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Auociated Press and United. Pn AP Features and LA. ALEXANDRIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1943 EIGHT PAGES NO. 28 VOL UXVI U. Britain and France Denounce Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia Feb.

26. (UP) The United States, Great Britain and France today denounced the Communist coup in CechosloVakia as establishment of "a ifcr Afi. i IK disguised dictatorship." Long Has Margin of 191,275 Uotes in State Runoff Governor-Designate to Wind Up Affairs and Take Rest NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 26 (VP) Earl K. Long, still flushed with elation at his thumping victory in the governorship election, prepared today to wind up his campaign affairs and take a rest.

He took it easy yesterday, spending most of the day receiving congratulations from supporters, taking in the races at the Fairgrounds in the afternoon and appearing on a nationwide broadcast last night. With over 1765 of the state's 1878 precincts reporting early today Long's margin over his opponent, Sam H. Jones had grown to 191,275 votes. Long had 403,714 to Jones' 212,439. Practically every new report added to his majority.

Louisiana's new first citizen took a few minutes yesterday afternoon however to announce that Earl G. Williamson, president of the Caddo parish police jury, would head the state highway department. Williamson, at his home in So. ROMANIA' Jp SfeaCEg TURKEY i J- i p- TAKE OVER CZECHOSLOVAKIA Czechoslo- is now completely Communist-dominated, with the success- P13 TCIrmrnt fiottwald's communist enntrnl ii roue oi r-j rinmina as lar vvpsl as i ip miss nn 7nnp nr GINBOATS GIVEN TO GREEKS Four of the six gunboats which the Greek Navy, leave Norfolk, Virginia for Greece. The boats are at the Norfolk Naval Base.

(Navy Photo from NEA Telephoto). 2.261.174 square miles, is more than two- Dixie Democrats Block Action On Anti-Lynch Bill Still Face Defeat on Issue in Committee Tomorrow WASHINGTON. Feb. 26 (VP) Southern Democrats, aided by a rule technicality, blocked House judiciary committee action today on anti-lynching legislation. But they still faced prospective defeat in the committee tomorrow cn this issue which is backed by both President Truman and the Republican majority.

The bill, which would let the federal government step in and prosecute anyone who takes part in a lynching, was approved yesterday 3 to 2 by a judiciary subcommittee. It was scheduled to get action today by the full committee, wth approval virtually certain. But the committee was still deliberating when the House met at 11 a. m. Southern members cited a rule against committee sessions v.hile the House is sitting.

So Chairman Michener (R-Mich) adjourned the committee meeting until tomorrow. Hold 13-12 Edse When the committee does get around to voting, approval of the measure appears certain. Republicans hold a 13-12 edge in the com mittee and only four of the Democrats are party rebels against Mr. Tiuman's program of "civil rights'' legislation. Chairman Leo Allen (R-Ill) of the House rules committee told a reporter the bill will be cleared for early House debate as soon as it gets over the judiciary hurdle, The legislation would make it a iederai crime to take part in or encourage a lynching.

The maximum penalty on conviction would be ten years in prison and a fine. Peace officers found guilty of negligence in allowing a prisoner suspect to be lynched could be lined $5,000 and imprisoned five years. Even the community in which a lynching occurred could be penalized through a requirement to pav the victim's dependents up to $10,000. Southern opposition to the measure has centered around the con tention that it invades states' ights. Furthermore Dixie repres- er.tatives cite a drop in the number of lynchings as evidence that they pre eliminating the problem their own way.

Senate Republican leaders are speeding action on a companion measure. Senator Ferguson (R-Mich), chairman of a Senate judiciary subcommittee, said he ex-fects to have a bill ready late this week or early next week. A new point of contention arose meanwhile in the Senate rules committee. 1 Senator Stennis (D-Miss) said that group had agreed to take up an anti-poll tax bill Friday. This also is part of the controversial Truman civil rights program.

WO the United States turned over to manned by Greek crews trained 1 Honey Expended on Education 'Hot an Expenditure' Result of Survey Outlined in of C. Address Here (From Thursday's Dullyl A group of businessmen and educators attended an open meeting of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce last night at the Community Center. They heard H. J. Dollinger, assistant manager of the southwestern division of the United States Chamber of Commerce, Dallas, Texas, speak on the topic: "Education: an investment in the people." Dollinger, a graduate of Northwestern University and a former faculty member of Western Institute at the University of Oregon, has been in commerce work for more than 20 years.

