Show weekly news analysis new lands for germany italy Is totalitarian aim aim this T his year by bg josephso joseph Josep hWo W lit la birie EDITORS NOTE NOT EWins when opinions ar ff expressed la in these columns they are jr those lias ol of the news analyst aad bf not necessarily y oi B the t newspaper I 1 international mote wars have been bought ought from the speakers platform than ihan on the battlefield more wars have been averted the same way when news first leaked out that chancel lor adolf hitler V would voula celebrate sixth anniversary with a speech every able tongued statesman in europe hastened to speak first because there was vis well found ed evidence would ank am bounce a new program aggression for 1939 since france is being hounded territorial tor for concessions by germanos germanys Germ Germa anys nyls ally italy and since great britain is frances friend both london and paris were discouragingly anxious that hitler should speak no ivil evil of them the situation sitti atlo wa bri laan and france were raad ready to appease once more because after each successive appeasement it becomes A NO 2 NAZI GOERING stands erect amid the world e more difficult to resist boasted no I 1 nazi herman wilhelm goering the greater germany stands erect amid the world firmly knit a steel block of strength and cohesion free Is the country broken are the shackles of the reparations system the rhe honor and independence of the nation are safeguarded by the party and the new new german defense power these were fighting words but neither france nor britain was willing to fight back two days before hitler spoke british prime minister neville chamberlain gave his speech indicating that tar far from being stronger britain will resist dictatorships ships only under the most unlikely emergencies peace could only be endangered by a demand to dominate the world by force this means that little by little mr chamberlain is willing to concede to italo german de demands manas completely ignored ignore d were the spanish situation and italian claims against france the same day french foreign minister georges bonnet hastened to make his peace with dictators regardless of the violence of the italian press campaign for french mediterranean territories I 1 have warm friendship tor for the italian people M bonnet practically accepted Muss oUis demands when he declared italy had been treated badly during and after the world war by france and britain such tactics fell little short of an outright invitation for hitler and mussolini to make demands by the time der fuehrer marched to the rostrum in berlins kroll opera house bouse every european ear was cocked by the time he left europe and the world knew what to expect from hitler in 1939 on afi colonies germany will de mand that all her pre world war colonies be returned otherwise the reich will remain an explosive factor in europe reason germany must have access to raw materials the alternative is to force exports on italy war against italy for any reason whatever will see germany and italy side by side ade I 1 sila said hitler this statement Is expected to bring an immediate resumption of italian claims against france though france and britain may interpret it with tongue in cheek war against italy means sion against italy which is farthest from democratic tho thoughts tights though hoping hitler meant to infer that he would not assist in aggression by y italy londen Lon donand and paris knew this was a futile hope on other demands allied reparations demands against germany after the world war were were unreasonable and irresponsible hence germany has been forced to make more competitive efforts in the world market hinting at almost anything der fuehrer dropped the remark that forceful redistribution of bf the worlds riches was inevitable evi tabIe from time to time on internal affairs the battle to overcome the extremely grave economic condition has been wo won n with a terrific fight but must go on from such only one conclusion could be drawn that the rome berlin axis will devote 1939 to pressing clearly defined demands against france and britain before the latter two nations have time to bring their armed strength up to par after colonies have been restored after italy has won her claims against france it will be time enough tor for germany to turn attention teri tion to ahe theli bec her national nati onil heart conquest of europe Eu ropes s vast ukraine aviation production shortcomings of ofus U S airplane manufacturers have bothered president roosevelt all winter especially since he discovered ger banys aviation industry was probably working at a much faster pace to encourage air development as a defense precaution the presidents special arms request included a sizeable budget for army and navy planes but congressional appropriations come slowly the white house wanted to give aviation a more immediate stimulant brought back from france last month by ambassador william C bullitt was news that premier edouard Dal Dala diers adlers government would spend on american built planes provided the U S gave permission here was the immediate stimulant president roosevelt sought but he kept frances proposition a secret first leak in the plans came when a new douglas light diving bomber scheduled for entry in army competition crashed at los angeles test pilot paul cable was killed but congress evidenced far more interest next day in the news that an injured passenger was capt paul chemidlin representative of the french air air minis try massouris Mis souris sen bennett champ dark clark demanded all information about french plane purchases be made public his complaint 1 I am interested in ascertaining whether the french government is being permitted to obtain options on latest type planes which have not been available to our own army barked north dakotas sen gerald P nye the nations no I 1 pacifist the airplane deal with france i 6 constitutes in my opinion a military alliance J but as facts were produced at the inquiry senator darks clarks fright seemed tar far out of proportion no secret cre army aviation devices had been carried on the ship abre important the bomber was not an army order hence there was no violation of the rule forbidding foreigners to I 1 see or buy airships designed tor for army use nevertheless the plane could not be replaced by march L when competitive U S tests are scheduled since the douglas bomber was undoubtedly the fastest ever developed larmy army chieftains could rightfully rightful lybe fie angry but what made them hopping mad was the fact that frances plans had been discussed not with the war department part ment but with the navy president Preside nf roosevelt commented that it would be fine for french orders to be filled here thereby ex V W X J axy 7 SENATOR CLARK no secrets were revealed banding U S plane plants immediately to expand them still taster faster he asked congress to appropriate the first of his emergency army fund immediately to be used buy buying ing new army combat planes siding with the white house on plane sales to foreign nations were the civil aeronautics authority and the aeronautical chamber of commerce their program