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Evening star., 1941-05-07
Roosevelt, Improved
After Slight Disorder,
To See La Guardia
Rumors Persist Mayor
Is to Get Some Federal
Defense Position

President Roosevelt, recovering
from stomach disorder which
forced curtailment of his work yes
terday, scheduled one White House
conference today, with Mayor Florel-
10 H. LaGuardia of New York City.
Although no background was given
by White House spokesmen for the
LaGuardia visit, it was announced
that he had participated in break
fast conference this morning with
Harry L. Hopkins, director of the
lease-lend program. 1t has been
rumored frequently that the New
York mayor is headed for some
important Federal post in the de-
fense organization, but no positive
information ever has been forth
coming from the White House.
Among the posts mentioned most
recently is that of directing a home
defense program, which has been
under formulation many weeks.
Stephen T. Early, press secretary
to the President, said DR.. Ross T.
McIntire, White House physician.
had found the Presidents illness
clearing up in fine fashion" this
morning. The Chief Executives
temperature is still slightly above
normal, however, being just short
OF one degree above.
As precautionary measure, Mr..
Early said the President would keep
the La Guardia appointment in his
bedroom study and probably would
remain away from the executive of
fees both today and tomorrow. Mr..
Early said DR.. McIntire has advised
the President against attending q
dinner by the Radio Correspondents,
scheduled for tomorrow night.
Mr.. Roosevelt was stricken with
his ailment, described as a disorder
of the gastro-intestinal tract, early
yesterday afternoon. The remainder
of his days schedule was Cancelled.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Firemen Aid Torpedo Plant
When Wafer Main Breaks
~ a Staff Corresponds. of The Star.

By Staff Corresponds. of The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va, May T.
Swift action by the Alexandria fire
department tday kept the Naval
department today kept the Naval
to suspend operations, after a four
inch water main broke under Cam
eron street, next to the plant. cut
ting off the establishments water
supply.
Capt. r. w. Hayler, U. S. N, su-
perintendent of the plant, said the
break was first noted shortly be-
fore noon. Fireman kept the plant
IN operation by pumping water into
the plant.
The firemen attached a fire hose
10 hydrant at the intersection Of
King and Union streets and ran
more than 100 feet of hose into the
torpedo station.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Squadrons Of Planes
Intensity Battle
Over England
Ten German Ships Shot
Down During Daylight
Foroys, British Say
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, May british and
German air squadrons battled over
England today as night of give
and-take air raiding spread unabated
into the daylight hours.
The Air Ministry announced that
19 German planes had been shot
down in "a hours of bitter air fight
ing-l0 of them in daylight today
and acknowledged that seven Brit
ish fighter planes had been lost.
Since dawn today" an authori-
tative statement said, there has
been continuous enemy activity by
fighter aircraft near the southeast
coast and the Thames Estuary"
One British fighter fell into the
sea, it was acknowledged, in the
clash of channel patrols. (The Ger
mans said six Spitfires were shot
down, against no Nazi losses.)
Informed sources attributed the
unusually large daylight toll to in
creasing armed reconnaissance
flights now that spring has brought
good weather back to the Channel
area.
Heavy Ship Toll Claimed.
Also, they said, the Germans may
have intensified their daylight pa
trolls in the hope of intercepting
R. A. r. coastal bombers who have
claimed a heavy toll on German
coastal shipping in the past week.
H9nnhllrp which ,ir,,,
said was attacked by large British
force. was the center of the r. A. F.'s
attention overnight while strong
flights of German bombers concen-
trated on Glasgow's Clydeside ship
yards and revisited Liverpool and
Northern Ireland.
Casualties in the attack on the
Clyde area were feared to be heavy,
reports from Scotland said. Busi-
ness premises were described as con-
siderably damaged and many fam
lilies were left homeless.
The sixth successive night of
bombardment along the Mersey
created another tough job for fire.
men. many of whom had been work.
ing under high pressure for almost
a week, but they confined the fires
mostly to commercial buildings.
LIE Havre Docks Bombed.
Besides starting large fires at
Hamburg, the British said docks at
lie Havre and other objectiveS on
the coasts of enemy occupied ter
ritory' also were bombed.
Three ships were attacked, the
communique said. A 5000-ton sup
ply ship reported bombed off the
Frisian Islands was considered to
be total loss" In daylight attacks
off the German and Netherlands
coasts, patrol vessel was reported
sunk and another set afire.
The British said these raids cost
three planes.
British planes also returned to
the attack by daylight.
Flying abreast and escorted by
fighters, the bombers were seen
roaring over the Strait of Dover
toward the French coast this
morning at barely 1000 feet.
Clydeside Attack Heavy.
The government said the Nazis'
second consecutive night attack on
Clydeside was on "a fairly heavy
scale" causing an undisclosed num-
Der Of casualties and considerable"
property damage.
The Merseyside dock area Of
Liverpool was blasted for the sixth
straight night but the toll in lives
and property was not expected to
match that OF the previous raids.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Report
FURNISHED by the United States

