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Show is onderwrit ' by a divine promise government shall not ish while the world ' ids. Waves of sin and America ellion may KEITH BU.C. you Wm4m8 BttMH.una.Mr. X the ..-- o cnaar Act of March 1. Published Weekly byC. N.Lund 17 fel.hu hurt, but PER YEAS Let Us Help Restore AMERICAS Lost Wisdom wFFKLY NEWS ANALYSIS )EFENSE: BY JOSEPH W. LaBINE .Vary Day Pan America Faces Hard Job Maintaining Neutrality Zone; Agree on More Restrictions As Ruropea war cams nearer horns (Saa two Items o( domestic news drew more attention then usual: At Washington tha navy depart mat awarded a $20,016,899 contract tor airplanes to the Aircraft corporation at San nifgo. " Quincy, Mass., tha navy teat- newest airplane carrier, the 21,000,000 Wasp, which steamed on M1 run along the New England with ita secret deck by tarpaulins. a Whom optatano ass exprraatl In these cel a, they (EPffOrg NOTE met tntaaartly of this irtttMsaf tbs sews aadjrst newspaper.) Western tar .Maaaad NawapaaarVaieB, toours, the customary time of dePAN AMERICA: parture. But on one such morning Helgoland saw the biggest air battle Violations in history. When it was over the AGRICULTURE: of fate the to "ihare Determined Nail high command of Hans jg Woe Langsdorl hie M"w Cpt Gre of S3 British planes were shot down, Ac Kuttled German battleship todays unhappy agricultural meanwhile the lose of two admitting blew out his brains in a Buenos ahlpa. London scoffed, placing Brit- plight one of tha sorrows of ImboteL At Port Everglados, ish losses at seven and German at proved production methods is that rated tbs Had frslhtsr increased acreage yields only glut jjs,driven British a to refuse when tho nations already overfilled gran-arie-i. the Apparently few bow a security patrol" Thus, at nnhlp fired acrossAtherEllis U. down Island, bogged shortly thereafter, for department of years end, the an-S. nil from shore. agriculture sadly tha no Germans, 400 aurvivors longer the landed laying K, y, vers that despite spreage mines, began dropping aerial torpe- nounced slashes in 1939 total farm producGermanys luxury liner Ceba on does British u. scuttled off the Virginia capes Lost by fills and merchant craft. tion was In many cases above last other means were xather than face inevitable capture S3 years. allied vessels In three days. Crewmen Best example was com, which ty a British destroyer. Other war news: yielded 29.5 bushels per acre comC French Navy Minister Cesar with last years 27.8 bushels figured the British had sunk pared and tha average (192M7) of 30 to 35 Nasi and that S3 bushels. Besson for this boost Franca had acored 10 times. His was tha new hybrid variety which conclusion: The Belch has lost between 43 and 47 of the 60 subma- Secretory of Agriculture Henry Wat has promoted among tho UU rine! she had when the war started. lace corn growers of his native Iowa. AlC Baring to fight cheering, singing corn acreage harvested was and shouting, When file hell is though file smallest since 1B9S, production Hitler? the vanguard of Canadas was 3,619,137,000 bushels, the largexpeditionary forca (In which ob- est with one exception (1937) since servers noticed a few Americans) 1931 docked in Britain. Among wheat com, oats, rya and barley, the only other increased the North grain crop was barley. Total grain Lumbering down Fhdsnd's arctic production was 4,626,000,000 against Socame a hugs motorized highway 4,668,000,000 In 1931 Winter wheat viet army while plucky guerilla (but not spring) was up 13,000,000 fighter pecked away at tha roadside. Husslan casualties: About 30,000 men and 300 tanka. But It waa victory of a sort, and that was XEUTBAUTT VIOLATIONB what Moscow demanded. A CopenThere will he teeth, mm! hagen newspaper reported that were interned for 80 days, but must Josef Stalin was raging mad over his army's failure In Finland, havthen leave the U. S. ing ordered a purge of military lead(Btjort fee killed himmlf, Graf Spf told ham th ihip had fooled ership and an Investigation at the qaiaiwdisi victim or by cemeejhf-iat- , front. Day after thia Russian advance, tact by thonging her mptntme-aM mmblt the BriMth endear Ro the resourceful Finns made themheard ham it cruiser selves warm while a blizzard drove mm. Eater feed stefed a tmlianl fight agtuntt the mercury to 35 below zero, paraCrtf Spe aatil help arrived. Said (fee d tha Beds. In the lysing rrpert: Oat teaman, who had bath log south only an Ineffectual air raid met of, commented that ha mat "not on Helsinki, Abo and Hango dise doing toe badly wider eomewhet ciraumtances." Ha died e fa m turbed Finnish calm, and that night boon lattrj they celebrated prematurely the The Spee, Columbui and drawee linking of Russias warship October cidenta brought Europe war to Revolution. (It was badly damaged, HYBRID CORN ahorea