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Anzio you waste no time off the boat, have been feeling pretty much like a clay pigeon in a shooting gallery. But after a few hours in Anzio 2 mo ; you wish you were back on the

being ashore as any haven of . peacefulness. As we came into the harbor, shells skipped the water within a hundred yards of us. ; In our first day ashore, a bomb so close to the place where 1 was sitting that a fragment came through the window of the room next to mine. i On our second evening ashore z a screamer slammed into the hill 50 suddenly that it almost knocked us down with

- fright. It smacked into ihe trees a short distance

"And on the third day ashore, an 88 went off within 20 yards of us. I wished I was in New York.

All in Same Boat

WHEN I WRITE about my own occasional association with shells and bombs, there is one thing I want you folks at home to be sure to get straight. And that is that the other correspondents are in the same boat—many of them much more so. You know about my own small experiences, because it's my job to write about how these things sound and feel. But

‘ you don’t know what the other reporters go through,

because it usually isn't their job to write abdut themselves. ; There are correspondents here on the beachhead, and on the Cassino front also, who have had dozens of close shaves. I know of one correspondent who was knocked down four times by near misses on his first day here. Two correspondents, Reynolds Packard of the United Press and Homer Bigart of the New York Herald-Tribune, have been on the beachhead since D-day without a moment's respite. They've become so veteran that they don't even mention a shell striking 20 yards away. On this beachhead every inch of our territory is

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

RUSS FLETCHER, the navy specialist and former Times artist, tells us that while he was in Dr. J. E. Jordan's dog clinic Friday night (he didn't say why HE was there) a taxi driver, accompanied by a sailor, came in carrying a cocker spaniel. The driver, WilJiam Bramblett, of Red Cab, was on a run with the sailor as a passenger when he saw the cocker lying in the gutter, victim of a hit-run driver. The sailor forgot all about his destination, and Mr. Bramblett hurried the dog to Dr. Jordan's. The animal had several torn ligaments and will have to wear a cast, but will be all right. ... Among the other customers that evening was a woman who brought a pigeon that had a broken leg. Lots of folks would like to break all pigeons’ necks—not just ‘their legs. . .. A feminine agent reports an unusual occurrence at Ayres’ the pther day. Back on the notions counter they had some elastic. It was 35 or 40 cents a yard, with a one-yard limit to a customer. Each woman who saw it bought some after first going through the same ritual. - First they would feel it, then give it a tentative tug just to see if it really would stretch. It would. . .. Lt. Harrison Miller, U. 8. Navy, the former head of the state oil inspection division, is home on leave from service in the Pacific,

Will Will Not Answer

WILL REMY, the president of the safety board, is our current nominee for the “man most difficult It’s been so long since we started trying to reach him, first at his law office and then at the safety board—invariably without success ~—that we've long since forgotten what it was we wanted to talk to him about—or why. For the last several days, we've called just out of habit, Of course, if we really wanted hum, all we'd have to do would be to install a police radio in a car, then chase to the scene of the next police run... , The chain letter epidemic seems to be at one of its frequent peaks The one most frequently called to our attention recently requests the recipient of the letter to “buy a 25-cent war stamp and send it to the person whose name appears at the top of this list.” The letter contains orie grave misstatement, as follows: “This chain has been approved by the postal authorities as it promotes the sale of war bonds and stamps.” This is

Aviation’s Future By Maj. Al Williams

‘land 1-C’s should be given advance!

NEW YORK, March 28.—Luckily for American aviation, the proposed Lee aviation bill was pigeonholed in congress, Its sponsors made an uproar about the necessity

for quick passage but were unable to answer why it had to be rushed through before the servicemen come home and have a chance to legislate for the kind of an aviation world in which they wanted to live. Meanwhile, we have similar emergency bills popping up all over the country that very readily could wait. - The general fever for avigtion legislation seems to originate -with state politicians. They, are proposing state aviation commissions which will duplicate the already . satisfactory federal civil aeronautics administration. State aviation commissions will merely provide jobs for more politicians. We hear about the introduction of aviation courses in state and public schools to train aeronautical engineers and flight instructors at the expense of state taxes. Is public education aimed at the conditioning ot a mind to find its own place in the American scheme ot free enterprise, or is it aimed at training each graduate to walk out its doors ready to earn a living wn specialized trades? >

