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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24

Wendell L. WiIkie issued the
following statement yesterday
after a press conference in Ne10
York, at Which he discussed the
size OF w. P. A. rolls:
In 1888, a non-election year, the
w. P. A. relief rolls of the country
as a whole declined 1874 per cent
from the month of June through
October, although during these same
months the index of industrial pro-
duction reflected an employment
decline of 1876 per cent.
In the succeeding year, 1884, an
election year, the w. P. A. relief
rolls for the country as whole in
creased 116 per cent from June
through October.
1885 Situation.
I'm 1885, another non-election
year, the w. P. A. relief rolls showed
a decline of 96 per cent from June
through October. But in 1886,
presidential election year, they in
creased IA per cent although I'M
employment declined Is per cent
during those same months. Again
in 1887, a non-election year, the
w. p. A. rolls for the country showed
a decline of 1863 per cent from June
through October, despite the fact
that the index of industrial produc-
ton declined los per cent in that
period
However, in 1888, an election
year, the w. P. A. rolls increased 1872
per cent, although unemployment
declined 8 per cent for these months
from June to October. And again
in 1899, when there was no election,
the number on relief rolls declined
255 per cent for the months from
June through October.
Since war broke out last Sep
TENDER, there has been a steady in
crease in industrial activity and re-
employment in this country. There
is no justification for an increase in
w. p A. relief rolls as consequence
Of this increase in activity and re-
employment.
In fact, the trend was for reduce
ton of the relief rolls until recently.
AS the election approaches, however,
there is already definite proof that
the Roosevelt administration is
planning again to pack the rolls,
especially in those States which are
politically doubtful. During the
month of July of this year, the relief
rolls have increased by nearly 10000
for the country as whole over the
month of June, despite increased in
dustrial activity, increased employ
ment and the fact the summer
naturally would tend to reduce re-
lief needs.
Switch of 5000 Votes.
1T is generally conceded that one
person placed on relief may affect
as many as four votes. Consequently,
the addition of 10000 during the
month of July could mean switch
of 100000 votes from the Republican
to the Democratic column.
1.-THE Hatch Act, passed over the
vigorous protest of administration
spokesman and finally approved by
the President on August 2, 1899,
includes the following section:
cit shall be unlawful for any
person, directly or indirectly, to
promise any employment, position,
work compensation or any other
benefit, provided for or made pos
sible in whole or in part by any act
of Congress, to any person as con-
sideration, favor or reward for any
political activity or for support of
or opposition to any candidate or
any political party in any election"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
Relief Charges and Reply
Rolls Rise in Election Years, Says Wi|Ikie;
Hunter Reports Decrease of 100000