far the first but managed to limp home.) tExhibited fey C. E Troyar of L To a League of Nations committime, and there wee every indlca-th- a Ind, who wed it tee the Finns sent word that they that Western hemisphere govhlem fcinf tide at Chicago cop if winter out could hold got all they ernments would tolerate no more of Monti livestock ifeowj and guns. League Secretary fa carryings-on- . Guided by the planes estiwork bushels over tha U. 8., nations which established a General Joseph Avenol got to as- mate on a harvestedpreliminary area 11000,000 facihd "neutrality sent" at Pans- - Immediately, sending Helsinki surances that Britain and France acres Ims than In 1938. Soy beans City last October began laying would provide supplies, but not registered 87,409,000 bushels comfair plans. pared with the estimate of 03,000,-00- 0 R was revealed that the U. 8. had men. bushels. Tha cotton yield, unWeed to Join Brazil and Argentina usually high, averaged 230 pounds h helping Uruguay forca Graf Spaa LABOR: per acre from tha smallest screife cut of Montevideo harbor, had the Probe in 40 years. Tobacco also set a new vessel refused to move. More unsavory each day became record of til pounds per acre, yield to commieven house in a Jowd greater action hr the testimony also reaching a mw fa Cabuobn and drawee Incidents, ttees investigation of the National total production na America planned to put teeth Labor Halations board. Starting high of 1,769,639,000 pounds. Other form news: neutrality declaration. The with tha allegation of minority Signed in Washington was a sup4 Leiserson that Any William belligerent warship that Boardaman fajh! befalstes the principle of the neutrat his fallow members (Warren Mid- plementary trade agreement & end Cuba, restoring U. the tween y sou win feo accorded no assist den and Edwin I Smith) were partoMm American porta. If e ship tial," the testimony went on to al- tariff reductions on sugar and terminatwere which bacco imports faW of such violation seeks lege: by presidential proclamation repairs In an American That Boardsman Smith had taken ed went to war. Cuban Jwt, it and its crew will be interned "extra-legal- " action In attempting when Europe were granted on reductions tariff wthe war's duration, to settle a knitting mill strike; more- peanut butter, salmon and mohair nobody expected Britain and Ger-!- ? products, that nation also agreeing " W much attention; in-r-7 to maintain Improved treatment for doo paper pointedly re-U. S. rice. that American nations had 4Fresident Roosevelt told reporters Vht mvereignty over extra-tort- al he intended to ask congress to raise waters. But Washington the $550,000,000 "owed to the treaswst hoped the restrictions would nt fighting in American terri-wi- sl ury" as a result of farm parity payments and other agricultural exwaters. penditure which were approved by interned by Argentina are the legislators, but not provided for. Cr Spea who u equip-shroud- tL L W - J Cam-pinc- hl ar in n Mm ad-ern- tFam-tain- a, ybt 4 themselves scattered hastily Province far from the ocean. POLITICS: Farm Vote THE WARS: In the West J1 to Place In American wa-w- si western front Wet as usual, but Britain's curity patrol over the i NATHAN WITT A conspiracy? over that ha had attempted to sponpatrol Is to keep sor a boycott of tho mill's products German planet at their by a Boston department stare. k. during the . That Philip G. Phillips, regional early morning NLRB director at Cincinnati, bad written his superiors that tho city editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer was a "swell guy and a dear friend of mine," and had kept out of print a series of articles critical to NLRB. When the city editor and his boss denied this. Director Phillips said orCf that his "language was PrenS Finland' S?? Earlier It waa brought out that JJtofa Ryt ft, (100,000 C. L O. had refused to drop a comtod beplaint against a Cincinnati firm reinto refused the cause employer to Manhattan waa state a worker discharged tor comHl fmerT' U-- a mto- tow munistic activities. to woTHePrts said 4 That Nathan Witt, NLRB secrews topertmL f, the sUte tary whom Boardaman Leiserson h,B wU to would have fired, "plotted" with him. fitTn C. L O.s Steel Workers Organising " Mr. Orsaw company to forca Inland Steel Into 25'ye,M,ld r, a written agreement providing tar nwaltdram,u,t exclusive bargaining. Commented bg a divert Committeeman Harry Routxohn constiWlsc5lJ.to Washington hinted (Rep., Ohio): 1 think thia tutes a conspiracy." trwtLJohn D- - Wlckhem, " ! After several days of this, comDernocr.?? mittee members were reported nd UhL.?.ollc' tnldwestem-- b Would be named to it?1 ready to ask congress for major ' amendments In tho Wagner set. So to 8Wn eurt facted mid western did sevpral other groups. Including and the National Association