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Evening star., 1939-08-06
Vandenberg Blocks
Senate Action on
Warships Bill
Feurs Lotin American
Motions Might Arm
Against Each Other
BY the Associated Press.

by the ASSoc1ateo Press.
Opposition by Senator Vanden-
berg, Republican, of Michigan block
ed Senate action yesterday on q bill
to permit the Government to con-
tract for construction OF warships.
naval armament, anti-aircraft guns
and ammunition for Latin American
countries.
Administration leaders agreed to
put the measure over until next
session, after Senator Vandenberg
insisted 1t merited extended dis
cussion.
The Michigan Senator asserted it
might actually result in arming
Latin American republics against
each other instead of aiding them
against aggression from overseas. 1t
also would place Uncle Sam in the
arms huckstering business" he said.
Majority Leader Barkley asked If
Senator Vandenberg could finish his
remarks in 30 minutes. The latter
replied that the measure called for
extended debate, adding that it was
opposed also by Senators Borah, Re-
publican, Of Idaho; Johnson, Repub-
lican, of California, and other mem
bers of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee.
Chairman Pittman of the COM
mittee said Senator Vandenberg's
intent was quite clear, that while
the word "fllibuster" had not been
mentioned, he saw no opportunity
to attain final vote before Con-
gress adjourned.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Roosevelt Hears Northeast
Farmers Get Drought Aid
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
The Agriculture Department in
formed President Roosevelt yester-
day that relief measures were be-
ing extended to farmers in drought
stricken Northeastern States.
Replying to July 81 memoran-
dunn from Mr.. Roosevelt instruct
ing various agencies to prepare to
render all possible aid, Acting Sec
retary of Agriculture Brown said
the Agriculture Adjustment Admin
istration already had utilized It's
authority to make payments for
seeding grasses and similar close
growing crops" where previous seed
ings had been lost because OF
drought.
Further assistance in the form
OF loans or grants by the Farm Sc
curity Administration can and will
be given if conditions warrant it,
Mr.. Brown added
He said the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corp. is in position to make
purchases which can be distributed
to needy farm families If circum-
stances warrant this action.
The department also has contact
ed interested agencies of the In
terror Department, Works Projects
Administration and Civilian Con-
servation Corps. Representatives of
each OF these are meeting with Ag-
rlculture officials in order to CO.
ordinate relief measures,
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Rogge Arrives 10 Report
On Louisiana Probe
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
o. John Rogge, chief of the JUS
tice Department. Criminal Division
arrived from New Orleans last night
to report to Attorney General Muir
phy on the Federal grand jury in
vestigations in Louisiana.
He scheduled conference for this
morning with Mr.. Murphy, and ex-
pected to leave for New Orleans by
plane at II am.
Met at the airport by Justice De-
partment associates, Mr.. Rogge said
he would confer with his staff i'm
mediately. He declined to say what
recommendations he would make to
the Attorney General
But If we reach the conclusions
I want us to reach," he said, "Ill
leave at IL o'clock tomorrow for
New Orleans and arrive there late
tomorrow afternoon in preparation
for the grand jury Monday morn
ing"
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Merchants Protest
Truffic-Divertino Sions