fail utterly to see what connection
it has with the Hatch Act.
The statement by Commissioner
Harrington of the W. P. A. before
the House Appropriations Commit
tee April 4, 1910, is clear and un-
mistakable as the projected w. P
A. employment month by month or
the basis of the authorized appro-
priation. The whole plan was out
lined on pages 402, 712 and 713 Of
the House hearings. 1t was out
lined again in the Senate hearings
in May. without objection from
either Democratic or Republican
members of the committee. Those
plans have been followed.
There is no question of Col. Har.
rington's intention, and it was made
perfectly clear that w. P. A. en-
ployment would remain at approx
mately the same level for July, ALL
gust and September, with very
small increase proposed for October
and a further increase during the
winter months, provided relief needs
warranted such increase. However
these proposed increases, with the
single exception of a very small in
crease in October. would all come
after the November elections.
1t is also worthy of note that w
p A. employment during the months
OF this fiscal year preceding the
November election will be the small
est total employment in the same
months for the past three years
1t is also worthy of note that ap-
proximately 100000 people are at
present eligible for w. P. A. jobs but
not assigned to them.
Connection With Election Denied.
w. P. A. employment will be based
on the factors of the amount OF
money made available and the num-
Der of people certified as in need in
the various States, and has no con-
nection whatever with an election
or political campaign.
Such charges always are made
and we expect them, but usually
they come when the heat and hys-
terra of campaign oratory is farther
advanced. AS evidence that such
charges were anticipated, even
though we have held employment
exactly where we said we would
despite waiting list of more than
1000, 900 applicants, let me quote
from another statement, made by
Col. Harrington last April before
the same committee. On pages 400
and 40 of the investigation hear
ings, here is the record:
Col. Harrington-There is another
election coming along this year, in
the month of November, and, if the
Congress provides the appropriation
which I have recommended, there
will be an increase in the w. P. A.
rolls in october and a further in
crease in November. That is already
in my statement before the commit
tee. I presume that it will be de-
Scribed in some sections of the press
as being made to influence the cleo
ton. I want to put in the record
the fact that, if Congress makes the
money available, We propose to in
crease employment in October and
November.
Mr.. Ludlow-But that will be q
seasonal increase, will it not?
Col Harrington-That is correct;
yes, sir.
Mr.. Ditter-Well, colonel, since
you have been so gracious to volun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
Cromwell Suggests
|Wi||kie Challenge
Hoover 10 Debate
Duel on Economics
Would Be EnIightening,
He Tells Jerseyites
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SEA GRIT, N. j., Aug. 24-James
H. r. Cromwell, former Minister to
Canada and now Democratic cam
didate for the Senate. suggested to.
day Wendell Willkie challenge Her.
bert Hoover to a speaking duel on
economics rather than President
Roosevelt and said such debate
would be truly enlightening."
In a speech before huge State
wide party rally on the National
Guard reservation, Mr.. Cromwell
likened the Republican presidential
nominee to Rip Van Wrinkle, with
the statement:
rip Van Willkie seems to have
suffered an amazing metamorphosis
in his slumbers, for he went to
sleep-to judge from his own ac-
count of himself at Elwood-a Tam
many Hall, Progressive Democrat,
and woke up an Old Guard, New
Deal Republican. This is the
strangest political nightmare that
has ever haunted a presidential can
didate.
Mr.. Willkie in his acceptance
speech said Mr.. Roosevelt was lead
ing us into economic disaster. In
debate on disaster, I am inclined TO
suggest as his opponent Mr.. Her
bert Hoover, who has had a great
deal of experience in such matters
and is clearly opposed to Mr.. Will
kie's New Deal economic ideas. Such
a debate, I am convinced, would be
truly enlightening. And it would
not distract from vital interests q
man who has all too little time"
Former Navy Secretary Edison,
the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernor, said in a prepared address
that if elected I'll never be a yes
man except to my own conscience"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
French Planes Join
British at GibruItur
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GIBRALTAR, Aug. IA French
plane with a crew of three flew over
Spanish territory yesterday, lodging
the machine-gun posts at La Linea,
and landed at Gibraltar to join
the British fight against Germany
and Italy.
1t was disclosed also that two
other French airplanes from French
Morocco had reached Gibraltar,
their men handing themselves over
to the British with the announced
determination to fight for the
liberation of France"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
McNutt Makes Offer
To Meet Wi||kie in
Public Debate
Security Chief Credits
Administration With
Saving America
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW HAVEN, Conn.,, Aug. "a
Federal Security Administrator Nc
Mutt awaited word today from Wen
dell L. Willkie, the Republican presi-
Dental nominee, whom he has Of
fered to meet in public debate.
Taking up the challenge Mr.
Willkie made to President Roosevelt
Mr. McNutt brought delegates and
spectators at the Democratic State
Convention here to their feet last
night as he interpolated into his
prepared keynote address a chal-
lenge of his own:
IF he CWillkie) is so keen for de-
bate, III take him on: I've done it
before"
Mr. McNutt credited the Roosevelt
administration with saving America
from conditions which he said were
like those which led to the collapse
of France and the peril of England.
Battle Lost Previously, He Says.
He asserted the battle for France
twas lost before Hitler's march
through the Low Countries was
begun"
Something had already happened
to France and it had happened to
England" he said And that same
thing was happening to the United
States of America before 1882.
That is why we were as helpless
before the economic blitzkrieg of
1929 as were the French before
Hitler's waves of green-gray troops
and roaring bombers.
But America was saved. 1t was
saved by the Democratic party. by
Democratic leadership, and by a
courageous, far-seeing Democratic
President, Franklin Delano Roose-
Welt"
Tells of Plea to Hoover.
Departing from his manuscript a
second time, Mr.. McNutt said that
'in 1928 or 1929 I begged Herbert
Hoover. almost on my knees, for an
adequate system of preparedness for
America, and got no for an answer"
Asserting the Democratic party
"has never been against business"
he said he believed there were more
businessmen in the ranks of Democ-
racy than the Republicans ever had.
Il defy anyone, including their
candidate for President, to prove the
contrary"
Mr.. McNutt's keynote opened a
convention made tense by a sharp
contest between former Gov. Wilbur
L. Cross, IS, and 45-year-old Robert
A. Hurley, State public works adj
ministrator, for the gubernatorial
nomination. Balloting on the nomi-
nations for Governor, other State Of
ficers and Congressman at large will
take place today.
Among the candidates for con-
gressional nomination is Ely Culbert-
son, the bridge expert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
Pointer, Found Wounded
In Bedroom, Dies