y
District tonight probably ending
tonight
souher winds shifting westerly
Vrginia-My with showers tonight and central
portions tomorrow morning; somewhat cooler tomorrow.
tonight and in and
a portions morning; somewhat cooler
West vrgnaMosy cooler tonight and tomorrow with
showers n and portions tonight
Evening star., 1941-05-07
J. V. Bennett Heads
Social Agencies Council

James v. Bennett, director OF the
Bureau Of Prisons. was elected presi-
dent OF the Council OF Social
Agencies at a meeting OF the coun-
ellis board yesterday at the Y. w.
G. A.
Mrs. William Kittle OF the Dis
trict OF Columbia Minimum Wage
Board WAS named first vice presi-
dent, Judge Fay l., Bentley OF
Juvenile Court was made second
vice president and Charles w,
Pimper Wa elected treasurer.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Dar|on-Insurance for Hitler
Admiral Seen Delivering French Fleet to Nozis;
His Aid Blamed for Getting German Army to Africo

African ports all the way from
Tunisia and Algeria through Mo-
rocco and down the Atlantic to
Dakar. The Germans want them
back in French ports. There the
Nazis could seize them. If Admiral
Darlan is able to call these ships
into convoy service many Of them
will fight with British ships, many
of them will come back into French
ports and thus into German hands.
There can be small doubt that
Admiral Darlan intends to do this
for the Germans after what he has
already done. The German panzer
divisions which were landed with
supplies in Libya and drove the
British from Cirenaica would never
have reached Africa without the
secret cooperation of the French.
Thanks to Admiral Darlan's policy
Of collaboration" the Germans
moved their conveys across the
narrow straits of Sicily under cover
of darkness to French North Africa.
There they were reorganized and
with strong air escort made their
way down the coast in French ter
ritorial waters.
French Connivance" Did 1t.
In this way the Germans. despite
the great strength of British sea
power, moved to Africa a whole
mechanical army which more than
anything else in the war has threat
ened to take the Suez and close the
Eastern Mediterranean.
French connivance alone explains
the safe transit of the first two
mechanical German divisions which
included Acton tanks. The passage
of almost two more divisions was
facilitated by the battle Of Matapan,
which the Germans forced the
Italians to undertake as a diversion
for the troop convoy. A fifth Ger
man panzer division was sunk by
British fleet and air-arm action.
Admiral Darlan's attitude. conse-
quently, gives Hitler every hope OF
being able to take over the French
feet even before he completes the
occupation of France. Should Ad-
miral Darlan become alarmed in
face of protests by Marshal Petain
or by what remains of French pub
lie opinion. the Germans can always
threaten to replace him with M.
Laval or some other pro-German
politician with fewer scruples
(c1pyrisht. 1e41, Chicago Daily News .ne.)
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Sale Of Polish EmbIems
To Aid War Wounded

A sale of Polish emblems and
souvenirs is being conducted all
this week at the British War Relief
Shop at 1923 F street NV. for the
benefit of the Polish hospital which
has been opened in Scotland to care
for wounded among the 10000
Polish now fighting with the British.
Mime. Jan Ciechanowska, wife OF
Evening star., 1941-05-07

the Polish Ambassador, is among
those taking charge of the sale,
which will end Saturday. She is
assisted by Nine. Michai Kwapis-
zewska, wife of the counselor, and
Countess jerry Lasocka, wife of
the second secretary of the En-
bassy.
Articles for sale include reproduc-
tions of the Virgin of Czestochowa.
pictures of peasant costumes and
products brought to the United
States for exhibition at the New
York Worlds Fair.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Oldest Inhobitunts to Meet

George O'Connor night will fea-
ture the regular monthly meeting
of the Association of Oldest In
habitants at the Old Union Engine
House at 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Report for Last u Hours.

