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HENDERSON GATEWAY TO CENTRAL CAROLINA I'WENTY-THIRD YEAR TWO-THIRDS TOWNSEND OLD AGE fMEMENT TALKING Decision on Getting Into Presidential Race Awaits Cleveland Radical Meeting SAYS SMITH SPOKE MANY SENTIMENTS Appeal To Abandon Roose velt Shared by Half the Delegates if Truth Were Known, Pension Leader Says; Not Interested in Lemke Movement Philadelphia June 25. —(AP) —Dr. Francois E. Townsend intimated to day his old age pension movement may launch a presoidential candidate of its own. A decision on this, as well as on the Townsendite attitude toward Con gressman Lemke’s new Union party, will be reached at a convention July 15-19 in Cleveland, Dr. Townsend said. Branding the Democratic conven tion as “only a lot of smoke and liaise,’’ Townsend said, “If you could get at the heart of half the people at the convention, you would find that they are in sympathy with A1 Smith and the four other anti-New Dealers who asked the convention to abandon Roosevelt. It is “impossible,” Towensend said, that any support from his S2OO a month organization will go to the Democrats, "because we are not hav ing anything to do with a party built upon bad faith, as this one is.” Townsend said he would “not be In terested at all” in the Lemke move ment unless delegates to the Cleve land convention manifest “a profound interest.” In response to questions, he added: “We may nominate a man of our own. We would have to mave very rapidly, of course, to get regeistered. We would not be able to get on the ballots in some states, but in those we could endorse other candidates for the presidency.” COTTIffiTO ADVANCE IN STATE Increased Consumption and Reduced Surplus to Lift Quotations College Station, Raleigh, June 25. — North Carolina cotton is slated to bring higher prices next fall in the opinion of authorities who have been studying world cotton markets. However, this does not mean that prices will be high enough for farm ers to expand their cotton production, warned Dean I. O. Schaub, director of the State College agricultural ex tension service. Cotton consumption is increasing over the world, according to statistics gathered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, with the result that the surplus now on hand is being reduced It has been estimated that there will be around 6,000,000 fewer bales of (Continued on Page Three.) Air Program Bill Signed By President Strike-Breakers’ Pro tection Measure Also Gets Roose velt Signature Washington, June 26 TAP) —Legis- lation against strike-breaking and for expansion of the army air corps top p'd a lid of 55 bills signed into law today by President Roosevelt. The list of approved measures was made public as the chief executive continued work on th renomination acceptance speech !?.e is to deliver Sat urday night in Philadelphia. His signature made it a felony to transport in interstate or foreign com morce persons to be employed to ob struct or interfere with the right of peaceful picketing in labo rcontro versies. Another measure which he signed, i Continued on Page Three.) Hntftrrsmt Batin Btsirafrlt Keynoter Barkley's Speech Cheered Plllgpp* t \' *•' jSpy, In.- Hr nm 3? aMMW_ MB Rggr&S I' |jS| H&XM AIM ' H I, l mk '■* A demonstration followed the keynote speech of Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia. U. S. Naval Officer And Jap Indicted Upon Spy Charges Los Angeles, Cal., June 25. —(AP) — The oft-rumored “navy spy case” was stripped of its secrecy today with the indictment of two men charged with conspiring to furnish United States Navy information to the Japanese government. , One of the defendants, Toshio Mi yazaki, was identified in the Federal grand jury indictment as a lieutenant commander in the Japanese imperial navy. The other was Harry Thomas Thompson, former navy petty officer, accused by the government of mas querading as an officer to obtain in hTrIMF WIN SECOND POST McNeill Believed to Have Gotten Many Votes He Was Entitled To Dully llilro-.ri, In The Sir Waller llolel, Itv .1 C, DASKROIt VII.I, Raleigh, June 25. —The campaign for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in the second pri mary July 4 is attracting almost as much attention now as the campaign for governor, many observers here agree. The reason for this is that there is believed to be a very definite and close hook-up between the two campaigns and because in many ways the lieutenant governor has more pow er and more influence over legislation than does the governor. The candidates for lieutenant gov ernor in the second primary are W. P. Horton of Pittsboro, Chatham county, and Paul D. Grady, of Kenly, John ston county, who were the two high men in the first primary on June 6. George McNeill ,of Fayetteville, the third candidate, was eliminated in the first voting. It is now generally conceded that (Continued on Page Two.) Browder Is To Head Up Communists New York, June 25.