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speedily be increased. Conse-
quently, it is necessary for the
Government to think ahead.
New Deal Was Thinking
OF Intrenched Power.
Thinking ahead, citizens of
Charleston, is not only the secret
of defense, but of any we'll man
aged government.
But in this matter, as in almost
every other matter connected
with national defense, the New
Deal did not think ahead.
1t was thinking of intrench-
ing itself in permanent power.
1t was thinking of packing the
Supreme Court. 1t was thinking
of purging those in Congress who
dared to oppose its efforts to
drag us down the road to COM
plete state domination of our
lives.
II was undermining any &C
ceptable Democrat who might be
a candidate for President, except
the third-term candidate-who
was busy preparing an opportune
moment to be drafted.
Adolf Hitler came to power in
Germany in March, 1898. From
then until the outbreak of war
on September l, 1899, the situ-
alton throughout the world be-
came increasingly dangerous.
The State Department warned
the third-term candidate time
after time. So did the Army and
Navy. The third-term candidate
says he repeated these warnings
to the Congress.
But he allowed the plant to
stand idle, out of repair, and to
become useless for the production
Of armor plate. 1t was not until
late in October, 1889, after the
outbreak of actual war, that a
contract was entered into to put
this plant in working order.
The third-term candidate
prates of the State Department
listening posts in Europe that
transmit information to WASH
ington. That's the way he acts
on the information. Similar in
stances are manifold.
France Had Fallen Before
Production Operations Began.
And it was not until last June,
not until after France had been
conquered and England was
standing with her back against
the wall-not until then that op-
erations for the production of
armor plate were actually begun.
That disarmament Of us by
boondoggling neglect is not COM
pensated for by the fact that the
third-term candidate was once an
Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
and had his picture taken beside
the useless plant.
But that isn't the whole story.
The plans made year ago, and
after the outbreak of war. re-
quired less than one-third of the
production that we now need
from this very plant to meet our
present naval program. That's
the way he acts on superior
knowledge he claims.
During the period the third
term candidate now says he saw
trouble brewing, and during the
time he was receiving warnings
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raise the roof2 Oh, no. He asked
for an extra so million.
That is the way the third
term candidate placed emphasis
on national defense that is his
record.
And then came the events of
1888: The seizure of Austria by
Hitler, the Munich conference,
and the occupation of Czecho-
Slovakia by the NaZi military
machine.
World events rushed on with
an incredible speed and fury and
of these events, by his own
statement, the President had
foreknowledge and warning.
Army Is Reported Ranking
18th Among Those Of World.
And in that year-five years
after the New Deal had come to
power-the Acting Secretary Of
War reported that the United
States had fallen behind the
rest of the world not merely in
the number of its military air.
craft, but also in its technical
leadership. And the Army's
chief of staff declared that "our
Regular Army ranks only
eighteenth among the standing
armies of the world"
In his report of June 30, 1887,
the Secretary of War had said
that since airplanes couldn't be
improved, our peacetime strength
should closely approach our war
time requirements.
Yet, in his message to Con-
gress on January II, 1899, the
third-term candidate, with that
background, said, mo response
BILE officer advocates building our
air forces up to the total of either
of planes on hand or of produc-
tive capacity equal to the forces
Of certain other nations"
In 1899, in swift succession
Hitler dismembered Czecho-Slo-
vakia, demanded the surrender
by Poland of Danzig and the
Polish Corridor, concluded an
alliance with Russia and inflicted
upon the world the horrors of
total war.
The War Department increased
the urgency Of its warnings. In
June the chief of staff warned
that we were short of critical
armament and equipment. At
the end of that year-1939-he
reported that the Army "is prob
ably less than Is per cent ready
for immediate action"
Budget Message Overrules
Experts on Defense Needs.
And after that, what did the
third-term candidate recon-
mend?
In his budget message of jan
uary 3 last, four months after
the outbreak of European war,
and with that background, he
proposed expenditures for ma
tional defense that were an in
crease Of a quarter Of a billion
more than was spent in the fiscal
year 1910.
And he declared that this ap-
preparation was-and I am quot
ing his own words, This is an
increase, of course, over the cur
rent year, though it is far less
than many experts on national
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of it, and during the time he now
says he was asking Congress for
fuller defense, a part OF the
buildings and other facilities of
this armor plate plant were
turned over to the use of the
National Youth Administration
for the Office of the w. P. A.
Those are both worthy projects.
But I suggest that at that time,
it would have been better and
more in accord with a Presidents
plain duty, TO turn the entire
plant over to armor makers.
And there is no distortion about
that.
The third-term candidate
points with pride to what the
Government did when Woodrow
Wilson was President.
TwO-Ocean Navy Delayed
BY Inability to Produce.
But the two-ocean Navy, which
we need-need noW-ls seriously
delayed, because this plant will
not be able to produce armor
plate until 1912.
On october 2, of this year, the
Secretary of the Navy wrote
that it would be 18 months before
necessary equipment could be in
stalled, and that in the mean
time: "The armor capacity will
