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Evening star., 1940-04-07
By G. adams Hoyard.

The other members Of the board
are: Edward G. Baltz, secretary Of
the Perpetual Building Association;
]. Randall Cation, prominent Vir-
ginia attorney; Brig. Gen. Albert L.
Cox, commander Of the District of
Columbia National Guard; Maj. F.
Mckenzie Dawson, assistant direc-
tor Of the District Highways De-
partment; DR.. H. G. Dickinson,
scientist and chief of the heat and
power division of the National Bu-
reau Of Standards; Edwin G. Hege,
civic leader; Mark Lansburgh, mer-
chant; James B. Luttes, business
executive; L. Gardner Moore, hotel
manager; Edgar Morris, business
and civic leader, chairman Of the
Greater National Capital Commit
tee; Ralph H. Polio, hotel executive;
c. Melvin Sharpe, public utility ex-
ecutive and member of the Board
Of Education; Fred A. Smith, realtor
and president of the Washington
Real Estate Board; Arthur j. Sund-
lun, business leader and president
of the Merchants and Manufactur-
ers' Association; William Ullman,
journalist and traffic authority;
Rev. Charles T. Warner, rector, St.
Adams Church; L. Perry West, in
dustriaGSt, and DR.. Charles Stanley
White. George E. Keneipp, mana
ger Of the Keystone Club, is secre-
tary to the board.
The agenda of all Keystone board
meetings includes current activities
Of the organization and general Dis
trict traffic matters. These are all
thoroughly threshed out in full and
free discussion. At virtually all ses-
sions, too, there are present as club
guests public officials and others
whose knowledge of and participa-
ton in the solution of traffic prob
lens are of abiding interest to the
public-spirited men comprising the
board.
These guests include members OF
the Senate and House District of
Columbia Committees, members of
the Board of District Commission
ers. officials of the city's traffic,
highways, police, school and recrea-
ton departments and park and
planning agencies. The addresses
Evening star., 1940-04-07

Congress and they also will have
as their guest, Mrs. Gus L. Ford
who will come from Dallas. Tex,
next week to attend the Congress.
Attend Wedding
In Germantown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Smith of
Bethesda and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Weaver Of Battery Park, both close
friends of Miss Mary Blair, who
lived in Bethesda for several years.
drove to Germantown. Pa. to attend
the wedding yesterday of Miss Blair
and the Rev. A. Robert Harrison of
Barre, Mass. Mrs. Harrison left
Bethesda last week and until her
marriage yesterday she was the
guest of DR.. and Mrs. Walter c.
Erdman in Germantown, who are
old friends of the Blair family.
In the absence of the brides
parents. DR.. and Mrs. Herbert Blair
who are in Korea, the wedding took
place at the Erdman home.
Mrs. Evan Condor of Bethesda
also was among the guests at the
wedding.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude w. Dudley of
Kenwood will have Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Morrison and Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Daisley of Kenwood and Mr..
and Mrs. Eustace Florence of Chevy
Chase as their guests at dinner
tonight at the Congressional Coun-
try Club.
Miss Barbara Ames of Westmore-
land Hills and Miss Mary Ellen
Henry of Bethesda are spending the
week end in Fredericksburg, Va, as
the guests of Miss Betty Ann Stohl-
barger, a student at Mary Washing
ton College, which both Miss Ames
and Miss Henry expect to attend
next year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis
To Leave for Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. M. Willis and
their son, Mr.. Jack Willis of Edge
moor, will leave tomorrow for Flor
ida. They will return by the inland
water route on their yacht, taking
about three weeks for the trip.
During the absence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Willis their house will be occupied
by their son and daughter-in-l law,
Mr.. and Mrs Richard Willis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Wood of
Princeton, N. j., and their two chill
dren are weekend guests of Mr..
Woods brother and sister-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. William N. Wood in
Chevy Chase Gardens.
Mrs. Robert F. Nelson of Bryn
Mawr, Pa, is spending the week
with her father and mother, Mr. and
Mrs. George A. Anthony in Ken
wood.
Mrs, Gustave Burmeister and her
small daughter Gail, who have been
visiting relatives in Florida for the
past month, will return to their
home in Chevy Chase Gardens some
time this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Buel of Brook
dale have opened their summer home
in Rehoboth Beach, Del, and will
spend their week ends there until
May /, when they will close their
home in Brookdale and go to Re-
hoboth to stay until August.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Henry Brown,
who have been In Fort Myers, Fla,
since early in November, will return
to their home in Alta Vista some
time this week. Their son, Mr.. j.
Henry Brown, jr., who Is attending
military school In st. Petersburg,
Fla, will remain there until the end
Of the school year.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
Man, 48, Swims $50 Miles

