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Show THE LEW SUN, LEIII. UTAH WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Washington Experts See War Crisis In Europe and Asia Within 90 Days As Hitler 'Promises' German Victory; U. S. and Ford Clash on Labor Policy (EDITOR'S NOTE When eplnlonf are ixprtuad In these alumni, ther are thoae ( the oewi analyet and not oeceurlly of tills newspaper.) (Releaaed by Western Newspaper Union.) . 5 ' i 1 s f '2 5 it ; a'tt v 1 4 BARD I A, LIBYA. Two Australian soldiers of the British forces in Libya look at the nameplate of the main street in this city. After entering Bardia, the Aussies changed the street name from Benito Mussolini" Musso-lini" to "Australia." k fx s .j:t 60 TO 90 DAYS: Crisis JFi Come In Washington, where beta can be obtained on almost anything, the odds are 55 to 45 that the United States will be at war with Japan within 60 to 90 days. Peace Is on the short end. The view Is shared by competent observers. Whether there will be actual armed conflict probably will depend on what happens during this period. The predictions are being made not by goosebone prophets but on careful analysis of political, military, mili-tary, geographical and economic factors. Those most apprehensive in the capital are concerned with adoption f the lend-lease bill which would give President Roosevelt full powers pow-ers to place the nation on an all-out all-out war footing. They believe Japan Is a full partner of the Axis and will act on orders from Berlin. They believe that within 60 to 90 days Hitler will order the full force of his powerful attack let loose on Britain and they are doubtful of the outcome. They fear the United States will be faced with an enemy on the Atlantic and the Pacific at the same time..? For America the chief immediate political factor Is the triparty pact among Japan, Germany and Italy, signed last September. The pact provides for co-operative action if either of the others is Involved In a war. These officials believe the treaty Is an outright offensive alli ance aimed at the U. S., Just as Nazi spokesmen said at the time. In Tokyo those immediately con cerned are seeking full powers for the cabinet headed by Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye, who is pledged to the "new world order." In both countries it is the appar ent desire on the part of leaders to prepare public opinion for the worst so that there will be no outcry which would force modification of the programs. Crisis Year President Roosevelt's birthday Is a holiday in Germany, but not for the same reason. In Germany It is celebrated as the birthday of the Nazi acquisition of power. Annually Hitler makes a speech. This year was no exception. But his speech bade the German people to mark the year 1941 as an exception. He promised it would be the victory year. He said the attack on Britain' was near, that it would come without fail in spring, end he warned that no aid from the United States would be permitted permit-ted to reach England. Every ship carrying help to Britain, Brit-ain, he said, would be torpedoed, so matter what its ownership, no matter if it was convoyed or not Also in the theater of war: C The British continued to make headway in Libya, besieging Ben- gazi, the last main port held by the Italians and threatening to extend ex-tend their lines to the border of French Tunisia. C In East Africa they also battered their way into Eritrea. The Italians retreated In trucks. An Italian army of 100,000 there was said to be in a bad way. L German Big Berthas were firing from the French channel ports into England. Whereas before the projectile pro-jectile toppled into the Dover area, now they were reported to reach 10 miles inland. WAR CONFIRMED: Senators Hear Report When Wendell Willkie decided to go to England to "see for himself' the progress of the war, there was sarcasm in some sources. It was said the G.O.P. nominee intended to "confirm the rumors of war in Europe." Eu-rope." Willkie went, he saw and hurried home. Hardly had he arrived in London when an announcement was made that he would reduce the length of his stay in order to report home sooner. Even after that, another an-other 48 hours was cut from the schedule at the request of State Secretary Sec-retary Hull who asked him to testify before the senate committee considering consid-ering the lend-lease bill. Willkie's speed on the Journey over and back seems almost a rebuke to the isolationists isola-tionists who have emphasized how far away England really is. But there was more sarcasm for Willkie's trip. It came now from Republican sources. The national convention of Young Republicans, meeting in Des Moines, Iowa, heard a resolution which condemned the party leader for his support of the j,bill. The resolution, was not passed. It met with displeasure at the hands of many G.O.P. stalwarts who believed Willkie's position in support of the administration policy should not be criticized at this time. A few days earlier, in fact, the Pennsylvania