Foundation of Airpower

TEN OR MORE years ago the foundation of today's American airpower was laid in the cellars and attics of American homes. The lads who made model planes of sticks, cloth and glue a few years ago today are flying war planes and blasting our enemies into submission. :

My Day

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Monday.—It took only a little over four hours to fly from Panamd to Salinas. Here we were met by the wife of the president of Ecuador, Senora Arroyo del Rio and several Ecuadorian ladies, as well as our army and navy commanders, Col. Cunningham and Cmdr. Hummer. We visited both the army and navy hospitals, and I'm glad to report that they had very few patients. There is practically no malaria here; the climate is very dry and the one real difficulty is lack of water. All the water is distilled, but since there is a wonderful beach with good, safe swimming, I imagine many of the men take to the sea when water gets scarce. Salinas itself is used

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mean to suggest that they k drenched with shells all the time, for short of ammunition, reach us, and you next. You're just the doorway of the villa where you sleep at 4s you are in a command post five miles out in the field. ‘Scme days.they shell us hard, and some days hours | ‘will go by without a single shell coming over. Yet nobody is wholly safe, and anybody who says he has been around Anzio two days without having a shell hit within a hundred yards of him is just bragging.

Sounds Are Confusing

PEOPLE WHO know the sounds of warfare intimately are puzzled and irritated by the sounds up here. For some reason, you can't tell anything about anything. each of which makes a different sound on explosion. You can’t gauge distance at all. One shell may land within your block and sound not much louder than a shotgun. Another landing a quarter mile

and starts your heart to pounding. : You can’t gauge direction, either. The 88 that hit within 20 yards of us didn’t make so much noise. I would have sworn it was 200 yards away and in the opposite direction. ; Sometimés you hear them coming and sometimes you don’t. Sometimes you hear the shell whine after you've heard it explode. Sometimes you hear it whine and it never explodes. Sometimes the house trembles and shakes and you hear no explosion at all. But I've found one thing here that's just the same as ‘anywhere else—and that’s that old weakness in the joints when they get to landing close. I've been all over Tunisia and Sicily, and in parts of Italy, and I get weaker than ever up here. When the German raiders come over at night, and the sky lights up bright as day with flares, and ack-ack guns set up a turmoil and pretty soon you hear and feel the terrible power of exploding bombs— well, your elbows get flabby and you breathe in little jerks, and your chest feels empty, .and you're too excited to do anything but hope,

an out and out falsehood. The postoffice has not changed its laws prohibiting chain letters, They're covered by the federal fraud statutes. They are frauds because they lead folks to think they're going ‘to make some money, whereas 90 odd per cent of them are doomed to be mere suckers. If you send that letter on, with your name on it, it may fall into the hands of the postal inspectors and cause you some embarrassment. .

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AS VAST POOL |§ FOR WAR WORK

Overaged, 1-C’s Also May Help Relieve Critical

Shortage.

WASHINGTON, March 28 (U.P). —A vast new war manpower pool-—

the 7,000,000 present and potential}

4-F draft registrants and discharged servicemen—emerged today as a probable solution to ‘the nation’s critical manpower shortage. With the problem intensified by the decision to draft most ablebodied men under 26 now deferred in war jobs, officials of the army, navy and selective service and many prominent congressmen looked upon men now classified as unfit for military service as the ones who must keep essential production going while others go fo war. : Whether the government is ready to use legal compulsion to force these men into war jobs may be discussed today when War Manpower Chief Paul V. McNutt testifies before a special house military affairs subcommittdd on draft matters.