Plerct Butler. C. L cd Manufacturers. of tho S2fatio11 Ltoelate Tar several months many political forecasters have believed 1940e i presidential election will be won or lost in the mldwestem farm belt the preseason campaign drew to close (it win start again after congress adjourns) it became apparent that Republicans concentrate most of their ammunition on the farm belt progressive-minde- d First Democrat to see the light was Montana's Sen. Burton K. potential candiWheeler, himself westerner that warned who date, would vote the Republican ticket nominate a the Democrat their "liberal. Explanation: natural tendency has been with the could Republican party nd they conif a to change reason no see servative Democrat is nominated." Meanwhile the rumor spread that smart Republicans may try to two of the swing to their cause Minne-gota- 's West's foremost liberals Sen. Henrik Shipstead, a a EDITORIALS By WORTH READING a N. LUND, America s Grand Beginnings. What's Happened? This America of ours this n heritage, which is today the moat priceless political heritage on earth waa given and meant to be enjoyed equally by all citisens. It waa aet up for the welfare and glory and economic salvation of all its children. It started out with a people that waa almost uniform- , ly prosperous, equally free and universally happy. It started out with resources, advantages and opportunities never before equaled in known history. It started entirely free from the eurse of caste end class, end without that other curse of grinding and killing end degrading poverty, which lay like a pall over the old world. The United States of America loomed on the horisons of time like the long sought Valhalla of the West, like the Utopias dreamed of by the prophets and Plato and Moore. It started out with hope for all who ahould set foot on its hallowed soil, with security underwritten for every man, woman and child. It wrote everywhere in the skies above it thv rainbow promises of Freedom; it lit the torches of Liberty with a prayer that they ahould never more go out; it flew its flag with a prediction that it should wave for a thousand yean. What is happening to thia America of ours? What has so of our population is changed conditions that and What evil influences have made conditions such that ninety percent of the people cannot live and save aa much as eleven dollars a year? What dark and riiister forces hav crept like a plague upon our people and forced the m llions into the pauper class, and driven so many to their knees to beg an i pray for assistance? Let ua search our souls for the answer and then do our utmost to draw the ninety per eent together to stand as a unit in a battle of ballots to bring back the lost wisdom, the vanished light and I he broken promise. one-thi- ill-fe- rd Something Worse Than Death ia It was th great Victor Huso who said, "Poor mothers! there something een more sad than to see ones children die it them live badly." How i rue. And living badly includes not only a life of sin, but it im lodes living in poverty and wretchedness, without opportunity and without hope, like millions are living today. "He who has seen mans misery,1 he says, "has seen nothing, he must see woman's misery; while he who has seen womans misery has seen notbingf.. for. be- - mud see the misery of children." There is plenty of misery and wretchedness among the children of America, but it is, of course, much worse in Europe. It is well to give liberally and to send money any whrrr to help the oppressed and the unfortunate, but we have tooted that some of those who are giving so freely to brave, suffering and far away Finluid have never given even a breath of ay mi haty to those who are starving at home Bad as conditions are in some places, to girls and unmarried woman to beget children, legitimately or otherwise. Why should more children be brought into the mess of Europe only to starve and suffer and wither and die? Woman should go barren to the tomb rather than raise children for the sole purpose of war to promote the ambitions of tyrants. is to see Christmas Charity Was Vfry Fine The work doue in thia city by the various organisations which set out to see that none of the poor wanted for anything at Chriotmaa time, waa very fine and outstanding. All the needy were reached and the giving waa generous. In fact here waa plenty for all. There waa no want in Salt Lake on Christmas Day. That s the epiritof true religion, and the givers, whether they belong to any creed or to no creed, were putting the Christ spirit into the holiday season. The memory of Christmas, 1939, will indeed be golden to the many aoula who were made glad on that great and holy day. All economic problems wen solved for one day. Let ua hope that very soon they will be solved for every day and for sell time. Selecting a