He has been actively interested in education and once held a presidency in his Parent-Teachers Association for two consecutive years. Drawing from his experience in historical research, veteran's affairs, credit control and Chamber of Commerce work which has been on a national scope, Dollinger interpreted for the group the results of a survey lecently completed by the United States Chamber of Commerce. Europe Included He told the group that the study had not been confined to research in the United States, but to several countries in Europe as well. Sketching a substantial background of statistics for his conclusions, Dollinger stated that "where educational levels arc high, the commerce future is bright." Another conclusion reached by the national chamber's committee on education is that money used for education should not be regarded as an expenditure, but an investment which will return dividends many times in the form of capable workers and better consumers. Education is essential to the expansion of he emphasized.

Utilizing the fast-growing popularity of isual education methods to enliven his talk, Dollinger presented a series of slides to the group. He pointed out that though the drive began as a hobby, it has new grown to national and even world-wide proportions. Although the Chamber of Commerce is particularly interested in having educators know what is being done by the group, Dollinger stressed that the study and its consequences is 'primarily a businessman's story." 'Lack of Interest' Referring to his own experience in Europe during World War II where he served lor 26 months as a major in the air forces in the English and Mediterranean theaters of operations, Dollinger told tne group that, in the past and at p.escnt, the United States is low in certain sections with investment in education. He stated that t-ngianci tne average nationa JlciUllIldl total of investment was about 6 rcrcent. while in the United States the approximate average was 2 percent.

There is a corresponding lessening of return in benefits he said. Strikes among school teachers ind the pressnt low standards in jour schools, he said are the result ot a lack of interest in the schools and will have a consequent effect of importance to commerce. Until business men take a greater interest in the education of American students, particularly to cond.tions in the schools, the standards will continue to be low, he said. The talk, of vast importance to all Alexandrians, particularly to educators and businessmen, was sponsored by the education committee of the Alexandria Chamber of Commerce. J.

M. McLemore, tha.rman of the committee, introduced the speaker and presided at the meeting. JAPANESE ARRESTED TOKYO, Feb. 26 ih Kyodo News Agency reported today that an official of a Nagoya industrial plant was arrested after worth of hoarded materials were found at the plant. The firm was formerly the Nakajima Aircraft Company, Kyodo said, and i its hoarded supplies were ten as much as were to government.

The three-power state- ment charged that events in Czechoslovakia jeopardized "the very existence of the principles of liberty," The communique was issued here, in London, and in Paris. The communique said the consequences of the Communist seizure of pow er could only be "dis- astrous" for the Czechoslovak people. The three power statement was worked out after consultations taken on the initiative of the United States in the past 24 hours. Despite the denunciation, there was no indication of a break In diplomatic relations. Diplomatic "listening posts" in such middle European countries are too valuable to the United States.

Credit May Be Cut The heaviest blow to Czechoslovakia was expected to be financial. Exports to the country might be cut off and her credit cut. The procedure of issuing a three-power communique was un usual. When the Communists took power in other European countries the three big Western powers us ually consulted and then issued separate statements or protests. At any rate the Communist act ion probably means the end of any immediate hopes that the Czechoslovak government wilt get approval or a $350,000,000 loan it is seeking from the International Bank.

The loan was requested since July 1, 1946. Since the U. S. has the dominant influence in the bank, it could block any action. Czechoslovakia owes the U.

S. Export Import Bank $21,000,000 on a cotton and tobacco loan made in 1946. She is not in default on the loan. But the country's capitulation to the Communists probably ends any hope that a group of Prague bankers and industrialists had for an additional $10,000,000 loan from the Export-Import Bank. The money was to be used for private commercial expansion.

Czechoslovakia last summer also had requested a government loan of $20,000,000 to buy more cotton. But this was rejected for all practical purposes at the time and is not now pending. Hog Prices Gain on Markets, Corn and Wheat Decline Reductions at Retail Level Continue Sporadically CHICAGO, Feb. 26. (UP)Hog prices continued their recovery today after the major market break early this week.

Opening bids were 50 cents per hundred pounds higher at Chicago, 50 to 75 cents higher at St. Louis, and 75 cents higher at Indianapolis. On the Chicago board of trade, however, wheat, corn and oats prices opened slightly lower after yesterday's upswing. Wheat was unchanged to 1 1-2 cent per bushel lower. Corn w-as up 1-4 cent to oft a cent, and oats were off 5-8 to a cent.

