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Evening star., 1940-02-10
A. F. Council Ends
Miami Conventions;
Meets Here May Is
Federation Defended
On Charges Rocketeers
Are in Labor Ronks
By the Associated Press.

~ bs1S AoSOSAotCN SSoos
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 10-The Amer
ican Federation Of Labor closed Its
Executive Council meeting last night
after deciding to meet again in
Washington May 10 and approving
November Is as the convention
date in New Orleans.
The councils final major act was
to defend the federation against
charges that there were racketeers
in labor ranks.
A. F. L. President William
Green yesterday condemned the
racketeering element, but said:
mo president of the American
Federation of Labor is vested with
authority or clothed with power to
interfere with the administration
of any of its international unions
or remove any officer elected"
He said his remarks were directed
specifically to Columnist Westbrook
Pegler and others he said had criti-
cized him for failure to remove
certain "racketeers" from the fed
Grafton.
Regarding the A. r. L.-C. I. O..
controversy, Mr.. Green said he in
terpreted a statement by President
Roosevelt yesterday as advice to
the Nation" that G. I. O. Chieftain
John L. Lewis had refused and
rejected the Presidents request TO
resume peace negotiations.
The President said in Washington
that Mr.. Lewis told him shortly
before Christmas that he saw no
useful purpose which would be
served at that time by q renewal
of the White House-sponsored labor
peace talks.
The federation council decided to
postpone indefinitely further con-
sideration of the teamsters-brewery
workers fight, dating back to 1902,
over which should have the right
20 organize beer truck drivers.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
~. S. War Role
| Seen ifDuchess
|Hdd Been Queen
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 10.-The
United States escaped entry into the
present European war because Wal
lis Simpson became the Duchess of
Windsor instead Of the Queen of
England. DR.. C. w. Genoweth, head
Of the University of Idaho's philoso-
ply department, said yesterday.
IF Wallis Simpson had assembled
the throne, the United States would
now be tied to the British lions
TAIL" he told the Moscow Grange.
"The first propagandist In the
world was the woman who talked q
man into eating an apple in the
Garden Of Eden.
"As Queen of England, Wallis
Simpson would have lined up every
woman in America" to put the
United States into the war.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Bon on Uniforms
Imposed in Fire

AS the result Of an order issued
in Dublin, the wearing of military
uniforms by any persons other than
members Of the defense forces of
Fire is forbidden. The effect of the
order is to require British troops to
wear civilian dress.
The order also prohibits the con-
veyance into Fire by train, road We
hicle or aircraft of persons in such
uniforms. Members of the British
forces, particularly men of the
Royal Air Force, have visited Fire in
uniform without understanding that
Fire, as neutral country, should in
tern them. 1t is explained that the
new order simply clarifies the sit
uation.
Evening star., 1940-02-10

that We favor the adoption, i'm
provement and continuation Of merit
rating in the unemployment COM
pensation laws of the several States,
and as opposed to Federal legislation
or rulings by the Social Security
Board, which would curtail or
hamper the full exercise Of merit
rating by the several States"
Confirmation Of the action Of the
national body was given by Joseph J.
Malloy, national executive commit
teeman for the District.
Definite Provision Sought.
Some Washington trade organ
izations and individual business in
terests are insisting that the pend
ing legislation should be amended
to include a definite provision for
the early establishment Of a merit
rating system in the District. They
maintain that nothing" would have
to be done by the D. U. G. Board
in this regard under the present
wording Of the bill
Washington business interests for
two years have urged Congress to
approve q reduction in the present
3 per cent District payroll tax
the highest fiat rate in the country
to a. per cent, the present Fed
eral figure, and spokesmen for the
Board Of Trade have declared they
feel members of the trade body and
local business interests generally
win favor a liberal" expansion Of
the benefits to be paid to the eligi-
BILE tobless.
Criticisms have been voiced, how
ever, to the effect and possible i'm
plications of the definition of par
tial unemployment" as it is stated
in the pending bill. One business
leader has declared this section
would prove very costly"
The bill provides for an increase
In the maximum benefit payment to
the eligible jobless from the present
SIS to q new level Of $40. The bill
also provides q nat limit Of 20 weeks
as the maximum duration for pay
ment Of benefits. Under the present
law the basic limit Is 16 weeks, but
by operation Of various formulae
the limit runs to Is much as 26
weeks, under certain circumstances.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
India Hits at Products
Of German Materials
D, the Associated Press.