After swimming $50 miles in 30
hours, 48 year-old Antonio Barcelo
was compelled to give up his attempt
to swim from Santa Fe to Buenos
Aires, in Argentina. He entered
the water on Monday. and swan
without dificulty until near Ra-
mallo on Wednesday.
Evening star., 1940-04-07

A clergyman in Hamilton, (New
ZeahndD. was fined for failing to
pay his income tax.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

versos, odiaba furiosamente q
las perSonas que constituian
un obstaculo para la satisfac-
ci6n de sus apetitos, como le
pasaba con su esposo.
IQue NAL lie habia causado
a ella ell bueno, ell dulce, ell pa
cifico, ell abnegado y genera
50 Gustavo de la Gandara?...
iNingunol. h..
Fue esposo modelo hasta
que ella no lie engan6 y lie trai
cion6 como solo son capaces
de hacerlo las mujeres infa
mes, las mujeres de instintos
carcelarios...
Y ella lie odiaba, lie execra-
ba, porque comprendia ell od'o
Y ell rencor del coraz6n de su
marido ante la TRACTION incon-
cebible....
Por ESQ, a la vez Que per-
seguia con su odio y su rencor
a Gandara, intentaba vengar-
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Sc del daho real o imaginariC
que, seg1n ella, la habia eau.
sado Maria de las Moves, poi
ser novia del marques de Ra.
mo Florido amos atras.
Maria de la Cruz, por ser
o parecer ser hermana de Pc.
pc.
Y ell joven y generoso mar
CUES mismo, por haber roto
las viejas relaciones, a raiz de
la revelation que ella, Eula-
liza, crey6 que iba a atarle a,
amante para siempre.
En- general, Eulalia, como
todas las personals de caracter
turbio y de bajos s~entimientos
odiaba y envidiaba a TODD el
mundo.
Ell hecho de que un hombre
descollase por su talento, por
su fortuna o por su ingenio,
Sc lie hacia antip&6co y odioso.
Y Ia mujer que brillaba por
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

bajo los arspicioS de la Fedora
ci6n Nacional de Boxeo. Tan
prcnto regrese de Florida ell Sc
cretario del Manhattan Chess
Cub L. Walter Stephens, sc l.
niciara MICS preparativos. Ste
phens actuara como president:
del torneo.
Entire los que esperan despla-
Ear al campe6n Sc encuentran
Reube milne, /. A. Horowitz, ].
l. Kashdan, A. S. Denker, A. S.
SimonSon, Edward Lasker, Mi,
ten Hanauer, Fred Reinfeld y
Jack Moscowitz,
Reshevsky dara una exhibit
ci6n de Simultaneas para Ell w
End Chess Club, Ell dia 10 dc
febrero, en- el Institute Hebrec
Beth Hillel.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

su belleza, por su virtud, DO.
su talento tambien, o que Sc
elavaba y brillaba de alguna
manera en- la vida, atraia asi.
mismo sus odios, sus rencores.
Era, en- fin, la famosa mu.
jer de Gustavo de la Gandara,
ell prototype de aquel ser hui
mano de que nos habl6 ell gran
Benavente en- Amor de amar,
cuando la marquesa dice al Il.
l6sofo:
lila visto listed que en-
vidiosos son estos bichos, los
monos?...."
Y el fil6sofo c%ontesta:
-iParecen personasl...."
Eulalia sali6 quemada esta
noche del Folies.
FL banquero la trataba con
TODD desprecio, sin darle la
menor Importance por 10 que
hsbia Sido en- Sg vida.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
Jimmy Wibun gan6 la principal
Everett SaylOr qued6 en- segundO lugar
carrera de aver en- |;

ocche, entrando en- ell tercel
1uesto.
La lluvia hizo dificiles y pc.
ligro y las curvas.
Todos los AUTOMOBILES qc4
compitieron aver retcrnaran a
Tampa para las carreras del I'll.
timo dia.
En- la primera carrera Ben
Shaw venci6 a Everett Saylor
per una distancia de 10 pies.
Buddy Galloway finaliz6 el ter
cero.
Swan Peterson parecia derro.
tado en- la segunda carrera, pc.
70 di6 gran velocidad a SUI coche
en- los Gltimos segundos, y ven
clio a Lyle Christy, que neg6 e
segundo, y Crash Waller,
Dirigi6 las competiciones DE-
aver el empresario John Sloan.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
JUGARAN HOY LOS TERRI.
IERS CON LOS BASKET.
BOLISTAS DE LAKELAND