Prompt removal of the traffic signs
posted at Washington Circle and at
Twenty-ninth and M streets NV,
which state that Key Bridge is under
construction and suggest an alter
nate route, was urged on the Com
missioners yesterday in petition
signed by 81 Georgetown merchants.
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen
called on Capt. H. c. Whitehurst.
director of highways, for a report
and recommendation.
The group protested that the signs
were detrimental and injurious to
the usual business of merchants To-
Gated in the vicinity of Key Bridge
and particularly those on M street
in Georgetown. The group desig-
mated william B. Phillips, through
his attorney, Eugene E. Ditto, to
present the petition.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
A. Body 10 Study
Congress Members
Labor Records
Suspended Peace ToIks
With c. !. O. Also on
Councils Agendo
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Executive Council Of the
American Federation of Labor will
consider at a meeting this week
what members of Congress and
Government officials are worthy of
the A. F. L. union label in the 1910
political campaigning.
The council, convening at Atlantic
City, N. j., tomorrow. will draft an
agenda for the national A. F. l..
convention beginning next October
2-the last one before the 1910 elec-
ton. 1t will have before it the
record Of the members of the 18th
Congress-and OF administrative
of1cials.
Records to Be Studied.
Noting this, the A. F. L. (Which
says it has present strength of
1902 ,979 members) announced yes
terday that:
1.-THE Executive Council will con-
slider recommendations as to the
application of the Federations non
partisan political policy to the COM
ing election. The labor records of
members of Congress and other
elected officials will be carefully ex-
amined with the object Of designat-
ing those worthy of labor's support"
The A. F. LIS four-year war with
the Congress of Industrial Organi-
cations will receive attention at the
council meeting Taking cognizance
Of the failure of all peace efforts up
to this time, the A. F.. L. announced
that the council will draw up its
conclusions on the responsibility for
failure to effect peace, for presenta.
ton to the convention"
1t observed that no word had come
to the A. F. of L. Peace Negotiating
Committee from John l.. Lewis, the
G. l. 0. chief, since the suspension
OF c. I. O.-A. F. of L. negotiations
and the subsequent announcement
by Mr.. Lewis that it was 'impossi-
BILE" to deal with the Federations S
committee.
To Consider c. I. o. Drive.
The A. F. of l.. let it be known
that its council also would consider
the latest threat of C. 1. O. Or
ganization drive-in the building
trades.
The council" said the announce
ment, will consider the c. l. O..
threat to invade and raid the build
ing trades unions of the American
Federation of Labor and the ef-
fects OF such a drive on the pros
poets for labor peace"
From c. l. o. spokesmen came
only this comment:
THE A. F. of L. apparently agrees
we are IN earnest in our campaign. :"
simultaneously with announce
ment of plans for the A. F. of l..
council meeting came word that
the Labor Relations Committee of
the Associated General Contractors
OF America would meet A. F. of L.
representatives in Atlantic City
Tuesday for the purpose of ad-
justing labor problems in the con-
struction industry"
This meeting" said Edward j..
Harding, managing director of the
contractors organization, should be
the first step of negotiations which
will bring greater order to the labor
relations field of the construction
industry"
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Roosevelt Itinerary
To Add 10000 Miles
To His Travels
Bills Will Be Studied
In Hyde Park; Plans
To Leove Tonight
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt will need an
overcoat as we'll as his well-Worn
Navy cape and fishing sweater for
the first leg of his 10000 miles of
post-Congress travelling.
A sea trip that may touch as far
north as Newfoundland, provided
there is sufficient time, is on a
tentative itinerary that eventually
will take him southwark and to
the West Coast.
These, with half a dozen or more
trips to his Hyde Park IN. " home,
will increase his travel mileage since
entering the White House to well
beyond the 150O 1000 mark.
The Chief Executive, anxious to
get away from Washington's sultry
weather, kept open house at 1900
Pennsylvania avenue for congress
sional farewells yesterday.
Plans to Leave Tonight.
He planned to leave tonight for
Hyde Park and to spend four or five
days there, taking with him for final
action some of the several hundred
bills passed in the final rush Of the
session.
Then he will board the new cruiser
Tuscaloosa, probably at New York,
for leisurely cruise to Northeastern
waters for some fishing. The de-
stroyer Lang, one of the escort ships,
will carry three neWspapermen and
Secret Service men who can not be
accommodated on the Tuscaloosa.
The President does not intend to
60 ashore during the journey except
possibly to spend one day at his
mothers summer home at Campo
bello, New Brunswick, opposite East
port, Me. From there he will sail
up the Eastern coast of Nova Scotia,
where he steered his own schooner
three years ago as far as Shelburne,
but will continue north of that port.
Just how far has not been decided.
There may be pause at Halifax
to receive a party from shore.
After a week or 10 days at sea,
Mr.. Roosevelt will return to WASH
llk lOll lOl d CIlcCh OIl WOTlQ happen.
ings before returning to the Roose-
welt estate on the Hudson.
Will Dedicate Park.
About October l he will start his
trip to the San Francisco Fair, STOP
ping at the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park in North Carolina
and Tennessee to dedicate the park
with a speech. His only other sched-
uled address is at the fair.
The Chief Executive has given no
hint that he intends to make series
of speeches on the issues of lending,
Neutrality Act revision, and addi-
tional millions for slum clearance,
on which he was defeated at this
session.
At his last press conference Fri
day, when asked whether he had
any such plans as far as lending and
housing we're concerned, Mr.. Roose-
welt replied by saying he had only
the two speeches in mind at this
time.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Labor Board
Continued From First Page.)

