Show weekly news review mistrial ruling in hines case may maj stop astop dewey by joseph W la bine new york long before a racket conspiracy charge was placed against tamma nyman james J hines new yorks district attorney thomas E dewey was mentioned as a potential G 0 P gubernatorial nominee even as a 1940 presidential possibility by t the e ame e the state finished presenting pub nce in jimmy hines trial Is ti i deweys deleys political importance was pretty well settled so certain was this importance that observers tried to find political significance in repeated clashes between the district attorn attorney ty and justice ferdinand pecora of one thing they could be sure justice Pe coras political background was the antithesis of tom deweys deleys De onetime assistant district attorney under tammany regimes later a new deal district attorney candidate still later a member of the securities exchange commission ferdinand pecora had a thoroughly republican un background before he was named to new yorks supreme court in 1935 political or otherwise justice pecora has found cause to sit em cally and repeatedly on the vig ajl 4 young district attorney once J DISTRICT ATTORNEY DEWEY he tripped over the poultry when mr dewey pouted that he was being treated like an interloper in the courtroom the justice shot back that he reser resented cited the remark by the time he was through presenting evidence the 36 year old racket could rest assured he had built a good case though his courtroom conduct had sometimes been irregular As the defense began its case two abrupt developments threatened tom deleys deweys attempt to convict jimmy hines of conspiracy in arthur dutch schultz blegen heimers policy racket first da defense attorney lloyd paul stryker asked that the case be thrown out oy grounds ro d of insufficient evidence L estice justice pecora denied the mo CE 1 after a days consideration few minutes later the district attorney began cross examining attorney lyon boston who made an admittedly halfhearted half hearted youthful investigation vesti gation of jimmy hines while an assistant under william C dodge deweys deleys predecessor under discussion was william fellowes morgan commissioner of markets who testified regarding the poultry racket before new yorks famed runaway grand jury in 1935 asked dewey dont you remember any testimony about hines and the poultry racket there before the grand jury by him one moment boomed defense attorney stryker Ill move for a mistrial defense contended tom dew C ad d made unfair reference to grand jury testimony about a possible criminal matter with which jimmy hines was not charged though the prosecution claimed at torney stryker had opened the subject justice pecora thought otherwise two days he pondered the mistrial motion then to a tense courtroom he read a two hour opinion upholding the defense result one juror was ordered withdrawn and the states laboriously built case was thrown out next day manhattan wondered whether tom deweys deleys defeat would cost him a clince chance to be new yorks governor A more pertinent question was whether he wanted the job biggest worry of empire state republicans public ans who would run him for governor is that no one knows how he stands on labor utilities social security relief civil liberties or budget balancing but all imbor tant to voters is the district attorneys record of law enforcement so greatly is he feared that frank lin roosevelt is willing to support gov herbert lehman for re elec tion despite the governors opposition to new deal reform measures foreign the fact that he became a grand father tor for the second time was one reason why british prime min ister neville chamberlain felt old to offset a london times editorial edi toria urging german annexation 0 czechoslovakian population the prime minister had to speak louder than usual lest adolf hitler think britain was ing lest france think britain had deserted her in the hour of need he told ambassador nevile henderson to give der fuehrer another warning for good measure the warning that britain means business in demanding czechoslovakian preservation thus armed with latest czech concession offers watched by pro czech allies that included brita britain in france russia and rumania adolt adolf hitler strode on the stage at nur emberts em bergs nazi congress to speak his mind on the subject as he had never spoken it before his points 1 that if they cannot defend themselves Sude tens will receive help from us 2 that czech president edouard benes spread false rumors of german troop movements during recent czech municipal elections thereby practicing intimidation intimidate on 3 that though germany wants peace with european democracies nothing can prevent her from assuring self determination lor for Sude tens actually der Fuehr ers only new assertion pertained to self determination did this mean he favored a plebiscite that night as europe pondered his words the consensus said yes did his speech carry a dangerous threat of war most observers thought not though jittery france had rushed so many troops to her german border that it might be almost embarrassing to withdraw them in a europe filled with uncertainty and fear the only positive forecast was that czechoslovakian Sude tens will be a bone of contention until the eventual showdown be it weeks or months away politics in maryland democrats could choose one of three nominees for the U S senate senator millard E tydings whom franklin roosevelt wanted removed because his new deal batting average is only by record a political opportunist senator tydings was once a ragged boy on the docks of havre de grace rising to mary lands house of delegates at the age of 23 his helper was murray vandiver state democratic chairman who helped him through school guided him into politics was later unseated from Ma rylands with tydings 1 aid A distinguished war veteran he rose to congress with the help of enemies en eSties was boosted into the senate as compromise swi gom promise candidate by gov albert C richie and frank furse his favorable new deal votes miller tydings price control act on trademarked trade marked goods SEC neutrality and pump priming his handsome wife of two years is the daughter ot of belgium ambassador joseph davies rep david J lewis whose election franklin roosevelt urged in a labor day speech at denton md since he has been a faithful new dealer david lewis dug coal in pennsylvania when nine years old I 1 ll 11 aw c 5 DAVID LEWIS even the faithful sometimes fall studied law at night finally began practicing at cumberland in congress since 1911 he has fostered parcel post social security and work mens compensation during the world war he handled telephones and telegraph he fought the bonus as did veteran tydings arthur E hungerford new dealer whom the new deal ignored who closed his campaign by charging there should be a grand jury and a federal investigation of the methods used on elections eve administrator harold ickes spoke encouragingly of two proposed bridges over Ma rylands potomac