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Evening star., 1941-07-19
Roosevelt Begins
Drafting Message
On Training Period
Expects to Deliver
Request for Extended
Service EorIy in Week
BY JOHN c. HENRY.

President Roosevelt cleared his
engagement list of all appointments
today to permit him to devote the
entire week end to drafting a special
message TO Congress on the need of
extending the training period for
the Army.
The message, which is expected to
go to the Capitol Tuesday or
Wednesday, will recommend that
the way be cleared for keeping Sc
lectees, National Guardsmen and
reServiSts in active service beyond
their initial IL months of training.
Urgent recommendation TO this
effect already has been made to
Congress by the War Department
and the President announced yes
terday he would send a message
to the legislators. He indicated, how
ever, he would not press for the re-
moval of restrictions against en-
ploying Army units outside the West
ern Hemisphere.
"Disintegration" of Army.
The Chief Executive has declared
twice during the last week that de-
parture of these three classes Of
Army trainees at the end of year
would result in complete disinte-
grafton" of the Army.
Before Mr.. Roosevelt started on the
task of drafting his message, he an
nounced today that he had appoint
ed a Committee on Fair Employ
ment Practive to serve in the Of
flee of Production Management for
the purpose of handling complaints
of race or other discrimination in
defense work.
President Roosevelt also appointed
a Nation wide Volunteer Participa-
ton Committee to serve in the once
| of Civilian Defense.
/ For the Fair Employment Prac-
tice Committee, the President chose
the following:
/ Mark F. Ethridge, vice president
and general manager of the Louis
vile Courier Journal. as chairman;
Philip Murray, president of the c.
I. O.: William Green, president Of
the A F. l.; Milton P. Webster.
vice president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters: Earl B.
Dickerson, colored attorney: and
David Sarnoff. president of the
Radio Corp. of America.
Volunteer Committee.
The Volunteer Participation Com
mittee was divided into units for
each Army Corps area of the United
States. Named to the committee
for the Sd Corps Area. which in
cludes the District. Maryland. Vir-
ginia and Pennsylvania, were the
following:
Mrs. Clifford Pinchot. Mrs. Dwight
Davis, of American Red Gross head
quarters in Washington; William
c. Bullitt, Thomas Kennedy, sec
retary-treasurer of the United Mine
Workers, and DR.. John Stewart
Bryan, president Of William and
Mary College.
Among those named to the COM
mlttee in other corps area was Mrs.
John Boettiger, the former Anna
Roosevelt, daughter Of the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Boettiger
will serve in the 9th Corps Area.
which embraces the State of Wash
ington, where she lives.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
" for Victory Counter-Drive
Opened by Nozi Propaganda

their occupied territory and de-
clared the Germans were trying
to create confusion by last-min-
ute use of the sign themselves)
Netherlands newspapers carried
accounts of the German Victoria"
campaign and printed large VS. on
their picture pages. White posters
with orange VS. also were plastered
on walls Small billboard boxes on
lamp posts had maps of German
occupied countries topped by a v.
Dutch radio news bulletins were
preceded by the v tapped out in
Morse code, and were ended with
Beethoven's Fifth (V) symphony"
Both devices also have been used
by the British.)
Flags with orange letter VS. hung
from German official and party of
fices.
Reports from Oslo said a similar
countercampaign was under way
throughout Norway.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
~ the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, German-occupied
Netherlands, July ia German
counteroffensive against the British
"V for Victory" campaign was START
ed in big way today throughout
the Netherlands.
Residents Of Amsterdam awoke
this morning to find large 30-foot
white banner flying from Queen
Wilhelminas former palace with the
inscription:
"V is Victory, for Germany is win
ming for Europe on all fronts"
Similar banners were flown in
other public places.
CThe British propaganda serv-
ice had called for an undercover
mobilization throughout Ger
man-occupied territory Sunday
under the secret sign" of V for
Victory. The British reported
Nazis already alarmed by VS.
painted on walls throughout
Evening star., 1941-07-19
New Arnold Aides 10 Take
'1rust-Busting' Course
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
A school for newly-appointed
trust busters" rs"-somewhat along the
lines of the F. B. is training school
for special agents-is being estab-
lished in Thurman Arnold's Anti
Trust Division of the Justice De-
partment, officials said today.
The school is scheduled to open
about August for approximately
100 lawyers recently chosen for the
division. Glasses will run eight
hours a day for three weeks.
An official said that while all ap-
pointments under a recently ex-
panded appropria ton had been
made, about half of the new lawyers
would not be called to work until the
school opens. Many lawyers who
recently began work also will be re-
quired to take the course. An exam
ination will be held at the close, and
those who cannot meet the require
ments will be dropped.
Lectures will be given by experts
on the antitrust staff. The school
already has a regular text book-a
compilation of articles by Mr.. Arm
old and II of his top-ranking aides.
Evening star., 1941-07-19