not be sufficient to meet the re-
quirementS of the building pro-
gram on the dates desired"
And the third-term candidate
can nail that one to his barn
door, if he wants to.
1 mention this example just
because I happen to be here in
Charleston. 1t is not eXcep-
tional. 1t is typical
Here is another instance: 1t
Is about the way he prepared
our Government arsenals to meet
the demands that he says he
saw brewing for many years.
Last year Gen. Marshall, chief
of staff of the Army, testified
that some of the machinery in
our arsenals was 40 years old.
Hearings in Congress last year
brought out the fact that 80 per
cent of the machinery was of
World War or pre-World War
construction.
Government arSenalS should
pilot plants, to serve as models
to show the way to private in
dustry in a national emergency.
II private industry tried to oper-
ate with machinery like that,
business would fail forthwith.
Army's Request for Funds to
Rehabilitate Arsenals Were Cut.
Last fall, after the war broke
out, the President cut the Army's
request for money to rehabilitate
the arsenals that his neglect
had impaired. Since then, Con-
gress has had to appropriate
money for their rehabilitation.
Yet he tries to blame Repubh-
cans for a condition of affairs
that he prevented the Army from
rectifying
If you want diversion and have
the time, you can turn to any
field in our defense and find the
same story.
Now let's see what the third
term candidates consistent pol
icy with respect to defense was
when. as he saws. be knew trou-
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call our youth to a new world
of opportunity. You want our
future America to be unified.
Every woman knows that the
lessons of democracy are learned
in the home. These are the
lessons of tolerance, fair deal
ing, honesty, unselfishness and
faith In one another. They
make unified families and they
also equally make unified ma
tions. We likewise need national
defense in this critical period of
the world and we shall have the
greatest defense that American
industry can produce.
But you women must be the
inspiration of the greatest de-
fense of all. That defense is the
strongest armor of the heroic
British people today. 1t is a
unified nation. We must have
the determination that Ameri-
can democracy shall not 60 the
way that the continental democ-
racies of Europe have gone. In
our future America you women
will want to keep the founda-
ton of liberal and universal edu-
cation on which our democracy
is built. You have claimed by
far the largest part in giving
us this treasure.
Wonwen's Part in Promoting
Arts and Culture Praised.
You have also done a wonder
full thing for us in teaching and
promoting culture and the arts.
We all want an America in which
the good life of education and
enlightenment shall be available
for the free choice of everybody.
Our culture is the measure of our
freedom, and you women will
always be the greatest influence
for culture, in your homes. in
your communities and in the
Nation.
think that most of all in this
difficult time we want the
America that we know and the
America that we love and trust,
and I believe that we will always
want it. For ourselves and for
our children we want the republic
of our constitution and of George
Washington, Jefferson, Madison,
Monroe, Jackson and of Abra-
ham Lincoln. This year all of
us are voting in responsibility
not only to ourselves but to
posterity and to civilization.
This campaign of ours has
been crusade to preserve
American democracy. When the
campaign is over I will still be
leading this crusade. I will lead
it in the White House if YOU
send me there. I will fight for
liberty all the days of my life.
This is a crusade for every man,
woman and child of the Aneri-
can people, descendants of every
race. faith and color. who have
built this wonderful country
and who are determined to keep
it. You will help us keep it,
women of America. You know
that in the words of Abraham
Lincoln this campaign is being
fought so that Government OF
the people, by the people and for
the people may not perish from
this earth
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Near Lubbock, Tex. H. w. Stan
ton, a livestock feeder, has con-
structed a ground silo 400 feet long.
so feet wide and 20 feet deep. 1t will
hold more than 10000 tons of ensi-
lage,
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invested $500 in new equipment, new meth
ods and new personnel.
Under our new Guaranteed Meats plan Sanitary
buys only the better grades of steer beef lamb,
pork and veal.
Packed in sanitary boxes, Guaranteed Meats
are delivered to your Sanitary market daily by
new-type trucks # fully enclosed, refrigerated.
Not only tenderness and havor-but clean, scien-
tifcally modern handling of Sanitary Guaranteed
Meats is guaranteed.
Will you make your test of Guaranteed Meats?
Get steak or roast at your neighborhood SAM.
tary market the next time you shop. MONEY
BACK IF YOU'RE NOT PLEASED!
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WE WENT to typical housewives who pride
w themselves on "setting good table," We
asked these critical women to test Sanitary
Guaranteed Meats for 80 days.
Some of the comments these women made you
can read here. The verdict of the entire group
was this: "We find Sanitary Guaranteed steaks,
roasts and chops tender, juicy delicious every hme
Onnota single purchase did ,canf our money back"
Results of this test are amazing But not more
amazing than Sanitary's revolutionary new meat
service itself. To assure you
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81 could have forgiven my Sanitary
market if at least one of my Is Guar
anteed Meat purchases hadn't been
absolutely tops. But every cut was
delicious" MRS. JOHN M. WATERS
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SerVlce 1tSeIf. TO assure you
perfect meats Sanitary meat
men built here the worlds most
unique meat handling plant ..
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Juicy?
(ZHHU@?

