Vvw-tf. ^ -1 —'fe/,. I f3jJ ' t RK DJ Paid Dpi* RK NewTorfc Hy May 31 1939. Lowell Thomas Blackstone Hotel.Ohlcagoi. Osaoral George Tea Horn Moeeley, retired, ole 1ms he*s e auoh o ■Isuaderstood nan. He seld it la forcible terms today,' looked boras with a A the Dies Committee on un-American activities. The General, as you moy recall, has got himself Into the news more than once through forcible utterances. When he retired from Uncle Samfs army, he let loose a blestm of criticism that vfc<L. Washington* More recently he’s been on page one through his association with promoters of antl-Sdmitip propaganda. When he appeared before the committee today he was asked about his connection with James Erwin Campbell, the "enthusiast who has been spreading reports that~th d- A a plot of communists and Jews to seize Uncle Sam’s government. General Moseley in reply started to say: "Gentlemen, I am here —" at whioh^word^the committee*s counsel interrupted him, saying, "answer the question, you’re not here to make speeches." The general drew himself up with martial emphasis and replied! -I've bean before comlttaes of Congress for years and 2* .MOSELKY# they* tq always permitted me to make a statement*” f§§ To whioli counsel retorted: wThis ooamittee thinks it would he hetter if you just answered eur questions first.” Then Moseley cried in a louder tone: "Are you eter going to give me a chance to make this statement ?* And he explained: ”1 want the American people to know the facts. Do you object to hearing them ?” He continued: n?ou advertised me from coast to coast in things I knew nothing about.n And he added: wMy only offense is that X am a patriotic American citizen.” Thegeneral X old^jt h e newspap ers ^tSia tHej •tir^^horkelson of Montana will brings this alloht on the House.^ 18 ADD UNAMERICAN. Later on^oseley got his opportunity to take down his hair and tell all. K^drew an alarming picture of the state of the Union. Said he, "The United States faces a communist emergency which ought to he handled in five minutes from the White House." Then he proceeded to tell what he would do if he were presifient.^"The first thing I would do," he said, "would be to issue an order discharging every communist in the government of the United States and every person giving aid and comfort to the communists." He continued: "Then I would release the United States army from its present position. ^ Her^eegplfiinei^v^The army can make plans to fight Germany in South America hut it cannot fight the enemy within our gates." The army, he added, had been told, "not to investigate anything." A representative asked: "Where does that order come from ? " Moseley replied: "From the White House, I suppose, right at the top. 1 The problem could 'ai solved, he declared. If President Roosevelt would say: -Mr. Army, I don't want you to interfere with civil processes at all. But I want the Amerioan people to know that if any local . individual in his life and property government fails to protect any inaiviauux 19* «• add Moseley. I will use the army under the nineteen twenty-nine law, that nekes it a duty." One representative asked: "Do you think the German-American Bund is trying to defend Democracy ?" General Moseley replied: "The German-American Bund, as I understand it, has one mission — to see to it that the corcommists don’t take over this country." short, if we are to helie^e the General^the Red commissars are on our doorstep anoS^ur only available protection consists of\ \uehrer FritzxKuhn, now under indiotment^General Moseley* and a handful of others* - 0 - TDY.nfcKiMD BILL Tht, deCa.te over the Townsend Bill in the House started v.itn a bit of comedy. Democratic Representative Kennedy of Hew York pose>a a trick question. It’s the law that no congressman can benefit by the provisions of any law on which he has voted. There are a hundred and thirty-two members in the House of Representatives more than sixty years old. If the Townsend bill were passed, they would qua! ify for some of the dough. It was on that Kennedy posed his trick question. ^Are those hundred and thirty-two members over sixty qualified to vote on the Townsend bill?” The question forced a ruling from the Speaker, who said; ,!Yes, they can .1 CONGRESS... .Some people will probably greet thrft of news from Washington with ohaera. Congress expects to adjourn July fifteenth. ?kat*s what* the leaders of the House and the Senate told President Roosevelt today a^ter he returned from his/fo |(7Ul I; I f ! The information was of immediate importance to the President* A aay-raaeBtoe** He had planned a trip to the west in the middle of June. But if congress is going to quit in the middle of July, he may post­ pone his traveling until after adjourneif*'^' A Speaker Bankhead said the legislators in Washington have four main jobs still to polish off. One, a new neutrality hill; second, revision of taxes and, in addition, two sources of painful headache relief and social security. It may even be that the railroad problem will be added to the list of "must" legislation to be finished this i! If! ‘ summer. RAILROADS. . . It look a afl - t!heugh^9 g^ng^,- ,to traTel ■i^hty-cboaply -fey—ratlroB^^iretty eeon.