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Evening star., 1940-01-09

Vice President Garner. To the din
that had greeted the others. there
were added shouts of Speech,
speechl' The Vice President grim
ned and pointed to the President
as II to say the latter's address had
been sufficient.
Andrew jackson In person at
tended the dinner. At least q man
by that name was listed among the
Sl00-a-plate subscribers in the pro-
gram. He could not be located in
the crowd.
Other glimpses:
Mrs. James H. r. Cromwell, the
former Doris Duke, resplendent in
gold and black, sitting with her hus-
band, nominated to be Minister to
Canada; Mrs. John Hay (Jock)
Whitney, the noted horsewoman,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, jr.
Franklin Carries Crash Mcmento.
Franklin, jr., with a white patch,
memento Of an auto crash, over his
left eye, his wife spilling purse,
gloves and cape in order to applaud
for her father-in-la law. Mrs. Roose-
welt, ST., laughing audibly at her
husbands jokes.
Mrs. Hull trying to make her hus-
band stop chatting and go in to
dinner. A lady gate-crasher trying
the impossible. Three embarrassed
guests who left their tickets at home.
Red, white and blue blotters on
several tables with the message
Vote Republican. For President
Styles Bridges, United States Sen
ator."
Mr.. Roosevelt, Mr.. Garner and Mr.
Farley putting their heads together
and roaring with laughter when
Speaker Bankhead mentioned the
vast amount of curiosity" over the
third-term issue.
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interests of the people, and forget
politics. He cited Hamilton, Jeffer-
son, Lincoln and Jackson as other
heroes" who had accomplished
great things, irrespective of politics.
Referring again to this thesis, the
President said: Il do not think that
any one can say that the many peo-
pie in these last seven years who
have given composite leadership have
failed in their Obligation
Reference to Foreign Scene.
The Presidents sole reference to
the foreign situation came IN a para
graph toward the close of his ad-
dress. He said:
"The people of the United States
recognize two facts today. The first
is that the world outside our hemi-
sphere is in really bad shape. This
is matter for realism. 1t is fact
fact so big that few people have
grasped its meaning-a fact so big
in its effect on the future of the
world that all our little partisan
squabbles are shameful in the light
of it,"
Speaking of the accomplishments
of the last seven years, the Presi-
dent said the American people are
glad that the natural resources
have been conserved, that We have
made our banks safe and brought
our courts up to date. that we have
kept millions of people out of the
breadlines
Speaker Bankhead alluded to the
third-term riddle in the opening
Of his speech. saying that he be-
lieved the only seduction" that
might have caused the Republican
leaders to attend the dinner would
have been for the President to make
an unconditional promise that at
this time he would make some def
mite declaration as to a third term,
matter about which our Repub-
lican friends seem to have amassed
very considerable curiosity-and
some Democrats"
The Speaker hit out boldly at the
Republicans. and, without mention
ing their names, at Candidates
Dewey. Vandenberg and Taft.
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More Property Demanded
For Third Precinct

| Stressing the need for additional
property to serve No. 3 police pre-
clnct the West End Citizens Asso-
citation last night asked that a strip
of land owned by the Western Mar
ket and lots occupying 2010-2c12 K
street NV. be made available for
the purpose.
The latter move specified that the
K street properties be acquired i'm
mediately to help avert overcrowded
conditions at the precinct station
due to the large number of automo-
biles impounded daily 1t was point
ed out that general parking facilities
for the staff are lacking at the same
| time
William H. Mondell, representing
the District Suffrage Association
who spoke before the meeting in No
precinct, expressed the belief that
citizens of the District should con-
centrate on obtaining local suffrage
! alone rather than national repre-
sentation as we'll. Mr.. Mondell felt
that insistence on t4e national vote
might be met with opposition by
States as we'll as by cities of larger
population than Washington, that
might argue their entitlement to
State or territorial standing on this
basis"
H. V. Schneider. of the Capital
Transit Co., discussed traffic safety
and outlined with charts the safety
campaign originated by William A.
Van Duzer, traffic director. Both
speakers were accorded vote of
thanks.
