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Evening star., 1944-02-13
Former Commissioner Allen
Quits Democratic Party Post
Honnegon Announces
His Resignation
As Secretary

George E. Allen. former District
Commissioner, resigned last night
as secretary of the Democratic Ma
tlonal Committee, Chairman Robert
E. Hannegan announced.
Appointed last June by former
Chairman Frank C. Walker, Mr
Hannegan said Mr.. Allen had sought
for some time to be relieved-of his
duties. Mr.. Allen merely COM
mented he resigned because OF
pressure of business"
Mr.. Allen served three terms as
Commissioner, beginning his first
term in 1888. He was reappointed
resigned September l, 1898, to be-
come vice president of the Home
Insurance Co.. but was drafted
back by President Roosevelt and
then resigned again in 1910.
A prominent business executive
Mr.. Allen has served on the board
of directors OF number of corpora
tions and as vice chairman of the
Infantile Paralysis Foundation and
national chairman of the March
of Dimes Committee. A former spe-
cial assistant to Chairman Norman
H. Davis of the American Red
Gross, Mr.. Allen was designated in
1912 to head special mission to
Fire to work out plans to send
needed medical supplies to civilian
refugees and war victims.
/ A native of Mississippi. Mr.. Allen
graduated in law from Cumberland
University, Lebanon, Tenn. went
into the hotel business in Chicago
and later came to Washington as a
representative of a financial house
Evening star., 1944-02-13
-Four WiIIkie Delegates
In New Hampshire Quit

CONCORD, N. H.. Feb. IL tP).-
Four of six New Hampshire dele
gates-at Large candidates to the
Republican National Convention
who have been announced a.
pledged Willkie today withdrew.
The unexpected development up
set calculations that Mr.. Willkie'.
strength would be tested here in
the first presidential primary in the
country.
simultaneously. ATTORNEY j. Walk
er Wiggin of Manchester, lead
ing Willkie supporter in New
Hampshire. said four other un-
pledged delegate large candi-
dates had stated they intended to
support Willkie as long as he had
a chance of winning the nomina-
ton.
OF the 80 candidates who have
filed, l8 were unpledged. were
pledged to Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
OF New York, 5 to Mr.. Willkie and
one to Gen. Douglas Macarthur.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Exchange
Continued From First Page J

ents, relief workers and officials of
certain of the other American re-
publics, all of whom since early in
1943 have been held in Germany.
THE Gripsholm is expected to
leave New York on or about Feb
ruary Is. 1914, reaching Lisbon on
or about February "a.
"On its voyage to Lisbon the
Gripsholm will carry certain Ger
man consular officials who came
into the custody of the United States
during the course OF military oper-
ations in North Africa and Italy,
members of the former French dip
lomatic and consular establishments
in the United States who wish to
return to continental France, and
certain nonofficial Germans whose
repatriation has been pending since
June. 1912
140 Were Trapped by Nazis.
The State Department did not dis
close how many persons or who will
be involved in the exchange Ap-
proximately 140 Americans were
caught when the Nazis completed
their occupation of France. Includ-
ed in the group were S. Pinkney
(Tuck. charge d'affaires, and Douglas
Mac cArthur II, an Embassy attache
who is nephew of Gen Macarthur
and husband of the former Laura
Barley, younger daughter of Senate
Majority Leader Barkley. = ~
Presumably the Vichy diplomats
returning to France will include
Ambassador CASTOR Henry Have,
Charles Brouse, press representa- :
tive and friend of Henry -Haye, and
Councillor of Embassy George Ber-
trand-Vigne.
Among the newspapermen who
have been interned since November
9, 1912. are Taylor Henry. Melvin
Most James King and Philip Whit
comb all Of the Associated Press
Ralph Heinzen and Herbert King of
the United Press; Lansing Warren
Of the New York Times; David
Darrah of the Chicago Tribune, and
Arno Dosch-Fleurot of the Christian
Science Monitor.
In letter to- the Associated Press
written in January l943, Mr.. Henry
said 1877 Americans, including en-
bassy, newspaper, Red Cross and
Quaker relief groups, had been
transferred from Loudres. France to
Baden Baden, Germany. where they
were comfortably in q hotel.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Gonnett Rops Ignorance
OF Jopon's War Plans

