HKFUDLiCi,;;a The Republican Policy Comittee ren into a refusal today* One high personality kso * invited to become a raeDib e r trrrl e J>.a rati on - w§> Ata.yaU3.'i-- said no, "tvfcyik/i «* ~t£jz M. Land on j^e's Alfred rtr-nfil nn ■ He mis invited to serve as honarary chairman, but refused. A cTiH!LS\ This seems to point to a rift in the G.O.P. rankr the po 1 i cy Conir..i t t ee ’ s work . divided as to whether there shou d be any drafting of principles at all The idea originated with Ex-President Hoover. And still another political personality turned down an invitation to serve as honarary chairman, Herbert Hoover himself, But it was a turn-down most modified. The E xk K m M Ex-President replied that he'd gladly serve on VVertr the committee, but as any kind of chairman -- "only A A as a rank and file member''; said he. APPQINTiiaiNTS loday inting day at tlie White House — the President handed out a whole list of appointments to diplomatic jobs. lie first is no ne;.s — we've bean hearing about it for weeks. Today the President appointed Joseph P. Kennedy to the embassy in London, bo Joe Kennedy quits fe±x as Chairman of the Maritime Commission and becomes United states ambassador"^ "t*; —— — — the most decorative of the diplomatic posts. A t It’s no* news either that Ambassador Davis quits the *****&£*? Aoscow job. That's been rumoured aplenty —■ the^millionaire business man and. A millionair wife didn't seem too eonf ortable. They steyed away from Moscow most of A " yv K<At7 the time. Ambassador Davis jrtransferred to Belgium. Maybe he'll find g&.yf light-hearted Brussels a bit more genial than the grim Kremlin under *ed Dictator Stalin. Our present ambassador to Belgium is Hugh Gioson. He now leaves, and we're not tola where ne is to go. Buw the report is th^.t ambassador Bowers is soon to leave opaid and that AppQini^n'b -fc- Gibson will succeed him — as American plenipotentiary to the heft Wing government. It has been said for days that Hugh Wilson, Assistant secretary „i t>tate will go to Germany — buccceed Ambassador Dodffipsk That*s official today. * foeoe eippof n 'Lmeab'g'-rTtave—b-°-rin- ftc Ahrn int hw4 ^ ^aoy ean—hamly be eali?ed)^M|^Lidi3afe^—Hnt brr^1 i ■thft't—1c new»» Morman Armour, ,wh<r--rigj»t now irG--o»r Minister " ” . - ggQ6 to iaouth America- an<* becomes Ambassador, to Chile ■Qr doaJ i you^coasideg thapfe-otartl-irng'-nev^o oithor? Gibson will suece3d. iii.Ji as iiinerican plenipotantiary to th.6 i»eft Wing bove^nment. It has been said for days that Hugh Wilson, Assistant becretary oi State wilt, go to Germany — Succceed Ambassador That*s official today. ■L k r. ..^.^■4 t - i ■< th n r nng h l y—m-fteut^ex]^ f yurtr^j1 they e^-in hnrdly b" ^ H ^ l) .—tint-h^rr1 ~i onrnrtiiiinfl^ that—ic -i»ewa> Herman Armour, ^rher pigt»t now Ic &\*r Minister gaoe to bo-utti Ameri'Ca-’-gtn^ becomes Ambassador. to Chile. -Qr doa-Lt you—awaAdeg that —s-ta-r-ti-Ing—n-e-we- oither? FILIBUSTER "Fhe filibuster went on all day, with Senators talking and talking, billing time to keep the anti-lynching Bill from being today, oOOfC the Senate floor and made the most impassioned speech of all — Borah of Idaho. He denounce^ the anti-lynching Bill in the gravest terms. He said he considered it unconstitutional, but that if it were constitutional — he*d still be against it. His ja± viewpoint was — states rights. Be—declared that-if the Federal Government' -reaclrml its hand into the prnbi’egs uf the slates uf the’South'—it -wdulff~iiti H ViolatiO!ri3f-^he^;mg---ae^p^Qd--pg^cl>Xco -of---Bemoeratle— government in thio nWhen we condemn state sovereignity in the South,'' declared Borah, ,Twe have no ground on which to maintain self-government in the Horth." foil-owed ~by Senf»to-r-M-eKoHan of Tennessee, ~who-eafrbinned ti 1 ibustepl1 Late in the day Senator Barkely spoke up. He's a Southerner too, he's also the