Price reductions at the retail level continued sporadically. At New York, one major food chain announced meat price reductions of as much as six cents a pound. Boneless crossribs of beef and boneless chirck dropped six cents to 59 cents a pound. Wholesale meat prices, however, were going up again. Wholesale trade at New York was moderately active with prices steady to $1 higher on beef, and $1 to $2 higher on pork loins.

Some Chicago livestock experts believed that there are too few hogs on the nation's farms for the price to stay lower. They looked for a continuation of the upsvririg' begun yesterday after hog prices at Chicago had reached the lowest level in 16 months. At Schenectady, N. Charles E. Wilson, president of General Electric said that the company had cut prices in an attempt to start a "chain reaction," but he said the move had failed to produce the desired result.

Mayor Denounces Use of Injunction in Teachers Strike MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 26 (UP) Mayor Hubert H. Humphrey today denounced attempts to end a strike of 1,100 teachers in the public school system by means of a court injunction. "The way to settle a strike," he said, "is by negotiation, not by injunction.

I am not a rank reactionary." Humphrey made his statement in reply to a request by Attorney Arthur T. Nelson that Humphrey and other officials join him in asking the district court to enjoin members of two Minneapolis locals of the American Federation of Teachers from continuing their strike. District Judge D. E. La Belle yesterday ordered the unions to show cause why the injunction 1 should not be granted.

He set March 1 der. 4 for a hearing on the or- Gov. Tuck Seeks to Bar Truman's Name From Ballot Virginia Official Asks Assembly to Enact Legislation RICHMOND, Feb. 26-4P) Governor William M. Tuck asked the Virginia General Assembly today to enact legislation which would bar President Truman's name from the next presidential election ballot.

The proposal, delivered personally to a joint session of the State Legislature, was the governor's answer to the President's civil rights program. Tuck invited similar action by the rest of the South. He said the Truman program resulted from "iniquitous influences" that had found their way into both major parties and would give to the federal government "sufficient power to create in America the counterpart of a Hitler or a Stalin." Tuck recommended that the state's election laws be changed to eliminate the names of the presidential and vice presidential nominees from the ballot. Voters would merely designate their party preference. Thus the presidential electors would not necessarily be committed to the party nominee.

His proposed legislation also would bar Henry Wallace's third party from the ballot by limiting it to parties which participated in the last presidential election or polled 10 per cent or more of the vote in any general election in the state during the past five years. ARKANSAS GROUP JOINS DIXIE REBELS LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 26 (JT) Southern opposition to President Truman and his civil rights pro posals has a new recruit today. The Arkansas Free Enterprise Association an organization of cotton planters, business and pro fessional men announced it would campaign to elect unpledged Democratic presidential electors in Arkansas this year. AF'EA Executive Director John E.

Daggett, Marianna, said the association would "go into every county to sell this thing." The organization's goal, he explained, is to enable Arkansas' votes "to be cast for the presidential candidate who recognizes states rights and our traditions." This was one of several developments here last night over the administration's program dealing with racial relations. Earl Long Wants to Oust Fleming 'If In r.ly Power' Plans Voting Machines in Lake Charles, Monroe, Opelousas NEW ORLEANS, i'eb. 26 0T) Governor-Designate Earl K. Ixmg said today he would oust Major General Raymond H. Fleming from the post of adjutant general of Louisiana "if it is in my power." Fleming has been in the job since July of 1928, shortly after Earl's late brother Huey became governor.

Earl would not give his reason for opposition to Fleming, or name a possible successor. 'If it is in mv power, he is i Long said in an interview. Long said he would retain the auto license fee. "It's a good vote-getter," he added. "Sam Jones used it as one of his promises when he was I The governor designate said Russell Long, his nephew and Huey 's son.

"doesn't want a job'' in the administration. "He's told me he doesn't want a job," Earl explained. "But I know he'll be on me if I don't carry out my platform pledges he'll be on me from here to California." Questioned on the gambling question Long replied: I'll cross that bridge when we get to it." He added, however, that "any governor who gets gambling money ought to "be hung." Long said he proposes to provide voting machines for some cities outside of Orleans and East Eaton Rouge, the only parishes now using them. He listed Monroe, Lake Charles, Opelousas, New Iberia and Bogalusa as in line for the machines. A "wide-open proposition" on bidding for stateprinting was another plan he said he would follow.