^—^Phat -lsi- eas'S-&f--tha M4rSgTseippJ>* Rai-1 4-g-.y^-gn^ ^ fnlllnff- nil mrn-r ______ ______ getting ready to reduce passenger fares. It began with the southern lines. They announced that beginning tomorrow they will sell round trip coach tickets for ten per cent less than the former price of one way fares. That applies to roads edst of the Mississippi and south of the Ohio and the Potomac. lte£dc£»~€he second time within six months that the southern railroads have lowered fares. TJp to January it was two cents a mile; then It was reduced to one and a half cents a mile. No sooner nc± had this news gone on the wire than the chairman of the Eastern railroad presidents made a similar announoement.^ffixa means that tB* lines east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and the Potomac will me schedules for a ten per cent reduction of 4 round trip coach fares ADD RAILROADS* ••• •On. long journeys the changes announced in thtr rate® ■ will amount to as much as a cut of thirty-two per cent* In ethew yui'fta, jihe further the cheaper. 0- 4..SUN OIL Soma interesting Tacts came to light today in the annual statistical report of Bdison Bleotrio Institute. There was a great expansion in the use of electric energy In 1938 eTen though the general level of business was below 1937# The most significant aspect says the Institute, was the further increase in the use of energy by residents lal| farm and small commcerolal customers# The answer is that scientists, engineers and workmen of industry have developed new appliances, new products, have continually in®rovea them, have learned how to make them less expensive and more people are able to buy them* By this process Industry has been able to provide the American people with the highest standard of living in the world. The idea seems to be more goods for more people at less cost. - 0 - IS V WORKING WIVES....There-s a war on between the Department of Labor and Mayor Eaiher of Northampton. Massachusetts. Felfcer. whoij a Repub­ lican, decided several months ago that no married women should have city Jobs in Northampton. So he Issued an order that they should all resign by Jme fifteenth. So far the married ladies on the Northamp­ ton payrolls have task not lost any bobby pins in their baste to comply with the mayor's order. Instead of that, Feiker received a letter from Mary Anderson, Director of the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor- Director Anderson said to Feiker, your order A is "an opening wedge to dictatorship*" The Northampton mayor fired back a hot reply at Miss Anderson. He commented caustically on the fact that Miss Anderson's boss, Madame Perkins, is legally Mrs. Paul Wilson. To that he adds! "You and Mrs. Wilson should not use the influence of your high offices to strangle oppo*itlon to working wives whose husbands are able to support them or who should support them according to law." He followed this up by firing questions at Miss Perkins a. * »tHow many working wives do you employ in Miss Anderson, such as, How ma y , T h„r . fo, many husbands and wives are employed Department of Labor ? 14 *•add WORKING WIVES in the # same office Should wives work ? which ran: together," and so forth and so on. There used to he an Bnglish music hall ditty "If ohaps_with wives has got to work then what I wants to know Is Yfhat does a man get married for ? 20 . l!ANTON. ...A number of wall known *»< Known magnlfiooes appeared in court at NOW York today to tear witness to the excellent* of ex-Judge Martin T. Manton. This was the heginning of the Manton defense. Heading the list were two former Democratic candidates for the presidency. The first was none other than ax-Governor Alfred 1. Smith. The procedure was most courtly. Before he sat in the witness stand, A1 Smith smiled and bowed most politely to the Judge. His Honor smiled and nodded back. Then the Governor declared in a loud and emphatic v04.ee that he had known Manton for about thirty years, and that he Was glad to testify to the judged being a true and law abiding N citizen. The second former Presidential candidate was the Honorable John W. Davis, who echoed Smith’s words. Then followed eminent politicoes, a former^judge of general , __ *4. nil as committee of the House, a sessions, a former chairman of the rules co-im olergymn from Columbia University, and forth, and so on. - 0 - 5 7 . 5 JIEXiCN... To what length would you go m a fight over a melon ? Five years ago a youth In a Ohloago fruit market tried to steal mah^m-pteo* of fruit* a special policeman named Anthony Papas was on the job. He thought so much of the melons that he shot and wounded the lad who was trying to steal one of them.1 was brought up on charges, end the charges were dismissed. Last October the same Anthony Papas got into another similar argument. The price of that melon was fifteen cents. A customer wanted to bargain about it, so Papas again shot and wounded the customer. For that a stern hard Chicago judge put Papas on probation Early yesterday a group of high school students went into a fruit market. There was the same Anthony Papas, working as a clerk, also as special policeman. One of the girls picked up a watermelon and threw it to another girl. They played ball with it until one of them dropped it and it smashed to pieces on the floor. One of the clerks accused them of trying to steal the melon. The boys jumped into the argument. Again Papas drew his gun so the police say, to fire a shot into the floor. The boys retaliated with potatoes, * 6.