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Kings Democratic Revolt Threatened Over Communist Aid 6,000 Jam St. Patrick's Cathedral Citys Last Tribute to Al Smith Challenges 3-1 Vote At Todd Shipyards In Favor of Dewey Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday -8 I ft 1 1 IF D. R. ret. Makes ram- Report he will Accepts bid Foreign Policy paign speech not make pub- of Foreign Poind, to nation.

lie appearances iry group. club veteran DEMANDS F- D. KAINlVo By JOSEPH H. SCHMALACKER 1 An open rift on the fourth term Issue flared in the ranks of Brook- lyn Democratic voters last night with the announced beginning of a 3 organize party mem- Roosevelt to Speak In New York Oct. 21 bers for the purpose of fighting St.

Patrick's Cathedral for the Communism and Red influences in solemn pontifical mass of requiem public oif.ee as well as party lCJl Declaring Democrats who fear the and ferventIy worShiped and edified spread of such influences were not many by his solid piety," Mon-content with President Roosevelt's Joseph P. Donahue, vicar repudiation of Communist support, general and acting administrator of end asserting it was up to him to tne Archdiocese of New York, said purge his administration of believ-iin tne euiogy. ers in the Communist Mr.s. Franklin D. Roosevelt repre-Thomas P.

Flynn, a leader in the sente1 tne Roosevelt family at the' old Jeffersonian Democracy and a m(lss whjch was celebrated by 25-year member of one of Brook- nuhon PranrU A yl aal BBr BBa tired, president of the association, wrote Mr. Roosevelt under date of Oct. 4 suggesting that the association and the public at large would benefit by a Presidential address on organize were being put into im- "toklnaToSNhat he was op- Washington, Oct. 7 (U.P) Roosevelt agreed today tc the Foreign Policy Asscx New York on Oct. 21, thereby challenging rumors that he had been grounded" for the duration of the campaign and indicating his pno-able speaking strategy between no and Election Day.

Reports that a "While House ruling" or Secret Service recommenua-tions had barred further public appearances by the President during this campaign have caused considerable speculation. The White House denied such a ruling had been made The reports developed after Mr. Roosevelt's address a fortnight ago to the teamsters' union here. That was his first avowedly political speech, delivered In the banquet hall of the Statlcr Hotel. Significantly, the Foreign Policy Association invitation also was to speak at a dinner this time in the Waldorl-Astoria Hotel.

New York City. Maj. Gen. Frank R. McCoy, re- maica.

at a coit of a Kings County Tuberculosis and Chronic Disea.se Hospital and reconstruction of the Greenpoint Hospital, estimated at $1,450,000. Plans are being laid for a $5,500,000 general hospital in Brownsville. Four health centers for Brooklyn are also on the likely lis for early building. Three $380,000 projects are planned for the Brownsville, Gravesend and Sunset park sections and one costing $419 000 is scheduled for Bush wick Looking beyond the Immediate postwar period, a $750,000 plan for the Brooklyn Public Library's Montague St. branch is the most ambl- the The Planning Commission's nres- library part of the proposed Civic Center.

The Port Greene Park section may gain more park land when the Raymond Street Jail Is replaced. The replacement, to be known as Remand Shelter, may have another site, Commissioner Rodgers said, with the possible addition to Fort Park of the land now occu- pirl jail. posed, personally, to President Roose- Veifs re-election, but asserting at '01 hls teS2" the same time thai he was not com- 1,1 as the Democratic milted in Governor Dewey's favor candidate In 1928. was Flvnn told the Brooklvn Eagle the Maj Gen. Thomas A.

Terry corn-movement was assured of support manning general oi the Second bv almost 50 independent Demo- -s' Command, critic croups in Brooklvn. In the outdoor religious procession that preceded the service were Former Break Recalled nearly 150 persons, including an Flynn, who is associated with the archbishop, 11 bishdps. monsignori. real estate firm of John F. James regular and secular priests, members Sons of 193 Montague and who of various religious orders, Papal lives at 161 Underbill figured Chamberlains and Knights of Malta, In another break with Kings Coun- oi St.

Gregory and of the Holy ty's Regular Democratic organiza- Sepulchre. Among the bihops were tion when he aided in the Recovery Auxiliary Bishop Raymond A. Kear- party's anti-Tammany fight in the nev of Brooklyn, Bishop John F. 1933 New York City mayoralty cam- O'Hara and Bishop William T. paign.