- the A11oct6tod Pr6Sx
NEW DELHI, India, Feb. TO-
Under Q decree effective March TO-
India yesterday banned imports from
23 neutral countries-including Tur-
key, Italy and Spain, but excepting
the United States, Japan and Rus
sia-unless accompanied by certifl-
cafes Of origin.
The certificates will be invalid
unless they show that not more
than Is per cent Of the goods, was
derived from materials from enemy
territory.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Students Hear Concert
By National Symphony

More than 1,500 persons, composed
mostly Of students from grade and
high schools, attended the National
Symphony concert conducted by
Francis Garzia, assistant symphony
conductor, in Mckinley High School
Auditorium.
The concert was one in a series
by the National Symphony for
children in Washington schools. A
committee of music school teachers
selected the program.
Mr.. Garzia will conduct the two
remaining concerts in the series
Wednesday at woodrow Wilson and
Friday at Eastern High.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Mrs. Martha Peabody
Funeral Rites Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
tina J. Peabody, 86, retired school
teacher, were to be held at 2 pm
today at the Padgett funeral home
131 Eleventh street Sc. Mrs. Pea
body died Wednesday after . long
illness at her home, 725 Twelfth
street Sc.
Born in Philadelphia, Mrs. Pea
body came to this city at an early
age. She taught In public school,
here for So years, retiring In 1923
and was one Of the best-known resi-
dents Of 9outheast Washington.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Rumuniu oxes Oil
To Poy for Reorming

~ the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST. Feb. 10.-The Ru-
manian government decreed today .
13 per cent export tax ON petroleum
products as It's newest effort to raise
funds for the nations rapid rearm-
ing.
Export taxes also were hxed for
oil seeds and cereals, except wheat
and corn.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Son Of Admiral Moffett,
Akron Victim, to Wed

By the A1S0Cleteu FreSJ.
PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 10.-Lt.
George Hall Moffett, son of the late
Rear Admiral William A. Mo6ett,
will be married February II to
Mrs. Margaret Truxal MacGeorge,
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. Cyrus w.
Truxal Of Wayne, Pa.
1t. Mo1ett's father was chief of
naval aeronautics when he was
killed In the crash of the dirigible
Akron in 1888.
The wedding will be at the home
Of Mrs. MacGeorge's parents.
After their honeymoon 1t. Mof-
fett and his bride will reside in
New York.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Basket Ball Team
Made Up of Niemuns

BY the Associated Press.
VAUGHN, Wash, Feb. 10.-It's
''Nieman Night" whenever the
Vaughn High School basket ball
team trots out on the court.
The lineup: Roy and Harry ME-
man, forwards; Hap" Nieman,
center; Bob and Charles Nieman,
guards.
They represent three Nieman
families.
Evening star., 1940-02-10