BORN WITH TWO TEETH ANNISTON, Feb. 26 (UP) 1 A six-pound, nine-ounce son of Mr. and Mrs. F. H.

Hutchinson, of Oxford, was born yesterday fully prepared to do some chewing." But doctors said today his two fullv cut teeth will be pulled to avoid the possibility of becom- ins lose and being swallowed. ibiFW 38iitig.iiawii) British Cruiser Sent to Honduras Feb. 26 (IP) The admiralty announced today the British cruiser Shelf. eld has sailed from Colombia for British Honduras. An authoritative source said the ship was dispatched "because of possible incidents staged by irresponsible elements in neighboring Guatemala." The informant refused to elaborate.

A foreign office spokesman said there recently had been a "virulent campaign" against Britain in the Guatemalan press. "No doubt," the spokesman said, "it has its origin in recent events in the Antarctic." Crew Members Killed in B-29 Crash in Texas 8 Other Officers and Men Parachute to Safety FORT WORTH, Feb. 26. (UP) Four crewmen were killed early today when a B-29 Superfortress crashed into a hillside and exploded near Meridian. Eight other officers and enlisted men parachuted to safety moments before the four-engined ship ploughed into the ground 12 miles west of Meridian.

A party from Carswell air force base at Fort Worth, where the plane took off on a training flight with 20 other B-29's last night, reported from the scene of the crash that four bodies had been found. Among the survivors, who parachuted from the plane into rainy darkness shortly after midnight, was Col. Alan D. Clark, command er of the beventh Bombardment Group of the Eighth Air Force. He was in charge of the 20-plane flight.

The plane exploded when it crashed in the hilly ranch country along the Brazos river in Central Texas. Those who parachuted to safety found their way to ranch houses during the night. Identification of the dead crewmen was being made at the scene by medical officers from the Fort Worth air base. Their names would not be disclosed until next of kin had been notified. An operations officer at Fort Worth identified the survivors as: Col.

Clark, of Fort Worth, who served as chief of supply and maintenance at the Bikini atom bomb tests in 1946. Lt. Col. Harry E. Goldsworthy Spokane, Capt William S.

Kern, Pasadena, Capt, Julian F. Moffat. Barksdale, 1st Lt. Frank H. Riggs, Orange, 1st.

Lt. Frank M. Worley, Fort Sgt. D. W.

Aslin, Fort Worth, Sgt. Wdliam W. Weaver, Falmouth, Ky. MORE SEX CRIMES PARIS. Feb.

26. AP)-Fig-ures published today in a municipal bulletin showed iHsU sex crimes have increased in Pans since licensed houses of prostitution were closed. Ambitious traveling plans are in the making, even before the action of the party convention in early July. Mr. Truman's staff has announced his plans to visit New York March 17 lor the St.

Patrick's day dinner of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Numerous other trips, both before and after the convention, are being considered. Meanwhile Mr. Truman, paying his fourth visit to the base here, tot out his swim trunks for new-sessions ot swimmng nd sunbathing.

He has no plans to reach Washington until March 5 unless unexpected developments dictate an earlier re'iirn. Some of Mr. Truman's supporters, in suggesting plains for his 1948 campaign, want him to make Irequent appearances before comparatively small audseii'-es where lie will come in personal contact with individual voteis. m.N dl rds the size neville Levee tback Work ins lomentum uddy Confusion revails in Area Bor dering River (From Thursday's Dailyl area homering a ions neu tr in Fineville was in a state uddy contusion lociay as wui levee setbacK gatnerea mui um. ees were uprooted, siaewaiKs pled and telephone and eiec- power lines movca.

i ne wui ssitated moving waier noes re-routing the present sewer lem bv the city of Pineville. bd weather has played havoc the new ditclos, and sides fen sliming Oil on cms as siidi- as six. feet. The ditches and left by the tree roots were id with water. Below Sanders Jet, Riverside Drive was almost pssable.

levee work will necessitate two houses. They are the Mines of Mrs. 0. J. Bolton, 104 I frside, between the present le- and the river, and John Au-.