The northern disturbance is moving east
ward with center this morning over North
ern New York. Canton, 10014 millibars
t2a57 inches, and a broad trough extends
thence southwestward TO the Lower Mssis-
sippi Valley This disturbance has caused
showers and local thunderstorms from the
lake region southwestward to Oklahoma
and Texas The rainfall was locally heavy
at several stations. East Liverpool. Ohio,
reportins the greatest amount, 800 inches.
Scattered thundershowers occurred Friday
afternoon in the South Atlantic and East
Gulf States and in portions of the Rocky
Mountain and the plateau regions and
Western washington. An anti-cyclone ac-
companied by cooler and dryer air of Polar
origin is moving southesstvard over the
plains States, the Upper Mississippi Valley
and the upper lake region, Sioux City,
1,O17.3 millibars (3O.04 inches) Pressure
remains high from the Bahamas eastward
and northeastward over the ocean. The
temperature, has, risen in the Middle
Atlantic and North Atlantic States Mon
tana and Idaho. Abnormally high maxima
we're again registered Friday afternoon in
the interior of Washington and Northern
Oregon, La Crosse in Southeastern Wash
ington, reporting the highest, 1O6 degrees.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
House Group Inspeets
81. Lawrence Course
y, the Associsted Press

BN the Associated Press.
CLAYTON, N. Y. July 1e-Twen-
ty-Seven members of Congress. after
listening for nearly a month to
praise and protest directed at the
st. Lawrence Seaway, will see for
themselves today the Northern New
York locale of the proposed project.
The quest for first-round informa-
ton on the controversial subject
brings members of the House Rivers
and Harbors Committee here for
the first stop in a scheduled two
day inspection of the seaway course
and the site of the proposed hydro
electric plant.
The survey, interrupting hearings
at which scores Of advocates and
opponents Of the program testified.
will take the Representatives across
the border into Canada tomorrow.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Milk Officials Study
Rate Increase Request
Nv the Associated Press,

BY tne ASsOCIeIeu PreSs.
RICHMOND, Va, July 19.-The
State Milk Commission is studying
evidence taken in the Arlington
Alexandria price increase hearing,
but has not reached decision,
Secretary E. c. c. Woods said today.
Producers in the Northern Vir-
ginia market asked the commission
at hearing June % to raise prices
46 cents per hundredweight on Glass
l milk, which would boost the base
level from $3.17 to $363.
Mr.. Woods said he did not know
how much time would be required to
complete consideration Of the mat
ter.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
i. ). Will Blacklist
Pro-Axis Firms in
All Neutral Nations
Trade Bans to Be Imposed
As Soon as Current
Investigation Ends

Pro-Axis business firms in neutral
nations throughout the world had
notice today that they may expect
to be banned from trade and finan-
eial dealings with this country.
Assistant Secretary of State Dean
Acheson disclosed yesterday that
the United States blacklist" of
Arms acting for Germany and Italy
in Latin America would be ex-
panded to cover such firms in every
country with which any trade is
going on except the British Empire.
Lists of companies and individ-
uals serving German and Italian
interests in Japan, China, Spain,
Portugal Sweden and other coun-
tries will be made up as soon as
current investigations are completed,
Mr.. Acheson said.
The world wide blacklist" he eX-
planned, will include all those act
ing directly or indirectly for Ger
many and Italy in business deal
ings, and those to whom exporta-
ton of American goods is deemed
detrimental to the interests OF ma
tional defense" or for any other
reason.
In an effort to eliminate leaks
to the Axis through the British
blockade, exports Of strategic mate
rials are banned to the black
listed" firms. and their assets in
this country are frozen"
Mr.. Acheson said he did not be-
lieve President Roosevelt's procla-
nation Thursday Of an initial
blacklist" of 1900 pro-Axis firms in
Latin America would cause any
overall decrease in inter American
trade.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Cuban Police Probing
BIockHsted Firms