Administration leader — trying to get things moving. He handed out a threat that if the talKing kept on and on. Senate rules would be clamped down to considered. t's a southern filibuster, but one stop the filibuster DOLLAR Devalue the dollar - that demand rang out in the Senate today* Senator Elmer Ihomas of Oklahoma has been pushing the idea all along, and today he introduced a resolution into the Senate calling upon the government to readjust the purchasing power of United States currency. He wants the dollar to be put on a Nineteen Twenty-Six level. He says money today will buy more than it did then. Therefore the farmer gets less cash -------- for his products. So, make the dollar buy less# cut its value A wh t tt h 1 c '"tii3"' hrmr* foy ' p ragr-rfliftyg • jifnhey. - The pooolutiqrr-is"~"fcgfore“"fche ConGtey and .anajubfating in ftny—wiaad,e '~in one > wo^4-- the -^Trt^treT^^wrd---—-4nf-lfrtrltmT LUDLOW The Ludlow Amendmen't was severely belabored In Washington today - the proposed amendment that would call for a popular referendum before the nation could declare war. Speaker Bankhead spoke on alien influences aiding and abetting the amendment. H e-~ e-a-id—a «r endusL JSBr e Along the same line. Senator Woodring at Kansas City took a fling at the amendment. He said it would make the government helpless in dealing with aggressor nations^ might invite some dictator to attack us# UNEMPLOYMENT The word "fear" was repeated in Vlashlngton today - ':t ^ Senate hearlng on employment^Robert E. Wood, President of Sears,Roebuck Company, spoke up and said: "Business lacks confidence, and is scared." Then he cited the. attacks on business made by Assistant Attorney General Jackson and Secretary of tne Interior Ickes. "Calculated to scare business," declared the President of the great mail order house. He was followed by President Green of the American Federation of Labor, who made no mention of .the word fear. He said - speculation. The A.F. of L. President claimed that the biggest single cause of the recession was,- as he phrased it, "the increasingly speculative character in business activity in the first half of Nineteen Thirty-Seven." Maybe he meant tte* pl^in^in^ optimiso/,' take a chance/l- speculation. & a idw* t iiqge r plunging optimism, take a chance - speculation. rfyl+vUUiA. empley!»en^-4a— While wefre among the labor leaders, let’s not forget John L. Lewis who made a declaration at Tucson, Arizona today - and he used a curious word, "communal.” It sounds suspiciously like "Communism”, spelled with an "a-1" "Some people ” ^ A * said the C.I.O. chief, "have found that they could live happily,and successfully in a communal form in which the whole, not just a few, were given consideration." Naturally, it was, surmised that maybe he meant Communist Russia or Fascist Italy and Germany, where a sort of state Socialism exists. But John Lewis refused to fwioAXg-or say what he meant ford Henry I-ord told a story today. In an interview with a United * ress reported he related how on a summer day twenty—three years ago in Jackson County, Ohio,a steam engine was s separator along a road In the farm land. The engine got stuck Jl ——— in the soft clay, its wheels went rouiTjfcas*t=«cp=gtsscK - - J on the slippery surface. no traction A car drove up and couldn’t get by. Two men stepped out, and watched the engine crew as they vainly tried to get going. One of the two men, lean and hawk-eyed spoke up. “What you fellows need jlm there is traction. Get some sand under those v/heels. The advice was followed and the engine# pulled out and went rolling on. The man who gave the advice was Henry Ford. It Today he recalled that story and .applied^to the state of affairs in general. 11 What the world ne§ds Is — traction^ Get some sand unuer those drive wheels.^ Yes, Honry Ford is right. Home kino of traction is ■ ' 3 ^ , 77 i n if M : l ' ■■ i’ ■ , . l-l.'