*add melon which they threw at Papas* Then they ran off down the street, the girls following. Papas ran after them, firing his pistol* After several shots, one of the girls fell with a bullet wound in her head. On the way to the hospital she died. The value of the melon which she had dropped on the floor was sixty—five cents* Papes is arrested and* looked up* It "has not-yet^heenheard- that X A * about the authorities who permitted a man with such a record to have a permit to carry a pistol* 15 Molotov. vThe British today received their « jiexr answer from the Russians about that proposed treaty| The way in which the answer came will probably be considered not quite cricket by British diplomats. Instead of making the reply in the usual diplomatic note (it was conveyed public­ ly in the form of a speech, an address by Molotov, Prime Minister and foreign commissar of the Soviets. The speech was made to the Supreme Soviet of the U S S R* i Anli it was not the sort of speech that Chamber If. in and his countrymen will: be altogether glad to listen in on* The Russian reply to the British was not a definite "No*’ but it did remark that the Chamberlain proposal, although a step ahead of the last one, contains "several qualifications which make it ineffect­ ive." J Molotov then asked a pointed quest ion? "Are there any signs that the democraetic powers want to make a real effort to halt aggression ? We know the difference between words and acts but the difference must be noticed in England." Then he continued with a declaration that before the Soviets sign any military alliance they want full reciprocity. 16..add Molotov In othor words, the Russians are attacked Toy Hitler, they want to he assured of protection from Britain and France. Then he pointed 1 out, rtIn the military alliance between Italy and Germany there Is ' the principle of complete reciprocity. « He then enumerated three points on which Moscow has been in­ sisting all along. First, the alliance must be exclusively defensive* Second, it must guarantee without exception every country on the west­ ern border of Russia. And third, it must be a concrete agreement for mutual assistance in the event of any future attacks. This speech by Molotov was made with the tit meet pomp and ceremony.- He spake in the presence of Stalin himself and the other members of the Politburo, the bureau of policy,^to some twelve hundred delegates from all the Soviets. - 0 - 21 LONDON FOLLOW MOLOTOV. / / . 3 y' / / After that speech by'Molotov, the British government is still not disoouraged. Experts of the foreign office are busy working out the draft of another proposal for a treaty so as to meet the criticisms of the Russians. Downing Street puts this interpretation on Bolotov*s worfls. The Soviets, they think, were efreia if trouble aid occur. / greet Britain ana France might turn tall et the last moment, find r ~ 7 i a plausible pretext for not getting into the fight, and thus leave >viei the Soviets holding the bag, fighting single-handed against Hitler / and his allies. *6 The word late this afternoon is that both the British and French governments are^confident of being able to work out a plan which will meet what the Russians want. Bulldo^JOhn^S - 0 - SUICIDE S w U a D _ 2 I mentioned this to a friend Just back from Europe who had made a study of European military preparations. He insists that these stories are pure melodrama, romance. But, they don't sound impossible. I mentioned this^^wa-^ke other e friend , tAn£# yvx^t^jLO. ^ just Returned from Europe an*! had ^rB«±iit±»*=4o--e»ke quite e study of European military preparations. He that these stories are pure melodrama, lomenoe. M'-the firet plaoe-, he-.««y», it wouldnft be practicable. headed reason against such tiaoticsX ItVooste a lot of time an might not he s to train a competent pilot, \ \ \ \ hut the time would be. Military authorities over\here agree thi \ :a(ged in any ai such practices were/ encourt^,— _ —* —, . ) - t \ A -iod p^lot^* ind\iat*s\eYen\mori\seri^us\thaVi grave shortage of gi shortage o^ planes. ere woul HjiuijIBURTON Glr JUnole -am s navy has been scourint the Pacific for that , gay adventurer, Hichard Haiiburton.) fou ^ recall, that ^ aalXihati^ailed from Hong Kong on March Fourth, Sa„ Francisco bound, on a Chinese junk called 1 / the SEk DRAGON, vtith a crew of thirteen - some of them Americans, some Chinese. Hallihu**'^' __ iclie positiov xrom t he bridge of his romantic , -roiurth, and then - apparently the of his junK on ' ^ ^ t'acific swallowed the ShA DRAGON, ) V.hen this v*as reported to the Navy Department, Secretary Swanson radioed orders to the U.^. heavy cruiser ASTOAI a to hunt for the missing vessel from the China coast and the juna commander, Dick Haliburton. Captain Turner of the ASTORIA now notifies Washington that he has searched over a hundred and fifty-tvo thousand square mires of the Pacific Ocean - "by sea and by air and found no m 1 :race of tne missing, traveler and uut^lor.,, | 11 ' 1 i though the Kichard-the-Dauntiess So it begins to iOOA as tnougu me , , . ^inai ’’glorious Adventure”, taken ”tne iioys.1 lay have saiieo on his 1 m b It ioad to Romance" to the realm of Davy Jones. But his friends and relatives still believe that Haliburtor. lULlBliflTOM - 2 will come sailing over the horizon aboard his SEA DRAGON - with another thrilling tale to tell. And SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW,