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Evening star., 1940-02-28

There $50 men and women, in charge
in this part Of the country, are
listening to lectures by Government
experts on agriculture, geography,
population and housing. Similar
schools are open In seven central
cities across the continent. On
Saturday their graduates" will take
over the training Of the $4,000
enumerators who will make the
actual house-to-h canvass, be-
ginning April 2. Census executives
will impress each and every enumera-
tor with the necessity for utmost
courtesy and tact" People must
be left with smile, which will be
impossible If the census-taker is not
punctiliously polite" .....
4 X X
Bob Moses Shrewd Forecast.
Growing attention is bestowed
upon "The Political Olympics,
written for the Saturday Evening
Post Of February "a by Robert Moses,
New York park commissioner and
one-time Republican candidate for
Governor. Democratic and Republic
can politicians agree 1t is one OF the
most acute 1910 analyses yet made in
any quarter. Moses doubts the
deadliness Of the third term ISSUE"
says it's stronger among intellectuals
than among the voting masses. His
"hunch" is Roosevelt will again head
the Democratic ticket, provided FaS
ley's figures show F. D. RS re-
election is possible. II the figures IN
dicate this is doubtful, Moses thinks
the President will make q great
virtue of retiring and concentrate on
selection of a ticket satisfactory to
him." Moses pleads with Republi-
cans to learn q lesson from 1886
and proceed on the assumption that
In order to win, they must deserve
victory" by putting up a man of
sheer merit. The New Yorker thinks
Herbert Hoover comes much closer
to real leadership" than any other
Republican in sight and considers
lit is, In many respects, q tragedy
that the former President Is not HIM
self available"
Mrs. Hull Says Nothing Doing"
My fair colleague, Hope Ridings
Miller, Washington society-news-
writer, has just quoted Mrs. Cordell
Hull in what I regard one Of the
significant statements Of the pre-
convention presidential campaign.
According to Mrs. Miller, the wife
of the Secretary of State (who climbs
steadily toward the top Of popular
presidential preferential polls in the
event of a non-Roosevelt candidacy
frequently chuckles that her dis
tinguished consort 'is not running
for Office in 1940." In more serious
vein, Mrs. Miller reports, Mrs. Hull
recently and repeatedly has told
friends: MY husband is not q presi-
dental candidate. He does not in
tend to be-" This undoubtedly sin
cere statement takes no account of
the historical fact that a man can
be nominated for President even
though he isn't running" for the
Office or formally candidate"
There Is no concerted effort in Ten
nessee as yet, I learn, to place Judge
Hull's name before the Chicago con-
vention, though, of course. the dele
CATION Is his for or without the
| asking,
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were in imnai-
nent danger Of
b e ing over
thrown: that the
country was on
the very verge
Of being given
over to tho
American coun.
terparts Of Hit
Ter and Stain.
For this
q m o n g Other
purple passages
Of the same sort
is what you
W ould ve
IoorJ.
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again Yet he showed such excellent portsmanh
public issues spoken with
he of figure than campaign
that got him the party nomination Especially the
highly respected
have with delegates Western States
His effort Republican while
nfurates the Pews and the Grndys
to the respect for him.
Newspa Alliance. nc)
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q bit difficult to
understand. The
underlying pur-
pose In getting
the information,
of course, is to
prepare q tax
plan some day
that will extract
taxes from the
low lin c o m e
groups, and for
ye ars 1t as
been a conten-
ton of conserv-
atives that the
tax base should
he hr0ader,ed
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peri Leader Joseph Pew and others whom
ana his moderates think exercising
nope 9 exercise at the Republican convention Landon feels that
man. and he is firmly that Republicans to
1910 the old must oweess
Above ALL the junta
Hoover from capturing the nomination for himself andons feeling
andon known to believe that the
ties his trips back and forth
together held office
the Fnnsare intended promote movement
While 1T apparent that Hoover will
think that attempt make him
unlikely But Landon is taking chances.
Londons Team
The nta OF modeaes already
Martin really able legislative leader
respected Republican figures Gov
andon recently conferred at length believed
England unta sympathzer Then Kenneth Simpson, City
leader will control the bulk
first three votes
Hill Backet
to be of fellow traveller friends
and allies who along
Even Martin Simpson without other aid should be able
themselves with view Of sinpsons
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reIatIons With Hoover, his private
talk in Martins favor and his
general friendliness to Landon's
aims, 1t can at least be taken for
granted that he will be part Of the
combination.
Meanwhile, Landon's increas-
ing stature in his party is a striking
phenomenon. After the 1896 cam
paign, he was candidate so badly
beaten that 1t seemed impossible
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Who's Looney Now?