Would Avoid Legislation

Chairman John M. Costello (D. Cal.) said the proposal to induct 4-F's, armed forces dischargees classified as 1-C or men over the present top draft age of 38 would be preferable to any new manpower legislation because “passing a new bill would require a couple of months, and we want to solve this problem’ within another month.” He said another plan would be to bring all draft deferments within the purview of the government interagency committee now studying

{industrial deferments for men up

D. Collins, manager of the Phillips Petroleum Co.ito 26. By studying deferments for

Mr. Collins, it seems, Has been boasting that he was) to become a grandpa in June. His fellow members) at Indian Lake country club felt they wanted to do, something about the impending event, so they ar-| ranged a baby shower for the proud grandpa-to-be.) They arranged with Mrs. Collins to have him present.!

men up to 26, then to 28 and 30 and ultimately for all registrants, he said, the committee would free for induction all men not truly essential to the war effort. But for the time being, the ap-

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tioin cadet, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Messerlie, 51 Whittier pl, is completing his primary flight training at Lodwick school of aeronautics, Lakeland, Fla. PVT. ALFRED WORTH JR., has returned to Camp Wolters, Tex., after visiting his wife, Mrs. Dorothy Worth, and his mother, ‘Mrs. Cora Worth, 1727 Fletcher ave,

TEACHERS’ PAY HIKE 1S ASKED

‘Association Asks Consider-

- ation for Longer Term, Living Cost.

A 31 per cent teachers’ pay increase to adjust salaries to the current cost of living and compensate teachers for the increased school term will be recommended late today to the school board by the Classroom Teachers’ association. The recommendation, requesting a maximum. raise of $500 to $600 a year for each teacher, is the second submitted to the school board before the teachers’ salary budget is adopted on or before May 1. Last week the Federation of Indianapolis Public School Teachers recommended raises from $120 to $180 for each teacher during the school term. The association's pay schedule would allow a 5 per cent increase for the extended school term this year, since teachers now have a 10-

nine and a half,

Ask Sick Allowance The remaining 26 per cent in-

And then, when everyone was assembled, they sang: proximately 7,000,000 present and crease asked is “to restore salaries

“Happy Grandpa to you." And then they began to give him the baby presents. Was his face ever red! . . Our item about John Thompson, former Times | staffer, heading the Ford Motor Co. public relations, brings a letter from John thanking us for the “nice! plug” but adding he'd rather we'd “plug Ford than!

were being studied most closely.

Costello said the army and navy! prevent highly could start “tomorrow” in taking from changing to higher-salaried these men and then either fur- positions.” Raises would be disloughing them or giving them inac- | tributed among teachers according

Thompson,” He calls our attention to some of the tive status on the promise to go

other hometuwners in automotive public relations, into essential industry.

such as Bill McGaughey—big, ruddy, ever-smiling | Bill whose whisper can be heard in the next county. Bill's in charge of press relations for the Automotive]

Council for War Producttn in Detroit. John men- tive service revealed yesterday that! tions Felix Bruner, former Times managing editor, | the armed forces were discussing a! and Tom Rhodes, formerly with the News, both with plan for taking 4-F's and men over General Motors. Says John: “Truly, the place (De- 38 for work in military hospitals,

troit) is lousy with Hoosiers (I must be careful where

in that sentence I place the word lousy), Joe Thomas, combatant jobs provided they were who used to be with the Star, is in charge of ourinot included in the 11,300,000 or news bureau at Ford. Ellsworth Maxwell also of the!11,400,000 “prime military strength.” Star, is handling our news office at Willow Run. This corps of non-combatants

Would Serve Emergencies Col. Francis V. Keesling of selec-

| seasonal harvests and other non-

potential 4-F's and 1-C registrants|to the pre-depression schedule and

{enable the teaching profession to qualified persons

to their experience and training, under the proposal. The association also advocated that the school board not use teacher ratings in determining pay schedules and that full credit be given for total teaching experience, including experience outside Indian. apolis. M. Dale Williams, president of the A. F. of L. association, said that the organization would request allowances for personal illness or for death of relatives and that these

Charlie Carll, former Times managing editor, was would relieve the fighting forces of { allowances be cumulative.

with us for some time and did a swell job, but is with

| “emergency calls” for manpower

Steve Hannagan in St. Louis now. I believe. Lib Carrisuch as those which sent soldiers! and Helen Lindsay (both from The Times) were with and sailors onto farms and into!

us for a quite pleasant interlude. Helen is with canneries in recent seasons They | Hannagan in New York, I think + Lib has left to live would also help make up for defici-| with her sister in the East Harlan Hadley, who was encies in WAC, WAVE and SPAR!

out at Butler, has just been transferred to a Wash-

ington job with the Automotive Council for War Pro-

duction. ‘Nuff about us Midwest Nomads.” Thanks, John, for the fill-in.