SoAi8o AAu AI lao AIllS IL QuduIy
SO rare in singers, strange as it may
seem, that the possession of such a
talent by Mr.. Swift should be men
toned even before one speaks of
the beautiful quality OF his voice.
For he was able yesterday. In q
varied program, to carry his lis
teners along in the enjoyable ex-
perience Of reaching the very SUBJ
stance of what he was singing. The
superior character of his musician
ship Is united to q dramatic in
stinct so sure and fine that 1t Justly
appraises the proper degree Of feel
ing, gayety or drama, that should
color his interpretations. This at
tribute of his singing is so finely
balanced that each number had
something new to offer, always OF
the highest interest.
His voice, of ample volume and
range, has a particular note of
sentiment in it that sometimes-at
the most crucial moment-reaches
deep poignancy. Although he can
bring intensity into 1t when neces-
sary and an opposing degree Of
delicacy, he skillfully makes these
extremes effective by discriminating
use. With further technical de-
velopment, which would bring about
the elimination of certain draw
backs, he should reach the front
rank of the baritone contingency.
With thu avcantio, ~ ouvr>~a>
Tibbett, few singers of this type Of
voice have the vocal 1lexibility Of
expression combined with dramatic
instinct and while Mr.. Swift's
voice is by nature less robust and
powerful than Tibbett's, it has the
same quality of responsiveness to
his intelligent seeking for true
musical recreation in the fullest
sense.
The valiancy Of the Finnish ma
ton was saluted by the inclusion
of three works. by the Finnish COM
poser, Jan Sibelius, who perhaps
ranks as the greatest in the world
today. A vocal arrangement by
John Alden Finkel, with string
quartet accompaniment, of Fin
landia," the work in which Sibelius
put the very soul of his people, con-
cluded the program. while in the
first group his lovely Den Foersta
Kyssen" and the more dramatic
"Svarta Rosor" (sung In Finnish)
were beautifully given. Songs in
Swedish and Norwegian rounded out
this group, and although the not
generally known languages might
have formed a barrier to an UNDER
standing of the words, Mr. Swift,
by means of emphasis, style and
the expressiveness Of his voice, made
their idea clear
Two arias, the ''Di Provenza IL
mar" from Verdi's La Traviata," !"
and 20 Vim dissipe Ia Tristesse,"
from Thomas Hamlet" showed
the necessary grasp Of the broader
operatic delivery. The contrasting
character of these works was de-
picted with a sympathy that again
stressed Mr.. swift's gift Of thor
oughly immersing himself in the
idea which the music was intended
to convey.
The remainder of Mr. Swift's
program was sung in English, and
again the choice of songs was such
as to require an outstanding musi-
cianship to bring out and to bind
together their varying moods. Mary
Howe's Avalon" Reach" and %
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Reds Send JobIess Poles
lowest Siberiun Mines
81 the Associated Press,

By the ASSoctated Press.
MOSCOW, Feb. 10-Pravda, Or
gan of the Communist party, re-
ported yesterday that large groups
Of unemployed from the former
Polish areas Of Western Ukraine
and White Russia are working In
mines and forests Of Western ST.
IBERIA.
The newspaper failed to give the
exact number, but said 1t totaled
hundreds" Several thousand un-
employed were reported also to have
arrived at Donbass last month from
Lambert Uwow) to work In coal
mines,
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Golf Balls Presented

-Four gutts percha golf balls, made
to commemorate the coronation Of
King Edward VII and Queen Alex
andra in 1902, were sent by q Scot
in Perth, Australia, to . golfer In
Richmond, England, to be used In
the quite W. rubber core" golf
Evening star., 1940-02-10