HAVANA, July 19 P,.-Police are
investigating the individuals and
Arms "blacklisted" In Washington as
acting to benefit the Axis countries,
well-informed circles said last night.
No official comment thus far has
been made.
1t was understood a treasury COM
mittee was appointed to study means
Of strictly applying existing control
laws on exports and imports to those
Arms. and that municipal authorities
found several of them owed taxes
and issued orders for immediate COL
lection.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
NotionoIizing Of Firms
Is Urged by Mexico

MEXICO CITY, July 1s tP.-
Vicente Lombardo Toledano, Mexi-
can labor leader, urged today that
all Latin American governments ma
tionalize the 1900 firms blacklisted
by the United States government.
He proposed the action to prevent
their business falling into the hands
of United States concerns.
In letter to all branches of the
Confederation of Latin-American
Workers, of which he is president.
Lombardo Toledano suggested that
workers impede the immediate clos
Ing down" of the Arms alleged to
have Axis connections until they
could be incorporated as public en-
terprises and their assets made
available to the various national
economies.
Praises American Action.
He frequently has said that one
of the dangers of the world crisis
is that OF North American financial
domination of the Western Hemi-
sphere.
With that reservation, however. he
praised the withholding Of United
States export and import business
from Axis-connected concerns as
excellent, justified and transcen-
dent"
One public official here said it was
IAN intelligent defense move" which
long had been anticipated here.
The Confederation of Mexican
Workers proposed to President Man
uel Avila Camacho a program of
emergency economic measures" to
meet possible developments in the
international situation, such as
United States entry into the Euro
pean war.
Food Storage Favored.
The program included government
control of imports. exports, foreign
exchange, prices and rents, upward
revision of taxes, various public
works projects and storage of at
least one years supply of essential
foodstuffs.
Fidel Velazquez, who filed the
proposals as secretary general of the
confederation, promised full support
of the Mexican labor movement and
said his organization would call a
nationwide strike for a so per cent
wage increase should "the Mexican
bourgeois" offer opposition.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Weather Report
Furnished b,

tates Weather Bureau1
District of CoumbFar and
tonight about IS degrees moderate northwest
MarylandScaed
lowed by generally fair cooler tonight
Observation-Disclosures
afternoon and in south portion tonight generally fair and
West VgniaGeneraly fair cooler tonight fair with
moderate temperature
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Congress in Brief
TODAY.
Senate:
In recess.

Senate:
In recess.
House:
In recess.
Ways and Means Comittee con-
siders possible revision Of new S.
504 900, 900 tax bill.
Naval Affairs Committee continues
hearings on $500 100000 shore facili-
ties bill.
Special House Committee con-
tinues hearings on problems caused
by defense migration.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
RooseveIt's Actions
Nazis Say,
Scoring Blacklist
Step 'Cutthroot Dollar
Worfore,' Fuehrer's
Newspaper Asserts

R> the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 19.-An authorized
German spokesman, commenting on
the United States blacklisting of
South American firms doing busi-
ness with Axis powers, said last
night that President Roosevelt was
acting "as though he were already
in the war"
Freezing of funds of the firms was
described by the spokesman as "di-
rect interference in the rights Of
foreign citizens and the indirect in
fringement of the rights of foreign
countries"
"Cutthroat Dollar Warfare"
Adolf Hitler's newspaper, Voel-
kischer Beobachter, featured news
of the blacklisting yesterday under
front-page banner line saying
"Cutthroat Dollar Warfare Against
South American Economy"
"Roosevelt's step is directed
against citizens of free states which
are not engaged in war and it origi-
mates with a Government which off,
cially also is neutral" the news
paper said.
The measure has the double pur-
pose of bringing important South
American raw material countries un-
der exclusive United States control"
and is political extortion," the pa
per said.
1t asserted Roosevelt thought he
was able ito turn back the wheel Of
history and re-establish old eco
nomic imperialism"
Dispatches from Rio de Janeiro
said Brazilian firms hlacklisted had
expressed resentment. The United
States Embassy at Rio de Janeiro
was quoted as saying some Of the
firms listed might be removed on
investigation, but that others might
be added.
The Argentine government was
silent, but the pro-Nazi section of
the Buenos Aires press attacked the
listing as infringing on Argentine
sovereignty.
At Santiago, Chile, constant
stream of Representatives of listed
firms visited the United States En-
bassy yesterday, protesting they had
been injured unjustly or inquiring
how they might be taken of the list.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
First Case Under New Law

iUruguay's first case under its
new law against illegal associations
was the protest Of the Italian Con-
sulate against remarks made about
italy by local radio station.
Evening star., 1941-07-19

.Areentina expects to lose $780,
100000 In its purchase Of the entire
1910 maize crop of the country.
Evening star., 1941-07-19
Report for Last ~ Hours.