He is a member of the Wash- McCarthv, C.SS.R., military dele- ington Club, regular Democratic gatP.s of lhe armed ftrces. oi-ainaiion of the 10th A. D. in the throng of more than 6,000 Flynn said the organizing move- 1M.rs(ms o1 Catholic. Protestant ment.

had been discussed for many that packed the weeks and admitted Republicans c-at licdi I cor officials of the city had made overtures designed to ob- stat( and Natkm many sprvirf mf tain its active support for Governor and oId fdends from olivpr Rt Dewey 's Presidential race when Al Smith was born on Dec. 30, "We re Democrats, he said. "We re jg73 opposed to Sidney Hillman and his 3- jJ. Jn stref Political Action Committee. We're outsirie'in streets surrounding St.

anv pohiuian who accepts wprc an r.stimBted 35.000 Stresses Communist Peril i and 57th was halted shortly "The public is not sufficiently after nn until after the funeral alive to the menace of Communism procession had passed. Chief In-- and the way it has been spreading. 1 spector John J. O'Connell, who was It's the cancer in our American in charge of about 500 members of political life the force, estimated that 180,000 Flynn said he had read President i persons passed the bier between the 5.000 Todd Erie Basin employes I ind found them to be "three to me" in favor of Governor Dewey or president. 11 are not Todd work-rs at all.

according to Ernest Rudolf, president oi Local 39. Industrial Jnion of Marine and Shipbuilding represents the Todd employes in collective bargaining. Taking of the poll and Its results were announced by Stanley Jensen, a four-year employe at the Todd Shipyards in Brooklvn. who showed that 11 ot'the 20, Rudlofl I id "do no: work lor and are not employed jv rodd. and are not members of any CIO organization Of the remaining nine, only six ran be Identified a being either Todd workers or union mem-jbers." The 11, he added, are employed bv Gibbs Company, marine The members i Rurilnff the Jensen committee when they 141 Dwight St.

afUT results ot the alleged were announced "and exhausted a supplv of 10.000 Roosevelt buttons, forcing the union to put In a hurry call for 5,000 more i The union voted unanimously at two meetings. Rudloff said, in favor Kooseveit for President, and in with Politic. ei Commit poll among Todd workers, probably this week. He expressed confidence that the union members would support President Roosevelt with "an overwhelming 'Anfi Communist Hillman Maintains On P. A.

C. Record Sidney Hillman. chairman of the C. I. Political Action Committee, declared yesterday that far from being Communist or Communist-tainted, "the whole record of P.

A C. is anti-Communist." He made the statement at a press interview in the presence of Philip Murray, C. I. president, and other P. A.

C. members, following a mect- quartere, 204 42d Manhattan. President Roosevelt's repudiation of Communist support was not directed at P. A. Hillman said, since "no one has ever taken in a serious manner the charge that P.

A C. ls Communist and consequently the President's statement could have no application to P. A. Declaring the committee and Its leaders have been "the target of an almost unprecedented campaign of misrepresentation, falsification and vuitication. Mr.

Hillman said in prepared statement that he hi "many times" offered to answ charges of Communism before the Dies committee but that body i For Profile of Sidney Hillman see Trend section of paper.) Chinese Like U. S. Movies Movie fans of Chungking, China are estimated to have spent hours and $400,000,000 in Chinese money to see American monon pictures last to 5 :30 Thurs 9:30 to 9 AT AL SMITH'S RITES Top, Mrs. Fronklin D. Roosevelt and Maj.

Gen. Thomas A. Terry, commanding general of the 2d Service Command; center, former Governor and Mrs. Herbert H. Lehman; bottom, Mayor and Mrs.

LaGuardia. Smith, who began life tlJti Bridge. aflerni shadow of tl Brooklyn yesterday n. Mr. Smith died Wednes- daV ii Rockefeller Institute Hos-Manhattan.

at near meat and Im n.din naonls mied to overflowing majestic ot New York. Personal veit, conferred upon Mr. Smith Warrior when New yesterday as the body lay in Hhi-Ci ,1 Monsignor uonanue saio tnai a last message oenverea to, ana one that brought consolation to, Mr. Smith, who received many honors from the Holy See, was that of Arch- cable bishop Francis J. Spellm; of Mr.

