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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02
Congress Brings These
Things Upon Itself

president ROOSEVELT interiected his
L campaign for a 16-year term in the White
House into the congressional debate on the
soldier vote bill in a manner that insulted
the members Of the Senate and the House Of
Representatives, as many of them were quick
TO say
His accusation of fraud against the mem
bers of both houses, in fact, brought on the
spectacle of vocal resentment expressed in
boos and cat-calls-a type of demonstration
unusual in the halls Of Congress and almost
unprecedented in the receptions accorded
presidential messages.
1t WAS an insulting message, of course.
1t was a brazen political maneuver, in
tended TO convey the impression 20 the mil
lions of men in the armed forces that
Congress is attempting to disenfranchise them
and intended TO portray himself as the vg-
liant and sole champion Of their right TO vote.
D true Uoo'SA' neither OF ''''' ''''s' IS
Congress is doing everything in its power
10 create effective machinery for soldier vot-
ing, but is simply trying to do it within the
framework Of the Constitution.
SO the Congress is naturally and very
properly resentful.
But does not the past and continuing
record of Congress for COWARDICE in the
face of President Roosevelt's political de-
mands INVITE his contempt and insults
The President is used to HAVING his way
with Congress.
On the infrequent occasions over the
period Of his nearly u years in the White
House when he has not been able to get his
way by persuasion, he has almost always been
able to get il by intimidation and compusion
or by evasion and usurpaton
Hence, the President has nothing but con.
tempt for Congress when it Yields 10 him and
nothing but insults for Congress when II
opposes him.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02

CONGRESS brings these things upon itself
~ by its own failure to assert and exercise
the power and authority which are its exclu-
sive possessions under the Constitution.
However, the Congress is commended for
trying to provide for soldier voting within the
framework of the Constitution and should be
encouraged TO do so in spite of the political
Vaccinations of the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt is VIGOROUSLY complacent
about infractions of the Constitution when his
personal interests and whims are involved.
He once arbitrarily discharged a member
Of federal agency and was subsequently
held by the Supreme Court TO have done so
in violation of the Constitution
He once urged Congress to pass a law
with total disregard for whatever doubts it
had about the constitutionality of the law.
He once advocated enlargement of the
Supreme Court to enable him to have a
majority of his own appointees on the court
because he thought the constitutional system
of limiting appointments TO vacancies was
too cumbersome.
He once told Congress that the powers he
had been permitted to WELD as president
were Of such an excessive nature that, in the
hands of another man as president they
might provide shackles- for the liberties of
the people
CONGRESS has learned, from its own long
~ experience, that it cannot consult with or
yield TO President Roosevelt if it desires to
adhere to and observe the Constitution
And it. has learned by the same expert
ence that, whenever President Roosevelt feels
himself thwarted by the Constitution. he is
not above taking recourse in evasion and
subterfuge
Perhaps, if Congress had been more jealous
in its insistence upon constitutional observ-
ance in the past it would not now be accused
by the President Of fraud in showing zeal for
what it has so often shown ONLY indifference
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02
william B. MaVO

WILLIAM BENSON MAYO the grand old
w man" Of aviation is dead at rs. His
death ends most useful career. both in The
automotive and aviation fields.
Back in 1912. Bill Mayo started his rise
to fame with Henry Ford by becoming the
motor kings chief engineer He had won dis
tinction with his work on the internal com
bustion engine AS chief engineer Of the Ford
Motor Co. Mr.. Mayo installed the power
plants both in The old Highland Park and the
Rouge plants. He stayed with Henry Ford
for 20 years
But greet IS were his achievements in
the automotive field, Bill Mayo was probably
best known FOR mis- pioneer work in aviation.
II was his influence that caused Ford 10 buy
up William 3. Stouts Metal Aircraft, Corp.
and manufacture the first all-metal planes.
Mr.. Mayo became manager Of the Ford air
craft division and there he stayed until bis
retirement in 1882
He never gave or hls interest in aviation.
Re became director of North american
Aviation. the giant United which merged
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02


