been apty described as an
Evening star., 1939-12-14

employees, is con-
vinced, he says,
that it would be
far cheaper" for
the Government
to make an out
right appropria-
ton to finance
p r e S i d e n tial
campaigns by
the political par
ties.
Under pres
ent conditions
the Government
pays more in the
end for the con-
trih,ltionS which
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Poderewski Takes Post
In New Polish Council
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, Dec. 14.-Ignace Jan Pad
erewski, the famed painist and
former Premier Of Poland, has been
named q member Of the National
Polish Council, the Polish Monitor,
official organ Of the Polish govern
ment in France, announced yester~
day.
The new council is to assist in
formulating DEGREES.
II will be very proud to join the
group" wrote Paderewski. I'm the
limits which are imposed by my age
and my health place myself at the
service Of our country"
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Belgian Senate Votes
Big Defense Budget
y the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 1.-THE Bel
gian Senate voted, 122 to II, yester-
day for budgets for defense, air raids
precautions and national police to-
falling about $51 ,516,029.
The measures were the first parts
OF a budget proposed by the gov
ernment for 1910 totaling about
$388, ,533, 1888. The two measures ap-
proved by the Senate now go to the
Chamber of Deputies.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Norris, Tired, Eschews
UnicumeroI Term
By the Associated Press.

By the ASSOCIATED Press.
NORTH PLATTE, Nebr., Dec. H.
Senator George w. Norris, inde-
pendent, of Nebraska said in an in
terview yesterday he has no inten-
tion Of seeking term in Nebraskas 8
unicameral Legislature, whose crea.
ton he advocated.
To reports that he might consider
such course when his senatorial
term ends in 1912, Senator Norris
replied, II have no intention of en-
tering the Legislature. When I fin
ish my term I will have had enough
OF public life. In fact I've had
enough right now. I'm tired"
Evening star., 1939-12-14
CherrydoIe Womun's Club

The Cherrydale Woman's Club of
Arlington County, Va, will meet at
8 o'clock tonight at the home of Mrs.
J. S. Warner, 4l26 Lee highway, it
was announced. The business meet
ing will be followed by an informal
Christmas party and singing of
Christmas carols.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

gates commled Sproul
delegates to Harding
History rarely repeats with
hard to Bck Taft
In Hardngs Harry
pocket
Meanwhile, however there o
activity James has just returned from Texas where long
with his adviser
bought of false
Presumably the objective the
Southern delegates committeeman from
Texas, Creager Creager time
claimed ally by the signs
being more inclined to favor Taft Whatever
syvanans out for delegates they
Busy Mr.. Hoover
AS for Hoover the former President the
Evhg ne does watched with suspicion by his Republican
that he would like to head was
not interested Then when
Hamar
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Georgia Coleman Shows
Slight improvement

By the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 14.-Still too
i'll to undergo a proposed opera
ton for liver ailment, Georgia
Coleman, former Olympic diving
champion, was somewhat better
today, her physician said.
The swimmer, who had partially
recovered from an attack of in
fantile paralysis, was given q Sec
ond blood TRANSMISSION to ward of q
threatened attack OF pneumonia.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

original intent
of Congress in
writing regula-
tory laws, the
operations of the
Securities a n d
Exchange Com
m i S sion will
d ou b t e S S be
closely scruiti-
nized.
Originally, the
s. E. G. was es-
tablished to see
to it that invest
ors were not de-
frauded through
m | srepreSepta.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
K. Of G. Christmas Porty

Keane Council, No. 1886, knights of
Columbus, will hold its annual
Christmas party at 8 o'clock tonight
in the K. of c. hall, 9l8 Tenth street
NV. A program of entertainment
has been arranged and refreshments
will be served.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
PIT. A. Christmas Purty