state Republican committee com-mittee itself went on record as fa voring the aims of the lend-lease bill and requesting the state's Republican Re-publican congressmen to vote for it Some G.O.P. newspapers, however, were not pleased. One declared Willkie, by supporting the Roosevelt foreign policy, was a "Quisling" to the Republicans. CRACKDOWN: For Defense The war department announced award to the Fargo Motor company com-pany of Detroit of a $10,298,128 contract con-tract for trucks. At the same time it let it be known that the Ford Motor Mo-tor company was low bidder but that their estimate was thrown out because be-cause Ford refused to agree to labor policy restrictions. The specifications specifica-tions of the contract called for observance ob-servance of the labor policy statement state-ment adopted by the defense commission com-mission last fall Through this part of the specification the Ford bid had drawn a line in red ink, blocking block-ing it out The refusal of Ford to observe the provisions of the bidding is not the first difference between the company com-pany and the government nor is it the first business th$ firm has lost The automobile manufacturer held out against the NRA, and the government gov-ernment stopped buying Ford cars. In Pennsylvania the state also cancelled can-celled an order then for several mil lion dollars. Last fall Ford refused to accept a defense commission contract con-tract for airplane engines because the material was scheduled to be shared with Great Britain. Supporters of the most recent action ac-tion within the government declared that it was wrong to award defense contracts to a manufacturer who has been held guilty of Wagner act violations. A Ford spokesman asserted that while the manufacturer would refuse re-fuse to make defense material requiring re-quiring compliance with the law, he was willing to make any material possible without any profit to him. Land of Liberty? - m m r 3 ass j NEW YORK. Nine-year-old Michael Storrie of England, Eng-land, gazing at the Statue of Liberty, when he was taken to Ellis Island for an immigration immi-gration hearing. When he arrived ar-rived in the V. S. recently, it was found he did not have his visa to enter. His father may have forgotten the precious document when the boy sailed from Lisbon. HIGHLIGHTS. ..in the news No Citizen The United States revoked re-voked the citizenship of Dr. Herman Frederick" Erben, a native of Austria Aus-tria and resident of Sacramento, Calif., when it was learned he had served as a physician on the supply ship for the ill-fated German pocket-battleship, pocket-battleship, Graf Spee. The federal court acted on the basis that the doctor doc-tor made false statements in his application. Target Aaron Shaddinger, 54, was shot to death in a quarrel in his New Orleans home. Two slugs were found in his brain. But they were not the ones that killed him. Investigation Inves-tigation revealed they were fired accidentally ac-cidentally 18 years ago and because he recovered quickly and showed no ill effects they never were re moved. The second time he was shot he wasn't as lucky. PEACE: It's Wonderful Japan long has eyed the rich area of Indo-China and the port of Saigon, through which is exported 80 per cent of Indo-China's rice, fish, salt and timber. Last September Siam (Thailand) which is known as a "client "cli-ent state" of Japan, suddenly declared de-clared war on the French who control con-trol Indo-China. The French, occupied occu-pied elsewhere, were foreed to fight only an enfeebled campaign. Now Japan has stepped in as a "mediator." "A Japanese flotilla sailed into Saigon and ordered mediation me-diation end the conflict Seven Japanese diplomats called representatives represen-tatives of the two powers to the warship and ordered "peace." Japan claimed the right as the protector pro-tector of the "new order" in the Far East. But Japan revealed she was not interested in peace alone. As payment pay-ment for bringing peace. Japan demanded de-manded that 80 per cent of each year's crop in Indo-China be sold to them. The demand gave point to the argument that Japan had deliberately delib-erately encouraged the Thai attack so that it could stp in and make peace, at a price. Power Meanwhile the Japanese naval force continued to base itself in Saigon, just opposite the Philippines which stand between Japan and the Dutch East Indies. The Japanese navy already has occupied Hanoi, opposite the northern tip of the Philippines. Only other base in the area is the British fortifications at Singapore. Japan has said that if America takes over that base, through negotiations with Britain, it will be regarded as an act of war. Peace. It's wonderful. YOUTH: Sponsor Lost The American Youth congress is a group with affiliations from hundreds of organizations, religious, political, fraternal and educational. Organized Or-ganized in 1934, it claims 3,400,000 affiliated members. But the group has had plenty of critics. The Dies committee investigated inves-tigated it for