L. Lewis, c. I. o. chairman, as
serted in a statement inserted in
the Congressional Record that
the Roosevelt administration had
barred" him from appointment on
the investigating group.
After remarking that the admin
istration recently made two pay
ments on the political debt which
it owed Lewis" Mr.. Hoffman said:
I'm the Senate, it gave the So
called Civil Liberties Committee,
whose reports thus far show vici-
GUS persecution of employers and
are of invaluable aid to Lewis in
his organizing campaign against
employers and workers, another
$4,000 cit has already had more
than 100000 to smear farmers Or
ganizing in California.
I'm the House, it decreed that
even though the Republicans were
entitled to two members on the
committee charged with investigat-
ing the activities of the N. L. r. b,
which also has been aiding Lewis
and his Communist aliens, and al
though it has been my privilege to
continuously bring to the atten-
ton of the House facts showing the
unlawful activities of the C. I. O.,
the prejudice and bias of the N. L.
R. B., should be barred from men,
bership on that committee"
Smith Acts as Chairman.
Less than an hour after the ap-
polntments were announced, the
committee members decided inform
ally that Representative Smith
should act as chairman, although
there was no official election.
Speaking to newspapermen later,
the Virginian said:
Every member of the committee
expressed himself as desirous to con-
duct a thorough, fair and impartial
investigation.
He remarked that, since none of
the committee members was dis
posed to work during August, they
would reassemble here September
7 to outline the scope of the inquiry
Public hearings, if there were any.
probably would not start until early
IN October, he indicated.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Senate Rejects Only
Il Of Rooseve|t's
1927 Nominations
Disopproves Only z
Named for Jobs Other
Than Postmosterships
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Senate found only an even
dozen of 10,979 nominations by
President Roosevelt at this session
so objectionable that it felt called
on to reject them.
The combinations raised to 1881
the number of nominations, in
Guiding Army, Navy and Marine
Corps commissions, which the Senate
has approved since Mr.. Roosevelt
took office on March 4, 1888.
Senate attaches, hastily checking
their records in the closing hours of
the session, found the President had
filled 63l civil posts since January
l, and had nominated 1889 post
masters, of whom 10 were rejected.
He signed 1872 Army, 3,O25 Navy
and 663 Marine Corps commissions.
Roberts Rejected.
Despite outspoken oppositions to
some of Mr. Roosevelts appoint
ments, the Senate rejected only two
nominees for jobs other than post
masterships.
Virginia's Democratic Senator's
Glass and Byrd-led a fight on the
Presidents selection of Floyd H.
Roberts to be Federal judge in that
State. 1t resulted in the rejection
OF the nomination, u to 8.
C1qiNo3np fhot thu zf
William S. Boyle as United States
attorney for Nevada had been made
as slap at him, Senator McCarran,
Democrat, of Nevada successfully
fought the appointment.
The President ran into such strong
Senate opposition to his appoint
ment of Thomas R. Amlie, former
Progressive Representative from
Wisconsin, to the Interstate Com
merce Commission that he eventu-
ally withdrew it.
d. w. Smith Opposed.
Similarly, his recess reappoint-
ment of Donald Wakefield Smith to
the Labor Relations Board provoked
opposition by the A. F. of L. and
some Senators. Mr.. Roosevelt named
instead William M. Leiserson, and
the Senate confirmed that choice.
The President filled two vacancies
on the Supreme Court with a min
1mum Of opposition to his nominees,
Justice Felix Frankfurter being con-
firmed without a record vote and
Justice William o. Douglas winning
confirmation, 62 to 4.
1t took the Senate 18 days in
January to get around to confirming
Harry L. Hopkins, former w. P. A.
administrator, as Secretary of Com
merce. The final vote was So to q.
The nomination of Frank Murphy
former Governor of Michigan, as
Attorney General won approval, 7s
to I.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Fifth Generation
HAS Its Quota of
|Grondmothers

For members of the fifth genera
ton to have a great-great-grand-
mother, great-grandmother and a
grandmother still alive is bit un-
usual, in the opinion of one official
of the United States Public Health
Service. but Walter and Raymond
Thompson, young sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Thompson, 4410 Hunt
place NE, find themselves with
that number of grandmothers.
The great-great-grandmother is
now in her 80s, the great-grand-
mother in her Cos. and the grand
mother just observed her 40th BIRTH
day anniversary in March. All three
are of this city. Their grandsons,
Walter and Raymond, are aged 3
years and 9 months, respectively.
Evening star., 1939-08-06