Mistress Nine" sung With string
quartet accompaniment, were es-
pecially noteworthy, and Mr.. Swift
presented them with full apprecia-
ton Of their spirit. Interest In his
performance grew with each ap-
pearance and the young baritone
was called back repeatedly by the
warmth of the reception given him.
The Pro-Musica Quartet added to
the success which 1t has achieved
here by . finished performance Of
two movements Of the Grieg GUAR
tet in G Minor" and Frank Bridges
"A Londonderry Air" Suavity Of
tonal blending and keen apprecia-
ton Of musical form embellished
yesterdays playing by this popular
group. A pronounced impression
also was made by Miss Tyner In q
solo number, . piano arrangement
Of q medley Of the best numbers
from Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess. -
A brilliant and experienced pianist,
Miss Tyner's success was inmedi-
ate. and she was recalled for an
encore. Throughout the program
she gave material support to Mr..
Swift as aecompanist for his selec-
tions.
Caterina Jarboro In Concert
At the Metropolitan A. M. Z.
Church last evening the noted COL
ored opera singer Caterina Jarboro
was the star Of . concert given for
the benefit Of Bethune-C Goodman
College Of Daytona Beach. Fla. Pre-
sented under q distinguished pa
tronage headed by Mrs. Roosevelt,
Miss Jarboro shared the program
with the Bethune- Cookman College
Glee Club. directed by Josie w. Rob-
erts and Constantine Callinicos, pi-
anist, who also accompanied her.
In her first number "Ritorno
Vincitor," from Verdi's "Aida." and
later in "Plus Grand dams son OBJ
scurite." from Gounod's Queen Of
Sheba," Miss Jarboro disclosed the
rare quality of a dramatic soprano
voice that has made her famous.
Her high tones are particularly re-
markable. being ringing and power
full to a special degree. She is a
singer of true operate traditions,
with the temperament and person.
ality of the grand school. Yet In the
songs which she gave as encoreS and
q group later in the program, she
had equal command of a more deli
cate style while her voice, flexible
and vibrant, achieved even greater
beauty OF timbre. She scored a tre-
mendous success with the capacity
audience that filled the elaborately
decorated church.
Singing of the purest and sweetest
kind is the accomplishment Of the
college glee club, which confined its
program to spirituals and familiar
numbers. Miss Roberts has trained
the singers excellently, balancing
the effects and caring for the nat
ural quality of the voices. Soloists
in several numbers were Edna
Dansby, Albert Bethune. jr., and
Marcus Davis. Mr.. Callinicos played
Chopin's "Nocturne in c Sharp
Minor" Liszt's Hungarian Rhap-
sody No. IL" and his Greek Dance
No. 2" with pronounced effect.
Short addresses were made by
Mary Mcleod Bethune, founder Of
the college, and Judge Almond w.
Scott
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Congress Asked to Buy
Washington Farm
b. the AssocietAd Press.

Congress was asked to buy Ferry
Farm, the boyhood home Of George
washington, in Spotsylvania County,
Va, and maintain it las an object
Of national and patriotic interest. "
Representative Engel, Republican,
of Michigan introduced a bill to
provide $4,000 to purchase the old
farm on the Rappahannock River,
scene Of the cherry tree legend. The
farm was sold at auction last Sat-
urday.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Dr.. w. c. Morgan Dies

LOS ANGELES. Feb. 10 R.-Dr.
William Conger Morgan, IS, chair
man OF the chemistry department
at the University Of California at
Los Angeles. died yesterday. He was
the author Of two widely used
chemistry text books.
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Job Tax
(Continued From First Page)

Bankers Association. District Bar
Association, Hotel Association Of
Washington, Theater Owners and
Operators Association, Merchants
& Manufacturers Association,
Washington Taxpayers Association,
Washington Real Estate Board,
Laundry & Dry Cleaning Owners
Association, District Of Columbia
Chapter of the Associated General
Contractors, Master Builders Asso-
citation, District Dental Society,
washington Automotive Association,
Operative Builders Association, Dis
trict Retail Liquor Dealers Associa-
ton, Southwest Wholesale Food As
sociation, Washington Restaurant
Association, District Life Under
writer's Association, Building Own
ers d Managers Association, and
the Building & Loan League OF the
District.
Meanwhile, the attention Of ON
cials of the Board Of Trade was
called to a resolution adopted by
the American Legion in its last ma
tional convention, held last Septem-
Der In Chicago, which urged adop-
ton, improvement and continua-
ton fthe merit rating plan as
elements in the jobless insurance
laws of the several States.
An issue over this point has arisen
here since the pending measure
strikes from the present act the old
provision for establishment Of an
experience rating plan, which was to
become effective next January l, and
substitutes a clause under which the
board would be required merely to
study the operation of the law with
q view to determining the advisa-
bility" Of establishing q rating sys-
tenn. Director John A. Marshall Of
the D. U. G. Board told The Star
yesterday he felt such rating sys-
TENS were unavoidable" although
he would like to see such . plan-"if
1t was workable"
Would Provide Diflsrentials.
Under q raging system, employers
whose pay roll experience shows
they are good risks may be given
differentials in the pay roll tax as
against those employers or classes of
employers Offering less stable en-
ployment to insured workers.
The resolution adopted by the
Legion convention states:
Whereas, the American Legion
has embarked upon a Nationwide
campaign for the stabilization Of
employment in industry, and
Whereas, the campaign is predi-
Gated to a large extent upon con-
vincing employers throughout the
country that they can effect sub
stantial savings under the merit
rating provisions Of unemployment
compensation laws, and
Whereas, some Of the States have
no merit rating provisions in their
unemployment compensation laws
and many other States have unwork-
able merit rating provisions which
serve undeservedly to discredit merit
rating provisions in general;
Now, therefore be 1t resolved: BY
the American Legion in national
convention assembled u Chicago.
Ill, this 26th day ol eeptsmbsr. iS3e,
Evening star., 1940-02-10
Swift Brings Fine Voice
And Ability to Interpret
Official Concert Debut Here
Reveals Dramatic Instinct
That Assures Interest
BY ALICE EvERsMAN.