MIAMI BEACH. Fla. Feb. IL (P)
Publisher Frank E. Gannett said
tonight the Democratic admins
tratlon should be swept out of Of
flee for its ignorance before Pear
Harbor of Japan's plans and power
L believe this awful war coulc
have been prevented" he declared
at the Lincoln Day celebration OF
Dade County Republicans, IF W.
had had real craftsmanship n
Washington, London and Paris II
years before its outbreak.
"A Government as ignorant a.
we were about Japan's plans anc
military strength should. for tina,
failure alone. be driven from ONCE
And surely our Government
must have known that Hitler was
developing air. power that woulc
some day threaten the world, vel
We did practically nothing to de.
velop air strength"
Evening star., 1944-02-13
|Grii!s;yWold Demands
Strong COP Leader
To Win by Knockout
BY the ASsociAtA6 Presa.

by the Ass0clAteo PreSe.
KANSAS CITY, Feb. 17.-Gov
Dwight Griswold Of Nebraska called
tonight for 4 strong, virile Repub-
lican leadership 80 that the party
might win In 1914 "by knockout
not by default"
"a real victory won't come by
sitting tight and waiting for the
tide" he warned at 4 Lincoln Day
dinner of Missouri Republicans.
THE Republican party will be do
ing just that II 1t expects adult
American voters to support it foi
the party's sake and for nothing
more The Republican party will
lose again II its ideas are bounded
on all sides by party orthodoxy; II
its vision reaches no farther thar
the end Of its nose, and II its lead
ership is an echo OF the past rather
than voice calling us to = greater
future"
Republican success, he said
hinged on convincing the yoters:~
First, that q Republican victory
will speed the winning Of the war
Second, that Republican victory
will insure full employment after
ward. And third, that Republicans
will wholeheartedly cooperate with
other nations to prevent future
wars"
Evening star., 1944-02-13

our distinguished Secretary of State
at Moscow" he said 1T was that
result which was embodied in the
Connally resolution, adopted by a
bipartisan majority Of the Senate
Here was the first concrete. con-
structive achievement in our for
eign policy of the future and its
framework was advanced by the Re-
publican party at Mackinac Island .
Gov. Dewey said that the people
realize that the only hope of Amer
lea for world peace is that 1t be won
by an administration which they
know is not seeking power for the
sake of power
Government. for Lincoln, could
never be merely government of the
people or even government for the
people he said. 1T had also to be
government by the people
Because the peace of the world
cries out for it, it is this govern
ment we must regain. 1t is this gov
eminent we must preserve. 1t is this
government which shall not perish
from the earth"
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Wallace Asserts u. )
Must Avoid Cellars
OF Unemployment
Ry the Associated preSs

BY the Associated Press.
SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,. Feb. 12.-As.
Serting that America must never &c
back to The dark cellars of unem.
ployment and doles," Vice President
Wallace said tonight the future calls
for faith and work and intelligen,
planning"
IN a Lincoln's birthday address
before the Midday Luncheon Club
he said the job provided by the
building of the West saved the coun.
try from chaos after the Civil War
He added:
This experience of our grand
fathers is lamp for our feet. Who
does not wish to see swamps
drained, harbors deepened. dams
built. soil saved, inventions encour-
aged and new and better goods TO,
use and comfort, provided for mer
everywhere? s*s
Jobs for All Urged.
AS soon as the war has beer
won, the soldiers and the worker.
IN war plants will be ready to make
peacetime goods. There must b.
jobs for all willing workers. Th.
people have right to ask. WHY
can We not work and get enough
TO eat and wear in peace as We have
in WARP The answer is, We car
and We must
so long as there is human neee
IN the United States. it is crimina
Tor men to be idle. 1t is bad busi
ness and bad morals to allow be.
levers in scarcity to hold dowr
production while people need good.
and men are out of work. The
poorest people of America are oul
most valuable, untapped market
Men are more important than dol.
lars.
Lincoln said. Trust the commo,
people, Today. while democracy /.
menared abroad and while Ameri.
can Fascists are trying to enslavt
lis here, the words and deeds anc
inspiration of Lincoln give strength
10 those who battle in the cause OF
the people.
This is peoples war. The
peace must be a peoples peace"
Atherton Heads Pilgrimaxe.
Warren H. Atherton. nationa,
commander of the American Legion
who headed the legions 10th annua,
pilgrimage to the tomb of Lincoln
said: we will not be fair to the
babies born today If We leave un.
changed the conditions which woulc
demand their blood two decade.
hence
In an address broadcast from thu
stately tomb Of the martyred Civi
War President Mr.. Atherton said
II the men who fought yesterday
whose sons fight today. whose
grandsons would be the next can.
non fodder. want peace. they vii
have to plan it and work for it ane
sacrifice to maintain it.
When victory has been won. We
Will be faced with what may bt
our last opportunity to put inter.
national relations on the basis %,
law. There must be the powe,
OF enforcement behind the law"
Evening star., 1944-02-13
New Jersey Power Failure
Stops Hundreds Of Plants