ROCKVILLE, Md, Dec. IA (Spe-
ciaD.-The Rockville Parent Teach
er Association will hold a Christ
mas party tomorrow. Pupils of the
Rockville Elementary School and
the Richard Montgomery High
School will participate.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

speech before the Grand Fascist
Council, but on the whole his decla-
ration was interpreted to mean that
he was looking for an out from the
axis.
Tuesday they became somewhat
disillusioned. Mussolini started men,
tioning colonies again and coupled
them with Italy's right to control
and patrol the major part of the
Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1939-12-14

relief for Finland. Procope, hardly
knowing what to answer. replied
that his country would be glad to
accept anything Mr.. Hoover offered.
Whereupon Hoover issued a state
ment to the effect that he had
agreed" to undertake the task.
Normally such eagerness would
be taken as symptom of anxiety to
work in good cause, which was
probably Hoover'S real motive. But
Evening star., 1939-12-14

VdIld JuIICd. FEW, OIQ joe GTUndy
and other Pennsylvanians are osten-
sibly committed to support their
own Governor, the bumbling Arthur
James. James, however, is not really
available, although his personal
belief is to contrary. The play is
supposed to be for the Pennsyl-
vanians to 60 to the convention with
bloc of James delegates, just as
Boies Penroses men went to the
1920 convention with a bloc of dele
Evening star., 1939-12-14

HE opinions the on this page are thet, on not
H Ths Sta Snch opntons presented RE
readers although such opinions may be contradictory among
tnemsel0es and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1939-12-14
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Senator Carl A. Hatch of New
Mexico, father Of the "clean poll
tics" bill designed to prevent undue
political activity by Government
Evening star., 1939-12-14
The S. <. 6.
Treuds Close
To Politics
May Find Way
To Determine Who
Profits in Sales
BY DAVID LAWRENCE,

In the crusade to find out the ex-
tent to which bureaucratic COM
missions and boards have arrogated
to themselves power far beyond the
Evening star., 1939-12-14

vessel as bulky as the Bremen at
night or in the fog when all the
lights are out. But the British
scouts must have known the ap-
proximate date the Bremen left
Murmansk and there are enough
cruisers, destroyers. submarines and
airplanes available in the allied
navies to form an impossible ring
for that 54,000-ton liner.
OF course there may be some
deep diplomatic motives behind this
lack of enterprise on the part of the
diplomatic reasons break the hearts
but little about the niceties of mode,
every time they have the opportunit
It is pointed out that the Bren
as a potential auxiliary cruiser, whie
one of the most feared raiders of tn
Evening star., 1939-12-14
Will History Repeat?

Gov John Bricker of Ohio, been apy described
honest Harding is said real choice of Pew and the
Evening star., 1939-06-02
Cardozo High Cadets
Take First 7 Places
In Competitive Drill
Dunbar Gets Third;
Copt. Pruther Of Winning
Company | Gets Medal

Before a cheering crowd of more
than 5000 persons, Cardozo High
School Cadets took the first two
places in the 47th annual competi-
tive drill for the colored cadets at
Griffith Stadium yesterday. Dun
bar took third.
Brig Gen. Albert L. Cox. COM
manding officer of the District Ma
tional Guard, presented the dia-
mond-studded Teachers medal to
Capt. Louis Prather of Company I
at Cardozo. the first place winner,
and Supt. Frank w. Ballou awarded
the Stephen E. Kramer cup to Capt.
Talmadge Sturgis Of Company K,
which took second.
Third place B Company at Dun
bar was led by Capt. Norman Ford.
A gold medal was also pinned on the
chest of Capt. Prather by John H.
Wilson, member of the Board of
Education, and ribbons were awarded
by Col. West A. Hamilton, another
member of the board.
A feature of the drill was the
presentation of regimental colors to
the regiment by John R. Pinckett,
captain of the winning company in
1906, on behalf of group of for
r11er cadets. First Assistant Supt.
Garnet C. Wilkinson received the
colors on behalf of the regiment.
AS the two winning companies
were announced, the Cardozo sup
porters in the stands could not re-
strain their joy and many rushed
out on the field, dancing, singing
and cheering, despite the efforts of
ushers and police to keep them in
the stands. An inexpert but en-
thusiastic bugler blared forth his
delight without restraint.
bThe drills began early yesterday
morning and carried on through the
day under supervision of Col Harry
Atwood. Judges were Capt. Ed
ward o. Gourdin, Massachusetts, Ma
tional Guard: 1t. &. w. Lockwood,
New York National Guard: 1t Leroy
Evening star., 1939-06-02
$4,000 Raised So Far
For College Library