eminent TO THOSE WHO FIGHT
FOR IT'S PRESERVATION.
That is the least grateful
nation can do for those who have
fought for its safety and for its
actual survival.
Furthermore it is our duty Az
an organization and as patriotic
citizens to see to it that the money
when appropriated by Congress is
properly administered and that the
veterans of this war secure the
maximum benefits from this ex-
penditure.
There is a duty also to provide
an educational program to take
care of those who are returning.
There has been a long lapse Of
years wherein they have been
away from their training days.
These boys are younger than
they were either in the Spanish
American war or in the first
World War, 50 we doubly owe
them the obligation of rehabilita-
ton.
And we owe them something
further than that,
I RECEIVED a letter a couple Of
L days ago from a great general
in command of one of the great
fighting divisions in this war, and
he wrote that even in the midst Of
battle these boys are thinking Of
returning back home.
They want to come back TO
their loved ones. They want TO
have useful lives and useful jobs
back home.
They want American Opportu-
nifty, they want a chance to enjoy
American liberties and American
standards of living-tO marry, to
build a home, to live in COM
munity and to better that COM
munity while they are living there.
They want to live a free Ameri-
can life and they do not want TO
he told whether they can pillow the
back 40 acres next spring or not,
or whether they will have to raise
hogs or cattle on their farms.
THESE BOYS ARE COMING
BACK CONQUERORS OF THE
BITTEREST FOE THAT EVER
MAN FACED IN THE WORLD
AND THEY HOULD BE
TREATED AS CONQUERORS-
AS FREE AND INDEPENDENT
AMERICANS.
Now there has been a great
deal of discussion also about the
VOTE of the soldiers that are
enlisted in this war, some II mil
lion of them, maybe eight or nine
million of them eligible to vote.
The Congress of the United
States and the administration have
too long delayed giving authority
for the soldiers vote.
There is too much politics in
the holding up of that measure.
Those boys have the right to
vote and they have the same right
to vote the same ballot under the
same protection that we have here
at home. AND THERE HAS
BEEN NO FRAUD ON THE
PART OF THE CONGRESS,
EITHER, IN ENDEAVORING
TO GIVE THEM THAT RIGHT.
l want to say to you that when
the authority is given TO the
states of the Union to see that
the soldiers get the ballot in their
hands THE STATES OF THE
UNION WILL FULFILL THEIR
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02

devoted IA years Of service to the
public interest in the Congress of
the United States. He served two
terms as governor of our state
and was elected to his second term
as president.
WHAT wonderful life-typical
w of a great American spring
ing from the sol, coming from the
people who are the strength of
our free government
What characterized his services
by which we can best remember
him?
First of all he PROMISED the
American people sound money and
returning prosperity. Furthermore
he PROMISED encouragement for
business and protection for private
enterprise, and jobs for labor.
He KEPT THOSE PROMISES
FAITHFULLY and in the keep
ing of his promises, he set a ,
standard which all public servants
should follow.
Any man in a campaign who
makes promises for the purpose of
securing votes and then does not
keep those promises when once in
Office is not worthy of any public
trust.
Mckinley had served IA years
in the Congress of the United
States-he personally knew the
leadership and the membership Of
that great body; he respected il
as COORDINATE branch of the
government of the United States;
he knew that THERE was made
the policy upon which we must
build and from which we must
move forward.
From that day to this we have
seen the policy-making power of
the government taken out of the
hands of the Congress and placed T..
i'm the hands of bureaucrats who
have been dominating the daily
lives of the citizens of our cOun-
try, not alone i'm time of war but
also in the days of peace.
If America shall come back to
the standards of the martyred Nc
kinley, If the liberty for which he
fought, If the vision of free world
which was in his heart and soul
the day he died is ever to come To
pass, we must take the power of
government out of the hands of
the bureaucrats AND PUT 1T
BACK IN THE HANDS OF THE
ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES,
OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
-
THERE are many things in the
L life of Mckinley that parallel
this day and age. He came upon
the scene of active public service
at time of great distress and
depression but he never varied
FROM THE STEADY CONSTI-
TUTIONAL COURSE that he had
fixed for his life services when a
member of the Congress.
Now, let us look forward today
to the services this organization
that all of our people might rem
der. Let us consider our obiga-
tons toward those who fight and
die for us on the battlefelds of
the world.
Congress has great and splen-
did duties to perform today. It
must not only further the war
effort in every effective manner but
it must properly and adequately
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02