By the Associate Press
CAMDEN. N. j., Feb. 12.-Three
breaks in electric service left large
area of Southern New Jersey, with
an estimated 100000 population
and hundreds Of war plants. with
out power and light for more than
an hour this afternoon.
The power failure halted work in
factories. shut down the Camden
County Water Works and put oil
burners, clocks, radios. refrigerators
and other appliances out of service
in thousands of homes.
A spokesman for Public Service
Gas g. Electric Co. of New jersey
said the breaks were caused by a
short circuit in line feeding power
from Trenton south to Camden and
Burlington. 1t was believed to have
been caused by high winds and ice.
Service was restored when the
utility cut emergency batteries into
the system and the philadelphia
Electric Co. began routing power
into the Camden area.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Landon Says New Deal
Goal Is Socialism
Py the Associated Press.


NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. "a
Alfred M. Landon, 1896 Republican
presidential nominee, said tonight
the national socialistic state .
is the objective of the New Dealer" !"
and that ajor issue of the presi-
Dental campaign would be whether
the Nation would pursue such a
course or keep the faith of our
fathers"
The President recently suggest
ed the necessity Of absolute Federal
control of manpower," the former
Kansas Governor told Lincoln
Day dinner audience. IF he means
the same sort of control of man.
power which he has given labor,
little business and the farmer, l
am against it."
He said the patriotic Democrat is
confronted with but two choices in
this election-either vote against
his real conviction when he votes
for sham Democrats like the New
Dealers" or the strange anomaly
OF saving his own party by tenn
porarily voting the Republican
! party
Evening star., 1944-02-13
owl Likely 10 Change
Policy on Candidates
By The Associated Press


The Office of War Information,
says Director Elmer Davis. probably
will have to change its policy of not
identifying presidential aspirants as
candidates.
Mr., Davis made that observation
Yesterday when asked why OWIs
dispatch for foreign consumption on
Gov. John w. Bricker's press con-
ference Thursday identified him
only as "a prominent Republican"
and the Governor of Ohio" and
not as a presidential candidate.
The Owl broadcast, Mr.. Davis
added, dealt mainly with Gov
Bricker's opinions on international
cooperation and was used for prop
aganda purposes, not directed to
servicemen.
The Owl director said the policy
not to mention candidates as such
was adopted in recent months when
1t was uncertain which Republicans
and Democrats were candidates and
when some supposed candidates
were publicly denying intentions to
try for nomination.
Mr.. Davis said it might now be
necessary, since the political air has
cleared somewhat, to form a new
policy under which persons who
have avOwed their intention of be-
Ing candidates will be identified as
such"
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Dewey
Continued From Eirst pooe