Did those lads depend upon public school training in their studies of aviation, plane building, and the interpretation of blueprints? Certainly they didn’t. They became the finest airmen in the world, by dedicating their every thought and every spare hour to mastering aeronautics. ' We must plan for the post-war period, but post.war aviation will not prosper under the political patronage loads proposed for it by state politicians After the last war aviation was said to be washed up and finished. A few thousand war-trained pilots returned to civilian life determined to keep on flying. This period—and a rather grim ohe it was—we have come to tag as the doughnut-and-coffee stage.

Air Mail Only Toehold

THE AIR MAIL was the only toehold aviation could dig in the field of utility. As the sightseeing rates dwindled from $20 to four bits for a ride of a few minutes, the chartering of aircraft for crosscountry flights and aefial photographic purposes began to come into the picture. Dusting of crops was exploited.” In fact, everything was tried by these men who were+determined to fly, and every possible enterprise was poked and prodded. However, one fact stands out above all others.

Aviation scoured all the sciences and arts known io!

man, grubbing a fact here and there and twisting 1t to its own needs. This entire act will be replayed when our. hun-

dreds of thousands of war-trained airmen return to! civilian life I believe it is safe to estimate that there

will be 500,000 vigorous young men in this country after the war who have tasted aviation. ‘These 500,000 flying men will fly, and the millions of men who made it possible for them to fly and keep flying will insist upon staying in the aviation business somewhere, somehow. And thus will be born the air age. oy )

By Eleanor Roosevelt.

enlisted personnel, I found myself talking to a boy who had married a girl from Quito. The girl's mother was from the United States, and is now married to an Ecuadorian. Now the boy, who is American, is planning to take his wife home with him when the war is over. SE Next we went to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Toes where Senora Arroyo del Rio gave a reception and we met some Ecuadorians as well as members of our own embassy staff. The Ecuadorian troops stood on guard near the house and their band played The Star Spangled Banner. Our flying officers are instructing a group of Ecuadorian cadets whose training planes ‘are kept near our base. It seemed to me that the best of feeling exists. and co-operation is very good here as everywhere else. 7 : By 1:30 ‘We {ook off for the Galapagos islands, where we arrived in time to get an idea of the amount of work which had been done to create the army and navy installations. Much building is still going on. ntative group of enlisted

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| recruiting programs and provide | | manpower for domestic military! jobs.

Keesling believed the move would | garger, Technical high school, and the sideboard again and grabbed

go a long way to provide replace-! ments in war plants and curtail la-| bor turnover. He explained that {men in the 38-45-age group, 4-F's|

notice of intentions to call up some such registrants. '

Minimizing Turnover

Those who get into “war work” or already hold war jobs, including essential civilian activities, , would |

draft boards would be instructed to require registrants to get draft board approval of job transfers, thereby minimizing labor turnover, As of now, there are about 3,000,000 men in 4-F in the 18-38-age bracket. Officials estimate that the number would be about 6,000,000 through the 45-year-old bracket. ‘These, in addition to the 1,000,000 armed forces dischargees in 1-C, {would be affected under the plan. There has been considerable criti- { cism of the fact that 4.F's are freed iof all legal obligation to serve in ‘the war effort once they are turned | down at induction centers. Keesling | said many were capitalizing on {their physical disabilities by doing “personal post-war planning”—leav- | ing war jobs good only for the dura‘tion to go into non-essential jobs with a more permanent outlook.