Record for Last "A Hours.
(From noon yesterday to noon today
Hishest, 81. 3:1o yesterday. Year ago,
Lowest. 81. 8 an today. Year ago. e6.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, %. on April 90.
Lowest, Is, on March 1S.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
From noon yesterday to noon today)
Hikhest, e1 per cent, at 9 am today.
Lowest 40 per cent. at $50 p.in yes
terday.
River Report.
Potomac and Shenandoah rivers clear at
HarperA Ferry. Potomac clear at Great
FallA today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
deodetic Survey
To-day. Tomorrow.
s;:S s;:S i$ -------nttIiSs ntIs:::$$$ q s.s.m s.' .m.
low -------- a6Sp, is;ie pm,
rhs sua ana Macs.
;;ys: ;ys: ':s:;,.. tss:; II. ;$s' T. 3is'f| ~.
Noon, todsy u.s,. s;otpm aassm
ofs-hAf hour sftsr sunset
Evening star., 1941-05-07
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
Percent of Seeding
Completed by May 8
WAGE INCREASES

NEW YORK.-(FP)-The wage in
creases of 1919 to 1870 negotiated re-
Gently by the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers (CIO) in the mems clothing
industry have been extended to 10000
workers in the boys clothing indus
try, the union announces.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
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had given on the same subject to the
Dies committee.
Peter Innes, expelled from the Natl.
Maritime Union (CIO) for malfeas-
ance in office and descriptive tactics,
next took the stand. lines, neither
communist nor eX-communist, put his
foot in it when he spoke of attend
ing a communist faction meeting.
The burden of the governments case
has been that attendance at such
meetings is prima facie evidence of
party membership.
Earlier, a little comedy relief was
obtained from Richard st. Clair, an
other ex-communist government wit
ness. Extremely deaf and seemingly
trifle cracked as well, st. Clair told
g long and garbled story about seeing
Bridges at Communist party head
quarters in San Francisco, where he
(St Clair) was janitor and guard"
for a short time in 1885.
The witness kept the audience roar
ing with laughter. He told of having
visited or written nearly everybody
offering information" on Bridges, in
Guiding Mayor Angelo j. Rossi of San
Francisco, the Los Angeles district
attorney and steamship officials. All
OF these, it appeared, got rid of him
with vague remarks.
The atmosphere is growing increas-
ingly electric Several rows and near
rows have occurred between counsel.
One of the FBI officials told Richard
Gladstein, defense attorney, to go to
hell"
When Gladstein complained to
Judge Charles B. Sears, the judge
ordered him (Gladstein) to apologize
for having called his attention to
something he had not heard and did
not want to heart
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schools. Kersey admitted this and
said:
I'VE are now geared very closely
to a defense program and all teach
ing and learning are thought of direct
ly in relationship to the production OF
attitudes as well as products which
are constructive and fundamental to
life today.
ct is the present policy necessarily
to use only such texts and supple
mental materials as contribute direct
iy to these ends
During the five weeks past all
books of this character have been
kept out of schools"
Kersey did not specifically name
any taboos which Riggs books has
violated, but the American Legion,
which has branded the volumes sub
versive," pointed to these excerpts as
being un-American:
There are huge obstacles in the
path of those who would create new
climate of opinion in our commune
ties. These obstacles reside in part
in the powerful individuals and groups
which control the economic system. :"
"A deep gulf yawns between what
we profess to be and what we are,
what we fear and what we protest,
what we believe and how we vote
Every institution, every way of living
among us, is marked by this dishon-
esty - business and finance, politics,
educational administration.
1.-THE unthinking acquiescence of
educational workers accounts for both
the positive and the negative char
acteristics of our current education.
1t is this which compels the for
NAL unthinking salute to the flag, and
the mumbling of an oath of allegiance
which means absolutely nothing to the
young people making it. -"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
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the English people in their fight
against German fascism.
Sec. Treas. William Smith pointed
to England as a country in which the
labor movement has taken active part
in the councils of government after
the tories realized they would be de-
feated by Germany without labor help.
Smith declared that America could
meet the present threat against this
country only with labor participa-
ton - fully recognized as labor" so
that American workers tcan have con-
fidence in the program being laid
down for the present and future we'll
being of Americans"
The convention adopted an "anti-
ism" resolution after 21a hours of
bitter debate. The resolution bars
from elective or appointive office
members of communist, nazi or fas-
cist organizations.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
Concentration of Land Operations
in the U. s., 1910
Total ................... 1000

