Evening star., 1941-05-07
Booksellers 10 Hear
Knox and Halifax as
Session Climax
james Tells Delegates
Jocksonion Will by
u. 5. Will Defeat Hitler

The American Booksellers As
sociation looked forward to speeches
by Secretary of the Navy Knox and
Lord Halifax tonight climaXing
their convention after delegates
last night heard Marquis James,
biographer of Andrew Jackson, say
that if Jackson were in the White
House today he would DO Just about
what Mr.. Roosevelt is doing
A few minutes later in his speech,
Mr.. James said: If Jackson were
alive today there's one thing sure
he'd do, and that's lick the living
tar out of Hitler
Secretary Knox and Lord Halifax,
the British Ambassador, will speak
at a banquet at the Willard Hotel
beginning at 7:3O o'clock. Karl
Placht, reelected president of the
association today, will preside.
Besides Mr.. Placht other officers
named today were John REM
ineton. Baltimore: Harry Korner,
Cleveland and Ernest Dawson, Los
Angeles. first to third vice preSi-
dent, respectively; Nicholas Wre-
den, New York, treasurer, and
Marion Bacon, Poughkeepsie, N. Y,
secretary.
A committee went to the White
House today to add 200 significant
and readable" books to the home
library there. The volumes brought
to loo the total Of those presented
ouadriennially by the association
since it established the library, in
1880.
Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" was
among the books left for President
Roosevelt, as were Winston Church
Ills Blood Sweat and Tears and
"Step by Step"
Choices were made by group
which included Associate Justice
Frankfurter of the Supreme Court
and Archibald MacLeish, librarian
OF Congress.
Mr. James spoke at a meeting
of which Mr.. MacLeish was chair
man and which was opened by Mrs.
Eugene Meyer.
Sees Jacksonian Will Needed.
"Who would doubt what JackSons
foreign policy would be today?" Mr
James asked. He answered by re-
counting stories of Jackson's will,
displayed in the battle of New
Orleans and in a duel in which he
was shot.
The United States. Mr.. James
said, today has the resources and
skill to fabricate those resources
into weapons Ito defend our way
of life" but declared that what is
needed today is will such as
Jackson's.'
In the end, the speaker said, Hit
Ter will be defeated by this will" of
the United States, regardless of how
long the war will be.
Carl Sandburg. biographer OF Lin
coin, assailed the attitude of Col
Charles Lindbergh, who has ex-
pressed the opinion that anti-Aaxis
powers cannot win the war. Mr..
Sandburg did not mention Col Lind
bergh by name
Mr.. Sandburg said that one of the
"geniuses of aviation in this country
today would term 'hysteria' that
which Lincoln and his chieftains
had during the Civil War.
Cites Civil War Critics.
The poet dWelt on Lincoln's sor-
row during the war and told how
there were prophets on the outcome
of that conflict as there are today.
DR.. Douglas S. Freeman, Robert E.
Lees biographer, said the South's
general gave counsel then that still
holds good today for America and
that some of his sayings might we'll
be shouted through loud speakers on
Constitution avenue every hour of
the day"
Lee would tell the people today to
"hesitate not between two opinions,
but to choose which god in this
world you would serve and, having
chosen, to stand steadfast," said Dr.
Freeman.
Another quotation from Lee that
would bear repeating today, the
speaker continued, was that CON
flict should not be provoked before
we are ready"
Proponent of Discipline.
Lastly, DR.. Freeman said, Lee held
In high regard the training and
discipline given in the Army OF the
Confederacy and on one occasion
after the conflict told a former
soldier that the most profitably
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