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Evening star., 1940-10-26
Mrs. Norton Hits Wi|Ikie S
Attitude Toward Women
By the Associated Press.

BY tne hSStNIdttd 1850
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Repre-
sentative Mary T. Norton, Demo-
crat. of New Jersey. chairman OF the
House Labor Committee, declared
last night that the real issue OF
the presidential campaign was the
people versus special privilege"
Speaking to the voters of New
England in Yankee network
broadcast, Mrs. Norton praised the
administration of President RoOse-
welt. urged his reelection and at
tackled Wendell Wilkes record
and his attitude toward women in
public office
Mr.. Wilkes record as president
OF Commonwealth e. Southern dis
Closes" Mrs. Norton said. that he
fought by every means at his COM
mand the efforts of President Roose-
welt to establish Tennessee Valley
Authority. known as T. V. A..
Concerning the Republican cam
didate's attitude toward women in
public Office, Mrs. Norton asserted
that Mr.. Willkie has been carplng
about certain women in public Of
flee. The inference I draw is that
he lacks confidence in the ability
OF members of my sex to hold and
administer public Office. We
shall take no chances with man
who apparently has no faith in our
ability
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Rome
Continued From First Page)

recent axis contacts with the
French.
British planes bombed the Italian
base of Tobruk in Libya. COM
muniQue said. while Italian planes
bombarded the East-West Egyptian
Railroad at Matruh. Fuka and Ell
Daba. along the potential route of
Italian invasion.
Italian bombs left visible damage
and fires" at railroad works at those
three points, the communique said.
The Italians acknowledged that
light damage was caused at To-
bruk without human losses but
asserted no damage was done by
the warship bombardment.
1t was announced that Capt. Con-
destroyer Francisco Nullo, pre-
viously reported sunk after being
damaged in a Red Sea naval bat
tie early in the week. went down
with his ship after having ordered
all the crew to safety.
Italians Strike Out.
For several days the Italians have
been sending out small motorized
columns l8 to Is miles east
and south of Sidi Barrani, dis
patches said. to break up British
outpostS. The British have used
armored cars and tanks in counter
thrusts against the italian columns.
Italian planes, meanwhile. have
concentrated on the bombing of
trenches, barbed-Wire entangle-
ments, concrete Notifications, ar
tillery positions, camps and barracks
of the British defense position at
Matruh. behind which the Italians
said seven strong British divisions
have been massed to block the. way
to the Nile.
Thousands OF Italian laborers
have built desert road linking the
italian advance position with the
Libyan base. Telegraph and tele-
phone lines have been laid. Truck
caravans are ready to bring up sup
plies. Warehouses, automobile parks
and workshops have been built at
the italian base, within go miles of
Egyptian territory.
Peace Drive Doubted.
Meanwhile, a Fascit authority,
commenting on reports abroad that
the axis might launch peace
offensive" declared it would be more
accurate to speak of an imminent
military offensive intended to end
the war. 1t was thought he re-
ferred to coming push into Egypt.
The newspaper II Popolo di Roma
said Benito Mussolini and Adolf
Hitler reaffirmed at their last Bren-
ner Pass meeting the determination
of the axis to continue the war
"inexorably until victory"
The Fascist press carried belated
accounts today of President Roose-
velt's Columbus day speech on
American defense preparations.
The newspaper II Messaggero
published part of the text of the
speech on the front page and ex-
planned it had been difficult to OBJ
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Two More Negroes
GET Important
Defense Places
Administration Ignores
Attack on Appointment
OF CoIored General