AS yet the census figures available
relating to the size of farms are on
an acreage basis. Though acreage is
not the most accurate measure of the
scale of farming operations, previous
studies have shown that it does indi
cate the general trends.
The United States census is at pres
ent comparing only 1880 with 1910.
This is not good comparison be-
cause it was not a period of uniform
changes The first half was marked
by sharp decline the second half
saw a general upturn in national in
come. In 1885 the number Of farms
reached the highest point in our his
tory due to the flight of the unem-
ployed from the cities and the dam
ming up of farm population which
would ordinarily have sought employ
ment in industry. Between 1885 and
1910, on the other hand the number
OF farms dropped to the lowest level
since 1900.
The period of 1935-40 is more uni
form and hence comparisons are more
meaningful. The fact that a squeeze
on the middle-sized farms continued
in this period of general upturn, with
more and more families being pushed
onto subsistence farms, is particularly
significant 1t confirms the protest
OF family-sized farmers that federal
programs are not effectively geared
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
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League, will present to Senator La
Toilette the bronze plaque of honor
awarded to him by the Leagues ma
tional executive committee for dis
tinguished service in behalf of labor's
rights" This he won for his work
as chairman of the senate's noted sub
committee on Violations of Free
Speech and the Rights of Labor. SEN
ator LaFollette will, of course, be the
main speaker at the dinnerforum. A
number of outstanding labor and lib
eral leaders will join in 'one-minute
testimonials at the conclusion of the
main speeches and some of the pro-
ceedings will be broadcast.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
FORMER FORD EXECUTIVE
DESCRIBES SPY SYSTEM

day before he would recognize I'M
ion
After a union man was spotted,
Murray continued, there were two
ways of getting rid of him. One was
by pushing him down the line;" the
other was by planting some valuable
tool in his pocket, and Selling him at
1.-The gate for theft. The pushing down
the line process was worked by plant
ing company stooges along the belt
on each side of the victim. They
would constantly get in his way, fore
ing him to fall behind in production.
Murray had number of disputes
about the service departments meth
DDS with DeMatteo, Neal Brown, fac
tory superintendent, Bradley Wyatt,
head of the employment office, and
r. e. White, present head of the per-
sonnet department.
On one occasion he was told by
! Brown: you must not know who
Harry Bennett is. You don't know
his power in the Ford Motor Co."
The witness preceding Murray was
James j. Rhatigan, charged with be-
ing Ford stoolpigeon. Rhatigan
may be indicted for perjury as re-
suit of his testimony.
In the face of his. denials, NLRB
attorneys produced photostatic copies
OF spy reports written by him. Ac-
cording to this evidence, Rhatigan
was planted in the JAW to spy
The reports dealt with union meet
ings at workers homes, JAW con-
yention in New York, leaflet distrib-
ution, and the delivery of number
of copies of Upton Sinclair's The
Flivver King to the Teachers Union.
Samples of Rhatigan's handwriting,
taken at the hearing, closely resem-
bled the writing in the reports 1t
was brought out during Rhatigan's
testimony that the Ford workers pay
$3.50 for their badges.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
ON OUR DOORSTEP

