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Evening star., 1940-10-12

plants, in Pittsburgh and in Youngs-
town, I told the foremen and the
men in those plants several times
that the one thing we all ought to
work in speeding up this program
is more speed-the quicker, the bet
ter.
And so, to you who are a part Of
defenSe-to you in this town I give
the message, speed up all you can"
In Columbus. capital city and
university town, the downtown
crowd was more restrained but just
as big as the previous ones. And out
at Poindexter Village. a Federal
housing project for colored persons,
there was JOY unconfined.
During the day, and between ova-
tions, Mr. Roosevelt had seen some
of that speed, had seen America
with its sleeves rolled up" in great
industrial plants where the real
work of this defense program is be-
ing done.
In the sprawling Carnegie Illinois
steel plant in Homestead, just out
of Pittsburgh, he saw all manner of
armor plate and steel products for
half-dozen of the ships destined to
give this Nation the greatest Navy
in world history.
At the Mesta machine works he
saw huge planers, lathes and metal
presses under construction-on order
for Government ordnance plants.
At the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Co. plant he watched hot and
cold strip mill processing of steel
all headed for some part in the de-
fense program.
will Broadcast Tonight.
This afternoon Mr.. Roosevelt was
to visit the Wright Memorial and
Wright Field in Dayton, and have
tea at the home of James M. Cox
Democratic presidential nominee in
1920 when Mr.. Roosevelt ran for the
vice presidency.
Tonight, he will climax the entire
tour with a broadcast speech to all
the Americas on the progress of this
Nations preparedness drive-on its
readiness and ability to take lead
ing part in preserving the security
of the hemisphere. South and Gen.
trail America will be tuned in on the
address as it is given, later, trans
lations in German, French. Italian
Spanish and Portuguese will be re-
broadcast all over the world.
Described as a strong speech" by
presidential aides, it undoubtedly will
be one of the major pronouncements
of the campaign.
Evening star., 1940-10-12
James B. Halliday,
Lincoln Bodyguard,
Dies at Age Of 81
Native Of Washington
Built Port of Fort Myer;
Funeral Rites Today

James B. Halliday. 81, Confederate
soldier who became bodyguard to
President Lincoln, died Thursday
at his home near Upper Marlboro.
Md.
Funeral services were to be held at
noon today at the Lee chapel,
Fourth street and Massachusetts,
avenue NE, with burial in Glen
wood Cemetery.
Mr.. Halliday was born in Wash.
ington on the site now occupied by
the old City Post Office Building.
He was the son of Henry H. Halliday,
Washington cabinet maker, and Mrs.
Mary Jones Halliday. Virginian.
Captured Early in War.
Sympathetic with the Southern
cause, he ran away to join the Con-
1ederate Army early in the war, but
was captured in one of the first
skirmishes.
Brought back to Washington and
put in Jail, he was recognized bv A
Union officer who was friend of his
father. Because of his extreme
youth, he was freed and told to go
home"
Within several months he was
given the job of bodyguard to
President Lincoln, despite protests
mat ne was a Southern sympathizer.
He became devoted to Lincoln and
was with him until his death. Presi-
oents johnson and Grant, in turn,
retained him as bodyguard.
AT the end of Grants administra-
ton, Mr.. Halliday became a con.
tractor and builder in Washington.
he worked on many local buildings
and built part of FIT Myer. Va. When
President Cleveland took office, he
recalled him to his old post of body
guard at the White House.
Was Fort Inspector.
Mr.. Halliday next became a Gov
ernment fort inspector, visiting
Army encampments from Maine to
the Gulf of Mexico. He was work.
, ing with the Army Quartermaster
Corps at Fl. Sam Houston, Tex,
when retired in 1920.
Meanwhile, his first wife, the for
mer jeanette Crown, had died in
1908 and he had married, in 1914,
Miss Mary Berry of Upper Marlboro
He returned to Washington and
stayed here until 1887, when he
went to live on his wife's farm
near Upper Marlboro.
Mr.. Halliday was a member for
so years of Washington Centennial
Lodge Of Masons and for 40 years
of De Molay Commandery, No. 4,
Knights Templar
Besides his wife, he leaves three
children by his first marriage, Mrs.
jeanette Bowden of Baileys Cross
Roads, Va; Mrs. Edith Fowler and
Raymond E. Halliday, both of WASH
| ington.
Evening star., 1940-10-12