Each Case Separate

He explained also that it would! be impossible to call up all 4-F's because of the nature of their disabilities. Thus, men with bad eyesight or poor hearing could serve in noncombatan® work corps, but those with missing limbs or serious organic ailments would be of no use. ‘Bach case would have to be decided individually. Meanwhile, Senator Warren R. Austin (R. Vt.) announced that a

bor and business leaders over proposed amendments to the national service bill will be held about April 10.

FORMER MISSIONARY TO SPEAK AT HOWE

‘Miss Jessie M. Trout, former missionary in Japan will speak at the first of a series of talks to world citizenship students at Howe high tomorrow. « Future speakers will be Thomas N. Hill, missionary to India; Charles M. Sharp, Howe principal, who will

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second meeting of government, la-|

discuss race problems and O. S.| tal

The proposal also suggested that the school board count each year or major fraction of a year served as 8 member of the armed forces when computing the number of years’ experience with the Indianapolis schools. Presenting the recommendation besides Mr. Williams will be J. C.

Mrs. Modena Bennett, school 45.

FRANK J, NOLL SR.

SEEKS STATE POST

Frank J. Noll Sr. Indianapolis

jattorney, has announced his candi-

dacy for Marion county legislative representative in the Republican pri-

not be affected by the plan. Local| mary

Mr. Noll has been a member of the house of representatives on three previous occasions, 1919, 1921 and 1929, during which time he devoted considerable legislative study to organizations and revisions of Indianapolis public works and sanitation units, . He served as chief clerk of the Indianapolis works board under the Charles Bookwalter, Lewis Shank and Joseph Bell administrations. Mr. Noll is a charter member of Indianapolis Council No. 437, Knights of Columbus, the first K. of C. council organized in the state. He is married and lives at 1403 N. Gladstone ave. with his son, City Clerk Frank J. Noll Jr.

. DETAIL FOR TODAY Sarge

THE ARMY sergeant (sarge to his intimates) has long been depicted as a tough, unrelenting, grizzled veteran with a face like a bulldog and a tendency to eat rookies uncooked. . This myth must be exploded. There are some who answer this description but they are rapidly disappearing. Many draftees are stupified

‘| Disinherited by His Wife

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Two Months Before She Was Slain.

NEW YORK, March 28 (U, P)— Wayne Lonergan, penniless R. C. A. PF, aircraftman, was disinherited by his wife, Patricia Burton Lonergan, two months before he allegedly killed her, his confession revealed today. The confession, read at Lonergan’s trial for first degree murder, disclosed also that he had received $700 per month from his wife prior to their separation in July, 1943. She stopped those payments after they parted, Lonergan told Assistant District Attorney Jacob Grumet in ‘his unsigned statement that was admitted as evidence yesterday.

Received $700 Monthly

“When you were living with Mrs. Lonergan,” Grumet asked Lonergan a few days after his arrest last Oct. 25, “did you receive a weekly or monthly allowance from your wife?” , “About $700 around the beginning of each month,” Lonergan replied.

expenses. “Your wife was a very wealthy woman?” “Yes.”

own? “No.” Lonergan admitted that he had been made the sole beneficiary of his wife's will shortly after their marriage in September, 1941, but that after they separated, Mrs. Lonergan told him she had cuit him off without a penny. months before the murder, he said.

Jury Hears Confession

Reading of the lengthy confession was concluded approximately onehalf hour after the morning session started. A district attorney's stenographer began reading it late yesterday. In the portion of the confession read to the jury yesterday, Lonergan related how he went to his estranged wife's apartment, found her in the bedroom and immediately engaged in an argument with her over her going out to night clubs with other men. Each called the other names and Mrs. Lonergan finally told him to “get out and don't ever come back,” Lonergan told the district attorney. “What happened then?” -Assist= ant - District - Attorney John F | Loehr asked, according to the confession. “I got mad,” Lonergan sajd. “What did you do?” “Picked up this candlestick, right | beside me, and rushed over at her ;and hit her on the head. The candlestick broke and she sat up and 'said, ‘Good God, what have you ' done?’ ”

‘1 Was Mad’ ! “I was mad and rushed over to

another candlestick that was there. I hit her again.” Lonergan said she jumped out of bed on the side opposite from him. He said he followed her, grasped {her by the neck, and she . swore {at him. “I choked her,” he said. “It seemed fo be long, several minutes. about three minutes.” “What did you do then, after several minutes?” “I stood there and I realized she wasn’t moving.”