505 Riverside, on the land of the lC re. he levee will be raised and Irgthened above Sanders, it nstream it will be set back. kn houses stand between San- ami the L. and A. bridge, will be affected by the set- k.

bulldozer was at work clear-a right of way for the new e. 'be work was designated as lergcnry" by the U. S. Engin- and the levee board, and tern- fry arrangements for water and lines were nroviried hv city's board of aldermen in a al session last week, flephone service to some of the es affected was interrupted two days when lines were aerially broken. The telephone ipany crews were completing porary lines to that area to- North of the traffic bridse workmen were moving the closer to the river tn allow for expansion of the levee 8 viverlront street.

Electric crimes were also being placed the river in the same sec- ne city hurried to complete icrnoval of a water line along street to the land side. Bad has hampered the crews, inerain has repeatedly caused sines of thp pmporary cas linP ha hcn cd also. work on the levee below iraitic bridge started Mondav ciews from the city have been tO tak-p nr. om i he area. The state con- to aid in financ- IJIUJOCT.

route of Riverside Drive be-oaunders strppt h-jc 'Hinced by the levee board or Cllsmeers. 539000,000 atcrvvay; sPlan to House w- 1 "rtierways pro-na Put up to the House to- P- it- i of an ciiair- Le subcom-t-e' Predicted nassa-p tnmor. ubeommittee drew up the 1 Kfi.d and F'-onths 5 worK lor lne 1 "'inns Climm a "ntL- UL'HCVCb a rCain jKl "nvav, "'crease in hrra 1 "dUOnS 1S JUSt eDropr lncased costs, i the 15 30 cent more but waterways bud- Kecl by Tresiripnt Tru. i Js uian '8c! that were allowed existins on "'IU IP an i existins riv dun 1 1 nnrt and flood control US. i c'e are 4 projects provided in tk.

Dill. 183 fnr nA n.d 61 f01- mr rue livers and harbors (NEA Telephoto). Rapides Gives Long 13,986 and Jones 8295 Votes Complete but unofficial returns from Rapides parish in Tuesday's primary, tabulated today by the Town Talk, gave Sam H. Jones 8.295 votes and Earl K. Long voles.

The largest majority given any candidate for state office in the parish was that given Shelby M. Jackson in his race for superintendent of public education against Incumbent John E. Coxe. Jackson received 13,084 votes and Coxe 6.804 votes. The parish vote for other state offices follows: For lieutenant governor: Dodd 13.979, Verret 7,962.

For secretary of state: Martin 13,679, Durham 8,050. For attorney general: Kemp LeBlanc 8,210. For auditor: Baynard 13,493, Bannister 8,203. For commissioner of agriculture and immigration; Anderson Pearce 7,624. Bill to Ration Grain Comes Up for Senate Vote President Asks Congress to Restore Controls WASHINGTON, Feb 26.

('P) Whether to ration grair. to whisky makers comes up for a Senate vote today. But the bill may never become law, President Truman wants his grain controls restored. They expired January 31. The Chief Executive said in a message to Congress last month that a "critical shortage" of grain "jeopardizes the national security and welfare of the United States." Under terms of the Republican-sponsored anti inflation law passed during the 1947 special session, the Senate-House economic committee held hearings on this message.

It voted 8 to 0 for reviving controls. Then the Senate banking com-mitte? approved a bill to ration grain to distillers through Oct. 31. There has been no action in the House and prospects there are dim. Chairman Wolcott (R-Mich) of the House banking committee has said he has no plans for hearings on the measure.

Kill Stop Cap Bill Controls died at the end of January when Wolcott's committee killed a stop-gap Senate bill which would have continued them through February. The new Senate measure would allot the liauor industry no less than 2,500,000 bushels of grain a month. Current consumption has been estimated at 6,000.000 bushels. The bill also stipulates that rationing -Would end before October 31 if the price of corn fell to or below the government price support level and stayed there 30 days. Complete Returns in Parish Show Brister in Lead Complete but unofficial returns i from the 69 precincts in Rapides parish, tabulated today by the Town Talk, gave these results in the six-man runoff for the three representatives' posts: W.

George Bowdon. 12.5.36: T. C. Brister 12.876: Lawrence T. Fuzlaar.

12.386; John R. 10.596; 8,740, and Gordon Lee Richey 8.552. Precinct 4, Ward 4. Glenmora. the only precinct unreported in tabular results published yester-; dav, gave this vote: Bowdon Biker 345.