These houseuyives said "shoov US" ovhen they heard
- about this neaU Sanitary Guaranteed Meats service.
They tried steaks and chops from the Sanitary mark
q their homes for a month"; Read the ausuveys
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-03
Holiday Death
Toll Now zoo
BY UNITED PRESS

More than 200 persons are dead
today. victims of accidents and
violence during the Memorial Day
week end.
The toll mounted rapidly as the
nations workers celebrated the
four-day holiday and many started
on vacations. Highway accidents
led all the rest and accounted for
more than 100 OF the victims.
Thirty-eight were drowned.
California led the states with
29 dead, II in highway accidents.
Pennsylvania and New York re-
ported 20 deaths each. Michigan
had 10 deaths, Indiana 10, Ohio 10
and Wisconsin and West Virginia
8 each. Highway accidents caused
most OF those deaths.
The total was smaller than for
some holidays because many south
ern states do not observe Memorial
Day. but the National Safety
Council estimated that the week
end toll would mount to almost
500. the same number killed in
1888 when Memorial Day was on
Monday.
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Survivors
OF BEF Tell
OF LOsses!
At A SOUTHEAST ENGLISH

At A SOUTHEAST ENGLISH
PORT German forces attacking
without regard for terrible losses
were reported by British Expedi-
tionary Force survivors today TO
have penetrated the main allied
defense line protecting Dunkirk.
All but perhaps one allied
division presumably $4,000
men) were believed to have
been evacuated before the Ger
mans drove through rear
guard lines along the flooded
canals outside the French port.
Describing what appeared to be
the final act in an historic and
largely successful withdrawal from
Flanders. the late arrivals from
across the channel said sheer
weight of numbers forced the Brit
ish and French resr-guard back TO
the coast.
The Germans lost an enor-
nous number OF men In the
attack, they reported. There
were various estimates Of the
number of British, French and
Belgian troops evacuated. run
ming as high rs 80 per cent Of
the British expeditionary
force. The b. r. r. originally
was estimated mt more than
100000 mem.
Troops still were arriving here
and entraining for London and
other points.
Many of them shouted that they
were going back for another shot
at the ferries"
One train load carried a crude
banner saying: I'VE had rough
time, chum. but we've learnt to
swim anyhow"
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National Guard
Call Explained
WASHINGTON

