Evening star., 1939-05-15

lIIOlOl NSIllCleS, = H. oiippeh' Sr.
public or private, were in operation
For days now the efficient police
have been carrying on an educa-
tional campaign like that in WASH
tngton. Loud speakers and screens
were mounted at principal intersec-
tions on which were projected prac-
tical (and often humorous) sug-
gestions about how to walk in COM
pliance with the new regulations.
The pedestrians of this city are
noted all over the world for their
daring, dexterity and nonchalance.
There exists some doubt as to how
they will take to the new reStric-
tions. Today was no real test, as
the pedestrians had the streets to
themselves from dawn until mid
night.
The only taxicabs abroad charged
double fares-one fare for the ride
and the other to console the driver
for his humiliation in being COM
PEELED to work for himself on labor
holiday. Persons who usually go
about in opulent private cars spent
the day unobtrusively-their chauf-
feurs were on holiday, and they had
no desire to invite undue attention
to themselves.
Police Are Plentiful.
The police, too. were unobtrusive,
but plentiful. While thousands of
workers assembled in the wide ave-
nues for a parade in the afternoon,
the officers lined the curbs, alert,
well-armed and smartly uniformed.
Their discipline is of the best-you
have the word of two of New
York's finest" for it. The way the
mounted police handled their horses
in advance and at the rear of the
marching column won the praise of
officers who had helped put down
riots at Madison Square Garden.
There was not the least disorder
In the marching procession-thou-
sands of young men with almost
no women or elderly marchers. All
were strangely quiet. Only an oc-
casional clenched fist was raised in
the Communist salute. One red
banner bore modification of the
Communist sickle and hammer The
inscriptions on the banners were not
demands on the Government for
shorter hours, more pay on relief,
etc, but rather requests for larger
youth opportunities in the fields of
education and employment. One
sign said, mo help, no protection
for the Nazis or Fascists!"
Today only the blue and white
flags of the Argentine floated over
the wide avenues Other flags,
especially the swastika of Natzi Ger
many, had been the signal for riots
in the past-for the smashing Of
windows and the charge of the
mounted police. Today all foreign
flags we're banned. Along the line
of march many plate windows were
protected by sliding doors of CORFU
gated iron-an unnecessary precau-
ton.
Last night we noticed a squad
of mounted police in the vicinity of
hotel popular with visiting Ger
mans. There had been a demon
stration there previously, but none
OeVelOpeu tOQdy.
Americans Well Received.
Steamships up and down this coast
usually manage, as unobtrusively as
possible, to be at sea on May day
their masters are happier to have
1t so.
American ships of war and COM
merce get friendly reception here.
Residents of B. A. still talk about
the visit of the Army's flying fort
resses" on the occasion of the presi-
Dental inaugural. and President
Roosevelt has gripped the popular
imagination. Residents say that
when United States Navy ships are
in port officers and men of the Ar
gentine Navy can be seen fraterniz-
ing with the visitors.
All this is true, one native of Ar
gentina told me, despite the fact