William Rosser, So, a painter en-
ployed at the Army War College, was
found wounded in a rear bedroom of
his residents, at 205 Webster street
NV, early today and died at Emer-
gency Hospital few hours later.
His wife told police he had been
in i'll health and apparently had shot
himself with a 80 caliber revolver.
The coroner's Office is investigating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
Alien Registration
Extended in Canada

OTTAWA, Aug. "a canadian
Press "a special edition Of the
Canada Gazette last night an
nounced that all italians and Ger
mans naturalized since 1922 must
register as enemy aliens and report
regularly to the police.
Previously, only Italians and Ger
mans naturalized after 1929 have
had TO register.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24
Medical Costs Average $50

Thirty-nine dollars annually is
the average medical cost per farm
family, it is reported by the Hos
pital Research Institute. This is
per cent of the cost of all goods
and services for the family living on
the farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-08-24

The driver behind can't read your
mind-give a signal.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

His meal was served and as he ate
a plan began to take shape He had
1t well in mind when, after paying
his bill and obtaining a slug from
the cashier, he stepped into The
phone booth across from the door of
the restaurant.
Giving the name Jerry Reilly" to
the switchboard operator at the air.
port, he asked If Jiggs Reilly was
anywhere around. He dared not
give his own name and he knew
that. Jiggs had a brother named
Jerry 1t was kind of a dirty trick
because he knew Jiggs hadn't seen
his brother in years; at the same
time it was a sure way of getting
the reliable and hardboiled young
mechanic to the phone.
He waited several minutes which
the girl tried a number of different
lines, then at last he heard Jiggs'
voice. 1t burst upon his ears like an
explosion. Gerald Reilly, is that
you?"
There was such a note of eager
ness and Joy in the words that Tom
felt more of a cad than ne had in
the beginning. Hold on, Jiggs," he
said quietly. Keep calling me
Jerry. somebody might be near you.
You know who it is"
A moment of silence followed,
then Jiggs' voice boomed again.
why, you old hound dog! It's
good to hear your voice. 1t don't
Evening star., 1940-08-27

sound q bit different, either. I'd
recognize it anywhere"
Arranges Rendezvous.
Good" said Tom Callahan. "Are
you free for a while?" 1t was hard
for him to keep his voice soft, but
he didn't dare let it carry beyond
the walls of the booth.
why, if you amt the same old
fool you always wuz!" Jiggs doomed
again. OF course I'm free. Don't
you know I'd quit this job cold. aye,
even dive from a plane in fight,
to see my old brother again after
all these years?"
Borrow a car and meet me In
front of Carmody's saloon as soon
as you can"
Carmody's saloon was within a
few blocks of the restaurant and
Tom was waiting on the corner
there for more than 20 minutes be-
fore a small coupe pulled to the
curb and he heard Jiggs' welcome
voice call out, Hi therel"
Climbing in quickly Tom clasped
Jiggs' outstretched- hand. 1t was
good to feel the calloused hardness
of the little Irishman's grip and to
see his pug, grinning face.
With Jiggs at the wheel and Tom
talking quietly, outlining in brief
detail the events of the past "a
hours, they approached the Chinese
section of town. II don't know
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Obe OeakwOodRose
by lloyd ca" @