-.i 2 j -.' ■: . _=JP GENE TONNBY Here1s a bit of business news. It tells of an executive being elected Cnairman of the Board of a twenty million dollar corporation. Who's the up and coining business man? He's sitting here beside me now — Gene Tunney* yes, our old friend, the retired heavyweight champion of the world. This bit of business news evokes old memories - memories of difference. How different from the old time champs after they retired or were knocked out! No chairmanship of a twenty million dollar corporation for the gladiators of the past. GENE TUNNEy: Lowell, do you remember what those old time champions did when they were through with the ring? L.T.; Sure, they opened a saloon. GENE TUNNEY; Well, I'm becoming Chairman of the Board of the American Distilling Company* GENE TUKI m EY - 2 L»T♦ ~~ That does put an angXe to the story. Gene, and it*s easy to see the point. Whet the beverage business needs is a figure that can command the attention of those who don’t listen so patiently to stately moralists and solemn ethical lessons, A—heavywei g&fr-ehamp me an 3 some tiling to the toughest boyyand- £eae Tunnoy was always dramatlcr-Hy a fighter who ae^ only beat Jaote PoiHpeey but who also devoted himoelf to otudyy p ifi PU6inoflB~ffgPl-<h What’s your GENE TUNNEYi- It’s this, Lowell. The industry of manufacturing spirits exists by the action of public authority, and owes definite responsibility to the public. If it doesn't live up to those responsibilities, it will be destroyed. My job with American Distillery is to cooperate with the Federal Alcohol Administration in Washington in putting across ideas in which I firmly believe - stop sales-pressure to promote drinking, , arip that might encourage the young abolish any tendency in the trade tnar m-igiiL GENE TUNN^Y - 5 to drink. No irresponsible advertising; discourage road signs, and personal endorsements by famous people; cut out any propaganda that may tempt people. Ifm to supervise a campaign to make the beverage business recognize that it exists only because the public voted that way, and it is therefore a public ; . : V/ii 1 ' ■ ■ Vi.. . ..I.-. ; , ' r . ‘ V 1 affair, and not merely a way to gather profits. L.T.:- Well, Gene, all this certiinly is different from the days of old, when ex-champs opened saloons. Gene tells me that’s all there was open for them to do in those days. Now the retired heavyweight champion becomes a big business leader to organize the liquor business for decency and moderation. LEONARD Next comes something about an ex-champion who opened a restaurant. This should interest you. Gene, it*s about your old friend, Benny Leonard. Xou retired from the heavyweight championship undefeated, and so did he from the lightweight championship. Benny, the restaurant man, was in court today, charged with punching a two hundred pound waiter in the nose. Benny pleaded not guilty* MMy motto,0 he declared, nhas always been - no money, no fight.0 GENE TUNNEY»- That was always my motto too, Lowell. L.T.:- It,s a good one, and Benny says it*s a’lifetime principle with him. He admitted he had an argument with the waiter, something about a baked potato. But he says he didn,t punch, he just pushed - a little bit. Whereupon, says he, the waiter dashed out into the crowded dining room, shouting:— °The champ of the world punched me2 Benny Leonard socked me. Comes the revolution, and 1*11 sock JL Benny Leonard in the nos^!0 Such^wi^the testimony of the former lightweight champion A today. CHIiNA The Japanese are still at it in China - creating Irt. T~^ II IMIIM- _* incidents. Today they had trouble with the British. Japanese soldiers pushed into parts of* John Bull*s concessior^, where they ran into trouble with the British guards M. British soldiers were pushed around a bit by the Japanese. ¥hat lod J2&A to , < _£>-A . a swift