Immediate improvement of side
walks in the vicinity of Twenty
fifth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. was asked. The associa-
ton also will request construction
of new pavement on the south side
of H street between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets NV. Walter F.
WaSson presided.
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be solved. Many Of the guests were
convinced. however, that the Presi-
dent does not wish a third term
and that he will not be q candidate
unless some great crisis occurs.
Politics "Sidetrackcd."
Philosophizing for the benefit Of
the dinner guests-and for the Ma
ton at large, as his address was
broadcast by three radio chains
the President discussed the relative
importance Of politics and govern
ment. The people, he insisted, are
far more interested in government
good government-than they are in
merely political questions Too
many politicians, he said, forget
that politics is only an instrument
through which to achieve govern
ment"
People tell me-" continued the
President, that I hold party ties
less tenaciously than most of my
predecessors in the presidency. that
I have too many people in my ad-
ministration who are not active
party Democrats. I admit the soft
impeachment. My answer is that !
do believe in party organization, but
only in proportion to its proper
place in Government.
But the future lies with those
wise political leaders who realize
that the great public is interested
more in Government than in poll
tics; that the independent voter in
this country has been steadily on
the increase, at least for the past
generation; that vast numbers of
people consider themselves normal
ly adherents of one party and still
feel perfectly at liberty to vote for
one or more candidates OF another
party, come election day, and on the
other hand, sometimes uphold party
principles even when precinct cap
tains decide to take a walk
Here the President was believed to
be striking at Alfred E. Smith, for
mer Governor of New York and
Democratic presidential nominee in
l928-who took a walk" in 1886
and has recently said he would get
out his walking shoes again if the
Democrats put up New Dealer in
1910.
Hits at False Fronts.
The President said he found il
difficult to talk nationally" with
some of his close friends in the
South who are under the impress
sion that they would be ostracised
in society and business if it were
to appear publicly that they hao
ever voted for Republican" He
mentioned friends in the North who
felt the same way about their vot-
ing for a Democrat He quoted from
an unnamed editor who recently
told him that he was in complete
sympathy with the Roosevelt pro.
gram, but could not say so pub.
licly, because 80 per cent of hi!
readers and advertisers are Re.
! publicans.
/ The President said he had becom
convinced that when most men en-
ter the White House or become Gov
ernor of a State, they think of tn
| job they have before them and tn
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first unit building be erected the activities the War
mostc oslyFe Federas in the CapualC Az
Evening star., 1940-01-09
HoIdup Men GET S53
From Two Stores

Left alone for a moment by her
mother, 5-year-old Mary Silverman
summoned her when three colored
youths entered the family's grocery
store yesterday.
Mrs. Frances S. Silverman ap-
peared, but soon realized the "busi-
ness" of the trio was robbery. At
gun-point, she told police, they
forced her to turn over $35, and
then made their escape before police
could be summoned.
The holdup occurred at 1101 New
Jersey avenue NV
Miss Mary E. East, clerk in a
pastry shop at 2416 Fourteenth
street NV, reported to police two
colored men took $18 in an armed
robbery of the store yesterday.
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cism in Boston, where former Gov.
Joseph B. Ely took occasion to rap
at those who practice lavish distri-
button of public funds.
Only speaker to make no reference
to President Roosevelt at Boston's
dinner, the Liberty League Demo-
crat, who took "a walk" with Smith
from the Roosevelt forces in 1886,
quoted from letter he said Jackson
had written to contractors:
Whatever concerns myself may
manage with any generosity or in
dulgence I please" he said, but
in acting for m, Sountry have no
such discretion.S'
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Sweden's registered motor vehicles
number some 100000, a quarter of
which are trucks and buses.
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Lehman Asks Allegiance.
Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, prin-
cipal speaker, urged Americans of
all creeds to heed and respond to
the call of the President for peace
and the preservation of Democratic
principles. Former Gov. Alfred E.
Emith. who took a walk" in 1896
was not present.
