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The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Pact With France
Clears Way for
Epic Project
BY ROBERT G. NIXON
Copyright. 1890


.GN.S) New York and Paris
are expected to be linked via the
stratosphere in regular 10-hour
commercial airline flights within
a year.
This was disclosed today to
International News Service as the
United States boldly stepped out
to capture the honors Of establish
ing the first transatlantic air line
to Europe within two months.
In SO doing. this Government
pushed aside an arrangement with
the British which is charged with
having hsfd up transatlantic air
service for nearly two years
SERVICE IN MARCH
Astfesresult, the first passenger
carrying commercial airline across
the Atlantic, flying American
colors, is expected to begin opera
ton between the United States
and France by March Is, or
earlier.
The first schedules are expected
to require from 20 to "a hours, as
they will be flown in huge clipper
ships of the seaplane type via, the
Azores to Marsailles, France.
But, Information News Service
learned. two huge 350-mile-an-hour
land planes, designed to fly in
very high attitudes away from
storm areas, are nearing compile
ton for use IN the transatlantic
service.
GIANT PLANES: RUSHED
The stratosphere planes will
carry an 80.000-pound. commercial
load, will be Of the land plane
type so that they can take off
from New York and land in Paris.
These will be ready within a year
or less.
The United States completed its
surprise agreement with, France
for a transatlantic line, yesterday
after Great Britain had threat
ened to start a line from England
to Montreal, leaving out any port
Of call in the United States.
The tilt for transatlantic air
prestige developed from an orr
ginal. agreement between Pan.
American Airways and British I'm
Iperial Airways in 1885 under
which the British obtained an
agreement that both would begin
operations simultaneously. -
- PROJECT DRAGS ON
Continual delays have pre-.
vented the British developing
planes for the transatlantic serv.
ice, while Pan-American has been
ready for sometime and has three
huge four-engine clippers, built
especially for the European Serv-
ice, for use. ...s:- e..
Because of this situation the
State Department and Civil Aero
nautics Authority stepped into
the picture and completed the in.
dependent arrangement will b
France. ,.s- j..
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
kennedy RAPS
BUDGET BUREAU
RULE. Of D, c.
Asserts Local Officials
Should Decide Needs

Elimination of the role Of the
Budget Bureau in preparation OF
District appropriations, as the
first step toward local self-govern-
ment for Washington. was urged
today by Representative Ambrose
j. Kennedy (D.) Of Maryland,
ranking member of the House Dis
tri2t Committee. .7-. .'
An advocate Of the Randolph
resolution for both national and
local suffrage in the District. Rep.
1esentative Kennedy criticized the
large part played by the Federal
bureau In preparing the local
budget. 80 ,.. ..~..
TELLS HIS VIEWS
Il don't believe" he said,
thai the Federal bureau should
have any Jurisdiction what
soever over the District budget.
Certainly local officials know
O great deal more of the needs
of Washington than the Budget
Bureau, and their decisions
should be final in preparation
OF estimates"
The local budget estimates,
after preparation by the District
commissioners, must be submitted
to the Budget Bureau, where they
are usually cut before they are
sent to Congress.
1T is ridiculous" Represen-
tatie Kennedy added, that
money raised by taxes on the
people Of, the District should
be subject to the scrutiny OF an
outside agency. Why should
another agency tell the District
how to spend its own money"
~ SELF.RCLE STEP
RepreSentatie Kennedy believes
that if the Budget Bureau were
divested Of control over local ex-
penditureS, it would constitute a
step toward self-government in
the District.
Many phases Of District de-
pendence on the Federal Govern
ment for the conduct Of its af.
fairs fell under Kennedy S
criticism. -.e. .r-
"The local. government should
be given more control over its
own affairs" he said. 1T seems
so silly for the District to have
to come to Congress every time
they want to open a grave, or
name q street, or some other
such minor affair.""
POINTS OUT DELAY
He pointed out that District
problems arise during receSses ol
Congress which must await the
return Of Congress for solution
whereas, he pointed out, If the
District had q greater degree Of
self-government, such matters
could be acted upon when neces
sary.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
La ROE INSISTS
ON FEWER CABS