—(AP) —Earl Browder, a mild-mannered former bookkeeper, held firm control of the Communist party today and was prac tically assured of its nomination for the presidency. Browder, nsiec 1930 general secre tary of the party, to all intents and purposes assumed its leadership after its ninth annual convention tumul tuously approved bis keynote address yesterday. Browder called for determined par ticipation in the national presidential campaign and an unrelenting fight on both major parties. The Republicans, he said, must be stopped at all costs as the chief ex ponents of fascism. The Democrats, he added, must be (Continued on Page Four.) ONL\ DAILY NEWSPAP ER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA L Tne l ' :i A,M VI ! !K SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. HENDERSON, N. C„ THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 25, 1936 RULE ISSUE TO RE SETTLED formation and then selling it to Mi yazaki. In addition, a Japanese woman was injected into the affair when it be came known Federal operatives had been questioning her and were keep ing her accessible for further inter rogation. The indictment returned yes terday accused “divers other persons unknown” of complicity in the alleged plot. Thompson now is serving a county jail sentence for illegally wearing a naval officer’s uniform. The indictment presented yesterday U. S. Protests On Japs’ Arrogance Peiping, China, June 25.—(AP) — Protest against the “rude, rough treatment” of American citizens during a military display Tuesday was lodged w th the Japanese Em bassy today by Nelson T. Johnson, United States ambassador to China. The official protest complaining of the activities of Japanese sol diers was made on instructions from Washington. The Japanese Embassy replied it would submit the complaints to the Japanese commandant and make a formal answer later. (Chinese reports told of Japanese solders armed with bayonets, pushing foreigners, including an American, from the roads and side walks as 3,000 Japanese troops marched to an army demonstra tion.) MORE TEACHERS IN NEXT YEAR LIKELY Certainly Won’t Be Any Less, School Commis sion Head Declares ■ ■■■ ■ w Dally Dlsnnteh Bnrenn, In The Sir Walter Hotel, Rr J. C. BASKERVIJLL. Raleigh, June 25.—The number of teachers needed in the public schools of the State for next year is not as yet known, due to the fact that not all of the organization statements have been received from the 169 ad ministrative units in the State, Lloyd E. Griffin, executive secretary of the State School Commission, said today. So far only 135 of the 169 organiza tion statements have been received and a week or more will be required to check these and make the neces sary computations in order to deter mine the number of teachers needed for next year, Griffin pointed out. “One newspaper has already print ed a story to the effect that there would -be a reduction in the number of teachers next year as compared with this year, because of the drop in attendance due to the severe win ter weather,” Griffin said. “But where it got its information, I have no idea. It did hot get it from the school com mission, since we have no figures available as yet. We do not even have (Continued on Page Four.) contained this story: “Dressed as a navy officer, Thomp son went aboard United States war ships at San Pedro and San Diego and obtained assorted documents—code books, signal books, photographs, blue prints, plans, maps, models x x x x and information relating to the na tional defense.” Miyazaki, described in the indict ment as one-time honor student at Stanford University, met Thompson on several occasions in San Pedro and Los Angeles and paid him for naval information. RoosEvaiW Lemke’s Third Party Threat Not Greatly Feared by New Dealers By CHARLES P. STEWART Central Press Staff Writer Philadelphia, June 25. —The Roose velt ian management is represented in some quarters as badly worried by Congressman William Lemke’s an nouncement of his “Union Party” can didacy for president. Though of course they don’t admit it, it’s true that the Roosevelt folk are a hit worried, but they are not much worried by the Lemke develop ment. If all the voters who want a new party could be 'brought