In the face of Republican charges
that the promotion of Col. Benja-
min o. Davis to be brigadier gen.
eral is a Democratic effort to WOO
the Negro vote, the administration
went step further and placed two
more colored men in high places in
the defense machine.
The War Department announced
last night that President Roosevelt
had named former Judge William
H. HaStie, now dean OF Howard Uni
versity Law School, as civilian aide
to the Secretary of War, to be con-
Cerned with the development and
administration of policies looking to
the lair and effective utilizatio of
Negroes in all branches of the mill
tary service"
Selective service headquarters an
nounced the appointment of Maj
Campbell johnson as executive as
sistant to Director C. A. Dykstra
Mai. johnson formerly was professor
of sociology at Howard.
Hastie Makes Statement.
The War Department said that
Judge Hastie. in accepting appoint
ment, explained that he has con-
sistently expressed his opposition to
any policy of discrimination or seq
regation in the armed forces and
that it is his belief that in this
position he will be able to work ef-
fectively toward the integration Of
the Negro into the Army and to
facilitate his placement, training
and promotion"
A graduate of Amherst College
and Harvard Law School. Judge
HaStie was at one time Federal
JUDGE for the Virgin Islands and
a former assistant solicitor in the
Interior Department.
The appointment Of Col Davis
first Negro to be advanced to the
rank of general in Army history
drew criticism Of the President by
Francis E Rivers. director of COL
ored activities for the Republican
National Committees Eastern di-
vision. who said that the move was
a desperate" effort Ito impress
COlored citizens"
Move Is Criticized.
Two weeks ago Mr.. Roosevelt
Jumped 100 cOlOnelS over Col Davis. "
Mr.. Rivers said in a statement in
New York "Colored newspapers
and colored citizens have protested
so loudly over this injustice that
he now. on the eve of the preSiden-
tial election. makes this promotion.
The intent is clear
Representative Reed, Republican,
of New York said in statement
that Democratic National Commit
tee press release 'publicizing the
new chemistry building at Howard
University was a tricky perform
ance"
In the statement. issued through
the Republican National Committee
he said
Appropriations made for six
buildings and other projects at
Howard University by Republican
Congresses and approved by Repub-
lican Presidents were impounded on
March %, 1888. by the New Deal
when it came into office The sew
eral buildings were then released
one by one, as New Deal-Democrati
gifts"
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Priest Back From Arctic Tells
of Smoking Coal Mountains
Saw Other Strange
Sights, Including
Bio Willow Grove

A slender little Catholic priest
is back in Washington today with
a story of a l5000-mile trip into the
Arctic wilds. during which he saw
smoking mountains of coal that
have been burning as long as man
can remember, the only willow grove
in the Arctic and an island made
of alternate layers of ice and soil
He is the Rev. Artheme Dutilly,
44year-old research associate in
botany at Catholic University, who
after a summer in the Far North
returned to the Capital in last
Saturdays snowstorm with several
thousand sheets OF botanical speci-
mems. insects, rocks and minerals.
This was his 10th scientific jour-
ney North but this time he did H.
900 of the $4,000 miles by airplane
The rest was by rail.
Brought Dialect Dictionaries.
To him, outside OF the fact that
he, went farther north than ever,
the highlight of the trip was the
bringing back of samples of die
tionarieS of the Indian and Eskimo
dialects prepared by hand by mis-
SionarieS in the Arctic area for
their own use. He photographed
many of these manuscriptS-some-
thing that was made possible by
grant from the American Philosoph-
ical Society in Philadelphia.
Often, it was explained. only one
copy of these dictionaries was
aavilablc, usually written in BEAU
tifully shaded script with explana-
tiCnS and nOtations in French.
The burning coal deposits he saw
on the shores of the Arctic Ocean
as he flew eastward from the
Mackenzie River delta. The ES-
kimos call ii Smoky Mountains -
immense coal deposits which have
ben burning continuously since man
first entered the region.
Willows in the Far North.
Eskimos told him OF a valley in
which grove of willows was grow
ing Not far from Minto Inlet. on
Victoria Island. ne found them in
sheltered valley about a quarter
of a mile long. He said they had
grown to a height of 7 or 8 feet.
How they have reached this height
in climate where ordinarily at full
growth they are no bigger than me
palm of a mans hand because of
the cold. is a mystery to him and
Will be one of the things he will
try to discover from the samples
he brought back
At the mouth of the Mackenzie
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Politics
Continued From First Page.)