tional attraction to the first man.
The name signed to this vague
and superficial statement was: Rolfe
Waldemar Suttle, Phi. D.
The magazine dropped from Tom S
fingers as he stared at the page
He left it there on his lap and his
eyes turned toward the window. OF
all the strange, unpredictable, in
congruous men he had ever met,
Rolf Suttle was indeed the strangest
Orientalist, adyenturer, playboy,
flnancier-and now, essayist on the
tender subject of love!
Eventually he picked up the maga-
zine again, but nothing in it's pages
could erase from his mind the
startling versatility of the author of
that sage and mysterious passage.
Street Is Deserted.
Along about 8 o'clock he was be-
ginning to feel the bite of hunger
he hadn't eaten since he had a small
breakfast on the plane. He went
down the hallway to the community
Washroom and cleaned up. con-
templated for a moment the matter
Of getting a shave-there was a
darkening stubble on his lean, tanned
face-but finally gave it up and re-
turned to his room for hat and coat.
The street was practically deserted
as he stepped from the doorway Of
the hotel and turned to his left
toward the busline on which he'd
come down. His limp now seemed
terribly pronounced; he had feel
ing that any one who saw him
must Immediately associate him
with the man sought by the police
for the murder of Steve Callahan
He pulled his hat down little
more over his face, kept his ewes
constantly on the alert for any too
inquisitive observers. He walked
with longer stride, and swung his
broad shoulders with a show of
bravado, intended more particularly
to detract from his limp.
At the corner there was news
stand. There was no newsboy on
hand, but Tom dropped coin on
the stand and took a paper. He
glanced at the front page. ran his
eyes quickly over the leading arti-
cles, then saw what he was looking
for at the bottom of the page: art
dealer mysteriously slain ...' And
Evening star., 1940-08-27

beneath the headline, in small, bold
face type was the omlnous sentence,
Pictures on back page"
Puts On q Show.
He didn't dare turn to the back
page, he knew his picture would be
there. Quickly he thrust his cane
under his left arm, stepped out to
the curb where he would be in full
view of any onlookers, then with
much wincing and expressions of
pain he removed the shoe from his
right foot, ran his fingers around
inside it, then put it back on Care
fully, he tried standing on it again.
1t still appeared to be painful. He
twisted and turned it, stepped on it
again, at last moved off along the
street, leaning heavily on his cane,
hoping that the dumb show would
protect him. He entered the first
restaurant he came to, a dimly
lighted place he noted with approval,
and took seat in a wall booth
near the door. He gave his order to
a young and apparently preoccupied
waitress, then turned his attention
to the newspaper.
The story wasn't long but it was
fairly complete. With background
OF Chinatown, naturally it was
dressed up in an atmosphere of
deepest mystery. Davis, the under
taker, was quoted in connection with
the daring escape of man believed
to be the son of the murdered art
dealer" There was a wound on the
side of the victims head, apparently
inflicted by smooth, heavy instru-
ment. The man who escaped car
ried cane with a bloody smear on
the handle" Davis was quoted as
saying.
Apprehensively Tom turned to the
back page. There was a picture of
Steve, portrait taken many years
ago. Also there was a picture of
the office in which the body was
found, showing the desk Uttered
with papers, the phone and the chair
and the little ornate table at the
foot of which Steve's body had lain.
And there was a picture of Tom
himself got from the airline files and
showing him in pilots cap and uni
form. Beneath it was the caption:
Sought in death of art dealer"
Tom Works Out Plan.
Before the waitress returned he
had opened the paper to the comic
section, but his eyes were ;inseeing
and thoughtful as he bent his head
over the crude cartoons So far,
being fugitive from the police had
not been too difficult, bu. at the
same time 1t had been wholly profit-
less. Now, under the protection Of
darkness, he would have to get busy.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

what I'm going to find in the Office" /"
Tom concluded, but I'm certain
there must be clue of some kind
around there"
Its pretty risky goin' there,
Tom," Jiggs said. They'll be
watchin' the place like buzzards-
criminals always return you know.
That's what they'll start shoutin'
the minute you're seen near the
store"
Jiggs Backs Tom.
Maybe. On the other hand, the
only reason I lodged the cops was
to make sure I would be able to
search the place and try to make
some sense of it all. Cranky, for
instance. There's certainly some
thing wrong there-he deliberately
tried to frame me, the vicious dog!
And the incredible part of that is,
I just got his name from the phone
book. Neither he nor any one else
could have known I'd call him
when there were at least a dozen
others in the neighborhood I could
have called"
Jiggs rubbed his chin thought
fully. TT sure don't sound right,
Tom. The copsll never believe
Cranky hit your father with your
cane, after he was already dead.
You got a paper there-what do
they say about Cranby?"
Tom looked at Jiggs with a start.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