Citing necessity Of limiting the
number of taxicabs operating in
Washington, Wilbur La Roe, jr.,
chairman of the committee of
civil affairs of the Washington
Federation of Churches, today re-
quested permission from the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to appear
at the hearing on the cab situation
to be held on February 8.
Speaking on behalf Of the fed
Grafton, La Rose declared:
There are too many taxi
cabs in Washington, and the
drivers are subject to unfair
treatment because of the great
number of cabs. They are
forced to work from 10 to is
hours per day and then cannot
make a reasonable wage.
Because of inadequate earn
ings they are not able to pur-.
chase adequate automobiles or
keep them in safe driving con-
dition."
Should the Utilities Commission
be without power to deal ade-
quately with the situation under
the existing statutes, the fedora
ton stands ready to fight for legis-
lation that will extend these
powers. La Roe declared. -.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
U.S.. 10 Rebuild
ChdnIute Field

The War Department is working
on plans to replace several build
ings destroyed by fire and trans
form Chanute Field, ILL.,, into an
entirely new air base on a greatly
expanded scale, it was learned to-
day.
The buildings that were de-
stroyed by fire last Sunday at the
Air Corps Technical School there
will be replaced with temporary
structures. These will be replaced
with permanent buildings after
the field is expanded.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

That Is the story behind the
surprise agreement with the
French government that has
cleared the way for the worlds
first, regular transatlantic air
service in which this country
VIII play the leading part.
y Originally the airline ven
ture was launched by an agree
Inent between the Pan-Amer-
lean AirlineS and Britain's I'm
perial AirwayS. But because
the British, it is charged, have
hesd UP such air service for
nearly two years, the agree
ment has been nullified. Brit
ain has been pushed out of the
picture in favor Of France be-
cause the French government
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has demonstrated a willingness
to cooperate speedily before
other nations capture first
place in the aviation sun.
Prominent among these COM
petitor nations is Germany.
This Government will control
and supervise the granting of
flying rights for international
landings in this country, as it
is charged to do under Fed
eral law.
Negotiations are under way
with Portugal to assure all
American lines complying with
the rigid transatlantic passen-
ger-carrying regulations the use
of the Azores for landing pur-
poses.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

like 1O0d GEmnng conis'umon> 1T was said"
at tn sta% apartment he would be accept
able" tae has been an ambassador for some
years and is beloved everywhere. He's 81, and
he's to arrive here the end OF March or the first
part Of April.
I bet Mr.. Mario Guimaraes, who is the charge
dsffaires, will be glad to see him, too Gumaraes
has been acting ambassador for some time now.
and it's hard pull.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

there. He was in Atlanta two.
or three days ago, leather
jacket and all. freezing to
death. I guess. He was there
to do a broadcast. among other
things.
! can't help remembering
him in ireland, where he
often came out to the house
that Mrs. Messmore Kendall
had leased for the summer, out
side Of Dublin, and where I
was visiting. 1--WE all" decided
baseball was in order, to do
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Behind the News By Paul 14alzon

system Is still being supported
by our silver policy, have lately
been reported Gin Government
channels). to be working out the
following game:
Oil from confiscated wells OF
American concerns is being sold
to Germany under a barter ar
rangement whereby Mexico will
get machinery from Germany to
Supplant the machinery she
would ordinarily buy from the
United States. Reports that she
Is selling the German machinery
against United States competi-
ton in other Latin-American
countries are not confirmable
and are possibly premature, as
the German machinery has not
yet arrived in Mexico.
However, American machinery
manufacturers lately have COM
planned to this Government that
their Mexican orders are falling
off fast, which fact leads our
officials to suspect the worst.
(The New York Times CORE
spendent, who. was asked to
leave Mexico because of "inac-
curacies" in his dispatches re-
ported this situation which
seems to shave constituted his
main "inaccuracy." Apparently
Mexico, has picked up q trick
from Hitler, Stain and MusSo-
lini. They have been trying to
inttmidate foreign correspond
entS BY charging or. threaten
ing charges Of inaccuracies" on
dispatches which do not con-
form to what they want pub
HShed. :.
Some New Deal officials have
attempted to work the same gag
more lightly here, but without
much effect, as they do not yet
have the power Of bahiShment
for non-conformance with "ac.
curate" government views
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
"Cood NeishbOr" Policy

MANY q Roosevelt associate
wi is beginning to wonder when
the good" part of this good
neighbor policy" is going to start
IN Latin America.
So far it has been developing
aspects of q "softneighbor pol
4cy," with Americas own Yankee
traders "a phrase not often
used lately) acting out the part
of the man on the corner who
As an easy touch for everyone
else in the block.
Latest evidence is a Commerce
Department bulletin from Al"
gentina announcing the gov:
ernment tn ere practically
stopped imports from the United
States during the first two weeks
of January. The blow was dis
guised, but not softened, by high
official phrases. The Argentine
"exehange control office" merely
suspended applications for per-
mits for dollar exchange"-a
nice way Of saying they refused
to let their importers buy dol
lars to purchase American goods.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Carolina Dance