tonight only in the role of citizen
and an American
1T is obvious he spoke grimly,
"that President Roosevelt will not be
reelected for the third term unless
he has the overwhelming support of
the men and women of labor. If he
is, therefore. reelected, it will mean
that the members of the c. I. o.
have rejected my advice and recon-
mendation. I will accept the result
as being the equivalent of vote
of no confidence, and will retire
as president of the C. I. o. at its
convention in November"
Many grievances against Mr.
Roosevelt were put into words by
Mr.. Lewis, his initial one being the
unacceptable conclusion" that the
Presidents motivation and objective
today is to involve this Nation in
war.
Declares Labor Neglected.
"In the last three years." he con-
tinued, labor has not been given
representation in the cabinet, nor
in the administration or policy
making agencies of Government.
The current administration has not
sought nor seriously entertained the
advice or views of labor upon the
question Of national unemployment
or lesser questions affecting domes-
tic economy. internal taxation, for
eign trade, military and naval ex-
panSion. relations with foreign ma
tions or the issue of war and peace.
Labor today has no point of con-
tact with the Democratic adminis-
tration in power. except for casual
and occasional interviews which are
granted its individual leaders. In
the Congress, the unrestrained bait
ing and defaming Of labor by the
Democratic majority has become a
pastime. never subject to rebuke by
the titular or actual head of the
party
Acknowledging the incongruous
quality in his being allied politically
with the little steel" magnates
whom he has so bitterly and publicly
hated in the past and who are now
active sponsors Of the Willkie can
didacy, Mr.. Lewis added signifi-
cantly:
1T is reasonable hope that these
gentlemen, acting in their corporate
capacities, will soon execute COL
lective bargaining contracts with
the G. I. O."
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Norman Thomas Calls
Rivals 'Intervenfionists'
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
ROCHESTER. n. Y. Oct. 20
Norman Thomas. Socialist presiden-
tial nominee declared last ngiht
that Wendell Willkie has been cap
tured by the same interventionist
school" as President Roosevelt and
there is nothing left for peace
lovers TO do but vote Socialist
It do not challenge the Presi-
dents subjective sincerity" Mr.
Thomas said, but one may wish
for peace on dangerous or impos-
sible terms. He is today gambling
our own liberties and the lives of
our people on the protection of
Shanghai or Singapore. although
in May he told us that We could
barely protect Omaha
The Republican presidential NOM
inee, Mr. Thomas said. lis, if any
thing. even more than the President
the spokesman OF that diving private
capitalism which. having failed to
conquer poverty at home, seeks ex-
pansion through armament eco
nomics, imperialism and war"
Evening star., 1940-10-26

this vote and have made some
headway. One Democrat told me
that the President should have al
least so per cent of the coloreG
voters with him.
The Democrats are importing
prominent Italian speakers from
MARY land, Pennsylvania and New
York to help keep this racial bloc
of votes for Roosevelt. The Demo-
Gratis are counting on the Polish
vote, and also of the Jews.
Businessmen, big and little. thi;
year are lined up almost solidly for
Mr.. Willkie. There is sizable anti
third-term Democratic vote, and the
rural sections are regarded as Re-
publican.
Democrats Charge Fraud.
Democrats charge that Repub-
licans. controlling the city govern
ment in Wilmington. have put lot
of fraudulent registrations on the
poll lists and voted perhaps 5000
or 5000 fraudulent votes. The Sen
ate Campaign Investigating Com
mittee held hearings here. A ,ai.
has gone forth for Federal grand
jury. This, the Democrats say, will
put fear in the hearts of any Re-
publican fixers. to the advantage
of the Democrats ticket
The Du Pont familv-Which Is
legion and tremendously wealthy =
is keeping quiet in this campaign
If members of the family are max
ing contributions. little is being said
about it. The fact that a Du P1nt
married a son of President Roose
welt is not. however, making the
slightest difference in the feeling c!
the Du Points toward Mr.. Roosey Ell
and his third-term drive. They are
"agin" both.
Wilmington and its immediate
environs cast about three -fourths oi
the entire vote in the State. If the
Republicans are we'll heeled with
money on election day, to pay 70;
workers-not votes-it may have
considerable effect.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Flynn Assai|s 6. 0. P.
For Using Dictators'
Technique Of Fear
Democratic Chuirmon
Charges Appeal to Hate
Result Of Desperation

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 26.-Edward ].
Flynn, chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee. charged last
night that after several shifts in
C mpaign strategy, Republican
forces, "in utter desperation yielded
to the technique which the die
tators have found so successful in
extending their power over the peo-
ple-the technique of threat, terror
and fear
In a radio address Mr.. Flynn
added:
In this campaign, a flood Of
scurrilous literature prepared by
high-powered character assassins
attacking President Roosevelt and
his family is pouring over the Ma
tiOn on scale unknown perhaps
since Lincoln's time.
Asks RedOubled Activity.
Every possible appeal to hatred,
bigotry and intolerance is included
in this stream of muddy poison
propaganda.
The President is openly called a
dictator and his administra ton is
described as the real fifth column
Apparently no lie is too gross or
malicious for circulation, including
the charge that he is traitor TO his
country
Mr.. Flynn urged redoubled &C
tivity on the part of Roosevelt sup
porters, saying, we have this cleo
ton won. We must not throw 1t
away because of overconfdence.
Says Farmers Not Fooled.
president Roosevelt established
the faith in which he is held by the
American people through deeds of
which all men know he said. That
faith will not be swayed by manu-
factured fear nor by empty words
and phrases"
Mr.. Flynn said Willkie forces
adopted a hate Roosevelt cam
| paign after failing TO fool the solid
and sound farmers with the pic
ture OF the barefoot boy who be-
came great Wall Street lawyer"
and later after having failed TO
| pull the wool over the eyes of the
American voter by adopting all Of
the domestic and foreign policies of
the President"
Evening star., 1940-10-26