Add onic ootnote Donald
Smith, former member Of Relations represent
certain before his former colleagues W. Smith considered
too and replaced by William Leserson his keen legal
mind is available to corporation whose practices labor relations
been the Labor Boards biggest political headache
Smith worth hiring by business not retained by the
United Government?
tReeased American Newspaper Alliance ne)
Evening star., 1940-02-28

D Q n { m q n I o /
& o yer nnental
r e 81 mentation
Of, and prying
into, cttiZe MS
priv ate affairs.
It was N. r. A.,
the New Deals
first major nose
poking venture,
" h ich planted
the seeds Of re-
volt aga n 8 t
F e d eral snoop-
ing into almost
ev cry field Of
national activity.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Washington Observations
Senate Census Hearings Reflect Resentment
Of Shopping and Reaimentotion'

By FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.
Hearings on the 1910 census,
which began before the Senate
Commerce Committee today, are the
latest expression Of popular re-
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Election Year
|IsAnswert to
Census Cries
Questions Will Aid
Business os Well
As Government
By CHARLES G. ROSS.

You might have thought II you
had sat In the gallery Of the House
Of Representatives the other after
noon that the liberties Of the people
Evening star., 1940-02-28

HE opinions Of the sorttsrs on this page are ths on not
Ths stars Such opnsons presented y The
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
thefnselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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Threatens to Drop System

believe in the personnel principle in
volved.
The desertion will leave wage
hour at the mercy Of the small but
strongly entrenched "appeasement"
and "soft-pedal" group of Southern
ers who appear to have won over
Fleming as easily as they won over
Andrews to their theory of going
light on enforcement of the law.
This is surprising since at first
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which violates the right
If privacy.
Public Can Check Congress.

Congress in recent years has been
inclined to make public all facts
about income, but a revulsion of
feeling has caused the repeal of
various measures of this type.
Perhaps when there is a lot of
confidential data in Washington
about persons in the middle income
and low income groups, there will be
q stronger public opinion in favor
of holding the records inviolate than
there has been in the past. But the
gathering of the information is for
a constructive purpose It's misuse is
a contingency that can be prevented
by an alert Congress.
Reproduction Rights Reserved.)
Evening star., 1940-02-28

Russia has announced that 1,247
new Industrial plants are to b
established IN the Moscow district
this year.
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ahead and ball with
policy change
patronage demanded continuation appropriations
support of the wage-hour
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Income Data
Can Be Kept
InvioIute
Census Reports
Serve Constructive
Purpose
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

Just why the conservative ele-
ments in Congress are raising such
q hulla5aloo about the proposed in
Quisitiveness of the census takers Is
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The Capitol Parade
London and Martin Believed Forming
Junto Of Republican Moderotes
By JOSEPH ALsoP and ROBERT KINTNER.

By JOSEPH ALsOP ROBERT KrNTNER.
An extremely interesting factor in political
but clearly dn6 alliance between All Iandon and
pairing for raid the party convention Neither Iandon
ana thus the Republican standard bearer 1885
the Republican leader
opposing junta Of moderates
What the connection be with Martins resignation the
republican National Committee not yet apparent Martin
his recent purely personal without
the work some time ace early
the winter. =
The Fear of Hoover
Landon the prime candidate around
whom support being rallied say whether
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The Fear of Hoover

11S<031 10 O31C P3 AIIC NI0VCI N06
whom support is being rallied. It
enough support will develop to
transform Martins rallying-p point
candidacy into q real candidacy for
the Republican nomination. Prob
ably this is not intended. for when
Martin tells friends that the talk Of
his candidacy 'helps me in the
House, and anyway that kind Of
publicity hurts nobody" he sounds
pretty sincere.
It is certainly intended, how
ever, to stop former President Her.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
We, the People
Revolt in Woge-Hour Division Rumored
Over Dropping Of Promotion System
BY JAY FRANKLIN,