$105,000; for expenses of carrying
out the new local tax law in the
assessors Office, S47,26O.
The gavel ending the session was
brought down by the presiding Off
Ger in the Senate at 6::35 pm, not
long after the House had adjourned.
The President had sent to Speaker
Bankhead a farewell message to
House members, similar to the one
read in the Senate. The Senate
message follows:
MY Dear Mr.. Vice President:
AT this time of the adjournment
OF the first session of the Seventy
sixth Congress, will you be good
enough to express to the members
OF the Senate by good wishes for q
pleasant vacation"
Evening star., 1939-08-06
u. 5. May Be Forced
To Police Mexico,
SaysPresident' sSon
Observers Report Unrest,
Elliott Declares in
Radio Address
BY the Associated Press.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Aug. S.
Quoting observers" as saying there
was unrest in Mexico, Elliott Roose-
welt said in a radio address today
If conditions come to a head, we
may find ourselves right back where
we were in 1915 when we had to
police Mexico"
observers returning from Mexico
report wide unrest in that coun-
try" the Presidents son said. They
say that industrial unrest is grow
ing. that the Mexican financial
structure is caving and that in
general the country is lapsing into
mood of distrust and discourage
ment that is making it ripe for
revolution.
This condition seems to have
grown steadily worse ever since
President LaZaro Cardenas put over
the celebrated Oil snatch, in which
the private property of Americans
and others was appropriated by the
government.
Blunt Statement Urged.
"If conditions come to head, we
might find ourselves right back
where we were in 1915 when we had
to police Mexico, at extravagant
expense, to safeguard property and
the lives of Americans along the
Mexican border. A few blunt state
ments from our State Department
f0 Mr. Corjopoe 1,loo ,,nla~-+o~ i :,
blunt statements much better than
polite ones, probably would do that
gentleman some good and, at the
same time, save us a lot of future
trouble"
Discussing CONGRESSES refusal to
consider the administration $780,
100000 housing bill, the Presidents
son said:
Il think it might be a good thing
If every man and woman in this
country had to live in houses with
no sanitation, in rooms in which no
sunlight penetrated, for a little
while at least, just for the expe-
rience.
Il think it would be good thing,
II all Government employees had to
put up with these conditions for a
while-just for the experience. And
especially those Government en-
ployes who make up the great legis-
lative bodies of Congress.
Rail Plight Cited.
Speaking of the refusal of the
Congress to consider the admins
tration-sponsored lending bill, Mr..
Roosevelt said:
Without even the pretense of
debate, a coalition of so-called con-
servative Democrats and Repub-
licans threw the bill into the fish
barrel with the housing bill.
Congress has a perfect right to
do this. A technical right anyway.
But you can hang people on techni-
calitles. And so, this technical right
OF which the House availed itself.
not only left the railroads in a
crippled condition. it destroyed a
plan for extending electric service
to more than a million rural fam
llles-a plan which would have re-
suited In the sale of at least $780,
100000 worth of electrical appn-
ances
1T destroyed a self -liquidating
plan whereby tenant farmers could
be able to get themselves out of
servitude by buying lands on which
they work. 1t wrecked a self -liqui-
dating loan fund to help cities and
States in building necessary public
works and thus giving business to
the building trades-the hardest hit
section of all our enterprises"
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Grunewold Reported
Resting Comfortably

Further improvement in the con-
dition OF Hudson Grunewald. Sum-
day editor of The Star, who was in
jured Friday in an auto-train crash
near Easton, Md, was reported last
night.
Mr.. Grunewald, although still in
a serious condition with skull frac-
ture, was said to be resting COM
fortably."
His mother-in-law, Mrs. Charles
Berry, also injured in the accident,
Is recovering.
Evening star., 1939-08-06

RESIGN POLITICAL JOBS
Among the first affected by
the Hatch law divorcing poll
tics and Federal job-holding
were Mr.. Uhl, United States
attorney at Pittsburgh, who is
resigning to campaign for a
jpdgeship, and Mrs. Kirby,
who has announced she is
quitting as Democratic ma
tional committeewoman for
New Mexico in order to keep
her job as director of the
States Department of Welfare.
"A. P. Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Nude Hermit Moves On
As Civilization Moves In
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
AUBURN, Calif.- Civilization
again has encroached on Auburn's
nude hermit.
With the filling of a lake behind
a new dam, the hermit was observed
recently moving upstream on the
American River. The man is al
ways unclothed when seen and in
habits a floating shack. He is re-
puted to be prospecting for gold.
Airplanes are to be sold on the
installment plan in Poland.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Document Depository

