Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 November 1940 — Page 23

FRIDAY, NOV. 15, 1040

| MIRACLE TURNED

Young Rep. Johnson of Texas Credited With Increase in - Congress Democrats in Face of Predictions; Drafted Only Month Before Vote.

By BRUCE CATTON Times Special Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15. the campaign was the fact that the Democrats gained in strength in the House of Representatives instead of taking ‘the heavy loss they were doped to take. Chief reason was that the party dug up a new miracle worker—youthful and energetic Congressman Lyndon John-

son of .Texas. About six weeks before elec-

tion day, party chiefs awoke to the fact that their comfortable House majority was in danger of vanishing. PF. D. R. wasn't campaigning the way Congressmen wished—not enough speaking trips out into the country to give candidates a chance to climb on his coattails. Jim Farley was gone, and his successor, E¢ Flynn, naturally wasn’t as well up on details of the congressional fight as Mr. Farley had been. Chip Robert, who used to be a lot of help to local candidates, had just been dropped from the national committee secretaryship. And to top it all, the Republicans were working like blazes.

Johnson Was Drafted

PF. D. R. discussed things with Speaker Sam Ralburn, Majority Leader John W. McCormack and National Chairman aFlynn. Upshot was that Mr. Johnson—who had no opposition in his district, and hence idn’t have to campaign—was drafted to give his fellows a helping hand. Mr. Johnson was given a job and a suite of offices, but no title and nothing much in the way of finances. He was lof but not on the regular Democratic Congressional Committee; in military parlance, he would rank with but after that committee’s Ere Congressman Pat

Drewry. He took on a staff of about 10 energetic young men, warned them they'd have to work 18 hours a day, and wert to work. It was Oct. 11, with election day less than a month away. Raised Own Funds

Mr. [Johnson acted as his own money-raiser, digging up—somehow —the funds for his own office expenses| as well as contritutions for local campaign committees. He went through the list of Democratic candidates to eliminate those who either didn’t | need eny help (like the southerners) or those who were so sure to get licked it was useless to do much for them. He wound up with a list of about 175 names, Congressmen seeking reelection and newcomers opposing Republican incumbents. Each of these men got a letter asking, “What can we do for you?” The answers varied. Some wanted $500 or so for campaign expenses. Mr. Johnson got it for them. Two [New York candidates wrote that their districts .contained lots of Poles: Mr. Johnson got Congressman Tenerowicz of Michigan to go to! each district and make a speech. Both men got elected.

Larrabee Tip Helpful

. Congressman William Larrabee of Indiana, who is a doctor, wrote that the G. 0. P. was making hay with the charge that the New Deal was out to socialize medicine. Mr. Johnson took the letter to PF. D. R, and a few days later the President made a speech at the opening of the new national health center | in Maryland, denying the charge.| Mr. Larrabee got elected. Add together a few score special jobs of| that kind, and you get the difference between losing and winning control of the House. You also get—in the person of Mr. Johnson—a Congressman due to. rise in party councils. He has been in solid with the New Deal since he entered| Congress in 1937. He won out in a [special election to fill an unexpired term, and based his whole campaign on support of F. D. R.’s a Court Reorganization Bill. QUASH CHARGE, PLEA OF LOTTERY SUSPECT CHICAGO, Nov. 15 (U. P.).— Federal| Judge William H. Holly has under advisement a motion to quash |charges of lottery law violations| brought against Arthur B. McBride, Cleveland, alleged head of Continental Press, and his associates, Thomas F. Kelly, James Reagen and Lionel C. Lantz. Attorneys for Kelly asked that the charges be quashed, claiming Samuel Klaus, special Assistant District Attorney, exceeded his authority in appearing before a Grand Jury sit-

ting in p state of which Klaus was . not a resident.

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WORKER’ ELECTION

—One of the big surprises of

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Rep. Lyndon Johnson . . . he’s due to rise in party councils.

GERMAN JEWS 60 TO FRANCE

Encamped Near Spanish Frontier Until They Can Migrate.

VICHY, Nov. 15 (U. P.).—Ten thousand. German Jews have been sent into France on special German trains and are now being placed in a camp at Gurs near the Pyrenees at the Spanish frontier. The Jews were brought to France from Baden and the Palatinate. Their status is somewhere between that of a refugee and an internee in a concentration camp. They are not under special police control but are restricted in their residence. The Jews come from private homes in Germany, not concentration camps. They are to be held in France until they receive permission to migrate overseas or to some other European country. Their status here was described as that of “friendly aliens.”