River was Herschel Island, some 300
to 400 feet high and giving the i'm
preston of being solid piece of
land Exploring crevasses. Father
Dutilly said he found layers of soil
3 TO feet thick, alternating with
thickness of ice.
Mosquitoes Prove Troublesome
The bulk of the trip was in the
plane Santa Maria, used by Bishop
Gabriel Breynat, one of two Cath
olIc bishops having ecclesiastical
jurisdiction over the Arctic, in
visiting his missions.
The trip had its dangers. At one
period fog forced them to fly only
$50 feet above the water. The mos
quitOes, he added, were terrible.
The specimens brought back by
Father Dutilly will be studied and
classified by university botanists and
in some instances by special Federal
scientists interested in the results
Some of the specimens will be sent
to the Vatican. to Russia. Sweden.
Denmark, Greenland and a number
of other educational centerS.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
WiOkie Nominated
In 'Puppet Show
|ckes Declares
GO. Choice Must Pay
Piper in Privileges if
Elected, Official Says
b. III. Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO. Oct. 26.-Secretary
1CkeS declared last night that the
Republican convention at Philadel-
phia which nominated, Wendell L
Wlllkie for President. was "a puppet
show. controlled convention. dOmi-
mated by money and steered py a
clique"
80 certain was Mr.. Willkie that
he was not the choice of the plain
people MI. ICkeS sad in speech
to a Democratic labor rally. that he
did not dare to submit his candidacy
in a single primary State.
Charges Dewey Betrayed"
He may pretend that the nomi-
nation cost him practically nothing,
but it cost plenty of people plenty
of money. And if he is elected Presi-
dent, Mr. Willkie will be expected to
pay the piper-not in money, but in
special privileges, in unfair advan-
tageS that will enable his wealthy
friends to regain all that they have
invested in Willkie, with profits of
a thousand per cent"
Convention delegates, Mr.. Ickes
asserted swung in line for Willkie,
scourged there by Wall Street and
stultihed themselves by betraying
the trust imposed in them by their
constituents.
He charged that Mr.. Willkie and
his advisers conceived the clever
scheme of using Thomas E. Dewey
as stalking horse and later be
trayed" him. Mr. Dewey. district
attorney of New York, was one OF
the leading Republican cadidates.
Accuses Utility Magnates.
Mr.. Ickes asserted that "a gentle
man by the name of Al Blinn, presi-
dent of the Ohio Edison Co" sat
In the South Carolina delegation
at the convention and "displayed a
South Carolina alternate's badge.
He said that Thomas w. Lamont,
Zone of the tried and true partners
of J. P. Morgan & Co. went tc
Philadelphia during the convention
ITO see Row his protege was getting
along"
When Mr.. Lamonts presence at
Philadelphia was announced pub
licly. MI Ickes declared. he was
hustled conveniently back to New
York"
Utility magnates." Mr.. Ickes said,
wanted one of their own in the
White House
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Delaware
Continued From First Page)

its ticket in the race for the House
seat.
Both Mr.. Culbertson and Mr..
Allen carry weight and the result
of the spit is expected to aid the
G. o. P State and congressional
tickets. What effect. if any, it will
have on the presidential race is
not so clear In the first place
the Liberal Democratic party has
declared for President Roosevelt 100
per cent. 1t sought to place on its
ballot the same presidential cleo
tors who appear on the regular
Democratic slate. The regulars,
however, declined to permit this.
The upshot has been there are no
presidential electors at all on the
Liberal party ballot. Those who
vote the Liberal party ticket will, if
they wish to take part in the presi-
dental contest. either have to vote
for the regular Democratic presi-
dental electors or for the Re-
o1lb1ican eloctnrS
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Suez Canal Road Closed
To All but Armed Forces

CAIRO. Egypt. Oct. 26 LP'.-A
martial law decree today closed the
Suez Canal road from Ismailia to
Port Said TO all except British and
Egyptian naval and military forces
and persons with special passes.
Under an Anglo-Egyptian agree
ment signed today the British VIII
build roads. bridges. barracks and
other defense works for Egypt. The
preliminary program calls for works
costing about So 100000.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
DC. Man Named Officer
Of Confectioners' Group
BY TIE Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Oct. 26-
L. E. Hurtz of Omaha. Nebr., was
elected president of the Interna-
tional Association of Ice Cream
Manufacturers last night to succeed
w. j. Barritt of Tampa. Fla.
Others elected were H P. Hood
of Boston, vice president; R. C.
Hibben of Washington. executive
secretary, and Claude Parcelle Of
Fredericksburg, Va, treasurer.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Few Votes May Be Decisive.