More than SIS, 1000 in cash has been
raised so far for books and equip
ment for the Charlotte Memorial
Library at National Park College,
Forest Glen, Md, it was announced
yesterday by Mrs. Layson E. Atkins
Of Washington, chairman of the
Library Committee.
Mrs. Atkins made her announce
ment following the junior college
graduation exercises. In addition
to the money a number OF old and
valuable books have been donated
to the library, she said.
The Alumnae Association has Of
Evening star., 1939-06-02
Piece Of Cos Pipe Clue
To School Explosion
BY the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BARBERTON, Ohio, June q
Investigators exhibited a broken
section of gas pipe last night as
their best clue to terrifying ex-
plosion which blew out the walls
of makeshift school building yes
terday, injuring 81 persons, three of
them critically.
They dug up the severed 1l4-inch
main 9 feet from the shattered two
story frame building, announcing
through Fire Chief Claude Witwer
that fumes apparently seeped into
the basement from the break. A
formal report will be made later,
Mr.. WitWer said.
Evening star., 1939-06-02

circumstances behind 4 $4,000 fee
for L. w. (Chip) Robert, secretary
Of the Democratic National Com
mittee and head Of an Atlanta con-
struction firm, in connection with
a P. w. A. grant for building a
State hospital for the insane at
Milledgeville, Ga.
Administrator Ickes yesterday ap-
proved P. w. A. payment of $564,-
900 for the hospital. The advance
requisition was $500, 900, with $36 900
ticketed for Mr.. Robert. Mr.. Ickes
commented:
"The Robert contract may be all
right, but its language is a little bit
unusual and we want to find out
what 1t means. The $4,000 item
Evening star., 1939-06-02
Machine Age Aids Horse

SIMEON, Va. R.-The machine
age was kind to horse owned by
Henry Harris.
The animal, while grazing, fell
to the bottom of a 50-foot aban-
doned well. Four hours later he was
pulled out by wrecking truck.
The horse was unhurt.
Evening star., 1939-06-02

A. Clay. of the National Guard, and
Capt. Roscoe c. Clayton, of the
Officers Reserve Corps.
Others present at the presenta-
ton of awards included Assistant
Supts. A. X. Savoy and H. H. Long
and Col. Frederic G. Kellond, in
spector Of civilian components for
the Sd Corps area.
The Armstrong High School Band
provided the music throughout the
day.
Evening star., 1939-06-02
79 of 81 Who Voted
For Townsend Bill
| Are so or Over
~ the Associated Press.

At least 10 of the 81 Representa-
tives who voted for the Townsend
pension bill yesterday are 60 years
old or more.
The ages of several others who
supported the plan were not listed
in the Congressional Directory or
in other biographical material.
Representative Martin j. Kennedy,
New York, told the House Wednesday
134 members were so or over. The
measure would have provided
monthly pensions up to 5000 for
persons 60 years of age or older.
Evening star., 1939-06-02

flcially adopted the college library
as its major project and plans to
make 1t cne OF the outstanding COL
lege libraries In this country.
The campaign for funds began
this week.
Evening star., 1939-06-02
GIosqow's Beuuty

Scotland's industrial center and
birthplace Of the mighty ships Queen
Mary and Queen Elizabeth, Glasgow
stands at the gateway of Scotland's
loveliness and the River Clyde
steamer trips whose beauty, ro-
nance and variety are treasured in
the memory Of all who have taken
them.
Evening star., 1939-06-02

will be temporarily suspended, pend
ing investigation"
Mr.. Robert recently was cleared
by the Georgia State Legislature OF
any irregularity In connection with
the fee asked by his engineers and
architects for constructing the hos
pital
Administrator Ickes said the Leg
islature cleared up legal technical
ities SO far as the State was
concerned. but did not answer all
that p. w. A. investigators wanted
to know In view of the ironclad rule
against using p. w. A. funds for
lobbying"
Evening star., 1939-06-02

More automobiles are being sold
IN New Zealand than a year ago.
Evening star., 1939-06-02
p ". A. Begins Probe
OF $4,000 Fee for
Robert in Grant

Item Held Out as Ickes
Approves Remainder of
Funds for Hospital
The Public Works Administration
today undertook an Investigation Of