GARFIELD Swift baritone
yesterday
given for benent the Finnish Assisting young
singer Evayn pianist the String Quartet
Milton Schwartz and Jeno sevey vionns Ralph Hersh VIOLA VIII
liam Brennand cello
1t pleasure to nnd Swift interpreter
Evening star., 1940-02-10
C. C. C.. Work Described.

Federal Security Administrator
McNutt, in his address to the father
and-son banquet, described work OF
the Civilian Conservation Corps and
the National Youth Administration.
Both of these, he said, helped boys
to get good work habits. Others who
spoke at the banquet included Scout
Robert Trever; Art Brown, for the
fathers; Karl L. Treyer, president
OF the Foxa1l Bible Glass, which
sponsors the troop; Raymond ].
Bellamy, the Rev. DR.. Frederick
Brown Harris, pastor of the church,
and the Rev. Eddy L. Ford.
Other Scout gatherings included
the father and son bouquet Of
Troop 666 at Metropolitan Method
tSt Church and anniversary celebra-
ton by Troop Z in st. Patricks
House in Foxhall Village.
At Emery Methodist Church
Scouts of Troop SO were presented
with a flag by the Daughters Of
Union Veterans of the Civil War.
La gaceta., 1940-09-23
Nn 4or6n(n nnre.c.r3


Los hsSnbre5 eI .5r-1d 3 en- a
prisi6n deN ElaxG Arizona, 50
d'rigiercn a Gene Shute, el al
cai5e, pidi6n5o.es garroohas pa
"a sus ejerclc.cs aIGts.os.
Shute astudi6 cifras, analizo
e. prob!ema, p:di6 dot2,les S0bre
cEarcss establecidas por los a.le-
,tas y conte9t6: he .eido an las re
vistas dercrtivas que con la ayu
da de garrochas los atletas alcasl
zan considerable ltur, en- e1tos
dfas; he hecho una comparaci6n
&c marcas, he medido la altura
de la tapia de- preside w.. sien
to no pc3ar acceder a la peti :
.ci6n."
Pudo ave-iguar que con las ga
rrochas nc seria difieil saltaT
desde Ell interior hacia ell exte,
rior W., que les echen los sa.
buesosl
La gaceta., 1940-09-23
LOS ALEMANES G.
QUE NC HUNDIERON Ell
VAPOR

Berlin, sep. 23.-En los circu-
los oficiales Sc dice que no es
cierto que un submarine alaman
haya hundido Ell vapor ingles
que sc dirigia al Canada con nj
mes refugiados, pasajeros y una
numerosa tripulaci6n. Esa acu-
saci6n no tiene otro prOp6sito,
segdn la propaganda alemana,
que producer la entrada de los
Estados Unidos en- la guerra.
Fuera de la IONA de guerra, Sc
gun los nazis, todos los vapores
han sido torpedeados previo a
viso. Desean saber los alemanes
por que no Sc da ell nombre del
vapOr hundido.
La gaceta., 1940-09-23
De q Repista