! 'S'iAtiAldCd L / Oill IL ST FGRe.'
| the war they were moving to re
sapture their freedom and the bash
right OF government.
/ They sensed that the Demo
cratic party was no longer the part,
of the people. Both nationally ane
through its governors it had become
definitely and finally the New Dea
party, irrevocably committed to alb
solutism at the seat of the Nationa
Government"
26 Republican Governors.
Gov. Dewey noted that there now
were 26 Republican Governors and
said the people were turning to
the Republican party even before
the war broke out"
They have been turning to it at
an accelerated pace since we en-
tered the war" he said, because
they are so desperately anxious that
We shall build we'll and strongly in
international cooperation after this
war
The people know that the Re-
publican party has been devoted
since the day of it's birth to re-
sponsible constitutional government
They know they cannot hope for
world peace unless that peace is
built upon the firm rock of truly
representative government. They
know that with a self-willed execu-
tive who wars at every turn with
the Congress, they will have a repe.
tition Of the same catastrophe
which happened in 1919
Gov. Dewey spoke of the Mack.
inac Island meeting last summer O
Republican Governors and Repub.
lican leaders in Congress as a delib
Grafton upon the principles which
must guide us in bringing about &
lasting peace.
1T was that group of Republican.
who drew the Mackinac charteI
which was translated into action BY
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Ke||and Says Issue
In Campaign Is Nora
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
j DALLAS. Tex, Feb 12.-Authol
Clarence Burlington Kelland tolc
Lincoln Day diners tonight that the
great issue" in the presidential
campaign lis not political or eco-
nomic. but it is moral"
When you go to the polling places
in November you will be casting
your votes for restoration of the
integrity of this people, or against
restoration of the integrity of the
people, Mr.. Kelland. who is Re-
publican National Committeeman
for Arizona, said.
Il believe that if Abraham Lin
coin were alive today his criticism
of what has occurred in America
during the past II years would not
be directed at the laundering and
chicanery of the present admins
ira ton in material affair" Mr.. Kel-
land said.
1T would not be directed upon
deliberate prodigality of this ad-
ministration in wasting our sub
stance; it would not be directed upon
the false and destructive economic
theories of this administration: 1t
would not be directed upon the
adroit and discreditable political
maneuvering of this administration
nor upon the utter lack of coherent
foreign policy.
The thing that would arouse
him to rage and denunciation would
be the deliberate undermining OF
the integrity of the American people
by the New Deal administration
1t would be the debauching of the
self respect of our citizens. 1t woulc
be the vicious teachings of this ad-
ministration whose purposes Is te
destroy the self-reliance of oul
people and to substitute for it 8
helpless, hapless, dispicable belief
that God, in the guise of the New
Deal administration in Washington
will provide"
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Political Monopoly
SET Up by New Deal,
Martin Declares
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WHEELING, w. Va, Feb. Ia
House Minority Leader Martin de-
clared tonight that President Roose-
velt had possessed absolute domi-
nation" of the Nation for IL years,
showed no signs OF seeking to re-
linquish 1t, and this is enough rea-
son for the people ito be disturbed
about the future of their Govern
ment"
"The people are disturbed" Mr..
Martin told a Lincoln Day dinner
Of Republicans They have be-
come alarmed over the trend which
has persisted for more than decade
and which continues toward a
centralized Government at Wash
ington under the autocracy of
political monopoly"
The Government under the New
Deal, Mr.. Martin said, is State
Facism."
Restless Bureaucracy"
He said the three terms OF Mr..
Roosevelt had set up "a ruthless,
arrogant, power -lustful bureaucracy"
which is fastening its clutches upon
the people
Republicans in Congress, Mr.. Mar
tin asserted, are fighting to restore
Constitutional Government" and he
said that it was historical fact that
in every crisis the American people
rally to the defense Of the Consti-
tuition"
Mr.. Martin lined up the Republic
can task In Congress as calling for:
l. Full efforts to the winning of
the war.
2. Fighting ito eliminate waste
and extravaganza in our expen-
ditures."
Simplified Tax Returns.
3-Simplified tax returns; broad
tax changes.
4-Conception Of postwar pro-
gram based on private enterprise.
Mr.. Martin said the Republican
Party did its job we'll in the '20's.
I'VE brought America out Of the
wilderness into an era of expand
ing progress he said -Four times
We reduced taxes. Four times We
secured more revenue by that
method, and during that time We
reduced the national debt an aver
age of a billion dollars a year for
10 straight years We did 1t be.
| lore, We can do 1t again.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Roosevelt Creates
Conflict Over Labor,
|Wi||kie Charges
Yy the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
PORTLAND, Greg, Feb. 12.-
Wendell Willkie today accused Presi.
dent Roosevelt of pitting labol
leaders against one another ane
against business.
| He said in an interview that thu
President had built up an "atmos.
phere of conflict" and called on the
country to elect President who
would unity the Nation instead OF
dividing it.
1t was Mr.. WILKES first public
statement on labor problems made
in this campaign.
There should be no irrepressible
conflict between business and la.
Ibor." he said Both are essentia
parts of American life and economy
NO man should be elected Presi-
dent who hates either. The next
President should be man who uni.
f1es this country, not divides it
President Roosevelt in his relation.
ship with labor problems has Gre
ated an atmosphere of conflict with
labor leader pitted against labor
leader and labor leader against busi.
ness leader.
Unity Emphasized.
THE Republican party should be
a party that represents the CROWNS
social obligations of the time. II
should be the friend of labor al
well as of other groups. and II
should bring America to unity"
In round of nine extemporane
Gus addresses. the 1910 Republican
nominee indicated repeatedly h,
expects the 1914 presidential rae,
to be between himself and Mr.
| Roosevelt.
After announcing at his pres
conference that he would enter tn
Oregon preferential primary, MI
Willkie told public reception TO
women and later 400 party precinc
committeeman there was no doub
about Mr.. Roosevelt's being a candi
date again.
Every one in the United State
knows he's going to run for fourth
term, including himself" Mr.. Willki,
said.
1T will be far easier to chang,
/ Presidents now than four year
from now" Mr.. Willkie said, lin fact
this is the ideal time
Postwar Problems Cited.
He asserted that the Nations wa
effort. from grand strategy down. il
in the hands of trained military
experts who will retain their posi-
tions until the war is won regardles:
of who is President. But it viii
require great skill, he said, to trans.
fer the national economy to peace
and successfully handle the com.
plexities of international and do.
mestic affairs after the war.
That's the time not to change
Presidents he declared They
(Democrats) will have more argu-
ments against changing in foul
years than they have now"
In two speeches he attacked wha,
he called "a notion of indispenSa- =
bility.'
The whole system OF freedom in
the United States is mockery un-
less it be true that it produces ar
infinite number Of people capable OF
leadership. he told his audience a,
the reception
I'm sick-sick at heart-at oul
transferring our problems to one
VINO by legerdemain has created thu
impression that he is able to handl.
our problems better than we car
ourselves"
Evening star., 1944-02-13
B moi Birth Lodges
Plan Dance Feb. 21