It rains but the
OF the Department Labor No had the division lost its
against the mammoth Kraft Paper Alabama
OF the goods" the Fair
grand Jury
internal difncuties
dnclte result from the apparent decision
Col Philip Fleming trade patronage continuation
Evening star., 1940-02-28

ID e cation ofFrsdsrie wiilian VILE.
power run riot" as Justice Cardozo
branded the blue eagle. The research
experts, statisticians, analysts, chart
worshipers, economic crystal-gazers,
Messianic reformers, questionnaire
hounds and starry-eyed BRAIN
trusters of all ilks and stripes, who
have cluttered up the Washington
scene since 1888, probably derive a
certain fiendish satisfaction from
the Census Bureaus decision to
learn still more about the purely
personal lives Of people than the
Government ever asked them to
divulge before. And the curse is
not taken of the proposition by the
penalty Of fine and imprisonment
awaiting any one over 18 who re-
fuses, or willfully neglects or falsi-
fles, answers to questions.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

MWIA . months exodus that has nothing
V<xIT to do with national politics. the
WV third spots. Ac
N%r" cording indications the
and the real driving the division going
to walk out body.
promise threat and Col
though
hasn't smmered up to the administrators office as yet
Reward for initiative
took the agency Administrator Andrews the division
operated under equitable posting jobs That to
division the wen business
ewadng epoye initiative by opportunity for promotion When
vacancies occurred they posted bulletin boards
the division first them That if qualified
jobs thrown outsiders
fosered the Union
Department Secretary Perkins the
succeeded puadng the Commerce Department
method obviously provides incentive owad workers
be efficient and promotion inside organization.
applies frequently paid jobs chiefly
expanding could
enough qualified workers already roll fill newly created
specialized positions Once personnel completed however the
happe agencies
far personnel matters concerned.
threatens to Drop System
Col Fleming the does
approve promotion ranks threatening
It, He already rejected the posting method and
considering reversal Of his decision.
liberals of them
sabotage
agency junk promotion
policy, mass exodus will follow
affected the regulations will be the victims
those
ha1ioya IN than ral lprpc IN.
Evening star., 1940-02-28
Objectionable Questions.

objectionable questions.
Unless Congress, as result OF
Senate hearings. for which Senator
Tobey, Republican, of New Hamp-
shire, mainly deserves credit, with
draws the question, every citizen in
April must tell "the amount of
money, wages, or salaries received,
including commissions. and whether
he had an income Of $50 or more
from other sources. He must confide
these things to an enumerator who,
in countless communities, may be
malicious fellow -townsman, the agent
of a hostile local political machine,
or some person who wouldn't shrink,
in one way or another, from blab-
bing highly confidential information
for q revengeful or other purpose.
Any citizen, too, may discover he is
one of what Arthur Krock in the
New York Times describes as "the
special S per cent guinea pigs of the
New Deal-that twentieth person on
an enumerator's beat who must ans
wer 16 questions not submitted to 10
Of his neighbors." He must give the
birthplace Of his parents; the
language spoken at home in his
childhood, and various personal de-
tails about previous marriages and
divorces. Besides, as well as his 10
neighbors. the guinea pig" must tell
how his home is heated and cooled,
the cost Of utility service and ap-
pliances, and many details about
domestic indebtedness, If any.
Already. in sporadic instances across
the land, there are miniature Boston
Tea Party plans to defy the census
enumerators. though, Of course,
nothing remotely savoring of an Or
ganized or widespread movement Of
this sort. It is confined to individual
conscientious objectors."
Census Director Explains.
Census Director Austin considers
that undue dither has been created
by the intention to obtain allegedly
illicit information about private lives
The income question. for instance.
Mr.. Austin says, relates directly to
unemployment. It was recon-
mended, moreover, by q number Of
people prominent in business and
economics. The director categorically
denies that certain questions are in
'cluded as a result of pressure by
New Deal agencies" His general
contention is that Uncle Sans 1910
Information, Please" adheres es-
sentially to census traditions and
precedents. Meantime, area mana
gers and district supervisors are this
week going to school in regional
classes from coast to coast. Instruc-
ton began at New York Monday
for the North Atlantic States.
Evening star., 1940-02-28

anu 10 SCTHp Clle uIOIH1e OF NlS pres.
ent personnel, by abandoning the
well-considered system Of promotion
within the wage-hour agency.
So the colonel need not be SURPRISED
II there is a mass exodus of young,
sble liberals from the Wage-Hour
Division within the next four
months, an exodus that has nothing
to do with national. politics, the
third term or even sun spots. Ac-
cordina Ia YafaSanf indica fi0ns thu
Evening star., 1940-02-28