Leemcs en- una popular revis-
ia que Sc publIea en- M6jlco:
"Gentes llegadas ricientementa
de Espana confirman la ~existen-
cia real de I'm tipo de humcr ma
cabro, cadaverico quegedesco,
muy espanod, aun9ue por cierto
NADIA imperial sine mas bien ffu
to de las epocas de desastre y
descontento. Por un lado les poe
tas oficiales de Falange exaltan
mas Y mas ell nuevo idealismc
espanOl, ell luminoso catOlicismo
de dos CRISTAz0S, como decta
Unamuno; pero ror otro lado q
pueblo miserable, esperanto,
aunque cen escepticismo aun el
momento de su iiberaci6n, haze
La gaceta., 1940-09-23
PARA La MUJER DEL HOAX

chi5tes gobre las f.ccnentes ms.
.Gtuciones y sObre Ia brillan5e
-fraseologia fascista. Sc dixie que
EN- Espaiia hay dos generates, el
general Franco y Ell general d.
.contenao.' al plan lie llaman espi
ritualmente eel ausen.e" y al es
tonnage Eel divine impacienta.'
is. Sc hiciera un concdrso vota-
riamcs per la Ultima bella me-
&fora. Afirmar a la vez, cinica-
-meYee, las exigencias del eg.6ma
go y burlarse del huOro IDEALS
mo es algo muy dentro de la ira
dici6n de la picaresca e1panola.
La gaceta., 1940-09-23
Causa pe1didG

Una organization humanita :
ria hizo ccmparecer ante un juez
q Michael de Stefano, de Eliza
beth, New Jersey, dueno de un
eabsllo con los cascos deforma-
dos de tai modo que podia CANT
nar hacia atras como 81 patina.
so, Alegaba la organization; ca
da vez que ell caballo hace tai mo
Vimiento sufre grandsmente,
por cuanto padece una enferme-
dad.
"Na hay enfermedad, sencc
juez- declare 'Stefane en- su de-
ensa. Els un fenomeno y NADIA
mas. 81 no sufre.
- Por que no sufre ?-:nte-
rrog6 ell magistrate.
-Yo lie alimente ell sabado per
la pcche y estaba bien; pero diez
minutes mas tarde estaba muer-
to.
lQuiere listed decirme que he
Iamos una bora discutiendo y 4
caballo esta muertO? iPor que
La gaceta., 1940-09-23

Roma, Sep. 23.-Termina-
da la mission de Won Ribhen-
trop en- esta capital, asegdrase
que dentro de pocos dias Sc da
"a a conocer ell acuerdo del
Eie en- cuanto a Espaha y los
Balkanes.
Espana, segGn los observa-
dores, nopodra resistir Ia pre-
:. sion del Eje y tendra que cola
tborar en- la guerra.
Para Italia desde ell punto
de vista militar, Espaha en- a.
5 bora mas importante que nun
ca, conocidas la situaci6n de
la peninsula iberica en- ell Me.
tditerraneo y tambien ell hechC
de que Hitler domino toda Ia
costa francesa.
BESIDE ell punto de vista ec'
n6mico Espana es de enorme
posibilidades para Alemania
Las dificultades entire Berlin
Roma Sc relacionan principal
mente con Africa.
La question de Grecia sigu
La gaceta., 1940-09-23
SIGUF Ell MI
TADCR DE HITLER

New York, sep. Pei juez
lloyd Church. de Ia Conte Su-
proha. 6aelar6 sin lugar I'm re-
ur.o &c habeas corpus en- favor
De. naz "a jose E. McWilliams,
Tuisr Sc ha'la rscluido como un
rresunto demente en- e. Hcspi-
tai de Bellevue y sometido a OBJ
~ervaci6n. q
Nc Williams pronuncia dis
curses en- las GALES, a favor(
HITLER, y predica~odio contra
los hebreos y Ell es~tablecimiento
en- Estados Unidos, baio su MAJ
do, de un regimen totslitario.
) Sostiene Ell juaz Church que Il
juez Bromberger do la orden]
per entender que Ell hombre apas
sta loco.
La obsrvaci6n dlrara dieZ
fas y Sc halla auto izada por ia
ley de Hygiene Mental,