U. S. Senator ia talk of selecting a candidate for U, S. then Already four-squar- e The Way, the Plan, the Platform, the Goal. Each individual who is anxious to make the world better can do the very greatest of all work for the world by starting with himself, building himself up toward the ideal of American citizenship. That will be work enough for anyone. That will insure the safety and perpetuation of America and save democracy from the vultures who are trying to destroy it. Dr. Townsend's Son to Speak Here Robert C. Townsend, Nation al Secretary and Treasurer of fcnce-strsddli- Fsrmer-Laborlte-s. 1 talking proram may prove a nNo. 1840. point for Republicans sena- tor to succeed senator Wm. H. King. This is the place and time to use judgment and wisdom. Any man selected for for the people and this high office should stand vote for their interests instead of always voting for the money interests. He must be a man whose heart beats in sympathy with the millions of poor and unfortunate beings in this country. He must be a man who raises the standard of human welfare above wealth and privilege. All should be rejected who do not measure up to these standards. eim-paig- SiSiiaSff'! d, d? and Wisconsins Farmcr-Laboritwhose Sen. Robert M. LaFollette, dominated the once father doughty n G. O. P- - Key man in this Gov. youthful is Minnesota's Harold Stassen, a Republican whose has weldmasterful of proconsisting ed a strong party and disgruntled gressive Republicans Already committed to supporting priShipstead In the Republican could mary, Governor Stassen his Ides Into neighboring . Washington Digest Closing Session of Congress To Set Stage for 1940 Campaign God-givt- "... right-win- g BrucharV Robert C. Townsend the Townsend National Recovery Plan Inc., will atop over in Sat Lake Wednesday, Jan. 3, to address a rally of local Townsend Clubs and the public. Mr Townsend is a son of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, Founder of he Townsend Plan, nia a pearance here will wind up a trip that has.taken him into every state in the Union. The public meeting will be held at the Tribune Auditorum, Jan. 3 Proposals to Aid Party in Power Sore to Appear; Effort Will Be Made to Make Money Bills a Political Focus; Trade Treaties Expected to Draw Fire. By WILLIAM BRUCKART Servlet, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. It ia generally WNU poeaibla to force ait in broad outline what win happen in the session of a congress that winds up a sec- ond term of an eight-yea- r national administration. That broad outline will in chid the annual appropriations for running tha government, tho promotion of several legislative propoeale designed to aid the political party In power when Its presidential nominee gets out on the hustings, and much talk by representatives and senators. Congress, snd a Washington dateline, make fine springboards, and the politicians who are in" make fun us of file opportunity. Since the last session of congress in the Roosevelt administration la upon ua, it seems that a prediction on several phases Is indicated. r i l:1 1. The coming session la going to bo longer than soma at tha politicians would like. Contrary to fill average of such sessions, tha national legislators are likely to be here . . . MAY JUMP until almost tha middle of June. Senator Burt Wheeler exTho length of the sitting probably win ha determined by tha dates of pected to bid for delegtdes. the Democratic and Republican national conventions, end there ia ev- llevc to be conservative trend in the The beet eviery reason to believe these win be country si a whole. dence of this to the great strength later than usual. 2. Appropriation bills will occupy admittedly Shown for tha Democratn great deal of tho time In the early ic presidential aspirations at Vice President Jack Gamer. weeks of the session, as usual. There will be other candidacies that must ha watered and fed with artificial stimulants. But contrary to what hag keen t ho situation tho money bills , there i going to ba a effort to make It looks like Sm. Burton Wheeler of Mon tins may jump out one of these days to contest for delegates to the Democratic convention against Mr. Gsroer. Each man will have Tangled up with tha appropriation bills this year will be a delicate hte partisans, as will Paul McNutt, question involving the national debt former Indiana governor, who holds because President Roosevelt la go- himself in tha spotlight through being to put up to congress tha ques- ing social security administrator. tion of increasing the present nation- But make no mistake about the vice al debt limit from 45 billions to 60 president's ability to break up New Deal plays, if I may use a football them the ' center of an issue, a political focus. SOME FORECASTS Next session of coo cress win be longer than politicians would like. Republicans will seek a big domestic issue. Roosevelt will ask 50 billion debt limit Gamer win be on watch for New Deal fumbles. il ' i ' 1 term. Conservative Tinge to Most Rspablican Aspirants The Republicans have presidential aspirants, als& Thera are three of them la the senate Taft of Ohio; of Michigan, and Vandenberg Bridges of New Hampshire. Borne others may be found in the bouse of representatives. That to, there are those who are thinking at themselves as dark horses. Except foe Vandenberg: there to a distinct tinge to most of the Cafe billions. And it must not be Iowa whoae hats may be noted in looked that tha question of national revenue taxation la bound to fig- the Republican ring. Hovering over the eandidaeke to ure In this controven? because the national treasury has been in the each of tha two parties undeniably to tha mist of a possible third term red mom spending than receipts decision by President Roosevelt. 1 Roose-velta in tha seven yearn of Mr. administration and two yearn do not believe Mr. Roosevelt to g tag to run again, but he hae not sale of Mr. Hoovers administration. Politically, of course, he would be foolish to announce it too early Proposal to Croats Socond for the reason that once be takes Budget Sara to Draw Firm himself out of the race, the wild defense-expansion of 3. National scramble begins and Mr. Roosevelt file army and tha nivy obviously loses control will get attention and here, again, The political possibilities of the the question of taxation appears. coming session are many. There to, to Roosevelt haa Mr. suggested of course, the evident move on the eome of the senate and house lead- part of New Dealers, to drag the ers that them should be a separate foreign situation further and furlilting of these expenditure! and a ther into the limelight separate tax to pay for them. That That has the dual efia to lay, tha President is thinking, at least, of creating second, and fect of enabling appeals distinct, budget covering such outto patriotism and of lays of money Just as he baa reorders to forget helping of to use the sorted, heretofore, and grievances. mistakes tor "reguseparate budget listings lar" and "emergency" expendiI understand that Republican wheel-horstures. are moving to make Issues 4. Another controversial proposiout iff purely domestic problems tion will be the President's proposal and alleged shortcomings of the New to extend the life at the reciprocal Deal administration. Tha undercurtrade treaty program. If one ex- rent of information aeema to tad pects lira from the trick budget eate that Mr. Gamer will make lui plan, there la likely to be found a campaign on proposal! for improveland, filled with gasses of ment of conditions at home. tha latest poison, hand grenades and machine gun strafing, between those Will Result in Shaping who favor end those who oppose ex- - Policies for Campaign The presidential candidacies will 5. In addition to tha trade treaty make themselves felt likewise in the program and tied to it in a fashion decisions which will be tacn by of skein a makes that tangjed yam congress on various of the other appear simple of solution, is the questions that 1 enumerated at the widespread demand that congress outset of this discussion. And when revise tha general agricultural pro- I aay "presidential candidacies," X gram. Many farmers and farm or- speak broadly id all of them, whethganizations, as well as numerous er tha aspirants ba In, or out ot politicians, are chasing Secretary congress . It to to be remembered Wallace and bureau farmers and that the current session will refarmerettes, in full cry. They am sult es much In shaping of policies demanding changes end Mr. Wal- to be fought out in the campaign of lace is resisting. 1048 as In determining which of the men shall be selected by the reSchism Within Democratic spective party conventions Consider tor example, the RooseParty Due for Finish Fight 8. Lastly, there is the polities of velt proposal for continuation of the the picture. This new session will trade treaties Or, take the quesbe somewhat different than tha or- tion of continued heavy spending dinary run of "last sessions be- and the resulting debt that to being cause of the schism within the Dem- piled up for future generations to ocratic, or majority, party. Real pay, oo which Mr. Roosevelt lately Democrats are determined to get challenged Senator Taft to show bow control of tha party back in their the budget can be balanced in two hands; New Dealers, who have been years Or, examine the general agall running tha show with increasing ricultural problem. Any one or af-. k the bra.' make at these of are until to may themselves lately, power the faced with what many observer be- Senator Wheeler map Join con- I test far delegates. coo-creati- a es no-ma- i I I I ; |