:; Martin the ostensible candidate arour
|. 1t Is much too early to say wheth
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tReeaed by the North American
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eeased By North American Newspaper Alliance Incl
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
, Growth Handicapped

WASHINGTON, March 8-Gov ernor E H Gruening of Alaska told the House roads committee that efforts to increase Alaska s population will be handicapped until Alaska's share of road funds are increased and said more adequate system of roads and communications are the Ter ritory's primary needs.
 He urged the committee to re store the old formula under which Alaska received nine and one-half percent of forest roads fund saying this would increase the $400,000 received last year to $600,O00.
 Forest Service speakers said the reduction was authorized in the $28OoO,O0O appropriation for forest roads this year and last year by $700O,000 which had "piached very tightly"
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11

CT things to add to mining and fishing. It is unsafe for commun ity to be dependent on just two sources of revenue"
 He mentioned that tourists are the likeliest prospect but that Al aska needed transportation i'm. provements to get this business
 New Road Funds
 Delegate Dimond urged the ad mittance of whites to Indian hos pitals when there is room and said Alaska needed schools espec tally in isolated sections; also disqualification for natives for treatment of tuberculosis and that more road construction funds were required.
 Whitman and Baldwin second ed the roads recommendation.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

sentiment was that way. But they told him 80 per cent of the Democrats would vote for Roose- welt if he were nominated regard less of the third term.
 Next in line of preference stood Garner and Wheeler. Be cause of the trade agreements program Hull was low. McNutt had what he called "a trace' of support.
 Our informant said that if somebody at the Chicago conven tion gets up and moves for the nomination of Roosevelt for a third term pledges and plans will be smothered in the stampede. That estimate he said covered not only his own state but all the western states. He thought it would stand good for the whole country. He hoped 1t wouldn't t happen.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Taking Everything Out

Governor Gruening replied "I am entirely in agreement with you and that is what we are try ing to do but I would like to say that millions of dollars are taken out of Alaska by the United Stat es and we don't have much com ing into Alaska from the feder- al government"
 The Governor advocated that the Maritime commission pro- gram be extended so it could de- velop coast-wise shipping Alaska ward saying presently no extra ships will be available and .ad- vocated the construction of a lodge and cabins at the end of the 90 miles of road in the Mount Mckinley National Park.
 New Coast Terminal
 Regarding the continuance of railroad operation to Seward Rep resentative Fitzpatrick declared the people north of Seward would like to see the terminal at Portage Bay.
 Colonel Ohlson said a reSurvey of the route recently indicated the Portage bay to Fairbanks route would save J2 miles and reveals that it is a feasible ec- onomic move and that conStruc- tion can be made for $4,5O0, 900 to S5,CO0,OO0."
 He said the railroad needed two locomotives and if it had $2,250,000 it could be thoroughly rehabilitated and operate at a pro fit.
 Gruening remarked If we are going to build up Alaska, in- crease population and make it place where people can live per maGectly we have got to do oth-
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
Portage Bay Route Is Economically Feasible. OhlsOn Tells Committee

WASHINGTON, March 8 - It has been revealed here that Err nest H Gruening Governor of Al aska, Anthony J Dimond's Dele gate to Congress, Paul w Gordon, Carl F Whitman president of the Nabesna Mining Co, Asa Baldwin and Jack Underwood mining ofic ials and Col o F Ohlson general manager of the Alaska Railroad have appeared before the Appro priations Committee and that Governor Gr0ening predicted that the new census will show a territorial population of 10000 and said Alaska needed more pop ulation. Said Gruening: "The greatest immediate need is to link Alaska with Seattle and the United States by air"
 Strange Situation
 Rep Jed Johnson Democrat of Oklahoma expressed surprise that it was not already linked.
 Rep. James M Fitzpatrick Dem ocrat of New York said he thought 1t strange that an Ameri- can enterprise spanned oceans but had neglected an Alaska air line adding that the trouble with Alaska has been that we have been taking out a great deal but have not been putting any thing back"
 Opposes Annual Funds
 Gruening testified: T would like to say that one of the great handicaps we are experiencing very acutely at this moment is lack of available transportation facilities every summer. It is now almost impossible for passengers to secure accomodations.'
 Representative Fich Republican ! from Pennsylvania told Governor l Gruening that he believes the i time is approaching when Alaska should expect that the federal government must stop furnish 
 ing millions and millions of dol lars annually for Alaska" and said he believed officials should interest private enterprise in de- Veloping the Territory.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-11
The Washington
 Daybook
By Preston Grover

