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The Political Mill
Move for Long Congress Recess for Convention
Studied Hopefully by Ant-Th Termers

failure to meet the challenge hurled
at him by Republican Candidate
Wendell L. Willkie, who now ap-
pears to have very considerable
section of the American people in
his camp.
Silence Hailed by Some.
The Presidents silence on the
third-term issue has been hailed by
some of his supporters as smart
politics. Unless the President has
something up his sleeve not yet dis
closed, it may turn out to be any
thing but smart politics. He has
bear by the tail--a third term
nomination-and it is a tough one
to let 60 Of. OF course, if the Presi-
dent has fully determined he
should run again, that makes little
difference.
Here and there it has been sug-
gested that the President will ac-
cept the nomination and seek re-
election with the idea in mind that
he will resign after a year or after
the emergency" has passed. If he
has any such plan in mind it might
not register we'll with the ordinary
man and woman who vote for a
President for four-year term and
not for President who is ready to
step aside and let another man,
presumably the Vice President. take
over the job of bossing the Federal
Government. If the idea back of
such suggestion is that it would
take the third-term curse off of Mr..
Roosevelt, it does not seem to hold
water. If the plan should be put
forth in the coming campaign it
might lose the President more votes
than 1t would gain him. Also the
voters would have to give a great
deal of consideration to the man
nominated by the Democrats for
the vice presidency. The plan has
been mentioned in the last few
months from time to time. 1t ap-
pears rather fantastic. However,
these are fantastic times.
Anti-Third Termers Bitter.
AS the Democratic convention
draws nearer, with President Roose-
velt still silent on the third-term
question, anti-third term Democrats
have become more and more bitter.
they insist the American people have
right to know what the President
intends to do in this matter. The
New Dealers counter with the COM
ment that the American people will
know in plenty of time after the
President has been nominated.
Whether the President runs or
not, there promises to be plenty OF
excitement at the coming Demo-
cratic convention. If he does run
there will be the first third term
nomination ever given President,
a challenge to the old-time opposi-
tion to keeping a Chief Executive
in office for more than eight years.
If he decides not to run the scram-
BILE for the nomination will be on
in earnest, with the President hold
ing lot Of influence over the selec-
ton of the presidential nominee.
The President has kept the coun-
try on tiptoes for months. It may
be that when his answer to the
third-term question comes it will
be an anti-climaX,
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ager he knows the depth of the
third-term issue and unquestion-
ably has advised the President it
may cause an unlooked-for up
heaval such as did the Presidents s
bill to enlarge the Supreme Court
in 1887. But in reply Mr.. Roosevelt
may have said that all precedents
have gone by the boards since total
war broke out and that Mr.. Farley
was mistaken.
Doubtless each stuck to his own
point and the final remark by the
Postmaster General to the press
that he had told the President the
country wanted to retain the Demo-
cratic party in power may be inter-
preted in two ways-that Mr.. Farley
thinks the Nation wants to be Dem
ocratic but the third-term issue may
prevent or that Mr.. Roosevelt would
win.
Anyway, Mr.. Farley's loyalty to
the President and yet steadfast ad-
herence to principle on the third
term issue furnish an excellent ex-
ample of circumspect demeanor in
delicate and difficult dilemma.
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Republican National Convention was
held.
1t certainly would not take from
July Is to July % to nominate
President Roosevelt for a third term
and select his running mate. So,
some of the Democrats on Capitol
Hill who do not like the idea of a
third-term nomination are hopefully
interpreting the move for the longer
recess as an indication that the
President will say NO"
Meanwhile, speculation continued
to run riot over what the President
told James A. Farley. Mr.. Farley
for many months has been just as
sphinxlike as the President himself
on the third-term question. The
Democratic party chairman has de-
clined to say whether he would quit
If the President ran again, or
whether he would run a Roosevelt
presidential campaign for third
time Mr.. Farley has been put on
the spot, if he is the only person to
whom the President has revealed
his ideas on the third term.
Not only has there been no init
nation as to what the President
told Mr.. Farley, but there has been
no intimation as to when the Pres
ident will tell the world what he
told Mr.. Farley. There are two
groups of Democrats here: One
confident the President will say in
his own good time he will run for a
third term, and another, almost
equally positive in the belief that
the President will decline to run
again.
Logic on Both Sides.
There is plenty of logic on both
sides of the question, but mighty
little information, except for that
which is now probably almost burst
ing inside Mr.. Farley. 1t is quite
easy to believe that Mr.. Farley may
have given the President as much
information as he received-in-
formation regarding Mr.. Farley s
own plans. No one has heard him
say whether he would run a third
term campaign as Democratic ma
tional chairman, although there
has been plenty Of speculation that
he would not because of a disbelief
in a third term. 1t may be the
President has convinced Mr.. Far
ley that the crisis" which con-
fronts this country today-from
the outside worlds so grave that
the only thing to do is to continue
the President in Office until the
crisis is over. Mr.. Farley rather
indicated in speech in North Caro-
lima some time ago that a serious
situation existing in the country
and facing it from abroad might be
valid excuse for continuing in
power the present administration
headed by Mr.. Roosevelt.
The President undoubtedly knows
what he Is doing in regard to an
other presidential nomination. But
that is not a great deal of help to
the Democratic party if he Is going
to decline to run. 1t does not seem
possible he could take such a step
now. 1t would be regarded as a
sellout by the third termers who
have boosted his denomination so
strongly. 1t would be regarded by
some of the public at least as a
Evening star., 1940-07-09
This
Changing
World
British Declared
Uneasy Over Irish
Fifth Column
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