Smith's illness "with Benediction. Monsignor Donah who lauded Mr. Smith as "a sincere Catholic, tunity for l.im. New York loved Alfred Smith." TllP prje5t spok of Mr Smh' legator for the welfare and children and how lation which has been the model ior other states and for the was the pioneer of social reform the Empire State." Monaumorl Invites Groups to Join Anti-Semitism Fiaht naoui rtaipn anverstein, president American Jewish Congress, announced yesterday that the Coun- Heights May Be Site Of Maternity Hospital It is understood that plans for BORO TO SHARE $1,270,000,000 BUILDING FUND of icipal mstruction. Brooklyn an scheduled to benefit in large from the City Planning ommission's $1,270,000,000 post-Projects Ui the two boroughs that likely to get first call were pointed out yesterday to the Brooklyn Eagle by Commissioner Cleveland Rodgers of Kew Gardens.

Sites for those projects have been selected pie to. Commissioner Rodgers stressed, however, that his forecast Ls necessarily contingent on future A community's unforeseen need, he explained, may require substitution of one type of project for another and the kind of ronstruc- terials available. on ma firady School Plan As an outstanding type' of high school proposed for Brooklyn. Commissioner Rodgers cited the William Grady Vocational High School scheduled for construction in South Flatbush. Estimated to cost the school is planned to meet general community as well as specialized modern educational needs.

Its design follows the Flemish traditions. In addition to the latest, equipment for job training, the! plans include a library on the ground level for general use. an auditorium suitable for school and public meetings, a stage of ample size and a stagecraft shop. The biggest high school planned for Queens, at a cost of $3,300,000. is the Thomas A.

Edron Vocational High School. A Jamaica site has been selected and plans have been completed. Other educational projects In the go ahead" stage are Queens College science building S. 20 Flushing. two new Brooklyn public schools.

S. 44 In the Bedford-Stuyvesant section, and P. S. 78 in the downtown area, an addition to P. S.

16, Greenpoint. $1,037,000 and two Brooklyn junior high schoc 77, South Brooklyn. $1,500, P. S. S.

117. in the Bedford area, Boro to Get 28 Schools The commission's whole postwar program allots 28 school building projects to Brooklyn and 14 to Queens out of a total of 75 for all boroughs. Early postwar hospital possibilities! include expansion and improvement of the Queens General Hospital, Ja- WrD the blast and we'd b-ve one tore and rz. I WA Mid. that he did not seek or want Com-.

munLst siiDOort. Liet nun purge nis administration party ot sucn people, i- iynn told Washington is filled said plans were under way headquarters in the Bor- otigh Hall Honor Queens Flier Who Rescued Pilot remodeling of the house for hospital lbVned "by I doctor tal terms stands in the way ol plete settlement. The Low mansion was purchased eight years ago by the Remsen Corn- ('oi'imration. Tne organi- reserve The resiriemi which at one time m-m sively of one-family -dwellings. sorted to a wide range of violations, including Infractions of OPA ceiling prices, misleading advertising, misrepresentation, short weight and violations of the State Agriculture and Market Law relating to the proper marking of packages.

The Larsen Baking Co. at 732 Henry St. was one of those re ceiving a summons. The company charged with distribuiinn a package containing cookies, candies and cake, with net contents not marked. Paul Lebkuehen of 1087 St.

Nicholas Manhattan, was fined $100, Commissioner Brun LANE BRYANT BROOKLYN Open I I VIM UlUAlliy iuiic both by profession and practice. I said: "One of the most remarkable A Queens air 'orce captain who traits of his character was his strong crawled under a flaming training faith and deep religious convictions plane which had overturned on inherited from good Catholic landing, cut off the ignition to pre- parents. It permeated his words Cvent an explosion, beat away theand actions throughout his private flames and pulled the pilot to safety; and ijfe Tt was (hp founda-was awarded the Soldier's of a good and virtuous life, his his wife said yesterday. The pilot consolation in trial and his Joy In! was only slightly injured. 'success.