WASHINGTON -=- Gen. George
c. Marshall, chief OF staff. said
today that President Roosevelt's
request for discretionary authority
10 call the national guard into
active service is precautionary
move against a recognized pos
sibility Of dangerous developments
In this hemisphere.
Marshall said the army has only
five streamlined infantry divisions
OF $500 men each available In
continental United States, while
a sixth il being organized at Fort
BenninR, Ca. In the event OF
trouble In this hemisphere. he said,
the nation would have to have
more trained and seasoned
troops quickly.
Under the present laws. the
president can call national guards
10 active duty in cases Of lnys-
sions or Instruction. similarly.
the militia can be called cut II
congress declares national
emergency. But. officials ex-
planned. the national guard could
not be sent out Of the country.
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Canadian Soldiers
Beaten by Nazis

VANCOUVER. Is. C.--Ths Van
eonver Sun today declared that
Canadian soldiers In training at
the military camp at Dandnrn.
sssh. are subjected 10 ~ treat
msnt and abuse ~ the sllen sec
ton Of the population and Sazi
sympsthizsrs
The paper quoted a letter from
q young soldier 10 his mother.
Mrs. A. Wilson. Of New West
minister, - G.. As saying on.
soldier had been in a hospital for
three months suffering from in
juries received when he WA beaten
by residenis
Mrs. Wilson was quoted AZ say
ing the boys Al night ar. obliged
10 walk in groups for their own
protection Two Of her sons are
al D,indurn. one a lance corporal
and the other a private. both In
the Westminster regiment.
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Cole Jury
Is Still Out

oLyMrIt--Ths jury consider
los grand larceny and misconduct
charges against former Htsi. Pa.
troll chief William A. Cole reported
today u was una bic ~ reach = yer.
diet. bgt Superior Jtidgs John NJ
Wilson refused 20 discharge n and
sent Il back for further deilb~ra-
tions.
The jury rsssissd the ease
st AS y. 10. Friday afternoon
and worked until 1910 D. m..
fe>DD,ins deliberations 4afu-
day morning about \ o'clock.
Two and a half hours later the
bsr, returned To the courtroom
and advised Judge Henry vii
sos they had bern unable To
agree oa A.goitt.I or esssie-
tiou-
Judge Wilson told the jurors he
believed ibey could get together
On a verdict and thus avoid a hung
Jury. which would require another
trial lis asked tbsn II they want
ed any VI the Instructions sx-
planned but they indicated not.
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9Th Column
Under Fire
Of Demos
Bourbon KeYnoter
Puts Communists
In Spotlight

Battle flags of the Fifth Column
III such there was) were dropping
at midday Saturday, after Demo-
Gratis of Pierce county. assembled
in convention. had heard a chal-
longing keynote address, then re-
cessed until afternoon.
w. A. Richmond. Tacoma
lawyer and former member Of
the legislature, turned his
oratorical talents loose, with
little restraint, on Commun-
lists, "hell-raisers" he called
them, with us "even now, In
this hall"
He demanded that a flag salute
be called for at the conclusion of
his speech, and that all who failed
to respond be expelled.
The cheer that rose from his
audience indicated Reds, II any,
were due to experience an I'M
pleasant session. At recess time,
however, the flag salute had not
yet been called for by the chair
man.
II was indicated, meanwhile.
that the credentials committee
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-03

WELCOME news indeed dis is
p" the announcement that
Tacoma's census enumeration
will show a population figure
exceeding that of 1880. 1t
comes on the heels Of a
spirited campaign waged by
civic bodies to bring out the
full population listing. 1t had
been feared weeks ago that
the census would show a de-
cided loss; indeed, a drop be-
low the 100000 mark. knowl-
edge that the population ex-
ceeds 100000 is therefore
very welcome. 1t shows what
can be done by enlistlng CO.
operation of all agencies in
getting a complete count. All
agencies enlisted in the drive
deserve honorable mention Tor
their efforts.
IINWELCOME is the news
y that proposed rates on the
Narrows bridge as announced
by the state bridge authority
will exceed that Of the pres
CONTINUED on Page s, Column 81
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.Battleship
Washington
Is Launched
pHII,ADrI.PHIA