by heavens! I didn't think about
it before, but you know he isn't
even mentioned. And there's an
other thing I didn't mention to you
Jiggs. After I got Steve's message
In Chicago I called his apartment
long distance and somebody an
swered the phone and then hung
up and wouldn't answer again"
Jiggs' Irish blue eyes narrowed
and the muscles Of his square little
jaw hardened. Some ones really
tryin' to pin somethin' on you,
Tommy, my boy" he said.
(copyright, 1910, ths Chicago Daily News.)
Tomorrow: Tom finds stranger
In Steve's Office.
Evening star., 1940-08-27
CHAPTER VII.


Tom Callahan remained in his
dingy hotel room until well after
dark. He rested as well as ne could
during the early afternoon, but along
toward evening he found that he
could no longer keep his mind off
the problems at hand by simply try
ing to think of other things; he
wished he had something to read.
Sitting on the edge of the bed, he
glanced around the room, his clear
gray eyes taking in the details with
Photographic accuracy. On the
dresser was a Gideon's Bible, but
he didn't feel like literature as sober
as that. There was a small table
against the opposite wall that
seemed intended for writing desk,
and Tom limped across to it and
pulled open its single small drawer.
He rummaged through the confu-
sion of soiled writing paper and
colored postcards and found an old
magazine of the cheap pulp variety.
It's cover was gone, but the ads on
the dog-eared pages on front and
rear identified it instantly as a love
story compendium. In disappoint-
rnent, Tom moved across to the
rickety cane-seated rocker near the
window and settled down to read at
least one of the stories.
Despite the deep and overpower-
ing sadness that welled up in him
every time he thought Of the scene
he had come upon in his fathers
store that morning, and his sense Of
loss with Steve's passing, he never
theless found some slight amuse-
ment in glancing through the maga-
zine. The illustrations were so OBJ
viously calculated to excite the
readers lower instincts that they
were really ludicrous. He found
little special features-verses, and
quotations from various sources on
the subject of love and romance
and they too were amusing. Then.
in one of these blocked spaces on
an inside page, he found a passage
that interested him specially, not
because of what it said but rather
because of the authority" being
quoted.
A Startling Discovery.
"The nature of woman is such"
the quotation read, that love can
and often does become so funda-
mental a part of the entire being
that an act of will based upon rea-
son cannot affect that emotion. 1t
becomes necessary in such circum-
stances, in order to change the
emotion, to oppose it with some
thing just as emotional as love itself.
That is, when woman loves a man
and another man would attempt to
destroy that love so to win her
affection for himself, he must not
try to reason her out Of her emo
tional state; he must instead pre-
sent to her a situation the emo
tional power of which is sufficient
to overcome and destroy her emo
Evening star., 1940-08-27

The story thus far. Steve Callahan.
San Francisco Oriental art dealer. is
found dead on the floor of his ONCE
new to the coast from Chicago after
receiving a mysterious summons from
Steve. Tom. calls a DR.. Cranky. who
announces that death was due to
leaves and an undertaken arrives, Tom
discovers that his own cane. which he
has used since injuring his leg in a
plane crash, was used to inf1ict
wound on Steve's head. Certain that
Cranky tried to frame him. Tom
escapes from the store and hides out
in a waterfront hotel. Meanwhile
his fancee. Chris Mallory. and Rolfe
Suttle, whose dinner party Tom left
abruptly the night before in Chicago.
learn that Tom is suspected OF MUIR
der and they Immediately take a plane
Evening star., 1940-08-27
Moscow Constructing
MuIti-Purpose Arena

One feature of Large Hall, now
being constructed in the Palace
Of the Soviets IN Moscow, will be an
arena IS feet in diameter placed on
elevators to raise 1t above or lower
1t below floor level.
AL scenery will be in a hold As
feet deep under the arena. There
eight circular stages, each IS feet
in diameter, will be installed. Some
will be for theatricals.
Two stages will be for athletics.
Evening star., 1940-08-27

One will have moving picture screens
facing in all directions and provid-
ing ideal film visibility. Another
stage will be an ice-skating rink.
Still another will have a swimming
tank 1912 feet deep.