He was a born leader. He The officer. Capt Stanley Borow- Ioved Npw York the citv of oppor- important issues oi foreign Replying on Oct. 6, Mr Roosevelt this phasize in your letter a paramount interest in the an; issues of foreign policy. me great pleasure therefore 'he invitation of the For- Ign ssociation to speak at dinner to be held in New York Saturday, Oct 21 Good Will 'Envoy' Back From Brazil Brooklyn has a good will ambas- The title is unofficial, but it id-dlcates the high regard his associates have for Harold Blum, director of U.

S. O. mobile services Now home on "furlough." Blum is visiting his sister. Mrs. Florence Goldman of 1234 E.

9th St. But it's a "bus mans holiday'' for he is constantly asked to speak at War Fund rallies on U. S. O. work for service organizing professional shows for U.

S. O. clubs in Brazilian centers and for small Jungle outposts. Blum and his co-workers regularly bring reminders of home to these isolated groups. His Brazilian assignment has made Blum a fluent speaker of Portuguese and veteran air traveler, having flown 40,000 miles since going on overseas duty.

Scouts to Hold Rally More than 500 members of Bath Beach District, Brooklyn Council, Boy Scouts, were to hold a rally at 2 p.m. today on the cleared area of 20th Ave. and Cropsey Ave. They were to erect a tent city and use timber broken down by the recent hurricane to build camp gadgets. rt of everyday by l) BHH 10HDOH fm.

wiiose ue nvrs ai oi-ti ou- oeis Ms ai crass army air field in Georgia me. auempieu a hou) lanuiiig. i ne eU We been Bamr and the pilot was caught in thought being cockpit. it would affe't the morals Captain Boro.vski ll now Ice- health of the obscure masses, land. He also holds the Distln-j "As Governor he projected guished Flying Cross and three laid the foundations of social I The i Id brownstone and, at 58 Remsen long the home become a maternity hospital if negotiations now underway are com pleted.

The hospital project is sponsored group oi oorom i.i.:;t:. npv nd when a. contract mansion, now owned by Brill iman, borough realty operators, 16 Storekeepers Accused in Fraud a drive to keep buyers stmaa packages for servli from being defrauded by Markets Commissioner dage yesterday announced he ner Brundage charged der to extract illegal storekeepers had Alie war to look I And there's no place in a young outlook for premature gray I In the skilled hands of our operators, ROUX Oil Sham poo Tint blends softly with the natural shade of your hair, colors every single gray or dull strand, imparts shimmering, color-full highlights. Look natural look younger with regular ROUX Oil Shampoo Tint treatments. Of course we also observe Roux's "Caution: Use only as directed en roron bov.

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"In accepting your resignation, I wish to commend you on the out-1 standing record you have made as! United States Attorney. You have particularly distinguished yourself In handling the many UXIM an CMM which have arisen during the pres ent emergency, and I have every confidence that as a member of the Federal judiciary you will perform your amies with the same high regard for justice and loyaltj to the public interest." Attoraeremi Midnight black a lighter Black rayon creps with Hjf a bright dickie detachable! SIZES 38 TO 44 jjl 111 DRESSES SECOND FLOOR jancryant JSroolclyn (21 If HANOVER PLACI JUST OFF FULTON ious to join Jn the efJort eliminate anti-Semitic element. Nathan Dinkes. chairman of the commission, said his group will present its program to any organ- iZatlon imerested Ward L. Sturges Resigns BwiiOllhul OPA Post Ward L.

Sturges, chairman of the! war race and Rationing Board 171 86th yesterday tendered hi resignation, effective Nov. 1, because of an increase in hig duties! assistant vice president of Bush Terminal Company. Sturges! oeen associaiea witn the board a volunteer rapacity since the inception of rationing and has served as chairman since June 14 -Peters -n1 OF BROOKLYN bters 480 Fulton ft 10 Locals Picket 'Struck Plant Here An orderly picket line of 500 per-I eons, including delegations from ten local of the United Automobile Workers Union, C. I. staged a "sympathetic" mass picketing yesterday afternoon at E.

A. Laboratories, automotive equipment manufacturers, 144 Spencer St. The corn-strike since Sept. 22, and the plant has been closed. According to Paul Newman, ln-; ternational representative of the union, the company has refused toi meet their grievance committee.

The company could not be reached for 1 AIMMRKE FULTON fir SMITH BROOKLYN 1 BROOKLYN EAGLE, OCT. 8, 1944 I.

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