vading England, despite the lateness
of the season, and it might be a
feeler in connection with that.
However, I should say that the
main Nazi purpose is to keep British
naval forces in home waters so as
to prevent the English from increas-
ing their defenses in the Mediter-
ranean. BY the same token, the
Nazis will continue to rain death
on the British Isles, in order to hold
English warplanes there.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Friendly Send-OH
T al ICY VCVOCU C1IC
pointed out the OBJ,

or the no-union alternative placed
on the ballot. To write these mat
tiers into the law itself is to remove
a great area of controversy.
Board Can Lose in Review.
The objection to following such
course might be that company
dominated unions would be given a
place on the ballot, whereas, the
board feels they should be eliminated
altogether. At present the question
of whether a union is company
dominated usually arises when the
employer, in order to get a court
review, declines to recognize the
results of an election or of claimed
representation. The Labor Boards
view as to whether union is COM
ny-dominated then comes up for
court review and occasionally the
board has been reversed in its judg-
ment as to what is company -domi-
mated or truly independent union.
If company union won an elec-
ton, the board could still order it
disestablished and the case would
come up for review because the
company would insist that it was
not guilty of an unfair labor prac-
tice-an issue which can be appealed
to the higher courts.
The Supreme Courts rulings are
timely because Congress will soon
have before it the whole subject
of strengthening the collective bar
gaining process through removal Of
opportunities for exploitation by
employer or by agents of an alleged
majority of workers.
/. (Repro 1uction rights reserved)
Evening star., 1940-01-03
n Workers Injured
In Fall From Truck
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE. Jan. 3.-Twenty'
two w. P. A. workers were injured
three seriously, yesterday when they
were spilled from an open truck IN
which they were being driven to q
project at the Coast Guard depot
in Arundel Cove.
Three men, two unconscious, were
taken to the Marine Hospital. An
other was treated at South Balti-
more General Hospital and the IL
others were treated at the depot's
sick bay.
Only three men on the truck
escaped injury.
The men were standing up in the
open vehicle, a Coast Guard ma
chine. AS the truck turned ap-
preaching Curtis Creek Bridge the
men were thrown to one side and
their weight buckled the wooden
side of the truck.
John Lee and Hezekiah Robinson,
colored, suffered skull fractures and
we're unconscious when admitted to
the Marine Hospital. John Robert
son was treated for fractured
ankle.
John Sherfey, 81, was treated / VI
bruises and lacerations at South
Baltimore General Hospital.
The 10 other injured men were
treated for bruises and cuts.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
York River Bridge Bill
Drafted for Congress
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Legislation to authorize the Sec
retary of the Interior to permit
construction of a bridge across the
York River at Yorktown. Va, on
United States property has been
drafted for introduction at the
opening of Congress today by Rep
resentative Bland, Democrat. of Vir-
ginia.
The bridge would lie within the
Colonial National Historical Park,
under the jurisdiction of the Ma
tional Park Service and the In
terror Department.
Mr. Bland's bill would authorize
the Secretary of the Interior to
grant permission for the State to
construct the bridge on such con-
ditions as appear proper to protect
the interests of the United States.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