The combined B'nai Birth Arro
Lodges OF men and women will hold
a dance and banquet February al
in the Mayflower Hotel to raise
funds for their war activities.
Alexander H. Uhl, foreign news
editor OF PM, will discuss American
foreign policy. Another guest speak
er will be Tech. Sergt. Samuel Shaf-
fer. USMC, who will relate his
experiences on Tarawa Island.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
wkAl Changes Time
OF Traffic Safety PROGRAM

IT'S the Law" the Districts traf-
nc safety radio program, beginning
It's second week, will be heard over
station WMAL at 2:15 pm. Wednes-
days instead of FRIDAYS.
The program, a public service of
Station WMAL, is sponsored by the
Commissioners' Traf1c Advisory
Council and has received numerous
citations from the National Safety
Council.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Dirksen Would Reveal
sWhot Is Goino on

BOISE, Idaho. Feb. IL lP,.-Rep-
resentative Dirksen, Republican, OF
Illinois. an avowed candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination
said today his views on foreign pol
icy differed from those of President
Roosevelt only in that he would
''acquaint the people with what is
going on
Mr.. Dirksen arrived from Omaha
Nebr., to speak at q Lincoln Day
banquet tonight.
Indorsing the postwar interna-
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Glass Expert to Speok

I. j. Thompson. general sales
manager of-Technical Products Di-
vision, Corning Glass Works. Corn
ing, N. Y. will speak on Glass. an
Engineering Material at a meet
Ing OF the Washington Society of
Engineers at 8:l5 pm. Wednesday
at the Cosmos Club, Madison place
and H street NV.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Gillette VIII Address
American u. Students

Senator Gillette, Democrat, oil
Iowa will be the guest Of American
University political science student.
at luncheon meeting at 1880 am
Tuesday at the Alpha Tau Omega
house on the campus.
This session will be the first In
series planned to enable political
science students to meet and talk
with outstanding personalities In
national and international affairs
Mrs. Helen G. Matthew, political
science instructor, will be in charge
of the discussions.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Weeks Denies New Deal
Fovors Free Enterprise

BOSTON. Feb. ~ (P,. - Sinclair
Weeks, recently appointed to- the
Senate seat vacated by Henry Cabot
Lodge. jr-, declared tonight that he
was 100 per cent sold in the firm
conviction that the Republican
party is almost the last agency
which actually believes in free en-
terprise. which in turn means real
freedom"
THE New Deal party never con-
vinces me that it has the slightest
interest in the maintenance Of our
free institutions, he told members
OF the Middlesex Club In his first
public appearance since his appoint
ment by Gov. Leverett Saltonstal
Tuesday
Evening star., 1944-02-13
10000 Will Receive
Shrine Circus Tickets

Orphanages. boys clubs and men,
bers OF the services are to receive
10000 tickets for the third annual
Shrine Circus March 27-April 2 at
the Uline Arena, Howard Foley, gen.
eral chairman. reported yesterday.
The circus, consisting of 25 acts,
SO far has sponsors for six per-
formances. Latest sponsor is the
Boumi Temple, Baltimore. Others
are the Shrine Eastern Star, Touch
down Club, the American Legion.
Washington Boys Club and the
Metropolitan Police BOYS Club.
Evening star., 1944-02-13
Gov. Baldwin Advises
Affirmative Proqrom

BOSTON, Feb. IL (P.-The Re-
publican party must adopt 4 pro-
gram Of Affirmative action II it
wishes to win the national election,
Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin said to-
night.
Gov. Baldwin urged q new set OF
issues, fitted to the need Of the
day, to win public support Of a
national ticket. just IS he said
many State Republican organiza-
ttons had done in winning State
elections.