to combat subsidized aircraft sales to latin american nations by germany and italy thereby protecting the substantial leadership enjoyed by U S plane manufacturers last iasi year labor last year homer martin president of C I 1 0 s united automobile workers of america quarreled with his vice presidents president john L lewis of C 1 I 0 stepped in appointing vice presidents sidney i hillman and phillip murray as M mediators edia but 18 of U A W s 24 board members were ant anu martin men and early last month they voted to strip him of power reason mr martin had been consorting secretly with harry p ennett bennett personnel director tor for the ford motor company only non U A W auto manufacturer C L 1 0 chieftains thought mr marnotes quotes BRUCE BARTON on wrong with us people get emotionally tio nally tired of being under the stress of agitation and upheaval they have quietly made up their theia minds that they must have a change ft H BRUCE LOCKHART englishman on mud slinging the practice of international name calling is provocative of war there has been too much of a decline in human graciousness cious ness HALFORD E LUCCOCK yale university on dramatizing democracy mo cracy the only way to make democracy desired above all things is to make it minister to the needs of the people reducing unemployment making liberty mean more than the libertito liber liberty to starve or to work for or lov wages I 1 tin was playing tor for personal control over the huge ford labor vote the upshot has been C 1 I Os re fasal to recognize mr martin as head of U A W followed next day by mr martins resignation from C 1 I O P s exec executive autive board with 0 the charge that mr lewis has personal ambitions and a dictator complex the outcome of this scrap will be settled at a martin sponsored election march 4 and a C 1 I 0 sponsored election 20 days later until then no one knows who controls U A W white while this row has made big headlines observers are prone to dismiss the possibility that it may indicate a collapse of C 1 I 0 more likely it is an internal squabble if the anti martin majority of 18 6 on U A W s executive board Is any criterion U A W will remain proc 1 I 0 under a new president chile earthquakes usually come when sea bottoms sink forcing up mountainous areas and jarring the land for miles around squeezed along the rocky west coast of south america chile has often experienced such phenomena but never in such disastrous fashion as the earthquake which recently struck a zone miles long and miles deep for newl newly y inaugurated president pedro ag aguirre auirre cerdo reportedly fascist bent it presented the worst initiation under fire ever experienced by any western hemisphere chief exec autive total fatalities which probably will never be determined run from to injuries run into even more thousands faced with a stupendous reconstruction job which will require several years chile will probably need all outside financial assistance aai available lable to stave off national calamity china to establish peaceful sway over china japan must win the assistance of at least one influential chinaman who can serve as chief puppet late last year japan thought she had bad such a puppet in wang ching we wei former chinese premier who broached peace terms but was subsequently booted out of the powerful nationalist party like wang ching wel wei most chinese whom japan would utilize against china break down in the final analysis succumbing either to or communist pres i sure but tokyo has located a new would be puppet in old marshal wu pei tu fu north chinas cainas war lord soon to be offered the job of heading japans new central chinese government marshal wu is by tar far the strongest candidate yet to bite on lure outdated sluggish and unpolished marshal wu nevertheless has a highly respected name his job to pacify china by organizing a native army with japanese financial assistance this done he must defeat combined communist kuemin tang opposition before his job can be called a success 1 congress 46 last autumns election showed the new congress would be conservative but no real test of president Roosevel ts power was expected until debate began over the 1939 40 budget scheduled to boost the U S public debt by moreover congress was apparently willing to give the president his deficiency relief appropriation immediately leaving debate over poll poetics bics tics in rell relief et to a later date but all such forecasts are now disproved in the relief deficiency request designed to carry expenses from march I 1 to june 30 congress saw a symbol of continued big U S expenditures first the house deducted next the senate approved the reduced ampro privation pria tion sending it back to the house with amendments to curb pol itice ln relief thus a showdown between white house and congress has been precipitated unexpectedly but observers could see fat tarcy ae a than relief entering the p ic ittia alj left vs right apparently y ft aa ing last novembers election results president roosevelt has given important posts to such alleged left wingers as harry hopkins and frank murphy latest appointment has been that of thomas R anille amlie former wisconsin congressman as a member of the interstate commerce commission allies advocacy of production tor for use and government ownership irks congress defense the white house has shown several signs of combining foreign policy with shenew defense program first evidence wax wai the p plan 1 a n to fortify guam apparently to force japan into peace second evidence was the french plane deal see AVIATION many isolation congressmen feel these incidents show a growing presidential affe ency to forge entangling allio aca with other powers bridges impeachment proceedings are being considered against secretary of labor frances perkins tor for failure to press deportation proceedings ce against harry bridges Z BARKLEY mr harrison won revenge west coast labor leader and alleged communist congress unfavorable opinion of madame perkins reflects against the president barkley harrison in the senate the relief vote gave is pat harrison a chance to settle an old political score with Kentuck ys alben barkley who won the majority leadership from him two years ago sincerely economy minded senator harrison worked desperately for the smaller appropriation pria tion while senator barkley stalled the showdown vote onea one 0 in hope of gaining strength significance leading the economy forces was vice president john N garner gamer who by his victory won a personal advantage over president roosevelt this means that mr garner now wields more power in congress than mr roosevelt people canada may ask visiting king george to adjourn its parliament at ottawa this spring necessitating purchase of a special canadian or dominions crown 0 glenn scobey pop warner famed onetime one time stanford football coach and later with temple university ver sity may return to stanford as advisory coach e james S douglas father ot of onetime U S budget director D s IV douglas has renounced UI A citizenship to return to his boyhood home of quebec reason abhorrence of recent american governmental trends ID Q western newspaper viava |