In Denver Senator Wheeler, Demo-
crat. of Montana did not mention
President Roosevelt by name nor
did he refer in his prepared text to
suggestions that he become a candi-
date for the presidential nomina-
ticn. OF the next campaign he
said only:
THE question the voters will an
swer in 1910 is simple. Will the
country go back-back to the Old
Guard Republican-back to the
party that saw no corruption and
unbridled graft; that heard no pleas
from the oppressed and the under
privileged who walked the road OF
starvation, and that did nothing?"
In Indianapolis Gov. Herbert r.
O'Conor of Maryland paid particular
tribute to the social program of the
New Deal, by which he asserted the
present Democratic party has
achieved the real purpose for which
it came into existence"
Comparing Mr.. Roosevelt to JEFF
ferson and Jackson, the Maryland
chief executive said fulfillment OF
the ideals of the latter pair has beer
accomplished by "the leadership, the
initiative and, above all, the hu.
manitarianism" of Mr.. Roosevelt.
tarianism" of M Roosevelt wa!
punctuated by an overtone OF criti
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Promising New Way
Of Treating Cancer
Is Reported
Dr.. MiIIikun DiscIoses
Further Purificotion Of
Important Substance
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PASADENA, Calf, June S.-Dr.
Robert A. Millikan, chairman OF the
Executive Council Of the California
Institute Of Technology, has dis
closed a promising" new attack by
science on cancer.
DR.. Millikan, giving his annual
report Of institute progress at the
commencement exercises, said:
THE cancer research program has
had a remarkable chemical develop
ment-the further publication Of a
substance which, on injection into
tumor in an experimental animal,
causes the tumor in many cases to
shrivel up and disappear.
"The further study Of this most
promising attack on the cancer
scourge is being carried out vigor-
ously"
Among 300 research projects COM
pleted during the year, DR.. Millikan
mentioned these:
The study of the structure Of
proteins by x-ray and other physi-
cal methods has led to the develop
ment of a radical new theory OF
immunology which explains the for
nation of the antitoxins and their
activity in protecting the body from
disease.
Long sought by the best chem
lists in the world because of pos
sible medical value, substance
which is physiologically active has
just been isolated from marijuana."
Evening star., 1940-06-08

power has achieved spectacular
ascendancy over British naval
power" the staement said. 1t added
concentrated arpower in close
proximity to its own airdromes can
inflict losses on the less strongly ar
mored naval units. 1t has signally
failed, however, to annul the decisive
advantages conferred by sea power
A recent and striking example was
the successful withdrawal Of the AL
lied armies from the Belgian coast" +"
Third Night of Raids.
For the third successive night,
German air raiders carried the war
into the south and east coast coun-
ties Of England last night in series
of attacks marked by machine
cunning of houses at a southeast
port town.
The Daily Mail described these
latest assaults as terror raids"
A communique of the Air Min
istry and the Ministry of Home
Security said "some bombs were
dropped but little material damage
was done and no casualties have
been reported"
Nazi Bomber Crashes.
One Nazi bomber crashed and
burned in East Suffolk. One mem
ber of its crew was reported killed,
another injured and one captured.
The injured flyer later died. The
captured German flyer struggled
with police declaring he wanted to
keep on fighting.
While anti-aircraft units blazed
away at the raiders, the Royal Air
Force bore the weight of British
support for her French ally.
The Air Ministry said last night
that R. A. F. bombers ranged the
full length of the German lines and
behind the lines in Northern France,
setting fires at a large oil refinery
south of Hamburg, smashing one
end of a main railway tunnel south
of Aachen and slashing at German
held airdromes, rail lines, marching
troops and motorized columns.
Alarms in 10 Counties.
Afraid alarms echoed last night
in 10 English coastal counties
Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex, Suffolk,
Kent. Northumberland, Durham,
Yorkshire, Lincoln and Hertford-
shire.
The machine-g cunning plane
which struck at the unidentified
coast town did not drop bombs, but
Evening star., 1940-06-08
'unning eastward from the English

running eastward from the English
Channel.
The most powerful Nazi thrust
threatening Paris was aimed at the
Oise River Valley, broad natural
route through which two man-made
highways lead to the capital.
