Show washington parade washington D C one reason for the prompt acceptance by the state department of the absorption of austria by germany was to provide a means of allowing political refugees from vienna to enter the united states under the special quota which has been maintained for some years for the benefit of those germans who are victims of hillers Hit lers anti ous drives this german germa n quota a has been this year e a r while the austrian quota has ha s yb been e e n 1400 since in 1937 only germans came in and a somewhat lesser number is expected this year the combined quota will provide admittance for some eighteen thousand inhabitants of the old hapsburg kingdom provided they are able to get out of the reich and are able to pay their steamship fare here this policy is in direct contrast to that of england where prime minister chamberlains government refuses to allow the admission ion of austrian refugees on the grounds that such a move might offend the nazis passage of the new navy bill is certain to be followed by bk announcement no of plans for super battleships of a greater tonnage and armament than any now on the seas in spite of declarations that the panama canal could not give passage to larger ships it is no secret that the navy has plans of vessels a thousand feet long with a beam of a hundred and a of five this 80 thousand ton giant would fill the locks with but a matter of a few feet to spare but it could be jockeyed through from the pacific to the atlantic without serious difficulty such plans remind us that 1938 is the hundredth anniversary of the first passage of the atlantic to the united states by a steam engine driven vessel the sirius ara arrived at the battery in ne new w york 0 r late on the evening of april P ril 2 22 2 1838 with ninety four passengers the sirius had a length of feet A beam of 25 and a draught of 18 while her tonnage was barely 1 the he hundredth part of such a warship as proposed increasing interest centers on this years gubernatorial elect eions aspeci especially ally in the empire state where the split between governor nor lehman and the president promises to rival the old potato feud between and al smith lehman no longer favored ea bk by the democratic leaders since sl nce his i s poor showing in 19 9 is i I 1 believed anxious to succeed beet d N self and certain to appo s ie nomination of robert H jackson the solicitor general who is reputedly the presidents choice persistent soundings soundings taken by experienced politicians ians indicate I 1 that neither can wix win in the election unless the republican candidate is a nonentity without a doubt the democrat most capable of carrying the state is postmaster general farley and his supporters are already hard at work to win the necessary labor votes to his side |