together and kept together they would constitute a weighty consideration, but there is very little prospect that such a con solidation can be effected at present. Each of several groups of the dis satisfied element wants its own par ticular kind of a new party, differing from all the others. FOLLOWERS Father Charles E. Coughlin, to be sure, is out for Lemke, and presum ably he has enough authority over his* National Union for Social Justice to secure its indorsement of the Nortl Dakotan. But Father Coughlin seems to pro ceed on the assumption that his So cial Justice cohorts will be joined by Dr. Francis E. Townsend’s old age pension following and by tne late Sen ator Huey P. Long’s share the wealth aggregation, under the Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, when the three hold their scheduled conference in Cleve (Continued on Page Four.) 011ß WEATHERMAN FOR NORTh'CAROLINA. Generally fair tonight and Fri day; slowly rising temperature Friday and in west and central portions tonight. TAR HEELS MIGHT REVERSE VOTE ON TWO-THIRDS ROLE Members of Delegation Changing Minds Toward Keeping Old Nomi nating Custom MANY DELEGATES FAVOR REVERSAL Comes Before Full Conven tion Tonight; Miss Cobb Happy Over Placim'g of Women Members in Plat form Committee; Miss Elliott, of Greensboro Is Named Philadelphia, June 25. — (AP) A movement developed today in the North Carolina delegation to the Dem ocratic National Convention for re consideration of the State’s action in pledging its 26 votes for abrogation of the two-thirds rule. Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, chair man, said a number of delegates had told him they wished to change their vote. In its caucus Tuesday, only nine members opposed the proposal to ab rogate the rule, with the delegation going on record for casting its 26 votes as a unit. Tthe two-thirds rule is scheduled to come before the convention tonight. Miss Beatrice Cobb, national com mitteewoman from North Carolina, hailed the placing of women on the platform committee as a political move of outstanding importance. “It is deserved recognition for the woman in politics,” Miss Cobb said. Miss Harriett Elliott, Greensboro, dean of the Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, was named North Carolina’s first woman alternate member on the committee. She will work with Senator Josiah W. Bailey, the State’s male member in the drafting of the platform. FARLEY IS BIGGEST CONVENTION SHOW Crowd in Philadelphia En tirely Different From Cleveland Host By LESLIE EICHEL Central Press Staff Writer Philadelphia, June 25. —The most in teresting sight to the onlookers in Philadelphia is James A. Farley, in action. The National Democratic chairman is congenial to all —shaking hands with everybody—even his enemies. But behind the scenes he gives or ders to his subordinates that cause them to sweat and frown. They obey, however. Farley is not an inept gen eral. He is a far more suave general than John D. M. Hamilton, new na tional Republican chairman. Hamilton, as Governor Landon’s campaign manager, was here, there and everywhere in Cleveland. He was the young executive, plowing his way through at high speed. Farley seems to have no speed. But In his eye there is a cold shrewdness that bespeaks hard punches—perhaps when one isn’t looking. DEMOCRATS The crowd in Philadelphia is en tirely different from that in Cleve land. Republicans seemed the solid type, whether wealthy or not. The Democrats —well, they seem demo crats. There are more women among them, too. And, strange to say, the Democrats seem better dressed than the Repub (Continued on Page Three.) Senator Smith Returns To Convention After Leaving As Negro Minister Prays Philadelphia, June 25.—(AP)—Sena tor E. D. Smith, of South Carolina, describing himself as a “Reconstruc tion Democrat,” returned today to the Democratic National Convention, which he left yesterday in protest a gainst Negro participation. Smith, who walked out when a Ne gro minister offered invocation, and announced he was “through,” said he was back to fight abrogation of the two-thirds rule, and may take the floor to “give ’em hell.” Smith expressed satisfaction over reaction from the South to his “walk out.” He exhibited about a score of tele PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. CHANGE IN METHOD OF REPRESENTATION WRESTED BY SOUTH Invites A1 to G. O. P. HBRS < John Hamilton Openly inviting Alfred E. Smith and other anti-New Deal Demo crats into the Republican fold, John Hamilton, chairman of the G. O. P. national committee, speaks to a large