individuals we associate with the con-
cept of a nation.
But while our nation is today seeth-
ing from terrific impact from abroad
there are other problems on our own
doorstep. The fact that the farm
population of Montana has decreased
25, 900 in the last decade should call
for serious thought on the part of po-
litical and economic leadership. There
is always a cause for population
movements and it is the duty of
craftsmanship to ferret out the under
lying conditions which ARE respon-
sible for this drift from the land.
There should be no Okey problem in
Montana.
We all pine for creature comforts
if, not Injuries. We don't like the
soul-depressing thought of not know
ing where the next meal is coming
from. We like warm houses even II
they are only glorified huts and soft
beds and decent clothing. People go
after these things like cattle to green
pastures. If they can't find them on
the land they seek them in the towns
often without finding them. 1t is
sorry day for any country when it
fosters conditions that rob citizens OF
their love for rural life.
Why then did $4,000 people desert
the farms in the last 10 years? Here
are reasons that will account for
about 10000 of them:
Prices of many farm products have
been too cheap. Youth leaves the
land for a better standard of living
and an easier way of life. Taxes are
burdensome and often unjust. Land
is taxed uniformly by the acre and
not upon it's productive value. Farm
ers have been robbed of school funds
for the benefit of the towns. Educa-
tion of rural pupils has been made
more difficult and expensive. Land
bank mortgage system has been all
but failure Add to these large
debts for mechanical farming, and
discrimination against the family sized
farm by the AAA and you have
tawdry, display of farmers woe. Then
consider the Montana Grass Conserya-
ton Act which has deprived thou
sands of farmers of the privilege of
livestock-grain economy and you have
the bitter end of tragic story.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
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He also suggested that Crosby was
either connected with labor or in
spired by communists.
Crosby tried to get the floor to
answer Blackman but the chairman
called for a vote.
81 want the floor" Crosby said.
IF you don't recognize me, I'll talk
without recognition, like Mr.. Black
man."
Don't try to shout me down. said
Smith. "Ill give you three minutes
The FTP man then asked whether
Blackman and G. M. stockholders
would be willing to work for $50 a
month, as they apparently thought
union members should. He called
Blackman's reference to communism
"a cheap and stupid insinuation."
Blackman interrupted to deny he
had mentioned communism.
The meeting, attended by less than
80 executives, approved changes in
the bonus system to protect execu-
tives and employees earning more than
$2,400 against loss of bonus rights if
called to government service.
Smith answered Crosbys assertion
that the men below this level most
needed protection by saying it was
contrary to policy to pay anyone after
he left the company.
The defeated motion, which had
been seconded by minority stock
holder for purpose of debate, read in
part:
Because the laborer as well as the
executive is worthy of his hire in
democracy, | move that so long as
the corporation finds it expedient to
enrich executives to the extent Of
$4,000 a year or more, it be the
policy of the corporation to pay all
wage earners and small salaried work
ers called to military service the full
difference between army pay and Gen
eral Motors pay for the duration of
their service
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1941-05-07
VINS0N BILL
PATTERN hit

"Shop Talk" publication of the Ma
tional Labor Committee Against War,
has put, it's rating on the Vinson bill.
The committee is affiliated with
American Peace Mobilization. Here
is what "Shop Talk" says:
AMMUNITION of anti-labor forces
for the Vinson bill comes from Mo
ing. Formula is to obscure issues of
every strike by invention of jurisdic-
tional dispute. Employer grabs more
and fatter profits, especially under
government contracts; prices go up;
workers demand increases to main
tain Their standard of living; employer
wraps self and profits in Flag and
refuses to listen to anybody; workers
plead, cajole, threaten, and finally
strike.
Enter the formula: employer sum-
mons group of stool-pigeons; stool
pigeons call themselves a union and
demand bargaining rights employer
weeps that he is caught in jurisdic-
tional dispute. Plain hooey, but press
and radio go into action with straight
face Stuffed shirts, tin horns, ward
heelers-a anything that can be stag
gered to a platform-become sudden
ly newsworthy providing they de-
nounce strikes as 'subversive,' fifth
column, criminal stupid 'unpatri-
otto and whatnot. Real truth, that
EMPLOYERS are RESPONSIBLE
FOR STRIKES by refusal to grant
workers equal voice in determination
Of conditions of employment, never
is fit to print or broadcast"