sponsible office Frederic william Vile.
to which he was promoted as a
reward for meritorious service in the
assistant secretaryship. But all the
attainments, experience and predl-
lections of the son of the Wizard
Of Menlo Park run to the construc-
tive and materiel side of naval
affairs. Mr.. Edison is practically
devoid of background concerned with
either naval policy from the inter-
national standpoint or the morale
and personnel of the feet, as a
fighting machine. The hope in the
service, in which the new Secretary
enjoys high esteem as a man of
character, intelligence, firmness and
fairness, is that he will bestow the
same attention and enthusiasm upon
purely naval policy and associated
matters as he has hitherto given
almost exclusively to the mechanical,
engineering and constitutional
branches Of the establishment.
X X X X
F. d. r. at the Helm.
With all his passionate interest
in the humanitarian aspects of the
New Deal, President Roosevelt's de-
votion from the moment he entered
the White House has been har-
messed to his twin hobbies-foreign
affairs and the Navy. Those are
the two things in the vast Federal
organism. of which he knows the
most and which he likes the best.
If you were to catch F. D. r. in
a particularly confidential. off-the-
record moment, he would also prob
ably confess they're the branches
of the Government in which he
thinks he's done his outstanding
| job. With the world in turmoil,
as 1t has been virtually throughout
his presidency. American naval pol
icy and foreign policy are logically
and closely interviewer. Roosevelt
has never taken his hands from the
controls In either field. He has an
extraordinary pair Of lieutenants at
the State Department in the per-
sons of Cordell Hull and Sumner
Welles. The molding and conduct
Of foreign relations can be and are
largely intrusted to their seasoned
care. But the bridge at the Navy
Department is not similarly manned
and will not be, even with the
current change in command. All
Of which justif1es the belief that
our sailor President, with the close
cooperation of Secretary Edison,
Admiral Leahy, who is on guard in
the Caribbean, and Admiral Stark,
chief Of naval operations, will re-
main the actual ruler of Uncle
Sans Na-vee
| X
Dewey Eyes Wisconsin and Florida.
Without waiting for the support
of local party leaders, Tom Dewey's
presidential campaign co-chairmen,
J. Russell Sprague and Ruth Hanna
Mccormick Simms, have decided
to enter the young New Yorker in
the preference primaries of Wis
consin and Florida. A Dewey slate
Of convention delegates already has
been filed in the La Toilette Com
monwealth. 1t will be the first
primary election in which the dis
trict attorney will face a test of
popular strength if. as is probable,
some other aspirant, such as Sena-
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Washington Observations
SoiIor-President Roosevelt Retoins Helm
Of Naval and Foreign Affairs

tor Vandenberg, opposes him there
The slate of "a candidates is headed
by Republican State Central COM
mittee Vice Chairman Bacon and
Secretary of State Zimmerman. On
May 7 Dewey-ites hope to bag the
II delegates from Florida at the
convention primary. ]. Reynold
Replogle, new national committee
man from the coast winter resort
State, is said to be definitely for
the Manhattan racket-buster.
Dewey will keep out of States with
favorite sons. like Ohio. Michigan
and New Hampshire. Brand-new-
est thing under the political sun is
the report that the Democrats, espe-
cially New Dealers, are planning
to pin the stigma of wall Street
tool" on Dewey. In the same de-
rogatory connection, "the Streets
undercover henchman in the Dew
ey movement is said to be none
other than Morgan Partner Thomas
w. Lamont, who rates as a Demo-
crat.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Dor Board excluded from the ballot
a union that had come out second
in an election in which there were
three names on the ballot-A. F. of
L., C. I. o. and mo union"-the
Supreme Court now says Congress
gave the board the right to do SO.
In the political world, when there
is run-off election, the two candi-
dates who receive the highest num-
Der of votes are put on the ballot
and the third or lowest, is excluded.
The board can exclude whichever
name it wishes, it now appears, and
the Supreme Court says there IS
no right of review or appeal belong
ing to any union or employees.
ut seems to be thought" said the
Supreme Court in unanimous opin-
ion, that this failure to provide for
a court review is productive of
peculiar hardships which were per-
haps not foreseen in cases where
the interests of rival unions are
affected. But these arguments are
to be addressed to Congress and not
the courts" What the Supreme
Court has said, in effect, is that II
the labor unions do not like the
rigidity of the present statute, they
can ask Congress to amend it.
Board Can Write Ballot.
AS a matter of fact, this corrobora-
ton of the Labor Boards power over
so-called representation cases means
that if the board wants to grant
bargaining rights to a craft or indus
trial union, its own decision as to
the existence of majority is final
unless there is an election held, in
which case the board can say what
names shall go on or be excluded
from the ballot.
If the employer accepts the out
come of the election, the aggrieved
union cannot under the Wagner
labor relations law obtain a court
review. 1t has been suggested that
redress might be obtained by filing
an equity proceeding in district
court, but this method is dubious
one and has not been tried out as
yet,
Did Congress intend to make the
Labor Board the final judge of what
is the appropriate unit and who shall
be recognized as a majority when
the dispute is between two rival
unions? An employer, of course.
can refuse to recognize the boards
decision and thus force a court
review of the whole matter of elec-
tions and the facts relating to the
selection of a bargaining agent, but
a labor union has no such privilege.
Avoids Court Tieup.
The argument in favor of letting
the Labor Board be the final judge
of what constitutes an appropriate
unit is that this is the only way to
expedite the bargaining process,
since, otherwise, court action would
tie up and delay the outcome. If,
however, an administrative body is
to have discretionary powers and
there is to be no court review, the
tendency of Congress in the past
has been to specify legislative stand
ards so as to minimize the oppor-
tunities for unfairness or unjust de-
ciSions.
Thus Congress could amend the
existing provisions of the Wagner
law relating to appropriate unit or
to the conduct of elections by speci-
flying what shall be done when no
union or group gets majority and
when a run-of election shall be
given. Likewise Congress could
specify that any organization could
be put on the ballot when by sigma
lures to a petition it was revealed
that at least 20 per cent of the en-
ploves wished to have their union
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Durham, House Member,
Seeks Reelection
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
GREENSBORO, N. c., Jan. s.
Representative Carl T. Durham,
Democrat, of the sixth North Caro-
lima district, has announced that he
is a candidate to succeed himself
Other Democrats who have an
nounced for that post are Oscar
Barker of Durham, Ed Hanford of
Burlington and John w. Caffey of
Greensboro.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