Tries to Clean Up

Lonergan said he started to leave, but realized he had blood “all over my gloves and in front of my tunic.” He said he tried to clean off the blood with a wet towel, put the towel in his pocket and left to go to a friend’s apartment. At the apartment of his friend he said he thrust his uniform into his duffel bag, borrowed a suit and had breakfast. Later, he tossed the duf-

He said he used the money to pay| household bills and to meet his own|

“And you had no money of your,

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the southern wing of the Dem This attitude expresses strikes, in minimizing labor’s| contribution to the war, and,

in demands for enactment of a law by congress to prevent strikes in wartime. i Mr. Willkie deplores these tenden-| cies and counsels moderation in approaching the problem. This was the spirit, a spirit of tolerance, in which he presented a program for labor last night at

tract to-his side elements of labor that are becoming dissatisfied with the Roosevelt administration. He believes large groups of labor are included in that independent vote, still undecided, which he says the Republican party must have to win, and to which he is making a studied appeal in his campaign for delegates in. the April 4 primary election here...

“Contribution Magnificent”

“You'd think from public statements that all labor is doing is striking,” he said. “Its contribution in this war has been magnificent.

that will come out of this war will be labor's record of production” Basic in appraisal of the labor proble he holds, is recognition first t only in recent years has labor established its rights, and only recently has engaged in politi:al activity to protect those rights. “¥t has had less experience than other elements of society,” he said. “It was natural that it should make mistakes, that its’ leaders should make mistakes. That must be expected.” For that reason tolerance Is needed, he explains. : He does not condone strikes in wartime. No one, he said, has been more condemnatory of strikes in wartime than he. Some of these have been wild-cat strikes. which got out of hand of the leaders; some he aftribiited to a vacillating policy of the government. Likewise he is highly critical of some labor leaders. He condemns labor racketeering, but emphasized that this has been less than some-

ERANCE PLEA USED BY WILLKIE IN WOOING LABO

Answers Criticisms of Strikes by Pointing to Production Record, but Joins in Condemning Shady Leadership.

Milwaukee that is designed to at-|

By THOMAS L. STOKES Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, March 28.—Wendell L. Willkie

cal attitude toward labor now

prevalent among some elements in his own party and in

ocratic party. itself in exaggeration about

cabinet, in the secretary of labor. secretary, he said, should recognize labor's interest in intere national affairs as well as domestic affairs, in tax programs, welfare, and the like. It should be developed nto a real broad-gauge office. Mr. Willkie deplored very much all the talk that this country faces some “inevitable, irrepressible con- { flict” between capital and labor. He doesn’t see any such inevitable, ire repressible conflict. He gave his prescription for solve ing labor troubles 4 “You solve them "by creating an atmosphere in which there is no oc= asion for them, and by a policy of government that is fair, firm and non-discriminatory,” he said.

Oklahoma Election

Seen as Trial Balloon

{ MUSKOGEE, Okla., March 28 (U, |P.)~Voters in Oklahoma's tradi- | tionally Democratic second cistrict {today chose between a Republican

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i {and Democratic congressman in a This was two! One of the most magnificent stories)

hotly-contested special election that may prove a trial balloon for both parties. The race for the house seat vacated by Democratic Jack Nichols was climaxed last night with speeches by Senator Alben W, Barkley, Democratic majority leade er, in behalf of his party's candidate, W. G. Stigler of Stigler, and Senator E. H. Moore (R. Okla.), who spoke for the G. O. P. nominee, E; O. Clark, also of Stigler. Barkley, who spoke here and at Okmuigee yesterday, called for the election of a congressman “who is in sympathy with the great ohjectives” of the administration and said that congress must in future months give Mr. Roosevelt “a maximum amount of co-operation.” Moore, in a radio address, attacked the record of the Democratic party, repeating his charges that bureaucracy - threatens the foundations of American political and business life.

times represented, and has not affected .the great mass of union

set its house in order and must recognize its responsibilities, rather than seeking to accomplish this by issuing public statements and by having congress pass laws. For that he recommended a three-fold program: 1. Labor must remove from its leadership arrogant and corrupt leaders. 2. Labor must develop more of a sense of responsibility in its eco- | nomic and social relations. 3. Labor must democratize itself, must give more power to individual union members, more participation for them in its activities and in the formulation of its policies.