United Spanish Wdr Veterans an
Pittsburgh Jan. p, IN honor of
President Mckinley:
IN THE office where | now serve
4 hangs the picture of the mar
tyred Mckinley.
The names of Mckinley, OF
Dewey, Of Miles were household
words when l started to country
school.
And built around the Spanish
American War were the stories
that l heard as a child.
In front Of the State House,
where l today serve, stands the
statue of William Mckinley, SYM
boil of the deep and abiding affec-
ton Of the people of the state, for
Ohio's most distinguished gov
ernor.
No one can today adequately
appraise not only the meaning OF
that affection, but the force Of the
impact of the life and the services
of the immortal Mckinley upon
the history of our country and
upon the history of the world.
One does not 'need to tell
group of great soldiers of the
Spanish war what the meaning of
THIS war is.
THEY lived in the days when our
L nation for the first time in the
history of the world reached ont
helping hand to a downtrodden
people. They served in the hour
when our out-reach among the
nations of the world was just
beginning,
They planted-YoU planted
the flag of freedom in distant
lands among strange people.
Today that flag has been torn
down.
Yet do not have to say to the
veterans of the Spanish war that
THIS WAR WILL BE FOUGHT
UNTIL THE AMERICAN FLAG
AGAIN FLIES OVER THE
PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
These great boys of ours will
march again down the streets of
Manila under the standard of free
dom and from there they'll march
OF to Tokyo.
/ said no one can tell Of the
impact of the life of Mckinley
upon this present cataclysmic age.
We do not know the full meaning
yet of the out-reach of our
civilization into the Orient.
Around that new relationship
have been built great industries.
Out of the tropics, first explored
in your service days, have come
great medical aids. And there has
arisen from our closer contact
with other nations a great respon-
sibility on the part Of our nation
to the nations and to the peoples
of the world-a responsibility that
we cannot avoid and would not
avoid-a responsibility every one
here because of his relationship in
this new era takes part in.
HISTORY will duly record the
III story of the services of the
veterans Of the Spanish war and
the leadership of President Nc
Kinley, your great commander in
chief.
His life means still more to us
today in deep affection because Of
his untimely death. He died
martyr to the cause Of his people
the cause of freedom.
He was serving the cause OF
peace and freedom-of concord
and good will when the assassin's
bullet struck him down.
His martyr life Is emulated
around the world today by the
sons of those who gather at this
table-the youth of America
willing to give their lives that
people might live the kind of life
which Mckinley dreamed would
spread around the world from this
source spring of freedom here in
4 n1nrica
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02
Bricker Pays Tribute to Mckinley