tinue to be, as
he has been
since March 4,
1888, no other
t h a n Franklin
Delano Roose-.
welt. The some
what shy and
self-efacing Mr.
Edison will, of
course, hold the
rank, WELD full
q d m i n istrative
power, and rem
der a frst-rate
account of him.
self in the re-
Evening star., 1940-01-03

or death over
labor unions, ma :
tional, independ-
ent or local, and
that there Is no
court review pos
sible as between
unions under the
present Wagner
Act where the
issue relates to
the nature of the
bargaining unit
or the conduct
of elections to
choose a bar
gaining agent.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

into a cut-and-dried decision on
1910. He believes that the next six
months should be devoted to a seri-
Gus, unforced and thorough consid-
Grafton of the issues and the men
involved in the 1910 campaign. He
has therefore been glad to introduce
Mr.. Hull's candidacy to the honorable
attention of the electorate, particu-
larly because it supplies a chance
olco m iptrod,Ice the name of So.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

just ahead, it
will be a noisy,
breast = beating
session, but not
an especially
memorable one.
1t will not be
a war session.
The president
will get about
what he wants
in the way of
national defense
f u n d S, nd
without uc h
trouble.
Having the
Evening star., 1940-01-03
japan to Keep Exhibit
At New York Fair

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. 3.-Japan's par
ticipation in the 1910 New York
Worlds Fair has been assured by
Kaname Wakasugi, commissioner
general Of the Japanese government.
Wakasugi said that the Japanese
pavilion and exhibits in the Hall of
Nations would be reopened and in
dicated that a large number Of the
exhibits will be donated to the New
York Park Department at the close
Of the fair.
Evening star., 1940-01-03

to be dealt with. some OF them OF
great import. It may be worth
setting down, issue by issue, such
forecasts as can be made at this
time.
TRADE AGREEMENTS: No. l
bet to start a big row is renewal of
the State Departments authority to
make trade agreements. Secretary
of State Cordell Hull is currently
determined to make a hard fight.
Tho 1ohhies are gathering against
Evening star., 1940-01-03

HE opinions OF the Otters this page their not
neeessary Ths Sta Such opinions presented IN re
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
We, The People
New Dealers Consider Hull Candidacy
SympothetieoIIy Rother Than Seriously
By JAY FRANKLIN.

Secretary
considered sympaheay seriously
by the New Dealers They regard him bridge between New
Deal and the conservative Roosevelt Administration They
believe that the President giving friendly consideration Mr. Huls
qualifications Dealers bdgehead which
will enable the conservative
Evening star., 1940-01-03
More Electricity on the Farm.