Urges Young Leaders In connection with the necessity

leaders, Mr. Willkie said there are many capable young men in the ranks of labor who are qualified for national leadership, and these men should be recognized and. given an opportunity for leadership. As for government, he held that labor should not-have to deal with a multitude of boards and commissions as now, and, to this end, he said much.could be done by having

fel bag into the East.river, he said.

WASHINGTON, March 28 (U.P). —The feud between Rep. Clare E.

Hoffman (R. Mich.) and Walter Winchell, New York newspaperradio columnist, grew increasingly bitter today after ‘a new blast by the Michigan congressman. Hoffman precipitated a free-for-all debate on the house floor yesterday when he . renewed his charges that Winchell was dealing in untruths in an attempt to discredit congress. Simultaneously, he introduced these two measures aimed at Winchell: 1. A resolution asking Attorney General Francis Biddle to provide information concerning two women once allegedly employed by Andrew Jergens, president of Jergens Co., sponsor of Winchell’'s radio program. Hoffman declared that one was interned as a dangerous alien enemy, while the other was imprisoned for misprision of treason. 2. A pill. to amend the naval articles of war so that any person subject to naval law would be dis-

Rep. Hoffman Introduces - 2 Anti-Winchell Measures

real labor representation in the

to cover up the connection between Jergens and the two women, said he would take the information from Biddle and turn it over to Winchell so the latter could “tell the truth” about them. He also referred to Winchell's remark Sunday night that w. he was put on the navy’s inactive list, an unnamed offigial had told him some people had to serve at home

and be “stabbed in the back.” Hoff» |

man asked 'if this “great power” were President Roosevelt. This prompted Rep. Herman P. Eberharter (D. Pa.) to charge that Hoffman was out of order because of the manner of injecting the President’s name into the debate. He was overruled by Acting Speaker John W, McCormack who said, however, that. Hoffman was “close to the line.” J Both Eberharter and Rep. Adolph J. Sabath (D, Ill) charged Hoffman

members. He believes that labor, itself, must |

of removing corrupt-and arrogant|

‘Bricker Says Barkley ‘Still Taking Orders’

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., March 28 (U. P.).—Governor John W, Bricker of Ohio was scheduled to make an address at Wichita, Kas., today following his address at a Republican rally here last night in which he accused Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley of “taking orders from the New Deal on Capitol Hill.” Bricker, a candidate for the Ree publican” nomination for the presi= dency, said Barkley’s visit to Oklae homa in behalf of W. G. Stigler, Democratic = candidate in today's special election, was “an example of the inconsistencies in which New Dealers engage to retain power.” The Ohio governor recalled Bark= ley's recent break with the presi ‘dent over the tax bill veto.

‘Stassen’s Sponsor Sees Need of Change

MILWAUKEE, Wis, March 28 (U. P.).—Senator Joseph H. Ball (R. Minn.) stumping Wisconsin in behalf of delegates pledged to the nomination of Lt. Cmdr. Harold E. Stassen, former governor of Min. nesota, ‘as G. O. P. presidential candidate, believes the nation needs a president to re-establish co-opera-tion between congress and the White House. Ball said he considered some of the delegates pledged to Stassen had a “fair chance” of being elect ed from Wisconsin and added that Stassen had a good chance of wine ning the support of the entire Nee braska delegation. ¢

VESUVIUS DYING OUT’

NAPLES, March 28 (U. P.).—The eruption of Mt. Vesuvius entered the “dying out” phase today.

HOLD EVERYTHING

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