CONSTITUTIONAL OBLIGA-
TON and these boys will have the
full chance to cast a free ballot.
That is a duty that we owe
them and a duty which will be
h onorably discharged. OUh
PROMISE WILL BE KEPT.
There are many, many things
in the life of the great Mckinley,
that today inspire us as we thini
of the duty that we owe not alone
to the returning soldiers and our
selves, but to the peoples OF the
world.
A MERICA'S heart is bent for
n peace. Let me read you the
inscription on the monument OF
the great Commander In Chief
Mckinley that stands in front OF
our State House now. This In
taken from his last speech:
LET US EVER REMEMBER
THAT OUR INTEREST LIES IN
CONCORD, NOT IN CONFLICT,
AND THAT OUR REAL Emil
NENCE RESTS IN THE VIC
TORIES OF PEACE, NOT OF
WAR. OUR EARNEST PRAYER
is THAT GOD WILL Ora
CIOUSLY VOUCHSAFE PROS
PERITY, HAPPINESS AND
PEACE TO ALL OUR NEIGH
BORIS AND ALL HIS BLESS
INGS TO ALL THE PEOPLES
AND NATIONS OF THE
EARTH"
This was almost the dying
prayer of the man who led in the
war in which you veterans of the
Spanish War fought.
Oh, my friends, America must
not, dare not, fail to respond to
the inner longing of our whole
people that peace some day ma
abide among the nations of the
world. and that our boys of the
generations yet 10 come will not
have TO give their lives for the
cause of freedom.
This American nation owes TO
it's people TO them and 10 the
nations of the world, position OF
leadership ifnpiementing that long
ing, that innermost desire OF our
people that we do everything
within our power TO see that peace
is preserved and better interna-
tional relationships established
among the nations Of the world.
Remember with me the last
words of the immortal Mckinley
when he said Not our will but
Thine be done
Somehow | have the humble
faith 10 believe that the people
which believes in Almighty God,
in the guidance of divine prou-
dence, will some day lead the ma
tons of the world into the dawn
of that new day of peace and good
will and that the prayer of McKin-
lev will yet be answered by the
merciful Father Of men.
These boys are fighting around
the world and dying today that
you and l might have the blessings
of freedom and liberty.
WE OWE TO THEM A SA-
CRED DUTY, WE HAVE A
COVENANT WITH THEM TO
KEEP THE FIRES OF LIBERTY
BURNING HERE AT HOME.
BRIGHTLY AGAINST THE DA =
OF THEIR RETURN.
They are fighting today for the
most sacred right that you and |
enjoy, the right to lift up our
hearts 10 God in worship as our
conscience guides.
WE LIVING here at home In
w peace and protection owe TO
our brave defenders the solemn
duty of gathering together TO
offer up DAILY a prayer that
THEY shall have the strength
and the courage 10 fight this battle
10 it's victorious end. And that we
shall have the moral strength
and the spiritual courage to live
through the nights Of darkness
and to keep the vigil against the
day Of victory.
If we do that, if we preserve
here this free government for
them, if we keep it close to our
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-02-02

Mr.. MAYO was the inspiration Of many
l'l men at the top of the aviation industry
today His close friends and admirers in.
Guided such fGures rs Eddie RiekeRbaeker.
Bill Stout Ray Collins, Clarence Chamberlain,
Roger Williams, Charles Lndbergh and the
late Eddie stinson, Frank Hawks and Billy
-RHeek. --r0ft
Little more than year ago Mr. Mayo
was honored at a dinner by so Of his closest
friends. The turnout included leaders in every
walk Of life fine cross-section Of business,
industry and the professions all Of whom had
learned 10 honor and love this grand old
man.
Detroit has lost one Of It's great figures
S4ie belonged truly to the little band Of
RUGGED and brilliant pioneers who built
modern industrial Detroit
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some Of the biggest air companies in the
country. and the Stout Air Services He also
acted as technical adviser to the Maddux
Air Lines.
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THE DETROIT TIMES
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They are lighting today Tor the
most sacred right that you and |
enjoy, the right to lift up our
hearts TO God in worship as our
guides.
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La Luce
Inks Pals
on Junkef

LONDON, Nov. 80 - (P) -
Mrs. Clare Boothe Luce and the
male members of the rowing
House Military Committee are
feuding over publicity.
Several of the battlefront
bound lawmakers are annoyed
because the Connecticut Repub-
lican-in point of service the
committees "freshman"-has re-
ceived most headlines since their
tour began.
The situation wasn't improved
yesterday.
Independently, Mrs. Luce sal
lied forth on a short flight in a
fortress while her male COL
leagues remained groun d D.,
plodding through the mud in an
inspection of three air bases.
She rejoined the party several
hours later in time to welcome
home some bombers from their
mission to Germany.
TWO PURPOSES?
Rep. Matt Merritt (D-NY),
acting chairman, said he had
nothing to do with the flight
that he wasn't consulted.
81 thought, observed another
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Fighter Pilots
Rip Jap Convoy
Sink Is Ships
Nearing Leyte

GEN. MacARTHUR'S HEAD
QUARTERS, Philippines, Nov.
30 Up - Slashing American
fighter planes sank 10 Japanese
transports and three destroyers,
with at least 1000 reinforce
ments aboard, in a blistering
Tuesday Wednesday bat ! e
which crippled an apparent Nip
ponese effort TO land a full new
division on Leyte Island.
The latest strike, pushed to
1900 the Japanese death toll
for reinforcements who failed to
reach port, but some fresh troops
evidently slipped ashore to join
the rain-swept battle of Ormoc
Corridor.
Two transports in this sixth
major reinforcement convo
were destroyed in Ormoc port,
after they partially had unload
ed men and supplies. One YES
sci blew into pieces when hit.
The other eight transports
were destroyed well out at
sea-" today's communique said,
and an estimated 1000 troops
were lost.
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j. ). Casualties
Top $4,000
Over HoIf-MiIIion
Dead ond Wounded