PHILADELPHIA - Americas
mightiest bid for security on the
high seas. the Ss.ooo-tou eattlcshlp
u. S. 5. Washington slld down
the ways TO the cheers and shouts
of 10000 persons at Philadelphia
navy yard Saturday.
The $50. 0oo. 200. 7sa foot
long nan-of-war slid into the
river at mas .. IN. without
mishap and Immediately was
snubbcd nv q dox~n tug boats.
II had been feared that the
huge craft might slide across
the 800 foot channel and
ground on the New Jersey
shore. but everything pro-
grcssed ~ planned.
Precautions were wen more
elaborate and strict than those
surrounding launchings during the
World war. Naval hlimps dronei
overhead to warn away all air
planes and for three hours before
and during the ceremony a score
of naval. coast guard and harbor
police boats kept all craft off the
river for a distance of two miles
on each side OF the yards.
Pretty i5-year-old Virginia
Marshall 81 Spokane. Wash.
descendant Of Chief Justice
John Marshall of the u. =. su-
preme court. smashed q bottle
OF champagne against the
Washington's gray steel prov
In the christening ceremony.
Prior To the launching there were
addresses by Assistant Secretary
OF Navy Lewis Compton. U. 3. Sen.
David /. Walsh. Dem. Mass. chair
man OF the naval affairs com
mittec. and Rear Admiral A. ".
Watson. navy yard commandment
The Washington was the first
United States ba,tieship launched
in 10 years.
Tho Washington WA rushed
10 completion one month
ahead Of schedule under the
new preparedness program. Its
feature. have been . carefully
guarded secret. and . constant
watch has been kept by ma
rines since the keel was laid
on June u. 1888.
II was the first battleship con-
structed In this country since the
Continued ON Page 4, Column 81
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BASEBALL
AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago 80. 900 900 00l--i 7 !
Boston go. 900 200 OOx--2 8 l
Knott, Brown 49, and fresh,
Turner; Harris and Desautels.
st. Louis III OO2 Ooo-5 8
New York .1ll0 $40 0lx-S IL l
Bildilli. Kramer 90 and Swift
Chandler, Murphy 90 and Diekey.
Cleveland . :. oio 900 600
Philadelphia. 2IO O2o 1os--S . Z
Allen, Dobson 80 and Hemsley.
Ross and Hayes.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston ..... 900 O02 00O-2 ;
Cincinnati 0IO 020 O0,-s .
Posedel and Lopez. Thompson
and Lombard.
Brooklyn 600 21O 900 00o--s . q
Chicago 900 OOs 900 00I-s a !
Carleton, presnell 49, and Man
cuso. Raffebsberger. Mooty lsJ,
Shoun (l2) and Todd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-06-03
An Expert
Appraises
The War
BY ] W. T. MASON
United Press War Expert

French operations in the
Abbeville area seem TO be
a preliminary maneuver TO
interfere with a German
drive on Paris. for which
reason, the German high
com mand has ordered
strong resistance. Any
German effort to reach
Paris must rely on rail
communications for vital
assistance. If the Anglo
French forces can hold the
rail functions, a German
advance will be gravely
impede d, if not wholly
checked.
General Weygand shows
by his Abbeville operations
that he believes the Ger
mans may be preparing to
swing toward Paris from
the west. using the Able
vile railhead as a main
base of operations. Though
the German armies are now
mechanical, in part, numer-
Gus divisions of infantry
have no adequate mechan-
zeal equipment and need
railway transportation for
a rapid advance, as do also
heavy guns.
Might BE Useless
The main French railway
running from Calais, passes
through Boulogne and fol-
lows the coastline TO Able
vile, where it turns south
east to Amiens and then
runs south to Paris. The
coastline section could be
made useless by allied war
ships which have shown
their effectiveness in the
past week at Dunkirk. But,
Abbeville is sufficiently in
land to be comparatively
safe from such attack.
Abbeville il connected with
Continued on Page 3. Column d
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8 Justices
Rule Against
Mel Tennent
Young Mayor Will
Take Office as
Scheduled MondoY

OLYMPIA-The State Supreme
court today upheld the right of
Harry P. Cain to hold the office
of Tacoma mayor and rejected
claim of former Mayor NJ. G. Ten
nent that Gains name was placed
on the municipal election ballot
Illegally.
Cain ran third in the primary
election. but the first place win
ner, G. B. Kerstetter. died four
days before the general election.
The county election board put
Gains name on the ballot along
with Tennent's in place of Ker-
stetter and he won In the general
poll, 1878 votes to 17.113 votes.
Tennent contested action Of
the election board placing
Gains name on the ballot by