The regular Democrats say they
will have no trouble; that the Lib
erals party will poll small num-
ber of votes. However. in Delaware
this year small number of votes
may turn out to be of considerable
significance.
The total vote cast in 1886 was
1916, of which Mr.. Roosevelt re-
ceiVed 69,7O and Mr.. Landon, 54,-
Ola In 1882, Delaware was one
Herbert Hoover, Mr.. Roosevelt losing
it by about 5000 votes This has
established a quaint idea in the
minds of New Dealers here that
political trends are slow reaching
Delaware and that the State will
not swing back to the G. o. P. until
1914, even if there is a trend to
the G. o. P. in other parts of the
country now.
Four years ago it was the Repub-
licans who were split and who
placed independent State and con-
greSsional tickets in the field. In
1888 the Republicans staged a come
oack and elected Representative Will
liamS to the House with a lead OF
almost $4,000 votes. Today the
C. o. P. forces are united. and they
have with them the independent
Willkie clubs and the Willkie Demo-
Gratis.
The G. o. P. nominee for Gov
ernor is Mayor Walter Bacon OF
Wilmington. who has held that office
for six years. He is an lndefatigable
worker and has given the city d
satisfactory government. He received
a larger vote for Mayor. the last
time he was elected, than was ever
given to any other candidate In
some quarters it is believed he vii!
run ahead of Mr.. Willkie and ahead
of Senator Townsend, too, on the
Republican ticket.
The Central Labor Union of Will
mington has indorsed Mr. Bacon for
Governor and Mr.. Roosevelt for
President. There is fear that the
Baconites may sell Mr.. Willkie down
the river for assurance that Mr.
Bacon will have the governorShip
That, however. would be a risky
thing because of the large number
of independent Willkie people, who
might retaliate in big way against
Mr. Bacon.
There is larger registration in
the State than at any time in its
history-about $4,000 more than in
1886. Just what all this new regis
tration is going to do on election
day is conundrum, with both
Republicans and Democrats claim
ing an advantage. During the last
four years, industrial workers have
come into the State in consider
able numbers, and they may be
responsible for the increased reg.
lstration in part. If so. that may
be a Roosevelt advantage. The
President is still tremendously
strong with the workers.
Angle for Negro Vote.
There has been some change,
however, both on the part of labor
and the so-called white collar class.
The change has been in the di-
rection of the Republicans. The
large Negro vote in Delaware, esti-
mated as high as 10000 voters, al
ways is a factor in elections. Much
of this vote went to President
Roosevelt in 1896. The Republicans
have been working hard to regain
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Politics on the Air
Toniqht

WMAL. Senator Lodge,
substituting for Wendell L.
Willkie.
9:45-WJSV, Senator Vanden-
berg. From Cleveland under Re-
publican Committee sponsorship.
l0:00-WMAL, Hugh johnson:
From Boston on behalf of Mr..
Willkie
10:45-WJSV. Norman Thomas,
Socialist candidate for presi-
dency.
Other speeches, apparently
non-political, include:
9:l5-WMAL. Secretary Of
State Hull, American Foreign
Policy
10:15-WJSV, Gen. Robert E.
Wood, Our Foreign Policy"
10:3O-WRC. Secretary of the
Navy Knox. Topic unannounced.
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Pencil Collecting
Brinqs In $4,000

PRATT, Kans-The pencil col
lecting hobby that Ed Johnson
started as boy has grown up with
him. He now has $4,000 of them
and claims it is the largest pencil
collection in the world outside Of
newspapermanS pocket"
Evening star., 1940-10-26
Compliments on Food
Disclose Mistake
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DUNN, N. C-The dinner guests
were so profuse in their praise OF
the corned beef that the hostess took
a look at the can to determine the
brand of meat that had brought
such compliments. It was dog food
served by mistake.
Evening star., 1940-10-26

tain bacause it had been distorted
by the British press and radio.
This was the first time in recent
weeks that Italian newspapers had
taken notice of the President S
statements.