North Carolina's Senators and
their wives will be honored guests
Tonight at the reception and
dance given in the west ballroom
q the Shoreham Hotel by the
North Carolina Society.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
An lnaccur0cy

CPEAKIN G Of inaccuracies,
~ Speaker Bankhead has one
on this column. Recently it
was related here that Bankhead
Slipped" the appointment Of q
new member Of the anti-monopo-
ly committee into the Congress
sional Record, where it was not
discovered by newSmen for five
days. Truth is Bankhead an
nounced 1t to the House in the
usual way. The newSmen must
have been out to lunch, although
five days Is longer than they
usually require.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
s. NEAL

ON,S.) As lines were drawn
today for a battle to revise the
wagner labor act, Secretary Of
Labor Frances Perkins assumed
the role Of goodwill ambassador
Of the Administration in dealing
with Congress on labor questions.
In q friendly gesture. Miss
Perkins invited members OF the
House Labor Committee to confer
with her at luncheon next week.
Members Of the Senate LABOR
Committee also are expected 70
attend.
sTIRS CURIOSITY
While the proposed get-together
was described merely aS Q social
gathering, the secrecy which sur
rounded the invitation created
keen curiosity among members OF
the Labor committees.
Miss Perkins already has dis
closed her efforts to bring peace
between the American Federation
Of Labor and the Congress for In
dustrial Organization and Is pre-
pared, militantly, to defend basic
principles Of the Wagner labor
oct. There have been rumorS,
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
HOUSE GROUPS |
ON D, C, AFFAIRS
ARE REvAMPED
Many Changes Made in
Committee Personnel

Changes were made all around
yesterday on congressional conf
mittees which give the District
it's laws and tell the District how
to spend its money.
For the House District Commit
tee, it was revealed that the Re
publican leadership will name two
new men at the caucus tomorrow.
They are Representative Stephen
Bolles of Wisconsin and Albert l..
Vreeland of New Jersey.
THREE RELIEVED
Three veteran Republican men,
bers will be relieved Of their posts
on the D. C. Committee-Repre-
sentatives Ralph o. Brewster OF
Maine, Dewey Short of Missouri
and w. Sterling Cole of New York.
The House District Appropr1a-
tions subcommittee was shorn OF
all it's veteran members, with the
exception of Representative Ross
Collins CD of Mississippi, chair
man.
It's new members are Represent
atives Joseph E. Casey CDJ OF
Massachusetts, George H. Mahon
CD of Texas, Francis H. Case
(RO of South Dakota and Karl
Stefan (RD of Nebraska.
CLERKS APPOINTED
Representative Jennings Ran
dolph CD Of West Virginia. chair
man of the House District Com
mittee, named his secretary, Miss
Winifred Crosby, as clerk of the
committee, and Miss Mabel Haller.
formerly of the National Emer-
gency Council, as assistant clerk.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

honor to our young American "lion."
I'VE all" were the American minister, John
Cudahy: Tevis Wilson, his fright arm; Kitty
kendall, q Catholic priest who always lunched
with us on Sundays and, Of course. Corrigan and
myself. = ~'. t
.Corrigan was real American boy" He far
outshone all Of us at the old game, and we had
great fun. The priest was the best sport Of all.
When he ran for q base he pulled UP his robes
and fairly went to town." John Cudahy was no
Gouch, either, having perhaps the longest legs In
the diplomatic service. Also he's done good
deal of big-game hunting and. naturally, he is
wen versed in the art Of running.
COrrig0n "Lets DOlVn" 49,. o.
AS FOR Kitty and me, it would have put Joe
~ Didaggio and Lou Oehtis in the shade and
brought back memories Of Ty Cobb, the greatest
player Of all time. =
These games were the only times during Cor
rsan's "wrong.way" hop that he ever seemed to
really "let down" and enjoy himself; except. OF
course, when he would worshipfully work on his
old crate which had Grated" him to fame over
night.
can see the little fellow now as he drove up
70, the American legation In Dublin, surrounded
By people from the airport where ne had JUST
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Ewes Rib