Fuglaar 335. Hunter! ,,1 1S4, AlUlcniSOn lio, mm jiiv-nvj 124. nrssi.w OFFICER DIES MOSCOW. Feb. 26 The death of Maj.

Gen. Z. S. Chesnov. for many years chief of the Rus-cian aitiliprv school, was an- nnun red toda'v.

He had been ill a caid i Vivian, said Long had not formally offered him the post yet, but that he thought he would be able to accept. The governor designate said former Mayor Sam Caldwell of Shreveport was being considered for the highly important job of conservation commissioner. Long said, however, he would consult oil men, royalty and land owners, and taxpayers before making the appointment. He described Caldwell as "a man I can trust." Long said Albert A. Fredericks of Natchitoches, a state senator but defeated in his bid for re-nomination, "can name his spot" in the new administration.

"He's been a misrepresented man," Long said of Fredericks. Lons: Thanks Jones Long also publicly thanked Jones. Gov. Jimmie Davis and Sen, John Overton for their messages of congratulation, adding "I accept them in the spirit in which they were intended." lie said he recognized Jones' ability and would call on him for advice when it would be for the good of the state. The same holds true for Davis, and Overton, he added.

The voters also increased Shel-hv M. Jackson's lead over John Coxe for the post of superintendent of public instruction as added returns trickled in. Jackson now has a margin of belter than votes with 1493 precincts giving him 278,825 to 208,163 for Coxe, the incumbent. Results in Races Latest results in other state rac es are: Lieutenant governor, 1570 precincts, William J. Dodd 354,404, J.

Emile Verret 193.157. Secretary of state: 1580 precincts, Grady C. Durham 179,611, Wade O. Martin. 363.952.

Attorney general: 1570 precincts. Bolivar E. Kemp, Fred S. LeBlanc 201,168. Auditor: 1578 precincts.

D. Ross Bannister 187,672, L. B. Baynard 343.961. Superintendent of public instruction: 1612 precincts, John E.

Coxe 214,219, Shelby M. Jackson 307,129. Commissioner of agriculture; 1578 precincts, W. E. Anderson 340,250, Dave L.

Pearce 186,085. Perkins Is Named State Commissioner of Agriculture BATON ROUGE, Feb. 26. Jimmie Davis today named Millard S. Perkins state commissioner of agriculture to fill the unexpired term of the late Harrv D.

Wilson. The post has been vacant since Wilson's death Jan. 7. Perkins, for many years assistant commissioner, will serve'until May 12. when Commissioner-Designate W.

E. Anderson will take office. Anderson polled a majot-ity of the votes in Tuesday's Democratic primary runoff over Dave Tearce. Gov. Davis announced (he appointment today as he left for Washington to appear at a congressional hearing on a bill to confirm state ownership of tide-lands.

"As many thousands of farmers and others over the state well know," he said, "Mr. Perkins naJ been with the department of agriculture since May, 1893. wiin an unblemished record of service "For many years now he has been assistant commissioner ot the department, and as such nar done an excellent job and has accumulated much knowledge about its operation." 'Two-Thirds of U. S. Fleet in Moth Balls' NEW ORLEANS.

Feb. 26 The whole Navy has less men at sea today than the number of men who aided in the invasion of Guadalcanal, says Capt. T. L. Lewis of the Eighth Naval District.

'Two-thirds of our fleet is in moth balls." he told members of the Young Men's Business club here yesterday. "None of the laid-up ships can be considered of any value, potentially or otherwise, without trained men to men to man them, he added. Truman Begins Vacation At Key West Naval Base KEY WEST, Feb. 26. (AP) President Truman began today what may be his last extended vacation before the 1943 presidential campaign.

He relaxed at his favorite vacation spot the naval submarine base here after a Caribbean trip which carried him to the largely negro Virgin islands. There was no word from, the temporary White at the commandants house of reaction 1 to the trip, which came whiie Southern Democratic governors I congressmen were protesting I his civil rights proposals to Con-! gress. These proposals include poll tax repeal, passage of anti-lynching legislation and enactment of a prohibition against segregation of passengers in interstate carriers. The president, still unan-j nounced, is regarded by Demo-1 natic headquarters strategists as a rertain'y for the Democratic i nomination in the 1913 election. apnroxed bv President, will 0lPments and the Sest ve active duty during wona dl for II.

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