and susquehanna que hanna rivers anti new dealers charged franklin roosevelt was buying votes same day the senates campaign expenditures investigating ti committee found M hampton magruder Balti mores internal revenue collector had attempted to coerce non civil service workers into voting tor for david lewis thus closed the most heated campaign in rylands Ma history by the time Ma rylands first votes were counted next evening millard tydings nomination was certain though more than one unprejudiced observer mourned the defeat of a great liberal david lewis for governor democrats nominated attorney gen herbert R oconnor meanwhile republicans chose oscar lesser and gov harry W nice tor for senator governor respectively nothing is more embarrassing to a politician than unwanted support hanging to the coattails coat tails of maines three republican congressmen clyde smith james oliver and ralph brewster have been the pine tree states townsend providing a juicy topic of speechmaking for their democratic opponents principals in the race that until 1936 was sa said 1 d to forecast americas political future As maine goes so goes the nation have been republican gov lewis 0 barrows seeking reelection election re and ex gov louis M brann seeking a third term maines political visitors included republican chairman john D M hamilton democratic chairman james A parley farley adding a touch of color candidate brann brought crooner rudy vallee back to his home state had him sing maines stein song it the nation goes as maine goes next novembers elections will go re publican for despite rudy vallee despite Townsend ism the G 0 P elected a governor and three congressmen ra white house fortnight ago U S citizens were jerked into consciousness of wars proximity at bordeaux ambassador william S bullitt reportedly asserted the united states and france are in defectively united in war as in peace in england ambassador bas joseph P kennedy spoke his mind about dictators meanwhile back home franklin roosevelt and secretary of state cordell hull were periodically mentioning americas inescapable interest in any 1938 foreign conflict what john public deduced was that his government had joined european drive to stop hitler see FOREIGN but after the U S press had harped on this idea for a week the president administered a verbal thrashing at a hyde park press conference he charged these interpretations of roosevelt rooseve lt hull bullitt statements were per cent wrong that there was political attempt to misinterpret the record that ambassador bullitt never said the U S and france were inde fictively united back at its bordeaux correspondent for confirmation went associated press next day came an admission that associated press was wrong that franklin roosevelt was right said the correspondent there was a misinterpretation of the ambassadors words what was americas foreign policy for an answer the president referred reporters to the roosevelt hull speeches on the subject A few hours later came a typical hull pronouncement on the subject issued by way of accepting an invitation to the eighth international conference of american states said foreign policy maker hull the nations of the world are faced with the issue of determining whether relations shall be characterized by international anarchy or by the principles of fair play justice and order under the law no nation and no government can avoid the issue neither can any nation avoid participation in determining which course will prevail 9 nonstop non stop from hyde park the president sped to his son james bedded of a gastric ulcer at roches mayo clinic already there were eleanor roosevelt and james wife betsy accompanying the president was son elliott shortly after mr roosevelt arrived james went into the operating room came out two hours later minus his ulcer by evening he was resting well e to brooks hays arkansas democratic national committeeman the president wrote endorsing a pro posed constitutional amendment abolishing poll tax to his press conference the president charged such taxes effective in alabama arkansas georgia mississippi south carolina tennessee texas virginia kept may people from voting in the same category he placed women s rebellion inc a new jersey group trying to prevent workers from voting domestic though american railroads have long been in poor financial shape the last congress adjourned without taking action on what might develop into the most serious industrial crisis the united states has ever faced ordered last may was a 15 per cent wage reduction against rail workers a step which 19 operating and non operating brother hoods answered with threats of a general strike unable to help the national mediation board adjourned august 31 A week later carriers formally announced the reduction would be el ef october I 1 unless president roosevelt appoints a fact finding commission to investigate anticipated result is a step by step application of the railway labor act late this month probably staving off immediate general strike danger but nevertheless bringing the problem to a head first step win will be declaration of the strike which would constitute the required emergency under which the president may appoint his fact finding commission next comes a 60 day truce 30 days for the boards report 30 more days tor for subsequent negotiations war when benito mussolini abandoned glands En plan to end foreign intervention tion in civil war he intimated that italy would continue sending aid to rebel generalissimo francisco franco by last week as carin cannons ons boomed fiercely along the ebro front premier threat was borne out col juan modesto guillotte Guil lotto commanding loyalist troops estimated italians constituted the bulk of generalissimo francos troops making impossible continued loyalist occupation of the ebro position they conquered july 26 His miscellany cellany each september atlantic city woos beauty ind and publicity by inviting bathini bathing suited contestants from each state by naming one of them miss america to miss america iball goes a silver cup and stage screen tr last years winner F 7 1 S V CALI FORNIAS CLAIRE JAMES she was insulted and disgusted new jerseys bette cooper scorned ried her honors and went back to school this year atlantic city hoped for better luck up and down before judges paraded 43 girls from almost as many states finally they gave the title to marilyn meseke of marion ohio gave second place to claire james of los angeles third place to muriel la von goodspeed of salt lake city next day atlantic city felt repercussions cus stormed doll like claire J james ames 1 I am insulted I 1 cant stand any more I 1 am disgusted raged her mother some of the judges called me this morning and said it was an outrage that claire get first place in new york producer earl carroll opined opened that atlantic cites judges were incompetent that claire james was the true miss america 9 sirkka baloner Sa loner who has never used lipstick rouge face powder or cold cream was named miss europe at copenhagen |