Record for Last "A Hours
from noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest. IS, at $50 pm. yesterday.
Lowest, 76. at $50 am. today.
Record Temperature This Year.
Highest. 9S on July g.
Lowest. Is, on March IS.
Humidity for Last "a Hours.
prom noon yesterday to noon today)
Highest, 81 per cent at 2 am. today.
Lowest, 30 per cent, at 1890 a.nn. today.
River Report.
Potomac River clear. Shenandoah muddy
At Harper's Ferry: Potomac clear at Great
Falls today.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
To-day. Tomorrow
High 4:O5a.m, 4:53 am.
Low IL :Oq am 1I:5q q m
High 4:32 pm. 5:23 pm
Low lib pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 4:57 f:31
Sun, tomorrow 4:5s 1:30
Noon. today------ lis an. $3.50 p.m
Automobile lights must be turned on
on half hour after sunset.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Defense Strikes
Spread; San Diego
UItimatuIn Hurled
Thousands of Workers
Throughout U. S. Hit by
Union WalkOutS
By UNITED PRESS

Labor disputes in defense
industries appeared m ore
serious Friday with workers
already on strike at two large
industrial plants and clamping
headlines on negotiations in others.
An ultimatum issued by the united
Automobile Workers (CIO) union
gave the Ryan Aeronautical Co. at
San Diego until Tuesday to settle
a dispute over wage increases. The
workers already have empowered
their negotiating committee to call
the strike that would tie up pro-
duction on backlog of orders total
ing S1O.500,O0O from the United
States and foreign governments.
The Ryan workers appealed to
President Roosevelt for assistance
after a fruitless day of negotiation
with company officials. They also
asked Gov. Culbert L. Olson to
remove from office draft board
chairman who warned aircraft
workers they would face draft re-
classification if they went on strike.
MANY OF UIle WOIh hClo WClC PAoSSN
in deferred classes because they
are employed in an essential indus
try
Threats to reclassify employees OF
the Ryan Co. are contrary to in
tent" of the selective service law,
Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, draft
board executive director, said at
Washington.
At Cleveland, workers employed
on a $1O0O,O0O defense contract for
ammunition components voted 5 to
in favor of strike to enforce
their demands for a general 10-cent
an hour wage increase at the
Weatherhead Manufacturing GO.
plant. A federal labor conclliator
was hopeful of reaching a settle
ment at meeting of UAW-CIO
and company officials.
Richard Reisinger, union execu-
tive board member, said no time
had yet been set for the walkout
Continued on Page 8, col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

sFfeOcl WdGSElpS Sank Two L llldlldIlu
warships in the Gulf of Siam and
damaged a third in the first naval
battles between the two forces eX-
cept for river gunboat skirmishes.
Advices from the frontier describ-
ed the battles along the border OF
the two countries as 'far more SER
iouSn than has been realized.
Importance of the Far Eastern
conflict has been repeatedly en-
phasized in suggestions that Japan
might intervene in support of Thai
land to further her ambitions for
pushing into the south Pacific.
The burg Fremdenblatt
charged that the United States is
seeking "rulership of the world
and control of both the Atlantic and
the Pacific through exploiting what
L called "the present world political
crisis
Great Britain and Germany trad
ed powerful air attacks in the Medl-
terranean.
The Germans attacked Valetta,
MdlUd, Will dlNI"poiiioSio e'o VIZ ~"
level-flight bombers protected by
Italian fighters. They claimed the
%. 0O0-ton aircraft carrier Illustrl-
GUS had been damaged SO badly she
was out of the war for the duration
The British admitted the attack
was heavy and said 10 enemy planes
were shot down.
The Royal air force carried out
its second heavy attack on Catania,
Sicily, where the new Nazi dive
bombing squadron is based.
The outbreak of German dive
bombing attacks on British sea-
power in the Mediterranean caused
London observers to predict a
change in Royal navy tactics IN
that area to meet the new menace.
The Raj pounded Wilhelmshaven,
German'ys most important North
Sea naval and ship base, for the
second successive night, dropping
tons of bombs on targets still burn
ing from a long raid "a hours be-
fore.
New targets we're blasted too, par
ticularly the concentration OF oil
tanks used to fuel naval vessels ana
shipyard industries and the rail-
road center through which ship
Continued on Page s, Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Hint Of Favorable
Farm Credit Rule
Received from, FCA
Survey Depends Upon
Refunding Outcome, Is
Word to Valieyite