Los Terriers de Hillsbcrough
daran hoy la revancha, en- Ell ms
titu1o die Seminole Heights a
hos habiles basketbolistas de
Lakeland. Comenzara ell partido
a las ocho,
Spcrgeon Cherry, ell coach,
dl9fendera la anterior victoria
con Baasley, Menendez, Moore,
Hobbs, Emanuel, Robes, Crit
fin, Craparo y Parham.
Traera Ell LaAA~A nd a sus me-
jores jugadores, Bradley, Harr-
is, Kelley, Horsey, Miller, Phi
Hips Y Seegmiller.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Y para colmo, esta noche Sc
lie habia destapado enteramen
te.
Porque 10 que lie hablaron
en- voz baja los dos persona
jes en- ell saloncillo del teatro
podia resumirse de este mo-
do:
FL banouero, que saba que
Eulalia era una mujer singu-
lar w.. diab6lica (fue Ia pa
labra que empl-6 don Rodri-
go en- la conversaci6n), guerra
que ella Sc encargase de en-.
contrar ell paradro de "a hija
de Maria de la Cruz.
La mujer del ingenia.o esta
ba muerta de angustia como
es l6gico, por saber d6nde es-
taba su hija.
Y ell banquero tenfa un loco
interes por complacer a esta
sehora...., llegando en- su cinis
no = eOatsseEls o POGO wsVOs
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
CAPITULO X
Fl NAL por ell NAL.

"El NAL por ell mali; re.
daho por ell daho"; este era,
sin que ella misma Sc diera
cuenta, ell lena de la vida de
Eulalia de las Torres.
Esta mujer, como cast todas
las personas de su condici6n.
rrines, perversas, de sentimien-
tos crueles y malvados, odiaba
a sus enemigos o a los que ella
creia sus enemigos, con una
fuerza de locura, a. veces por
una nimiedad.
Atribuia a las otras perso-
mas defectos y rencores y ma
los sentimientos que solo exis-
tian en- su propio coraz6n..., y,
como todos los maios, como
los verdaderameute per-
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

En- las carreras de aver en- Ia
rasta Feria de- FCcr:da,
Jimmy Wilurn, al tim6n de un
coche prestado, venci6 a sus no.
tables oponentes, pasando la me
ia en- primer lugar.
En- poderoso Offa9hauser de
Wilburn Sc descompuso en- las
pruebas y Lyle Christy lie presto
su ccche en- la Ultima carrera, la
de las diez vue,tas.
Teniendo de competitor 2
Everett Saylor, el maestro de-
Inliisna, Jimmy pas6 la meta en-
el primer lUgar.
Ben Shaw, driver de Illinois,
que en- las pruebas emoc;on6 al
pGblico, tuvo la desgracia de
cue en- la CABRERA principal no lie
funcionara bien Cd motor de si
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
Ell DE LOS ES-
CRITORES DEPORTIVOS

Ell venidero domingo, en- ell no
tel Commodore, de New York,
sc efectuara ell banquete annual
de los escritores deportivos de
de la Metr6poli.
Ilustres personalidades han
sido invitados entire elias ell ex-
preSidente Hoover, James A.
Farley, senador Gerald P. Nye
y el general Hugh S. Johnson.
Calc1lase que mas de 1000
personas aSistiran al banquete.
Seran hueSpedes de honor E. G.
Barrow, presidente de los Yam
KEGS, y Bucky Walters, Ell pitch
er "as" de los RojOs de Cincin-
natl.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
LAS CAlRRERAS DE GAL
Cos EN- LA PISTA DE SUI
PHUR SPRINGS