WE HAVEN'T heard much recently in the
W papers Of Douglas Corrigan. our little dare
devil pilot who flew over to ireland while was
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

Love at first sight-science now ex.
plains It. So you thought selecting
wife, husband or sweetheart was your
own idea? Really, it's yOur ancestors
looking through your eyes. and those
genes, your hereditary units that do
the matchmaking, sometimes IN an
instant, says q Hungarian scientist.
An interesting and informative feature
in The American Weekly, the maya.
zine distributed with next Sunday'O
Washington Herald Times.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

however, that Miss Perkins might
sanction some changes in the law
to quell criticism Of the law and
the labor board.
The Secretary, 1t was reported, Is
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
BIZ :Evie' Robey7

landed firing the imagination Of the whole
world by landing there when everyone thought
he was en- route back home to Los Angeles.
Just happened to be returntng to the legation
from q horseb~ck ride with the minister and the
captain Of the irish show team and going in for
peaceful cup Of tea. But, instead, 1t was as If
war had been declared. Telephones ringing from
Paris, London, and America. The coolest person
there was this chap who hadn't slept for hours
on end He said simply, over and over to all in.
quiries 81 Just made mistake" -.
could hardly believe my cans as sat there
and heard from him, firsthand, the story unfold.
This brave person (you couldn't help falling for
him). his deed made fencejllmping and fox.
hunting and other socalled dangerous games
seem like kindergarten play.
New ENJOY Welcomed
GIT Is SAID" on excellent authority that we
e. are to have here anew Brazilian ambassa-
dor. Carlos Martinez Pereira sousa Sounds
wT,.seN coea.sAN 9'rr
II Is e:S S
2H33zo4 -
'"OA"T "e PNlesT
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
Mew York to- Paris in 10 Hours!
.-U u. s. Plans Air1Ine W|ithin YeA1
BEHIND THE NEWS

Uncle Sam, impatient with the long delay that has
marked the efforts of private to launch trans
atlantic airline service has stepped into the picture be-
he does intend to be caught mapping by other
nations
The Washington times., 1939-01-20

(WOrld Copyright, 1899, BY King
Features Syndicate, Inc, All Rights
Reserved. Reproduction in Fun o.
Nn Part Strictly PrOhibited.)
nEEPEsT shush-shush venture
~ of the new political season
Is a block-lettered strictly con-
fidential" report from the Shep
pard Committee received by
some Senators. A COMMITTEES
clerk brings them around. Re
Cipients are warned to read the
block letters, and particularly
not to let newsmen find out
about the report.
It Is not really q report, but
collection Of afhdavits &C.
Quired BY the. primary 1nVesCl-
eating committee, some under
promise Of confidence to those
who gave the information. The
affidavits seem to peg Kentucky,
Tennessee and Pennsylvania as
States which occupied most OF
the attention of Investigators.
Arkansas, however, appears
from casual reading to be the
worst from the standpoint: OF
political macing. =.
The investigators apparently
wanted to Let key Senator'S know
the low-down on WPA politics,
etc, without betraying the con-
fidence- Of their informantS.
The Washington times., 1939-01-20
MEXICO Con1petes

IF the Argentine situation does
L not force it, the Mexican
will. Those very nice people
next door, whose monetary
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

SACRAMENTO, April %. tUP)-
Successful in forcing through
compromise program of budget re-
ductions. a bipartisan assembly
bloc took advantage of Weekend
adjournment today to seek enough
new votes TO send the states oien-
nal appropriation bill to the senate
on Monday with a two-thirds ma
jority.
The original $557OOO000 budget
submitted by Gov. Culbert Olson
was dropped approximately $74OO'-
600 when the assembly passed late
last night the last of 80 susScSSlVe
amendments drafted by an economy
coalition of Republicans and con-
serVatiVe Democrats.
Promoters of the compromise
budget hoped to pick up enough
strength from weary administration
ranks to poll the necessary 81 votes
for final passage. If the budget is
sent to the senate with only a sim
pie majority constitutional restric'
by an additional $56,000000.
In any case the bill will face
further jockeying in the senate
ton governing biennial budget in
creases will apply and the appro
priations will be slashed hopeleSsl,
where recess coordinating com
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30

