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Show Weekly News Analysis Papal Election Thought Retort Against Dictator Interference By Joseph W. La Bine I EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst, and not necessarily of the newspaper. Religion As Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli, Pope Pius XII was Vatican secretary of state and an important mediator in many a European squabble. His tw9 most notable achievements were (1) leadership in tlie World war settlement attempt of Pope Benedict XV and (2) consummation of the concordat that brought peace between the Vatican and Italy. His : ... ' ' ' 1 i j ! ' Labor For two years labor's ill-starred dove of peace has sought a resting place, hovering . over the battleground battle-ground of John Lewi's' Congress for Industrial Organization and William Green's American Federation of Labor. La-bor. This month, for three reasons, the dove hovers nearer earth. But there is still no indication that peace will come via mutual consent; a more likely solution is victory for the A. F. of L., thanks to growing anti-C I. O. sentiment welling up since Homer Martin split tlie United Automobile Workers during January. Janu-ary. The three indications of a showdown: Supreme Court. The much cussed national labor relations board, allegedly al-legedly pro-C. I. O., was rebuffed in three Supreme court decisions which effectively banned the sit-down sit-down strike. Specifically, the two major decisions ruled (1) that Chicago's Chi-cago's Fansteel Metallurgical corporation cor-poration could not be compelled to ing estimated budgets, compared with the current fiscal year: 1939-49 1938-M Army . . 805. 665,009 $ 532.500, 00 Naw " . . 7 58. 333.40 5 618.5X5.0OO Aviation . 1,11)3,133,500 671,15.00O $2,677,131,905 $1,822,950,000 Not included is some $285,000,000 going for civilian defense, bringing the total armament outlay to more than $2,900,000,000, or more than the government will spend for all other purposes combined. Specifically: Army. Standing at 503,700 (a new peace-time high), various army units will be boosted by about 135,-700 135,-700 during tlie coming fiscal year. Increases are planned both at home and in colonics. Navy. Fearing German U-boats, English, Australian, South African and Hong Kong ports will be secured se-cured against submarines and minelayers. mine-layers. Canada may purchase a naval flotilla leader to head its fleet of six destroyers. Six new motor torpedo boats are being shipped to Hong Kong. Planned construction: 20 fast escort vessels, two battleships, battle-ships, one aircraft carrier, four cruisers, 16 destroyers, 30 smaller craft. Aviation. Personnel will rise from 106,000 to 118,000, four times the 1934 total of 30,000. By March 31, a total of 1,750 first-line planes will be ready, with production paced at 500 a month against an estimated 600 in Germany. Within a year the air ministry expects 2,8-10 first-line planes. Civilian. Fifty million civilian gas masks, 1,400,000 "toy" gas helmets for babies and 1,300,000 masks for children are on the list. Some 127,000,000 sandbags are on hand, with 200,000,000 ordered. Special electrical equipment is planned and "crisis" organization is being completed. com-pleted. Der Tag, whose fear is responsible responsi-ble for this preparation, meanwhile remains at flirting distance. Points of potential trouble between France and Italy over Mediterranean demands de-mands have grown more prominent. Italy has repatriated her nationals in France, ousted French newspaper newspa-per men, won Polish allegiance away from France and hastened mobilization. One new garrison is reportedly established at Genoa, only 150 miles from Nice. Meanwhile Mean-while Spain emerges in clear focus as the new center of European balance. bal-ance. Relief Everyone knows relief costs much more today than in 1029. Everyone knows, too, that President Roosevelt's Roose-velt's dream of an $80,000,000,000 national annual income may mean little even if it does come true, since increased governmental costs would eat up the profits. How much relief costs have gained, how much national income has dropped, is shown in reports of the social security board. (See graphs). But far more impressive were facts not shown in the report, namely, name-ly, that a noticeable share of 1938's I - - - ! v " ' & $ ' ' St. t - "S'' oow, S ' g 5- - I ! - " V -1 I Y TJ i I " 1 ' C f J I ' 1 ' i POPE PIUS XII Despite Count Ciano and Germany. most difficult job was negotiating a treaty with Protestant Russia in 1929, a feat that won him the red cap of cardinal when Pietro Gas-parri Gas-parri retired in 1929. When Pope Pius XI died last February Feb-ruary 