The tank-led German push south
of Peronne appeared to be the
Nazis' greatest effort. It was esti-
mated that 1000 tanks suddenly
swung into action in this sector on
Wednesday with the opening of the
new northern offensive.
Infantry action was fiercest on the
Aisne, east of scissors in the re-
gion of the heights of Chemin des
Danes. There the Germans un-
leashed violent artillery barrage
to cover construction of a bridge
they succeeded in throwing across
the river. But the French, under
Weygands stirring order to his army
Ito defend our positions without
thought of retreat" held onto the
left bank as the Nazi detachments,
at the heavy cost of men described
by Gen. Weygand in his own night
communique, streamed across under
raking French machine-gun fire.
The few Germans who stumbled
blindly onto their objective were
wiped out" the communique said.
Bridge Builders Reckless.
Passage of the Nazi tank fleets
across the Somme evidently was
prepared by reckless German bridge
building engineers. Allied machine
guns and artillery have had the
north bank of the river under con-
slant fire for days.
t"- Not all the tank action was re-
stricted to the Germans. British
manned tanks, in support Of in
fantry on the Somme front, were
reported to have captured Nazi
infantry detachment. A correspond
ent with the B. E. F. said the pris-
oners told of having to march 30
miles a day and then plunging into
battle without chance to rest.
Military observers described the
terrain near the coast, between the
Bresle and the Somme, as poor fo:
defense but possessing, in its
swamps, excellent natural traps for
tanks. Many of them were said to
have begged down.
In Paris itself, where anti-alrcratt
fire was heard shortly before mid
night last night, although AFRAID
sirens did not sound an alarm, the
Evening star., 1940-06-08

circled repeatedly at low altitude.
The Ministry Of Home Security re-
ported one house badly damaged
and other buildings slightly dam
aged there. Residents escaped in
jury by huddling for As minutes in
shelters.
In Norfolk, where the alarm
lasted an hour as compared with
five minutes In Durham, deep
throated explosions were heard in
the distance.
Aerial danger Of another sort
momentarily imperiled Sir Stafford
Cripps, new British Ambassador en-
route to Russia, Reuters (British)
news agency reported from Bucha-
rest, when lightning struck the air
plane in which he was flying near
Salonica. He was unhurt and the
plane reached Bucharest safely,
Reuters said.
o. s. Entry Into War Seen.
The Yorkshire Post, influential
northern newspaper which often
has been called the mouthpiece Of
War Minister Anthony Eden, de-
clared that responsible American
opinion soon might come to believe
that the United States should de-
clare war on Germany.
The newspaper predicted this
opinion would want to give the ut
most moral weight to Americas
condemnation Of the foul ideas of
conquest that Hitler is rushing into
effect" and expressed hope that
America will decide to send us war
supplies at extreme war speed"
The press generally played up the
speeding of United States plans to
send armaments to the Allies.
The Daily Telegraph, in its lead
Ing editorial, said:
THE master word is what thou
doest, do quickly Anything that
hastens victory is of immeasurable
value to the whole world"
AS the government heightened
air raid precautions, Home Secre-
tary Sir John Anderson broadcast
an appeal for volunteers to man
defenses and said compulsory DOW
ers could be invoked If necessary.
The Evening Standard, owned by
Lord Beaverbrook, Minister of Air
craft production, said today that
Britain must not fall into the
grasp" of "a perpetual threat of
air attack" on England by which
the Germans may believe they can
keep great numbers of our fighters
idle on the ground"
I'VE must hold fast to the princi-
pie that the life of one soldier in
France is more precious than the
lives Of many civilians In Britain, /"
the Standard said, urging that
"the maximum number" of fighting
planes be kept in action above the
battle lines.
Great Britain today raised the age
limits of many reserved, or exempt
occupations, making 10000 white
collar workers Immediately available
for service and calling up many
others by August /.
The reservations were extended to
agricultural workers and "distribu-
tive workers." chiefly proprietors or
managers Of businesses.
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able tanks in action at present along
the SOnnnp. A icno front

able tanks in action at present along
the Somme-Aisne front.
The French defenses are holding
and isolating the motorized spear
heads, he declared, while artillery
and infantry on both sides clashed
in front-line battles.