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 -
up - Casualties for the armed
forces have reached 536,950.
From Pearl Harbor through
November Is, army casualties
amounted to 46l,058, Secretary
Of War Stimson said today.
This was an increase of 6,878
in one week from November z.
Navy casualties are 1892, an
increase of l,277 for the week.
Here are the army Casualties,
together with those a week ago:
killed 89,840 and 88,245; wound
ed 258,l06 and 254,823; missing
57,5l4 and 56,442; prisoners S.
500 and 55,2l0.
The navy casualties: killed 49,
480 and 9,208; wounded $4,000
and 3l,574; missing 1926 and
9,347; prisoners 4,486 and A.
486 (unchanged).
The enemies casualties in
clude nearly three-quarters of a
million prisoners taken by the
Allies in Europe since D-Day in
Normandy, in addition to those
captured in Italy, Stimson re-
ported in a war review.
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$50 Villages
Fall 10 Red
Army Forces
Moscow Confirms
Smashing Attack
by Russion Troops

LONDON, Nov. 80 - (A1 -
Russian and Yugoslav Partisan
forces thrust forward 25 miles
west of the Danube in South
western Hungary today in a
huge offensive that has the
three-fold possibility of encirc-
ling Budapest, driving straight
into Austria scaling off all Nazi
troops in the Balkans.
Premier Stain in an order OF
the day yesterday announced
the capture of $50 communities
in southern Hungary and north
crn Yugoslavia, confirming the
drive about which the German
radio has spoken for the last
week.
PEGS, coal mining and railway
center SO miles southwest of
Budapest was seized, as was
MohacS, a like distance directly
south of the Hungarian capital
and Bataszek, IS miles south of
Budapest, Moscow said.
WIDE BREAKTHROUGH
The broadcast Russian COM
munique said the drive across
the Danube by Marshal Feodor
X. Tolbukhin's Third Ukraine
Army and Yugoslav Nationals
was north of the big rivers con-
fluence with the Drava, point
1876 miles due south of Budapest.
The breakthrough was on a 93-
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Strikers
De/oyWar
Output

DETROIT, Nov. 80 - (P) -
Approximately 5000 workers in
Detroit area war plants were
made idle today in a series of
strikes that closed two plants
and seriously impaired opera
tons in third.
Closed were the Graham
Paige Motor Corp. factory and
the Briggs Manufacturing Com
pany's Mack Avenue plant. Also
at standstill were production
activities in the aircraft engine
division of Chrysler Corpora
tons Dodge main plant.
A Briggs spokesman said 1000
workers left their jobs today in
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Death Halls
Sedition Trial
Federal Judge
Dies in Sleep

WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 -
(P)- Death during the night of
presiding Justice Edward c. Ell
cher today apparently brought
TO an end the seven-month-old
mass sedition trial in Federal
District Court.
Eicher, 65-year-old former
Iowa Congressman, died at his
home in nearby Alexandria, Va.
A Justice Department official.
declining to be quoted by name,
said the Jurist's death would
mean that the current trial
would have TO be terminated
and the hearing started all over
again.
The q defendants are accus-
ed of conspiring to disaffect the
loyalty of American armed fore
es and to set up a Nazi form of
Government in this country.
The trial opened last April II
with 80 defendants. One later
died and two won severances.
After a summer recess, the
hearings have recently been con-
fined to afternoon sessions to
permit defense attorneys to car
ny on their own law practiSes.
Most of the attorneys have been
serving without compensation.
From It's outset, the mass
hearing was marked by uproar
and confusion. Selection of a
jury proceeded at a snairs pace
throughout the first two weeks.
Then with the box still not fill
ed, the task had to be started
from scratch again with the ex-
piration at months end Of the
District Court jury panels.