protests and the Mlfcadolg men withdrew. -R-^viA^^n ~*£4*<4Juj A ^ ___ ________ - The war in China turns more and more into the guerilla stage, with the Red generals of the former Communist army directing the kind of irregular warfare they know' so well. They call it a military policy of - scorch the earth, burn everything. destroy everything, blacken the land^ So the Japanese troops will have nothing to live on. But scorched Chinese earth must be mighty sad for thdChinese too 2 RUBENS The United States Goveriuient made a demand on Soviet Russia today - in the case ol Mrs, Rubens, Washington asked Moscow to come through with some definite information about her. She’s anAmerican citizen. The communication makes no mention of her husband so it's assumed the State Department has found out that he is not an American citizen. They both entered Russia with false passports-and under the false name of Robinson, It>! o • assuggtfr" ’the t-Mfrec-ow- will h-ftve—to provide—-some simain illunl-na-tiron-j boooufle thoro^e &-■Rueci&a-American agi»oement*& that-if the Sov 1 e ts arg»&t"-nny--A»ey4een oitiaony they are to repep-t—i-t-to- Wa iting ton wi-thin One rumor in Moscow tonight is - that Mrs. Rubens is already outside of Russia, the Soviets let her go under promise of silence - say nothing. I have a sympathetic note here from a compassionate friend Reinald if«errenrath, that baritone oX f renown, terry, as he is known far and wide consoles me for that story I had to tell last night. "That,*1 he writes, "was certainly one *on you, the press clipping telling about the lady testifying on the witness stand." And she said — "Always v/hen Lowell Thomas is on the air we leave the house." "Of course," Reinald Werrenrath continues, "your radio id that clipping to you, so that you wouldn11^ miss it. It’s the same with us singers. If a critic gives us a rap — we seldom miss seeing it. one got bad notices from the critics, he was .sure to see them — every one. Because the other tenor, with a feneaf of nev/spapers, would come to him exclaiming:— ’Those soouhdrols b the critics, have you seen what they say about your performance? It 4s a scandal a~nd a shame — look what this miserable villain writes about you. *It all remin if two|Tenors who "were rivals. When He says you cracked on all the high notes And h«.ve you s~en nerry concludes by g«jaaat-iag fthose ^wo tenor^" «Qt'Winly- fcuB^ on* aM' fttoortife wetio^s he doubts whether either of^ttni^ ever got a slam to compare with the one Yours Truly got from the lady on the witness stand SLAVE In New Xork there* s an exhibition of paintings by Frank Stanley Herr ng, who specializes in one historic theme - slaves, old-time darkies who are still aliye, one time chattels of the A plantations of the south. Artist Herring has sought out scores of these slavery day survivors, and painted portraits of them. ----- I uwniijpTill m » g*^ in '1 1 .aomtezXog=^4 .s c.us ♦r-'sirhihipnlafcangj. of a 1 ■»»»■ , Today at St.John*s, Kansas, George Washington Walker stood and gazed. George Washington Walker is black, is eighty-nine, and once he was a slave. He gazed at an oil well, at a gusher being brought in - on his Kansas farm, sriusH with a bursting flow of black gold. Oil workers, salesmen, lease buyers lawyers, crowded around In excitement. George Washington Walker was the center of Interest - he was rich, suddenly a wealthy man* In his own mind one startling fact took precedence - that oil well on his farm brought more money to him than was^possessed master down on the plantation in Mississippi before strange paradox for the old darkle. SLAVE - 2 Otherwise he was unexcited. He saidvfrlMi t IriT wealth- woulrj- help- Btiity-hio eh4lqyon hnppyj b»^ that he and tfaoag' eight children would go on cultivating their Kansas farm A just the same as before - the way he hsafr learned in slavery days, <rJ ^ ^%