Latest dispatches from London
indicate uneasiness in the British
government regarding the attitude
of Ireland.
Although Premier De Valera has
stated that Ireland would not toll
crate any infringement of her neu-
trallty, 1t appears the British mill
tary intelligence Is on the track of
widespread fifth column plots. It's
actions, however, seem to be handi-
capped by the lack Of cooperation
on the part of the Irish authorities.
What the Germans plan in Ire
land is not quite clear yet. but it
is believed that important develop
ments might be expected there soon
after the main air attack begins
against the British Isles.
British Are Optimistic.
The British authorities and the
cabinet seem as full of confidence
that the Germans will not succeed
In invading England by a frontal
attack as they were a week ago.
This optimism, not shared by out
siders, shows the British are going
to put up the stiffest fight in their
long history.
The passing of the French third
republic was received with a shrug
by the British. They have learned
that every time the French go
through major crisis they change
radically their form of government.
Theformation of a government on
the pattern of that existing in Italy
is, OF course, the work of the two
ardent admirers of Fascism, Field
Marshal Petain and M. Pierre Laval.
Marshal Petain will be the figure-
head elder statesman while M.
Laval will be the actual govern.
ment.
Heads Likely to Roll.
1t seems probable that heads are
going to roll in unoccupied France.
and, while the guillotine is not likelv
to be installed in the public squares
OF Clermont, Ferrand and Vichy,
the French have been allowed bv
the Germans to retain sufficient
bullets for number of firing squads.
According to confidential reports.
the secret weapon of the Germans
in their campaign in France has
been the st. Georges cavalry. The
main culpritS of the French debacle
have been able to get away. But
there are quite a few minor politi-
clans who are still in France and
will be sacrificed to the clamor of
people who demand an exemplary
punishment for those who have
trif1ed with Frances destinies.
The trials which will take place
in France within the next few
weeks promise to be sensational.
They will bring out the fact that
the Germans have spent several
million dollars in securing the good
will of certain highly placed pub
lie men in the republic and also in
buying off large number of lesser
lights who have proved most help
full to the German intelligence
service and the German propaganda
organizations. 1t is reliably re-
! ported that even high-ranking
officers are compromised in this
scandal.
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TranscontinentaI Record
Is Set by StratoIiner
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July ga giant new
air transport, called a stratoliner.
roared into La Guardia Field at 9:29
am. (E. S. T0 today to set a new
West-East transcontinental record
for commercial planes.
1t had taken off from Burbank
Field, Los Angeles, at 9:15 o'clock
CE. S. TD last night and stopped 80
minutes and averaged 223 miles per
hour for the 2,603 miles at Kan
sas City on its flight through
the so-called substratosphere - an
altitude of about 1000 feet.
The four -motored Boeing, 23-ton,
s450,000 craft, spanned the conti-
nent in the elapsed time of 10 hours
IA minutes; the former eastbound
transport record was Is hours AZ
minutes.
A sister ship reached Los Angeles
from New York at 10.42 am. in the
elapsed time of IA hours 9 minutes.
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LETTERS in Diplomas
Studied by School Board

The distribution of letters Of con-
graduation from a member of Con-
gress campaigning for reelection to
graduates of Bethesda Chevy Chase
High School on June 18 was studied
today by the Montgomery County
CMd) Board of Education.
The letters, written by Representa-
tive Byron. Democrat, running
against Republican Walter johnson,
were inclosed with diplomas handed
out to pupils by Principal Thomas
w. Pyle on graduation day.
Members of the board refused after
the meeting to state what action, II
any, was taken. A statement was
to be released later today by the
county superintendent of schools,
Edwin w. Broome, board members
said.
Evening star., 1940-07-09

The dangers OF assuming that immediately
compete "h the Naz munitions the New
fortune piece as holding significance in field The editor
recently handle
on campaign and the publisher of Fortune
OF the United States to this successful
So the Fortune article
national campaign what Wie
de1ese This conclusion
feared that not the but
shrink from the cost terms of liberty
dollars itself against the total
New
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tine and other South American ministers
from the conference
least The real unwngness
what does alarm the State Department the possibility that
powerful will
opposition that certain elements Congress will exhibit their
believe
sphere point
further discussion.
by North America Newpape AlHance1 1nc)
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-
vention. AS the
conve n tion is
S c h e d u ! e d to
open July Is, it
may be argued
that the Demo-
Gratis expect a
long convention,
with a ii t h a t
may imply, or it
may just mean
they are anxious
to get a vaca-
ton. However,
a recess of only
one week was
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The Capital Parade
State Department Is Reported Alarmed by
Possible Opposition to Hemisphere Defense Plan

South
already intense Norway
OF late has actively
penetration which take the form Of offers from German commercial
ounors other quantities
goods it, when the
offered this it, and when basis
the War Department frankly
is both huge and acute the
American policy makers believe that
nomic Of the
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Two Sets of Masters

There Of control"
and everywhere the ngned commercial competveness the pulls
ef-nteres intervened The objectvethe defeat powerful
O
having to be compromised"
result production according
conservative business magazine. The
las late Richard
Wales the only in Britain said to be operating only
thirds while
producers In both countries
munitions plant operation the
industry
materaseven COAL did
aircraft and munitions works until
been broke Sedan"
Fortune concludes its the failure Allied
mobilization
The
funcionng brilliantly oversight
fata sights
they overlooked the immediate battlefield.
Significance for u. S.
THE Allied economic strategy like the military
their institutions
slaves could possibly prevail
bastons hopefully
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Significance for u. S.

limited risks until they could la
boriously convert their incredible
wealth into goods of destruction
But the enemy, who was committed
to a war of unlimited risk, did not
wait, and few in England, who
knew he would not, had summed up
the choice before the democracies
in the disillusioned cry, If you can't
make war, make peace"
Aside from the Importance of
this magazine article in exposing
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are examining the reasons for the
Allied failure to match Germany's
war economics and are hoping to
discover a way for us to avoid that
failure in our own defense prepara-
tions.
The Fortune article makes 1t
clear that the Allied defect lay in
their failure to perceive the total
implication Of the gathering threat
and to mobilize the vast power of
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jected to every
form of logic
and penetrating
analysis, W i t h
the consequence
that most people
In Washington
are frankly be-
wildered an d
puzzled a b o u t
W h e t her the
President is to
be the Demo-
c r a tt C party's
nominee for the
presidency.
Little clues in
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our own Congress consent, action of
some sort will be taken to prevent
the Germans from using their vast
new resources to break down one
South American economy after an
other.
The reception of the Berle plan
in South America, so far, has been
friendly. The Havana conference
has been called to lay the ground
work, and is expected to produce a
Evening star., 1940-07-09
We, the People
Article AnoIyzine Allied War Economics
Held Significant for United States
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

The New Deal administration is seriously studying
which should be required summer reading for public candidate
public official
July issue of Fortune the
and analyses with the cold biologist dcng
the Allied
nomc nadeuacy Of the Allies
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nately, their plan for doing this has
been almost universally misunder-
stood, while the South American re-
sponse to 1t has been equally gen.
orally misrepresented. Few matters
are of more crucial importance, and
a recapitulation of the facts would
appear to be in order.
When the State Department
found itself confronted with the
possibility of quick German VIC
tory, one of the first fears was of
Evening star., 1940-07-09
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

Democratic leaders at the Capitol
are trying to bring about an agree
ment to take a congressional recess
until July 20 for the Democratic
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opinions OF the ortters this page their own.
necessarily The Stars Such opinions presented In The
Stars effort to gDe all sides OF questions of interest to- its
readers although such opinions may contradictory among
themselves and directly opposed to The Stars.
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On Sd erm
BoffIing
Comment Sifted
With Little
Satisfaction
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

The mysterious or rather cryptic
comments made by Postmaster Gen.
eral Farley after his conference with
President Roosevelt are being sub
Evening star., 1940-07-09

Partly this liberal political traditions which place premium
partisan opposition engender suspicion Of political leaders
equally existence of free institutions
the basis of private ownership of industrial and
profit the motive behind production This added competitive
principle, proved harmful.
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Cooperative Action

90 Purchases existing
united States time
cooperative hemisphere
may take the form of the
which Will exchange the products
OF Europe Or it take the
pools IN number OF the more important individual
proouc such as wheat pool,
form continued by this
making Washington
possibilities The and
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BerIe's Cartel Plan

Faced with such the State
themselves and eventually Assistant Secretary Berle
oee scaed the cartel plan The pan which
formation OF any cartel in the accurate meaning of the
'
AT its base is the assumption already
american nation wishes
Since 1t is
Germany must preliminary complete domina
assumed all
JON 10 preserve their economic independence This joining
prevent the
OF he e. sere plan The plan really falls into two parts.
ID Because OF the
surphses kinds
american countries Since there
hese goods and since Germany em primary
point The Ber plan calls for purchases supuses
probably r.
OF The initial expense s5ooOoo0oo
course be partly
Whatever the cost it will certainly handing
South America
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ts
those Of most South
OBVIOUSLY provide huge market for these
coud not There would follow
OF large of the hemisphere
be extremely threatening to the defensive position
Evening star., 1940-04-14

Coffee grown in Fl Salvatore this
season filled nearly 900,000 bags.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

q highland View have = tihair
guests Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Dowods
q Mount. Vernon, Ohio.
Mr.. ana Mn. Densdict
EntsFtain FsetnightIy Club.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Z. Benedict
entertained last evening, when their
guests were members az the Fort
nightly Club.
Miss Helen Dolan Of Woodnde
Park has been entertaining Mrs.
Vera Hughes, Mrs. Verna Campbell
and her son, Mr.. Richard Campbell,
who are en- route to their home Ia
Hamilton, Ontario, after spending
the winter In Miami.
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Redmond
Of California, Nd, are spending rev.
eral months with the latters' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Rykerd
DR.. and Mrs. Frank w. Miller have
sold their home on Second avenue
In Montgomery Hills and will leave
shortly for Kansas City, Mo-, where
DR.. Miller has been Transferred by
the Department Of Agriculture.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Dillon were
hosts at bridge last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Earle Miller
have moved into their new home at
Sill Reading road In Forest Hills.
Miss Jacquelyn Hood entertained
at . dinner party last evening in the
home Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
q. A. Hood.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson Of
Montgomery Hills are entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Helen Of Chi
cago, who are here for q week.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Mrs. Franklin
Returning to
Fall Hill
Social Notes
Of the Week
At Fredericksburg

Mrs. Lynn w. Franklin. wife Of
the United States Consul at Stock
holm, Sweden, with their four chill
dren, is expected to return to Fan
Hill. her home here, the latter part
OF April. MI. Franklin was expected
to come with his family for Z vaca-
ton. but when the recent trouble
began in the Scandinavian coun-
tries, his leave was rescinded BY the
State Department. This will be the
first visit Mrs. Franklin and her
family have made In this country In
six years. Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin
and their three oldest children spent
the summer Of 1884 with Mrs. Frank
Inns mother, Mrs. Fred Robinson. ct
Fall Hill, thet1 historic home over
looking Fredericksburg. At that
time Mr.. Franklin was en- route from
his post In Annoy, China, to Barce-
Iona. Spain, where he was Consul
before going to Sweden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Van Auken
and Mr.. and Mrs. Caywood Herndon
have returned from . weeks motor
trip to Charleston, s. c., where they
visited the magnolia and azalea gar
denS.
Mrs. w. w. Braxton is home after
q months visit In New York as the
guest Of her son-in-law and daugh-
ter. Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Sweet.
Miss Nancy Hill Of Baltimore is
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. Walter
T. Savage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Spottswood Hall Of
New York City are the guests Of
Mrs. A. Hansford Wallace.
Mrs. l.. M. Stevens Of Lewistown,
Pa, has arrived to visit her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Leary.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. j. Garner and
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. M. Janney returned
this week from . two.week Southern
tour, during which time they visited
Mr.. and Mrs. J. q. Walsh in Green
vile, Ala.
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Silver Spring
Activities
In General
DR.. ]. Fl. Forsyth
And Wife Go to
Charleston

Dr.. and Mrs. J. Howell Forsyth
have gone to Charleston. 3. c.. where
they are visiting the azales gardens.
They also plan to pass some time
In Hattiesburg, Miss, with DR.. For
syth's sister. Mrs. L. b. Fairbank,
before returning here In about two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lyman Clark
entertained at bridge Friday evening
at their home, Labyrinth, In Wood
side.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Whittlesey
have returned from their wedding
trip ana are ct home at Falkland.
where they have taken an apartment
at 0341 Colesville road.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. Douglas Sears Of
North Woodside have visiting them
Mrs. Sears mother. Mrs. John B.
Robins Of Crisfleld, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Myron Jones Of
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Mrs. r. NJ. Fawe1l
Visits in Arlin6ton

Mrs. Reed M. Fawell. wife Of It
Fawel, U. S. M. c., is spending some
time In Arlington, Va, before she
joins 1t. Fawel1 in Quantico.
She will divide her visit among
her aunts, Mrs. Frank Voolfolk and
Mrs. Charles T. Jesse, and her
grandmother, Mrs. Charles D. Col
lins.
Ii. and Mrs. Fawell have been at
Atlanta for the past three years.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
Manassas
Parties Are
Planned
Mrs. Lewis and
Miss May Lynn
To Go to Roanoke

MANASSAS, Va, April 13.-Mrs.
Robert L. Lewis, accompanied by
Miss May Lynn, will leave Tuesday
for Roanoke to spend the remain
der of the week.
Mrs. r. Jackson Ratcliffe will en-
tertain at several tables of bridge
Monday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Trusler had as
their guest this week Mrs. A. A. Cor
win of Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. G. j. Meetze has visiting her
her granddaughter, Miss Carol Lee
-Meet1e of Trenton, Mich.> -.~ ,9-t
Miss Lucy Arlington will be
hostess 1T bridge Wednesday eve
ming.
Miss Virginia Newman will spend
next week end in Lexington, where
she will attend the spring dances at
Washington and Lee University.
Miss Eleanor Gibson. who made
an extended stay with her parents
the Rev. and Mrs. A. Stuart Gibson
has gone to Pottsville, Pa, to take
over her position with the American
1tcO AIUSS 11SSUCldtlOIl.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kincheloe
Return From Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Carl Kincheloe
have returned from Philadelphia
where they were guests Of Comdr
and Mrs. Cyrus B. Kitchen.
Mrs. Arthur w. Sinclair will 70 to
Richmond Wednesday to stay until
Sunday with Miss Agnes Crawford
at Windsor Farms. Mrs. Sinclair
viii be bridesmaid Saturday at the
wedding Of Miss Frances Tucker
Henley and Mr.. William Banta of
Richmond. Mr.. Sinclair and Mr..
and Mrs. James E. Bradford will
join Mrs. Sinclair in Richmond for
the week end.
Mrs. Dorothy Allen will be hostess
at bridge Wednesday evening.
Miss Dorothy Evans and Mr.
Thomas Curtin Of Washington are
spending the week end with Mrs
Frank Browning.
Mrs. w. L. Lloyd is visiting he1
sister, Mrs. William B. Dodge, In
Washington this week.
Watch the car behind the cal
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Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. French
Entertain in Arlington
MIR. and Mrs. 6. P. Sanders Hosts:
Dinner Party to Be Given Tonight
BY MIR. and Mrs. William Hubbard

Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
afternoon followed by dancing through
ter Miss Mildred French
Of Mr. and Mrs Roland Anderson Hills French
assisted by Mrs Anderson and
OF the faculty OF the WashngtonLee High School,
Mrs. Roy Ewers presided table
Members OF the June graduating class
recreation from to
Vass at the punch
George q
party and buffet
were Mr. and Mrs r. Faar