FOUR FROM BUTLER ON SCIENCE PROGRAM

versity faculty will be on the pro-

Science conference at Ball State Teachers’ College, Muncie, Ind., tomorrow. - : Doris Smitha, Washington High

charge of the Junior Academy of Science meeting at Ball State also tomorrow. Miss Smitha, who is vicepresident of the junior group, has been notified of the death of Jack Wilkie, president. Butler faculty members on the program of the senior group will be’ Dr. Ray C. Friesner, botany department head; Dr. John E. Potzger of the botany department; Dr. Karl S. Means of the chemistry department, and Dr. Mervin C. Palmer, assistant professor of botany.

‘LOHENGRIN’ OFFERED FOR SALE TOMORROW

The recorded music of a condensed version of “Lohengrin,” by Richard Wagner, will go on sale tomorrow as the fifth in the series of recorded operas offered by the Indiana Music Appreciation Campaign. The album, which includes three

able at campaign headquarters at 245 N. Pennsylvania St. Also still available are tle other four operatic recordings and various symphonic pieces offered by the campaign last year.

The “Wednesday of the Cats,” the day on which the - animals were thrown from lofty towers to ward off evil, was established by Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, and always came during the second week

of Lent.

Se assie Wined and Dined in talian Yacht Club in Egypt

NEW YORK, Nov. 15 (U.P.).— Haile Selassie, refugee emperor of Ethiopia, was hidden in the wash-

room of the Itallan Yacht Club at Alexandria, Egypt, by British officers, dispatches in the Sierre Leone (African) Daily Mail, received here today, said. | The incident occurred during the Emperor’s flight back to his native land from England to take command of forces opposing Italian armies which invaded his country. The newspaper, published in a British protectorate, said Haile Selassie was flown across occupied France {to the Sudan. His plane waited in Alexandria harbor for darkness and an artificial disturbance was set up on a pier to attract attention | away from his landing place. ; Haile Selassie, wrapped in a great cloak, was hurried to the Yacht Club while British officers hastily took ayer the main room for a party whic.? they utilized to mask his arrival. ; When ithe coast was clear, the lit-

the center of a gay celebration with toasts to the success of his mission drunk in Italian wine from the club’s cellar. “In highest spirits and in civilian

gram of the Indiana Academy of |

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SWISS DEPEND ON ALERTNESS 10 AVOID WAR

Large Section of the Army Backs Up a Strong Mountain Line.

ZURICH, Switz., Nov. 15 (U. P.)— Switzerland continues to keep a large part of her army under arms,

could resist invasion for a consider-

able time if they were attacked, even against a major power.

now is based on its sturdiest ally, the mountains, The fortification line along the Limmat River and the Linth River, extending from Sargans through Zurich to Basle lost its value when France fell, for its flank is now exposed. This major defense line now is in the towering, rocky Alpine chain cutting through the heart of the country. New fortifications have been blasted, dug and built in this stony. wall, to dominate the few passes through which an enemy could thrust men and equipment. Swiss military circles believe a comparatively small defending force could hold the mountains against a superior force for a surprisingly long time,

Determined on Defense.

Swiss apparently are determined to defend themselves should an attack come. General Henri Guisan, commander-in-chief' of the army recently said: “As long as in Europe millions of men are with the colors, and strong forces may at any time attack our -country, the army must be on guard.” Swiss fear that a complete demobilization would engender defeatism and raise doubts as to Switzerland’s will to defend herself. They point out, too, that a disarmed country might even tempt an invader. Swiss profess to see no signs of foreign powers meddling in internal affairs. Despite the activity of the irridentist press in Italy, Swiss hold to Benito Mussolini’s statement that Italy’s relations with Switzerland are “more than friendly.”

Use Italian Ports.

The newspaper Cronaca Prealpina in Varese recently wrote: “Italy soon will take the Tessin and the Grison.” Nevertheless, Swiss believe that the Italian government merely tolerates irridentist talk of this kind without favoring it. They recall that Italy facilitates Swiss foreign trade by placing at its disposal the ports of Genoa, Trieste and Venice. Switzerland's relations with Germany are politically more complicated and economically more intense than with Italy. Germany today not only is Switzerland's principal customer, but also the princial purveyor of Swiss goods in oreign trade. Some observers believe that the feeling of insecurity in Switzerland can be traced to this fact. Swiss political observers say that Switzerland expects to find her place in the future Europe and is ready to co-operate in a new organization on the condition that her independence is untouched. Given this basis, Switzerland, they say, will provide certain adaptation to the new situation.

Four members of the Butler Uni- |”

dress,” the newspaper said, “the Emperor laughed and joked with his British hosts who entertained him with Italian chianti. Success to the Abyssinian campaign was toasted in Italian wine and the Emperor invited the officers to visit him any

The newspaper said he changed them into a new, smartly cut uniform of an Ethiopian generalissimo, remarking “When next you see me

I'll be wearing the crown.” | wrapped in the cloak and taken to|

placed a house at his disposal.