communism. The President chided it last year when convention delegates called at the White House. In return he was booed. But through all the criticism, criti-cism, Mrs. Roosevelt remained one of its champions. She attended meetings, made speeches and denied tne enarges of communism. She invited in-vited delegates to the White House for dinners. isut tne organization now has come out against the selective service act has opposed the lend- lease measure for aid to Britain and has declared the nation is being led to dictatorship. So many of the former for-mer supporters are leaving the group. Invitations issued for the convention this year were turned down by Sidney Hillman, CI.O. vice president and national defense commissioner, Secretary and Mrs, Roosevelt MISCELLANY: C. Big salaries in the United States are fading, the Institute of Real Es tate Management was told, by its vice president, A. William Wal- strum, of Ridgewood, N. J. Excess profits taxes and emergency levies are acting as great levelers of fancy incomes, he said, adding that statis tics show that the trend of top salaries sal-aries shows them limited to between $15,000 and $25,000. C Edward W. Scott a New Zea-lander, Zea-lander, was editor of the Panama American, owned by Dr. Harmodio Aroas, brother of Panama's president presi-dent Editor Scott and Dr. Aroas have been critical of the administration administra-tion and its alleged anti-Americanism. Editor Scott was ordered deported. de-ported. Crowds came to the station sta-tion to see him off, but the Panama police had figured on that demonstration. demon-stration. The crowd discovered the police had gathered up Editor Scott and deported him on a train leaving the railway station at an earlier hour than the announced time. Rent Land Under Water? 4fiOTMflA It's Quite the Thing Here ! GD-DP Water, water, aH around! Here s lesson No. 1 on how to get away from it all!" Visitors are renting ground under water at $1 per acre in MiamCs Biscayne bay, 11 miles off shore, and building "tumbledown" shacks with all the comforts of home except a tele phone. These pictures show some of those with a Robinson Crusoe complex who can reach their summer homes only via boat. VS 5-- l 1 1 J . it' ir"'' ' ''"J Z - M I i r"V - K 5" if r i v jrf- s a? - ix j )' A vfrfJ i , , , i pww tL' "s i'M J-he picture above shows U "", V Sil. A" fsf Miss Barbara Wells calmly I ' ' f " ' pulling in a fish through her f ' i I " ' ' j bedroom window, caught j i. -s .,1 while she was napping in ' ' y K I tne aternoon at one f t I Sr.J- yJ!, ' , 4 ami's "tumbledoivns." If It tX- lit I s lsnt ' word m f-V : , 'w I3 piscatorial comfort then ) j- Ttxl we're missing our guess by a few! t'J 4- t I Left: All water is either jfr"" , I 4 I carried to the houses via SCr&J ' x ''I boat or caught off the roof L!$"ti I f ' I tops' ere R-Uth Fy fcaVw ' ? losi collects some fresh rainwa- ter for the household E V Jf - "P4lt::v -t u III rWM'- f'.--4 if 1 ff Xflii sf?' - I II I I'l.V k , '.'"f Ls.r i? " , . - Above: Host Leo Ed- , ffrp-J wards, prominent Miami 1' 1 j ' H AvC- auto dealer, right, gives a I j hyX' f'J fish fry for his friends. Ml ' I iH? ' if- 7 r At h fe i fc,W.tim,.MMt,ft.m.aj,.S...,. innnum ,j , nJ cow innT '? T ,o ffcf ."J"5 Aoe6oolf near fAe suanfey, $.50,000 Quarterdeck club which has just been opened in the area, featuring the last word m life aboard ship. This room, which has been redecorated, is tastefully designed and furnished. 1 Fteu; rom tie decfc o f Ae new Quarterdeck club during dur-ing a "Miami Flyer" boat race. When the owners want a change in marine tempo they whizz over to the club in their speedboats. J -b'M J mm aeria t'icw faten while fivine over a tvniml "tuhll sacfc in tAe Quarterdeck club area of Biscayne bay. Washington, D. C. U. S. OBSERVER IN GERMANY Avra M. Warren, chief of tho state department's visa section, uncorked a sensational earful about conditions condi-tions in Germany and its conquered countries when he testified at a closed-doer session of the house ap propriations committee. Warren had returned from a pro longed inspection tour of Germany, France, Poland, Holland; and the information he disclosed about their internal situation was so confidential that a committee stenographer was instructed to leave much of It un recorded. Highlights of his testimony were (1) That , Germany had enough crucial supplies (food, gasoline and war materials) to continue the war for some time, but was beset with serious internal problems in the nations na-tions sha has occupied. (2) That France, Holland, Belgium, Poland and Denmark were not "co operating" with Germany in fact civilians in these nations were at the point of rebellion against the wholesale confiscation of foodstuffs and other necessities for the Ger man army. (3) That German prisoners of war, on the whole, were treated decently. The internal situation in the occu pied areas, Warren reported, was becoming graver by' the minute. Civilians were bitterly resentful of German troops quartered among them, and kept