peeve of the organization of Dem ocrats of the 10 western states is non-recognition.
 They claim the Administration has forgotten them. The forgot ten many they say 1t somewhere out west between the Colorado Nebraska frontier and the Pac- fife Ocean.
 By forming western bloc they hope to open the Democratic Ma tional Convention in Chicago with about 130 delegates. With that influence behind them they figure they can get more recog- hilton for the western states than they have Heretofore re- ceived
 Here is a sample of their com plaint Of the 10 members of the cabinet five are from New York Not one of the others is from far enough west.
 There isn't a western member of the Supreme Court. The west has tried to wizard one member into that august body ever since Justices Van Devanter of Wyo- ming and Sutherland of Utah re- tired. No luck.
 Wheeler in Favor
 We talked to one of the senior members of the westerners. He said the west had been sucked on to too many Democratic band wagons. Western states have sent delegations to the convention al ready pledged to this or that candidate Without any votes to trade they got no recognition. Moreover as individual states they could get nothing because no one western state has enough votes to make a dent
 California is not included in the picture They can't seem to find anybody there who can speak for all the Democrats. Cal ifornia Democracy from an organ izaJion standpoint is in mess.
 While their complaints of non recognition can be backed Up by more concrete examples the thing about which the western CTS protest most is the trade az gceements program. The Rocky Mountain area complains that it's interests - livestock farm pro ducts wool timber mining-are being sold across the ocean for the benefits of states with bigger domestic interests to protect.
 Their chief trouble is they don't know exactly the man to gel behind as a Presidential cand idate. Their present plan as out lined to us is to have delegations uninstructed but ready 10 vote for one outstanding candidate af- ter they have dickered for divi- dends,
 Many would not feel hurt if their manipulations put them be- hind Senator Wheeler of Mon tana. He has a heap of support out there. Westerners claim he took on Presidential stature with his management of the fights against the Supreme Court and the Reorganization bills. A lot of western business people began in quiring about him. Most painful to some of them was his recent appearance at the CIO convention in Columbus, Ohio,
 Hull Unpopular
 Say what you will lot of prac ticed politicians believe that a candidate who gets the CIO in dorSement might as well be kiss ed by cobra. Wheeler doesn't have it but he has a semblance of John L Lewis approval. That hurts. Wheeler has been the boy hero of western AFL organiza- tions for many years but they | have cooled these past few weeks.
 A western party official took al poll of sentiment of hs states county leaders. He sad 50 per cent of them were against a third term and thought the general
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NAVY.
Postmaster Nominated

President Roosevelt sent to the
Senate yesterday the nomination of
w. George Cleek to be postmaster
at Warm Springs, Va.
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Service Orders

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CAVALRY.
Dunkle, Mai Donald R., from Cincinnati
to Washington.
QUARTERMASTER CORPS.
Renner. Maj. Wilbert ", from Puerto Rico
to Governors Island.
COAST ARTILLERY.
Parker. Mai. Thomas r. from Seattle to
Panama.
Chamberlain. Capt. Edwin w, from Fort
Moultrie to WASHINGTON.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS.
Burdick. Maj Roy D., from MorsAntown,
w. Va, to MacDil Field
INFANTRY;
Hove; 1t; Col Dan D: from Fort Sam
Walker. Maj. Nelson M. from Manlius'
N. Y, to Washington.
Marsh. Mai. William A, from New York
to Arlington Csntonment.
AIR CORPS.
Landers. Mai. Sigmund F.. from Mitchell
Field to Panama.
NAVY.
BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.
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MEDICAL CORPS.
Early, 1t julius c., jr.. from Pensacola
Patrol Wing Four.
Cangelosi. 1t u. g. John T, from Newport
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SUPPLY CORPS.
Brown 1t. Comdr Charles W, from In
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Carter Ensign Robert w. from washington
to Philadelphia
Haddock, Ensign Ira r. from Washingt on
to Philadelphia.