The newspaper also revealed that : Sylvia Pankhurst, famous English |:

suffragette, has been working secret-

ly in North Africa for four years to]:

stir up revolt among the Abyssinians. Her work in smuggling messages from the Negus to the Ethio-

- tle monarch emerged and became

time they were near Addis Ababba.”

After the party, he again was : Khartoum where the British have

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pian tribes has won her the title

“Joan of Arc of Abyssinia.”

and the Swiss are confident they|

The principal Swiss defense line

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It is said that when Zhdanov and Stalin sit side by side at Coun-

cil sessions they look like son and on the left.

father. In this picture Zhdanov is

Believe Stalin Made Choice To Avoid Bloody Struggle

BY TOM WOLF Times Special Writer

Molotov’s machinations make headlines, but the premier-foreign commissar is not second man in the Soviet. If Stalin has named his successor there is little doubt about the chosen one. He is stocky, roundfaced, little-known Andre Alexandrovitch Zhdanov.

Although, for obvious reasons, it has never been confirmed by the Kremlin, there is good reason to believe that in 1933 Russia’s powerful Politbureau ruled Stalin must select his successor. The bloody scramble for power that followed Lenin’s death would make the ruling a logical one. : If such a law does in fact exist, high-placed Russians believe their enigmatic boss has decided to pass his mailed fist of authority over 170 millions to the 43-year-old Zhdanov.

Opposed the Tsar

Until six years ago, Zhdanov lived in the comparative obscurity surrounding many minor Communist Party officials. He had been born into an elementary school teacher’s family in Tver, between St. Petersburg and Moscow. He went to Moscow’s agricultural school to agitate against the Tsar. Zhdanov had two very useful qualities for the Bolshevists: He was a great organizer and an eloquent, spellbinding speaker. After the October revolution he was assigned to organize a small west Siberian district for the party. Gradually he rose through the party ranks, but it was an assassin’s hand that put Zhdanov on the road to his present, teacher’s-pet position.

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Finnish War Was His

As secretary of Leningrad Zhdanov formulated the “workers’. demands” for bases “in the Gulf of Finland that led to the Finnish war. Later, as the state-controlled Pravda said: “Comrade Zhdanov was entrusted with the organization of our front in the war with Finland.” It was “his war’ ‘and upon its successful conclusion he was flooded with congratulatory telegrams and letters. Even before tre Finnish war, Zhdanov was gaining power rapidly. He became “unifier” of the Communist Party Press Section and the

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THREE DISEASES MENACE BRITISH

Flu, Pneumonia, Measles Expected to Be Major Health Hazards.

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Influenza, measles and pneumonia will be the major health hazards to

our siege from war and cold weather this winter, predicts Dr, John E.

Red Cross-Harvard Hospjtal shortly to be erected in southwest England.

Protection of America from the same war-borne health hazard, if war should come to this country, is the objective of the studies Dr. Gordon and associates will make in

prefabricated abroad next month. * When epidemics strike a nation at war, doctors and health authorities are too busy trying to check the epidemic and care for the sick to have any time for investigating where and how the epidemic started and traveled. Such investigations,

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Service, Dr. Gordon and some of his associates will study patients in the 100-bed hospital. At the same time, field units, consisting of two physicians and three nurses, will go out with laboratory trucks to investigate epidemics at the point of their outbreak, using the hospital and its “zoo” of laboratory animals as a base. Each-of the 22 buildings of the hospital will be an almost completely self-contained unit. This is partly to minimize damage in case of air attacks and partly to provide more complete isolation of patients suffering from different contagious

fever, influenza and the like. latest shatter-proof and blackoutfeatures and bomb shelters will be provided for all the units as protection against air raids. Dr. Gordon is now organizing the staff of the hospital: which will consist of some 75 doctors, medical technologists and Red Cross nurses. They will leave for ‘England about Jan. 1. Boston Physician In Charge Dr. Paul B. Beeson, Boston specialist in chemical treatment of infections, will be physician-in-chief and Dr. Gerald F. Houser, also of Boston, will be administrative superintendent. Miss Patience L. Clark, of Detroit, will head the staff of 50 Red Cross nurses. More than three applications have been received for each post available on the hospital staff, Dr, Gordon said. Physicians, nurses, medical technicians, ambulance drivers

appointment.

Hannibal, attempted to accomplish with elephants the tasks performed in modern warfare by armored tanks. Men, armed with spears and shields, bows and arrows, rode troops of elephants into the enemy ranks. The experiment was unsuccessful.

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AMATEUR SCIENCE GROUPS ARE LISTED

By Science Service PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.—Amateur scientists have opportunities to carry on their work in 287 organized groups in this area, it has been found from a survey conducted under the auspices of the American Philosophical Society. The first results of this survey, which began more than a year ago, are contained in a booklet just issued, “The Lay-

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