in subjection only by the sternest military discipline. Germany has plenty of gasoline supplies, though of poor grade, he said, but the shortage of lubricating oil is so intense that its use for civilian purposes, such as in operation opera-tion of elevators, is prohibited. PLAN DEMOCRACY PROPAGANDA The New Deal has hired more publicity men and run . off more miles of mimeographed press handouts hand-outs than any other administration in history. Yet the biggest and most worthwhile job of propaganda today remains completely untouched. It is the job which George Creel did for Europe during the last World war. For it is an indisputable fact that American propaganda and the speeches of Woodrow Wilson. Derco- lating behind the lines in Germany ana Austria, helped materially to cause the 1918 collapse of the Cen tral Powers. Today, a confidential plan for a similar propaganda agency is some where in the White House where. no one knows exactly. Drawn up two months ago by certain chiefs of the war department, it was sent to the White House with the recom mendation that such a plan could do almost as much as airolanes bring about the defeat of Hitler. But nothing happened. The idea still is reposing on the desk of one of the six White House secretaries. u. j. war chaefs are convinced that this country can oerform two important -propaganda functions i. uet across to the Deonle of Italy and Germany the disadvan tages of Hitler, the advantages of aemocracy, and the ceneral idea that there Is no quarrel between the peoples themselves. i. xsring aoout greater national unity within the United States, espe- ciauy among loreim-born. natural. ized citizens of German and Italian extraction. It is probable that the great ma jority oi Italians and Germans in me united States are anxious to be good American citizens and are an too glad to be out of Europe. "v""ci. uauunai ana racial psychology psy-chology can easily alienate them if not counteracted. To date the only agencies which nave attempted to influence German and Italian opinion inside the United States have been the Bund, the Fas cist uiack Shirts and similar Nazi- fascist organizations. There has been no active propaganda from the democratic side. Furthermore, these Italian-Ger Man groups can be the most effec-tive effec-tive spearhead in getting propagan. da into Germanv and Waiv T.f lets printed in England and dropped from British airplanes have had no perceptioie influence in Germany. But propaganda sent from purely vrerman organizations in the United States to fellow Germans under Hit ler is Dound to carry weight This was what George Creel did unaer woodrow Wilson. Czech, Po- busman and Slav groups from Chicago to Pittsburgh created such effective organizations that eventually eventu-ally they brought about the fall of tne Austria-Hungarian empire and the crumbling of the entire war front MERRY-GO-ROUND Congress has a number of linguists, lin-guists, but only one who can speak Japanese. He Is gentle-mannered Sen. Elbert Thomas of Utah, who learned the language in his youth while serving as a Mormon missionary mis-sionary in Nippon. One of his daughters, born in Tokyo, is named Chiyo, - which means a "thousand years of happiness." West Virginia's hard-working Rep. Jennings Randolph receives a loving lov-ing reminder from his mother every ev-ery day a rose. Alton O.I.T. L, . T FolkofManyNa Decorate Tea Td FS?. China, s "'tu ana i'ranro cosmopolitan group de this new tea towel set. E3 at his own particular may be quickly sketched in. on a daily tea tnwPi . ' Sunday's towel, the entire shown in festive attire. Pattern for th 7 two matching panholdera fa a Send order to: AUNT MABTHA ' BOX166.W KansaiCltr, Enclose IS cents for each pi desired. Pattern No Name Address Relief At Las ForYourCou Creomulsion relieves mmrf cause it goes right to the seat trouble to help loosen and i germ laden phlegm, and aid i to soothe and heal raw, tend flamed bronchial mucous i branes. Tell your druggist to a' B bottle of Creomulsion with th derstanding you must like the ? quiciuy auays the cougn or jf to have your money beck. I CREOMULSK For Coughs, Chest Colds, Brow Cultivation of Genius'; The richest genius, like the fertile soil, when uncul'A shoots up into the rankest i and instead of vines and olivi the, pleasure and use of maf duces to its slothful owns! most abundant crop of poist Hume. k DON'T BE BY YOUR LAXATIVE-ROIC CONSTIPATION THIS MODERN When you feel gassy, headachf du to clogged-up bowels, 4o 4 do tak Feea-A-Mint at bedM morning thorough, comfortablM helping you atari tha day fell i normal energy and pep, tew million! Feen-A-Mint doent 1 your nighf a rest or interfere wM next day. try Feen-A-Mint, the gum laxative, yourselC It tart" ? handy and economical ... fe1''' ' FEEN-A-MINT" FrnitTeca Harvest Who fat their corn whi 'tis green, A fh fwia Viarvout can I -6 Help to. Relieve Distress EMM FE PERIODIC J Try Lydl B. HnkliMrt i W monthly Junctional aWarDy S5SS.SS?SSS.J3 Of. 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