The combat was renewed this
morning with full violence but the
French high command was reported
Satisfied" with the progress of the
fighting.
Meanwhile Paris heard anti-air-
craft fire at 11:31 am. The firing
ceased after few shots.
Two Tank Divisions Brought Up.
Two divisions of German tanks
between 300 and 1,0O0-were said to
have been brought from Abbeville,
near the mouth of the Somme, to
the central front to join some thou
sand others already operating in
the region south of Peronne, where
the Nazis are driving at tn Disc
River and its two highways leading
to Paris.
French 75s continued to blast the
rolling fortresses, the spokesman
said. He declared that a single
battery of these famous guns de-
stroyed 25 tanks yesterday Pub
lished reports of the Nazi losses in
tanks have run as high as 700.
Heavy forces of Allied planes sup
ported the artillery and infantry
by breaking up troop concentrations,
reducing infiltraHons and hating
supply trains.
At the same time Nazi planes
conducted scouting and bombing
expeditions against Allied COM
munications A number OF bombs
were dropped on railway lines
leading west, north and south from
the Paris region, the spokesman
said. He said several ports also
were bombed, but did not identify
them by name
1t. Gen. H. R. Pownall chief of
staff for Gen. Gort, commander of
the British Expeditionary Force, ar
rived in France today and conferred
with Gen. Weygand. His arrival was
announced by the British Embassy.
Hold New Positions.
Under relentless pressure of Ger
man tanks and infantry hurled into
the fight without counting their
losses" Allied troops entered the
fourth day of the battle of France"
in newly established, Strengthened
positions along an 80-mile front
Evening star., 1940-06-08
Rise in Anti-Semitic
Agitation Described
By Rabbi Miller
Dies Is Described os
SeIf-Appointed Sovior
Of American Liberties

An alarming increase in anti
Semitic agitation has been noted by
American Jewish leaders during re-
cent months, Rabbi Moses Miller,
president of the Jewish Peoples S
Committee, told the second session
Of the National Conference on Con-
stitutional Liberties in America in
the National Press Club Auditorium
today.
Describing Chairman Dies of the
House Committee on un-American
Activities as "self-appointed savior
of the American liberties" Rabbi
Miller asserted the Texas legislator
had been giving the forces Of anti
Semitism vigorous assistance.
Too few who call themselves lib
erals have been willing to go
where the fight is thickest" and
back up words with action, Prof. G.
Fayette Taylor, member of the
American Committee for Democracy
and Intellectual Freedom, told the
meeting. He said he felt true lib
erals must be ready to defend civil
liberties even in behalf of those
who denounce civil liberties"
Determined to Defend Rights.
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, member
Of the National Committee of the
Communist party, said her group
was determined to defend what it
considers its rights as a legal polit-
ical party.
Condemning war hysteria, which
she declared was overwhelming the
nation as a destructive force which
would inevitably undermine civil
liberties, Miss Pearl M. Hart, chair
man of the Civil Liberties Com
mittee of the National Lawyers
Guild, last night told the delegates
that they must present a united
front to preserve those rights.
Citing recent cases from Illinois
records which she claimed were in
fringements on civil rights, guar
anteed by the Constitution, Miss
Hart, principal speaker at the open
ing session of the three-day con-
clave, advocated more liberal use
Of the Federal civil rights statutes
in prosecuting individuals, includ-
ing public officials, who violate those
rights.
Calls for Statements.
In addition, the speaker called
for public statements from leading
executives and law enforcement
agencies clarifying their duties and
the responsibilities of those agencies
for the general publics enlighten-
ment. She suggested organization
of civil liberties committees in the
countrys American Legion posts
all labor unions and other organiza-
tions as means of improving the
situation.
Other speakers were the Rev
Owen A. Knox of Detroit, Mich.
president of the Civil Rights FEEDER
alton of Michigan, whose topic was
The Detroit Raids; Harold J
Pritchett of Seattle, Wash, presi-
dent of the International Wood
Workers of America, speaking or
Terror in Grays Harbor";; James
Dombrowski Of New York City, a