When Dave Lilienthal, presiding
genius of T. V. A., took command
of that pet Rooseveltian project,
he wisecracked that his basic hope
was Ito make two bulbs of glass
glow where only one glew before" ;"
especially in rural parts. Late sta
tistics indicate that his ambition
has been realized In 1898 225 900
farm homes in the regions within
the scope of the Rural Electrifica-
ton Administration depended en-
tirely on kerosene lamps or candle
light. Today those same farm
houses are as bright with electric
light as Park avenue penthouse,
thanks to r. E. A. activities and
private utilities whose services were
never before available. Twice as
many farmers have electricity this
January as had it five years ago.
Jimmie Byrnes Senate Spark Plug.
Dear Alben" Barkley of Kentucky
retains full status and title as ma
jority leader in the Senate, but the
White Houses honest goodness
spokesman and administration spark
plug during the new session will be
faithful and resourceful little jim
mie Byrnes of South Carolina The
Dixie Democrat does not always see
eye to eye with F.. D. r. on New
Deal innovations, especially reck-
less spending. but he has never for
feited the Presidents affection or
confidence. Byrnes enjoys many
more political intimacies in the
chamber than Barkley, and is far
more astute negotiator and "fixer."
The South Carolinian's S name figures
nowadays in the Democratic presi-
Dental dark horse gossip. Should
he prove successful steersman of
the administrations two primary
programs-more money for national
defense and rescue of the Hull trade
agreements plans - Byrnes might
loom formidably in the national
nominating convention, although
geography is against him.
X
Credit Where Credit Due.
Editor and Publisher, bible of the
American newspaper publishing in
dustry, steps forward modestly with
the claim of priority in suggesting
the historic action of President
Roosevelt in inviting leaders of the
| Roman Catholic Protestant and
Jewish faiths to pool their power
and influence for peace AS long
ago as October 21, 1899, Editor and
Publisher recalls that it expressed
the hope that "a formula might be
found upon which Mr.. Roosevelt,
the Pope and possibly another neu-
tral-say Argentina-might unite in
a plea for the suspension of hostili-
ties"
Evening star., 1940-01-03
The Capital Parade
Campaigning Congress Faces Grove Issues;
Roosevelt Budget Cuts May Be Toped Up
By JOSEPH ALsOP and ROBERT KINTNER.

BY JOSEPH ALSOP ROBERT KINTNER.
Congress Iterae learned bubng and clear
minded hacks gabbe weacres
statesmen the lawmakers making noise
and business regular inhabitants the city.
usual the lips is What kind Of will
be?" The obvious political this is
Evening star., 1940-01-03

the Republicans joining hands with the lobbyists Mean
WHILE agreements already concdeo ne
President considering dng issue until after the election His
leaders favor this policy but ne
dragoon Hull aquiescence He not
be able to-.
OTHER Each month Of war will bring new
but present
mnion policy requiring affirmative congressional action Ine Pres
dent has already caneng Fmand
country making the Firms substantial
the debt
with regard debts
Instead will probably for suspension OF
tentatively approved
from the Senate Will
also be proposed
extremely Deep AS already
planned here this mpa Congress on the horns OF ce demna
sngness
they must raise additional revenue raise the Federal aeo unit
Finance Committee dead set against both war profits
Presidents tax idea and deblt kerng
Democrats Republicans will probably unite to escape
limiting appropriations small token payments
politically powerful The farmers will get the
biggest the Doodle
REFORM Thumbs are down great new reforms this year The
building few hospitals regions where medical
agitation Federal public
fat stopped
President other things think
Ihere
possibility Deal policy but the most
in advance
national defense will be largely
appropriations demanded for it will be comparatively
build
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Court Directs
To Congress
Labor Bourd Power
To Write Ballots
Is Confirmed
By DAVID LAWRENCE.

Confirmation has come from the
Supreme Court that Congress has
delegated absolutely to three men in
the United States the power of life
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Credit Where Credit Due.
Homes Board to Meet

The Board of Managers of the
Presbyterian Home for the Aged will
meet at the home, 1918 Newton street
| NV, at II am. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1940-01-03
BY FREDERIC WILLIAM VILE.

It is no disparagement Of Charles
Edison to register the expectation
widespread in Washington that the
real Secretary Of the Navy will con-
Evening star., 1940-01-03

do not believe that Cordell Hull will
get the party's nomination for
1910.
There is no man in the Roose-
welt administration, very few men
in our public life, who commands
the general respect which Mr.. Hull
enjoys or who is more affectionately
regarded in political circles. He is
obviously a man of integrity, force
and sincerity. He is the political
link between the Southern con-
Evening star., 1940-01-03
Predictions
On the New
Session
Hull Trade Policy
Ratification
Forecast
BY CHARLES G. ROSS.

Striking a slightly prophetic note
as the third session of the Seventy
sixth Congress gets under way:
With a presidential campaign
Evening star., 1940-01-03

Robert Jackson into the main current OF
understood that Postmaster General
that President likewise
objections to Hull-Farey ticket.
Friendly Send-On
done for Mr. Hull in January what ne
Knowing that his Secretary OF state
consideration for the succession IN s ne
Hull with good political showcase and gave him friendly
public This honest and ponu
thereby r. captures Tor the new
prestige conservative OF his party
Deals foreign policy now unoe atack
the wing Of the Democratic party
dbythe North Anri Aniance)