SAN FRANCISCO, April ~. 1oF
san Franciscos waterfront was
threatened with a new labor dis
putc today as unionists and en-
plovcrs clashed over payment ot
overtime to ship clerks. Each Sloe
accused the other of breaking falI1.
A climax was expected Monday
when cargo checkers are due to go
tc work at the port Of Oakland.
The clerks warned they would stop
work Monday unless they get an
overtime scale equal to that PAID
in san Francisco.
The Waterfront Employers As
scciation said it had been notified
officially of the walkout. The as
sociation appealed to Mayor Angelo
Rossi to intervene but RoSsi re-
fused. saying it would be 'presump-
tious" for hlm to act in an Oak
land controversy.
The port of San Francisco was
closed for three days Feb. "a by
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
BY MARGUERITE BROOKS

"St3telcSS families. wandering
homeless hordes following the hsr-
vests In a never ending cycle which
prevents them from gaining legal
residences in any state or who have
not been in California long enough
TO become residents. are the special
care of the Federal Farm Security
Administration in Imperial Valley
as well as in other parts of the
nation. c. w. kirkpatrick said Sat
urday
These transient agricultural la
borers were the Step-children Of the
California relief set-up until the
government established a bureau
especially for them.
kirkpatrick is the senior grant
supervisor for the FSA in Imperial
Valley and maintains an office and
warehouse in Calipatria close to the
area where there is the greatest
concentration of transient agricul-
tural workers.
During the peak of the unem-
ployment this winter, he made
emergency cash grants and distri-
buted food, clothing. bedding, and
equipment to 145o families. At
present 447 families are receiving
aid from the FSA
After these "stateleSS families
have been in California for a year
he said, they are eligible for aid
from the State Relief administra-
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30
Britain Lines Up
For Peace Treaty
Binding Germany

Continued from Page One)
were happy to note a perfect iden-
tity of views
Meanwhile Ivan Maisky, Soviet
ambassador. lust back from Mos
ccw. conferred at London with
Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax
N the extent of Russian aid 10
the democratic" powers Of Europe
in event of aggression.
Maisky made two proposals:
Britain and France should
Dledge themselves TO defend the in
dependence Of all nations along
the Soviet's western frontier ag-
ainst German aggression. That
would mean the British and French
would give Latvia, ESthonia and
Finland The same kind of guarantee
they gave Poland and Rumanla.
In return. Russia would enter
into q full military agreement with
Britain and France, The agree
ment would guarantee Soviet as
sistance in resisting any German
aggression against Britain ana
France or any Of their nelghbors
whose independence Britain ana
France consider their interest. That
means Russia would aid Britain
and France if they resisted German
invasion of Belgium. the Neither
lands or Switzerland.
In contrast to the Soviet pro-
posals. Britain and France origin
ally proposed that Russia simply
agree to help Rumania and Poland
to defend their independence.
There were strong reports that,
seeking some lead for constructive
peace action. the British govern
ment might reply to Hitler BY cit
ing his offer and. as a concrete
demonstration that Britain was not
hostile to Germany, propose actual
negotiations on it.
This would mean that President
Roosevelt's peace offer might bear
fruit after all with Britain taking
the first step to respond to Hit
ler's invitation to the 81 nations
the President mentioned.
But whatever the British govern
men might decide to do as regards
negotiations with Germany, it was
apparent that it intended to pro-
ceed both with conscription plans
and with formation of a big Euro
pean peace front" against any ag-
gresSor state.
Prime Minister Neville Chamber
lain decided to introduce a con-
scription bill in parliament Mon
dav.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-04-30


pilot, Brig. Gen. vladimir Kokkl-
MAXI, had suffered several broken
ribs in the crash.
Farmers from this island town
10 miles from the scene of the crash
carried them food and set up a
stretcher beside the plane on which
the injured flier lay throughout the
cold night. His companion, Maj.
Mikhail Gordienko. navigator and
radio operator, slept inside the
wrecked cabin.
Both wings of the plane were
smashed and one of the two mo-
tors was crushed.
The red, low winged plane. called
the Moscow, had been in the
air approximately 22 hours and 40
minutes. had completed the worst
stages of the long flight across
Scandinavia and the Atlantic, Just
below the Arctic Circle, and was
streaking down the home stretch
ahead of a tail wind at a 200 mile
an hour clip, when it was forced
down. 1t was only 100 miles short
of New York and only 225 miles
from the coast of Maine
Three explanations were given
for the forced landing: the plane
ran out of fuel. having used more
than was expected in fighting pre-
vailing headwinds across the At
lantic that at times reduced its
speed to l40 miles an hour; the fiji
ers lost their way, the plane de-
veloped mechanical trouble.