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Aug. S
(SpeciaD Through the efforts of
Representative Bland, Democrat of
Virginia, Mary Washington College
here has been designated as a de-
pository for public documents. Gov
ernment publications or documents
received by the library here Will
be kept for reference.
Evening star., 1939-08-06
Herndon Carnival AUGUST II

HERNDON. Va, Aug. (Spe-
ciaD The Herndon Parent Teach
er Association will hold a three-day
carnival on the carnival grounds of
the Herndon Volunteer Fire Depart
ment August II, 1s and 10. Mrs.
Frank Wickers, president Of the
association is iq charge.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Director Advocates
Directing Children
To Use Fairgrounds
Survey Finds Ignoring
Rules Causes Most
Traffic Accidents
Continued From First Page)

ber could be attributed to children
playing in the street.
2. That play areas are provided
to serve all populated areas with
quarter-mile radius in the city, and
that these areas are open at pres
ent
3. That the majority of child ac-
cidents involve children under 8
years of age and that a large num-
ber involve children under years
of age, who would not ordinarily be
expected to use Fairgrounds.
4. That the additional school
Fairgrounds which it has been urged
should be opened are in a ma
jority of instances either narrow
courts unsuitable for play space or
are adjacent or exceedingly near
Fairgrounds already open.
Diagrams Accompany Maps.
5. That child accidents diminish
In number as the distance from
Fairgrounds increases.
6. That the prevalence Of child &C
cidents continues constant through
out the entire year and is not
materially increased in the sum-
mer months, when, with school out,
children might be expected to need
Fairgrounds most.
7. That, inasmuch as the majority
Of child accidents occur within easy
reach of existing Fairgrounds, 1t is
to be concluded that 1t is not neces-
sarily the nearness of a playground,
but it's attractiveness to the child,
which is likely to keep him safe
Mr.. Barrett's analytical maps are
accompanied by diagrams charting
the time of year and the time of
day the 1898 accidents occurred and
their distance from Fairgrounds
now open. The data for the survey
was taken from official police
records.
Mr.. Barrett's summary and analy-
hs of the survey follows:
Evening star., 1939-07-16

panding programs witffa view to at
tracing more children to the areas
within radii of a quarter of a mile.
Opening additional grounds means
additional equipment and mainte-
nance with increased costs Of opera
ton, he emphasized. If the addi-
tional equipment and maintenance
could not be had the additional play
grounds would be Of little use to At
tract children into them, he said.
"A good recreation system should
attempt. among other things, to
make the city safe for children" he
declared. land believe the present
system in Washington does this now
to the best of its ability as far as
the number of open areas is con-
cerned To make the system more
attractive to children is a matter of
improving the physical development
of the areas now open, the caliber of
supervisory personnel and the ap-
propriateness of children's leisure
time programs as we'll as education
of the public to their USE"
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Prisoner Sends Flowers

PHILADELPHIA. July IS (P.-
Among floral tributes displayed to-
day at the funeral of Acting Police
Inspector John j. Creeden was one
from Edwin Gale, a convict at the
Eastern State Penitentiary.
ITO one of the finest detectives
in the world" said the inscription.
Inspector Creedon played a part In
sending Gale to prison In 1887.
Evening star., 1939-07-16
Woshingtonion komed
Rainbow Division Head
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, July 15.-El-
mer F. Neagle, Washington, D. c.,
was elected national president Of
the Rainbow Division Association
tonight as the group closed its 21st
annual reunion.
Other officers chosen included H.
G. Wood. Birmingham, Ala; E. G.
Reikert, New York City; Joe Cardio,
Atlantic, Iowa; Thomas Howard,
Chicago, and Henry Woods, Birm-
ingham, Ala, vice presidents, and
James T. Thigpin, Birmingham,
Ala, sergeant-at-arms.
Daniel I. Glossbrenner, Indian.
Evening star., 1939-07-16

whether additional Fairgrounds
would be opened does not AFFECT the
w, P. A. project for so additional
playground supervisors for which he
is sponsors agent. He said that 1t
might be considered advisable TO in
crease the supervisory staff Of play
grounds already open, thereby ex-
Evening star., 1939-07-16

ever, in view of this survey it ap.
pears to be not SO much the number
OF Fairgrounds available as it is
their power to attract children into
them and teaching them safety
rules that is involved in campaign
of accident reduction"
He said also that the question Of