gathering of Re publicans in New York City. Hamilton’s address was the open ing gun in the campaign to elect Gov. Alfred M. Landon of Kan sas to the presidency. —Central Press Platform Is Not To Urge Amendment Tentative Draft Omits all Reference to Any Change In the Constitution Philadelphia, June 25 (AP) —A plat form which does not contain a pro posal for a constitutional amendment was completed today by the drafting sub-committee of the Democratic re solutions committee. The meeting of the full resolutions committee to consider the platform was postponed until afternoon when the drafters were not ready to report (Continued on Page Two). grams from the South congratulating him over his walkout. SMITH SAT IN ASSEMBLY WITH NEGRO MEMBER 1898 Columbia, S. C., June 25. —(AP) — South Carolina’s State historian cited records today as showing that United States Senator E. D. Smith, who walk ed from the Democratic National Con vention, once sat in the South Caro lina legislature with a Negro mem ber. A. S. Salley, secretary of the State Historical Commission, said Smith Continued on Page Three.) oPAGES Q.today FIVE CENTS COPY Would Be Apportioned On Basis of Democratic Strength and Not Upon Population FEELINGS GIVEN FULL, FREE PLAY Row in Committee Forces Adjournment of National Convention After Creden tials Report Is Approved; Implacable Southern Mi nority Fights Hard Philadelphia, June 25 (AP) —The troublesolne two-thirds rule issue headed for possible peaceable disposition in the Democratic convention today as Roosevelt leaders strove to ob tain unanimity also on the plat form. An impeaceable southern minority in the rules committee forced a con cession if the century-old nominating rule is to be abrogated tonight as ex pected. Outvoted by 36 to 13 in committee, the yobtained the unanimous consent of a sub-committee for the recommen dation of a plan whereby convention representation in the future would be apportioned on a basis of Democratic serength in the states instead of total population as now. The committee row, in which no feelings were spared, forced adjourn ment of tne rifth session soon after it had unanimously accepted the re ports of the credentials and perman ent organization committee. Glass Back A t Meeting Though 111 Convention Hall, Philadelphia, June 25. —(AP) —A wearied Democratic convention settled admicably today its few troubles over credentials, but faced at once a bitter dispute over the two-thirds rule and possibly an other later on the platform. While the rules committee was vot ing 36 to 13 against the century-old nominating rule, the relatively few delegates on the convention floor ac cepted the credentials committee re port unanimously. There was no minority credentials report, despite feelings between Min nesota factions, both of which were seated, splitting between them the state’s 22 votes. The same comprom ise plan was adopted on contests from Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone. In the rules committee, New York sprung a surprise by casting its vote with the minority opposing simple majority nominations. A floor battle was promised. The full platform committee was called to meet at 3 p. m., eastern day liht time, at which time they hoped to act on recommendations of a sub committee which worked all night. Adoption of the credentials report enabled the convention to complete the organization by electing Senator Joe T. Robinson, of Arkansas, perma nent chairman. It did so unanimous ly. Glass Comes Back. Failure of the platform sub-commit tee to complete its labors in an all night session evidenced troubles there. The return of Senator Carter Glass, of Virginia, to the city, against doc tors’ orders, caused a flurry of spe culation about his taking a hand on the monetary plank after all. Friends quickly denied it, saying the old-timer had 'been aroused by re ports of his “taking a walk” along with Alfred E. Smith when he left abruptly earlier in the week and came back to show he stood with the party. Curiosity was aroused by rumors that Smith might appear personally against the New Deal after all. He had left New York, but acquaintances did not expect him to come here. North Carolina Alone. North Carolina stood practically alone as a unit from the South against the two-thirds rule. Arkansas and Louisiana were split, and some aid for the dissenters came from Mas sachusetts and Indiana. The foes of the rule expressed con fidence they had more than the 551 votes—a plain majority—by which the tradition could be scrapped.
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