En- Ia octava carrera die la
noche de aver "a mas importan-
te, Mr.. Mckan, en- quien no te-
MAN confianza los expertos, did
Ia scrpresa y entr6 en- ell primer
lugar, derrotando a Traffic Wa
rrior, King of Silver, Cotton
Maket, Velma Starter, Lee An
drew, Harold Chrm y Chet
Thompson. Sus bdDstos de a do
lar Sc abonaron a $1,000.
British Eagle, que no era ell
favcrito, venci6 en- la primera
carrera y sus boletos de a peso
Sc pagaron a $12.70.
En- la apuesta doble, canada
por Coal Man y Slowgo R., los
apostadcres cobraron $500.
Triunfaron en- las otras carrie
as, Dattie, $3.50 por ell dollar:
Van Kob, $3.50; Fluffy Girl.
Money Down, $10.40;
Green, $3.50; Lena Mark,
y Rastus Brown, $1.10.
Para la octava carrera de hoy
aparecem inscriptOs WIhiskelo,
Traffic Lucy, Heidi, Lucky Mis-
take, Johnnie D. Roll, Sally Sue,
Drea mLad y Smile Demon
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
CONNIE Az TRATA DE
RECONSTRUCT A LOS AT
LETICOS

iFiladelfia, Enero 31.-El vie.
jo> director Connie Mack, ayuda
do por su hijo Earle, trata de
reconstruir a los Atleticos y ga
mar otro carppconato.
Con la adqulsici6n de Benny
Mccoy Sc di6 a conocer que Con
ME Mack neva gastados mas de
100000, EN- los 1ltimos 18 me-
sas, con la esperanto de presen-
tar otra novena vencedora.
Benny Mccoy recibira una DO
nificaci6n de $45, 900 por sus ser
vicios Y ademas un contrato de
$4,000 por dos amos, es decir,
$40, 900 anualec.
Por ell IS Bin Liliard, compra-
do hace un afio al San Francis
co, Sc abonaron $35,000; por AL
Rubeling, del Atlanta, adquiri-
do en- ell otono pasado, $35,000;
Ed Heuser y Herman Besse, pit
cheers, comprados del Memphis,
$4,000 y jUgadores; Wilson
Miles, jardinero, comprado al
Chattanooga, $25,0O0; Eldon
Hogsett y John Babich, pitchers
Ilamados del Kansas City y e.
Minneapolis, $500 a raz6n
de $500 por cada uno.
Padre e hijo, Connie y Earle,
parecen dispuestos a devolver a
Filadelfia los gloriosos clubs de
1910 a 1914 y de 1929 a 1881.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Como mercancia L.. iVo-
sotros, los hombres, no sabeis
nunca cuando Sc os quiere yer
daderamente! L.. lei amor ha
pasado por tn lado, Rodrigo.
ell amor verdadero, ell amor
mas grande que puede vivir en-
ell pecho de una mujer!... TX
a esa mujer, a mi, td la has
tratado con toda crueldad!
iPero yo tie perdonol
Diciendo este, Sc limpi6 o.
ira lagrima, tendi6 una mano
fra y yerta a Rodrigo, y Sc
encamin6 hacia la puerta, pen
sando:
Ii B~andidol... iCanalla!..
Me la has de pagar... como
me llamo Eulalia de las To-
rresl...
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
DEPORTE
LUCES PARA Ell TERREN0
DE LOS A

Pittsburgh, Enero 31.-La di
recci6n de los Piratas di6 a co
nocer anoche que instalara po-
tentes luces, para desafios noe
turnos en- 1910, en- ell terreno de
Forbes.
Tienen va alumbrado para
Dos juegos de noche los terrenos
de Polo Grounds, en- New York /;
Shibe, en- Filadelfia; Comiskey
Park, en- Chicago; Crosley Field
en- Cincinnati Ebbetts Field,
en- Brooklyn, Y Ell campo de los
Indios de Cleveland.
Cada novena jugara siete des
altos de noche en- la temporada
de 1910.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
IAN URGENT MESSAGE
to women who suffer
female WEAKNESS

Few today are free from some sign
OF functional trouble. Maybe you've noticed
YOURSELF getting restless, moody, ner-
vous, depressed lately-your work too much
for you
Then why not take Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to help quiet weary,
hysterical nerves, relieve monthly pain
lcramps, backaehe, headache) and weak
dizzy fainting spells due to functional ir-
Irregularities,
For over 60 years Pinkham's Compound
has helped hundreds of thousands Of weak
rundown, nervous Ealing" women to 20
smiling thru difficult days" Why not give
this wonderful "woman's friend" a chance
to help YOU? TRY III
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
La Gaceta Folletin No. "a
TONIC u
IA MUCHACHA
DE LA GALE

personaje-. Sabes que tie sligo
queriendo como siempre. Eres
ia la que taSas el amor y dos a.
fectos como 81 fueran mercan-
cias. Yo no mezclo ell dinero
en- las cosas del coraz6nl
FL banquero, perfecto ban
dido, Sc llev6 la diestra al Pc
cho al pronunciar estas pala.
bras, al tempo que pensaba:
isl tie creeras to, mala pc
IRA, que voy a perdonarte mas
de cuatro cosasl...
Eulalia suspir6 muy larga-
mente, buscando una Erase de
relumbr6n, para despedida, y
u fin;
~- wy
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
KID WILLIAMS E
CON G0SS

Sarasota, Enero 31.-La Sc :
mana pr6xima pelearan aqui,
bao la direction de Jimmy Fin
ley, Kid Williams, de Savannah.
estado de Georgia, y Roger
Cess, de Picayune, Miss. Sara
el match principal del prOgra.
ma.
Por tercera vez sc batirar
Joey Raymond, de Tampa, y A
Reba, i'm fuerte aspirante. En-
dos anteriores cSmbates ell tam.
Ipeno SUPERB Y venci6 a Reba.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Las Panteras de Plant juga-
ran de nueve, ell venidero saba
do, CON ell Institute Julia Lam
don, de Jacksonville Sc efec-
tuara el particle en- ell gimnasio
de Palma Celia.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
FTRMo Ell vETERANo TED
LYONS.

Chicago, Enero 31.-E vete-
raro piSher Ted Lyons, que lie
va IS amos en- las mayores, fir
Dm6 aver su contrato con los Me-
dias Blarca5 de Chicago. Tam
bien rem.ti6 su contrato, firma-
do, Ell catcher novato M. fresh.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
CON LOS cUANTEs

Valentin Campolo, ell nvevo
contendiente de la America del
Sur, fu6 calificado en- su primer
combate, frente a Jim Robin
son, ''de ncvillo sin cuernos", en-
lugar de 'toro SALVAGE de las
Pampas',
Venci6 a Robinson, sin embar
go, por la via del nocaut.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Valenti nCampUio vderrot6 en-
la America del SURE seg1n sc a.
firma, a Arturo Godoy, ell Chi
leno que peleara con ell campe6n
Jose Luis,
Campolo pesa mas de 225 H.
bras y su eStatutra es de 6 PIES
A pulgadas.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Mariana Arilla sc propope
pelear, en- Cuba, con Pedro Nc
dina. La fecha del ccmbate sera
Senalada deSde la Habana.
Mariana es un idolo de la "a
fici6n" en- Santa CLARA.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
SU TITULO
Ell CAMPEON NACIONAL
DE cdr

New York, Enero 31.-El cam
pe6n nacional de ajedrez, Sa-
mulsl Reshevsky, defendera de
nuevo su titulo en- la primavera,
La gaceta., 1940-01-31

Pron6stico de Melio Rettina
para su pelea del wiernes con
Fred Apostoli: Caera a la Iona
y en- ella Sc quadara.
La gaceta., 1940-01-31
LA GACETA

Il peri6dico en- idiOma Espahol
Do mas circulation On Tampa
vistoriano Manteiga, Editor
subscription semanal: 20 C,
1908 Ia. Ave-, Ybor City, Fla
TelefOnO Y 1892
Evening star., 1940-08-10

in forced marches and then were
dumped down in wild, unsettled,
cut-over timberland at night. Tor
rental rains stalled their equipment
and caused innumerable problems.
Gravel roads were cut to ribbons
by the heavy Army trucks, bridges
washed out, hundreds of trucks
stuck, many with heavy guns, and
the Guard had to meet the problem
alone.
Build Roads, Repair Bridges.
Troops that in civilian life prob
ably sat behind desks or worked
behind counters are building roads,
repairing bridges, getting motorized
equipment out of mudholes and
studying like university students be-
fore exams in their spare time.
They are living in open tents and
sleeping on the ground without
mosquito netting or other protec-
tion.
Guardsmen undergoing these rig
ors have their minds uppermost of
one subject-the state of National
Guard legislation before Congress.
Calling of the Guard, as proposed
would bring domestic problems for
many.
An informal check on some units
indicates varying percentages Of
men who would quit because of de-
pendents if the Guard were called
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Western Union Association
Ordered Dissolved by Court
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1o.-The Cir
cult Court of Appeals yesterday Or
dered the dissolution of the Associa-
ton Of Western Union Employees, an
independent union, on the ground it
was company dominated. in viola
ton of the National Labor Relations
Act.
Upholding Labor Board ruling to
the same effect, the court said the
association and the company en-
tered into an agreement which con-
tanned a stipulation verging OH a
disclaimer of the employees right to
strike.
The court said the Labor Boards
finding was supported by substan-
tial evidence"
The American Communications
Association &C. I. o. filed original
charges with the N. L. r. B.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Victims Battle Bandits;
One Saves His Wallet

Armed holdup men who met re-
sistance from two Washingtonians
last night were sought by police
today.
The bandit who entered liquor
store at 1927 Eleventh street NV,
encountered William c. Frame, a
23-year-old clerk, who is losing his
patience with robbers. Mr.. Frame,
victim of holdup several weeks
ago, rebelled when last nights in
truder, after snatching $65 from the
cash register, ordered the clerk to
precede him to the street.
Ignoring the bandits pistol, Mr..
Frame said he hit out with his right
fist and knocked the colored bandit
against the door frame. The man
struck back, felled Mr.. Frame and
escaped.
Rutherford Cumming, 81, of 2148
Florida avenue NV, frustrated ef-
forts of two assailants to take his
wallet, but received head lacerations
in the struggle. He was accosted,
he told police, while walking on
Decatur place near his residence.
Mr.. Cumming, who was treated at
Emergency Hospital, said one Of the
men was armed.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Camp SideIights

The Headquarters detach-
ment, 29th Division special
troops, is forming a fife, drum
and bugle corps. Ogdens-
burg, IL miles away, and Heu-
velton, 3rd Corps headquarters,
5 miles distant, are the main
visiting points for 29th troopers
at night. The 104th Obser-
vation Squadron, Maryland
Guard, 29th Aviation Unit, has
based at Watertown, N. Y, on
Lake Ontario, for the remain
ing two weeks of the maneu-
vers. N. B. G. Will bring
mobile short-wave transmitters
into the maneuver area for
service during the big push OF
August 1922. 1t. Col.
Churchill j. Gibson, chaplain
of the division, will deliver the
sermon tomorrow for a mass
Protestant religious service in
the stadium of st. Lawrence
University at Canton, nearby
town which is the base of 1t.
Gen. Hugh A. Drum, COM
mander of the 1st Army.
Evening star., 1940-08-10
Lewis Urges Shorter
Enlistment, Good Pay
To Draw Volunteers
Strong Opposition Will Kill
Droft, Says c. !. O. Chief,
Offering Alternative
"A. P. Wirephoto.

py the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10.-John
L. Lewis offered an alternative to
conscription today.
Shorten the period of enlistment
to one year and increase the pay
Of the Army, at least until it equals
that of the boys in the C. c. C.
camps" the president of the Con-
gress of Industrial Organizations
suggested.
you will attract the young men
who believe it their duty to the Gov
ernment to be trained as soldiers"
Such volunteer system, he ven-
tured, would raise an army ade-
quate for all of Americas needs.
c. /. o. Opposes Conscription.
Mr.. Lewis, here on a tour of the
Pacific Coast, said the c. I. o. was
definitely opposed to conscription."
so are the A. F. L. and the five
railroad brotherhoods," he added.
so are the youth of the Nation, the
women of the Nation, the churches
of the Nation. 1t will not come 80
pass
He disclosed plans for further Or
ganization in the rapidly expand
ing shipbuilding and aircraft indus
tries on the Pacific Coast.
The "so-called defense program"
he asserted, sis making patriotism
very profitable for industry and
finance"
Mr.. Lewis said he had no pa
tience with charges that fifth
column activities were undermin-
ing American institutions and that
he did not believe the United States.
was in danger of Nazi invasion.