Hints that serious surveys
of Imperial Valley with a
view to resumption of FEEDER
al Land Bank lending will
follow a favorable decision
on Imperial Irrigation district re-
funding were contained III a letter
Friday from A. G.. Black, Farm
Credit administration governor, to j.
D. Adams of Ell Centre, state Farm
Lest Adjustment commissioner.
The letter was in reply to one
that Adams wrote recently decry-
ing the lack of proper farm credit
facilities in the valley.
Il am pleased to note that sub
stantial progress is being made in
the program of refunding the bonds
of the Imperial Irrigation district.
We have made definite plans for
a comprehensive study of the farm
ing situation in the Imperial Valley
area. to be started as soon as the
refunding of the districts bonds has
been completed. Tentative arrange
ments have been made for repre-
sentatiVes of the Soil Conservation
Service to participate in the parts
OF the study which relate to the
drainage problem = Black wrote.
Black explained that visits to the
valley of FCA directors from Berke-
ley in December were in the nature
of preliminary surveys and reports
ON these inspections, which Adams
had requested, were not available.
1T is our purpose to render con-
struetive credit service to farmers
wherever possible. and the objec-
tive of the proposed study is to de-
termlne the extent and bases upon
which long-term credit may be
properly extended to farmers i'll the
imperial Valley -, Black con-
cluded.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17
Picket Line Here
Slows Down Work
On Hotel BuiIdinq
Union Protests Against
Wage Scale Violation
OF 10 Days Ago

Work was slowed but not
halted Friday when a picket
line appeared in front of the
State Street hotel building
under construction in the soc
block on State, in El Centre.
The line was in protest to viola
ton of union scale that ended 10
days ago.
A number of the men, estimated
at less than a dozen, walked Oft the
job Friday morning but five still
stayed despite the picket who stroll
ed up and down in front. Contrac-
tor Hugh Johnston said the union
men who had walked off were III
the employ of the Macco Construc-
ton company of Los Angeles, sub
contractors.
Johnston's own men, who are
on-union, stayed on the job, he
said.
The difficulty, as explained by
both Johnston and w l. Welden,
secretary of the Building Trades
Council, hinged on the rate OF pay
for common labor.
early in the job we had some
common labor that I paid 90 cents
an hour. We haven't had any for
ten days" Johnston declared.
Welden explained that the union
scale demands .62l2 cents an hour
for common labor. He gave no I'M
portance to the fact that no COM
mon labor is now at work on the
job.
Johnston will need some later
on he said.
The picket line climaxed q num-
Der of conferences between the
council and the contractor which
failed to develop an agreement.
Johnston said the men who walk
ed off the job had no criticism OF
their own wage scale nor OF work
ing conditions but objected to haV-
ing to go through picket line.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-01-17

AS Tor cOnJectureS that certain
provisions might enable him to
purchase Britains fleet in the event
England falls to the Nazis, he said
that was Cow jumped over the
moon" speculation.
Mr. Roosevelt was asked whether
he would object to removing from
the bill the section which permits
the United States to buy equip
ment from governments which it
considers friendly. He replied quick
ly that in a world that changes
every "a hours, the administration
might need something quickly and
urgently to add to American de-
fense. The provision is strictly a
precautionary measure, he said.
The bill has no provision prohib-
iting him from standing on his
head, he said, and despite this fact
the president of the United States
has no intention of standing on his
head.
Similarly, he said there is no legal
barrier in the measure to prevent
him from buying the Vatican, but
said he considered such a purchase
considerably unlikely
The Presidents remarks were
made while Secretary of War Hen
ry l.. Stimson, continuing testi-
mony before the House Foreign
Affairs committee, described as
fantastic and preposterous' re-
ports that the United States might
allow British Warships to operate
from our ports, or might buy the
Royal Navy if Britain falls.
IT never heard of such a sugges-
tion," Stimson told the committee
as he resumed his testimony in sup
port of the embattled aid-to- Britain
bill. He was asked about the reports
by Rep. George Holden Tinkham,
R., Mass, a non interventionlst
Continued on Page 8, Col. 81