9, Secretary of State Pacelli immediately became camerlengo, interim chief of the Roman Catholic church until the college of cardinals could name a successor. Internationally Interna-tionally better known than any other potential candidate, Cardinal Pacel-li's Pacel-li's name was immediately bandied about as the most likely successor. This, despite his confessed longing to lead the contemplative life of a monk, despite rumors that his selection se-lection would be none too welcome by totalitarian Germany and Italy. If Cardinal Pacelli had never admitted ad-mitted anti-dictator sentiments, Italian Foreign Minister Count Ci-ano's Ci-ano's newspaper, II Telegrafo, lost no time pointing out that a Pacelli appointment would be unwelcome in Rome. In Germany another newspaper, Das Schwarze Korps, chimed in. At the Vatican, German Ambassador Carl-Ludwig Diego von Bergen told the college that his nation na-tion was "assisting at the elaboration elabora-tion of a new world," and that "the papacy without doubt has an essential essen-tial role." Though conceivably unrelated to these events, Cardinal Pacelli's elevation ele-vation to the papacy might be in direct retaliation against two governments gov-ernments which saw fit to interfere with church affairs. A further possibility pos-sibility is that the Rome-Berlin axis erred diplomatically to such an extent ex-tent that the college of cardinals felt obliged to appoint an experienced experi-enced statesman who could deal with Herr Hitler and Signor Mussolini. Musso-lini. Europe Britain's chief reason for backing down at Munich was unprepared-ness. unprepared-ness. Subsequent appeasements have grown noticeably smaller as rearmament was sped. In January, Prime Minister Chamberlain gave nary an inch at Rome. In February Febru-ary he openl announced plans to aid France in war and to win the new Spain away from Fascist domination. domi-nation. Shortly after General Franco's Fran-co's government was recognized the army, navy and air ministers stepped before parliament to outline how their share of Britain's largest budget since the World war (more than $5,000,000,000) will be spent. How army, navy and lir expenses will mount is shown by the follow- DIVIDENDS, INTEREST MA CAPITAL , INCOME 65.5 I 20 X COMPENSATION I I 7 X TO EMPLOYEES J 1929 INCOME: $78,574,000,000 Relief cost only .1 per cent, or $48,-000,000, $48,-000,000, as shown by tiny piece oj "pie." DANIEL TOBIN The peacemaker eschewed peace. rehire participants in the notorious 1937 sitdown, and (2) that NLRB has misruled in charging a Cleveland firm with unfair labor practioes for dealing with one sat of organized workers after failing to reach an agreement with another set. Since C. I. O.'s most successful weapon has been discredited, C. I. O. itself is thereby discredited. But John Lewis' organization has already al-ready attained a big measure of success, so this effect is unimportant. unimpor-tant. Greater by far is the blow to NLRB's prestige, to be reflected in congress during the next few weekH Wagner Act. C. I. O. has stood pat against amending the labor act, and well it might, since most NLRB decisions have been favorable. Chief sentiment for change has come from A. F. of L.1, which lost prestige by NLRB decisions, and employers, who claim the act discriminates dis-criminates against them. Adding its voice is the public, which apparently appar-ently dislikes the idea of giving NLRB jurisdiction which traditionally tradition-ally has belonged to the courts. Revision Re-vision of the Wagner act is the No. 1 certainty of this year's congress, probably stripping NLRB of its power and establishing another tribunal more to the liking of conservative con-servative elements. How C. I. O. would suiTer, how A. F. of L. would gain by this move, is strikingly obvious. ob-vious. Peace Talks. Encouraged by court rulings and public sentiment, A. F. of L. could afford to accept President Presi-dent Roosevelt's current labor peace bid, with reservations. Hope of the administration is that labor' two factions will settle their dispute dis-pute in conference, precluding a fiery congressional debate over Wagner act changes. But Mr. Roosevelt had not counted on such independence as that of William Green and Daniel Tobin, A. F. of L. stalwarts. Appointed a delegate to the peace talks, Mr. Tobin refused to attend on the excuse that he had too much work. A more logical reason is that Mr. Tobin, famed as a peacemaker, failed to see a chance for harmony. It was recalled re-called that at last autumn's Houston Hous-ton A. F. of L. convention he argued ar-gued for arbitration "provided the points do not involve fundamental laws of the organizations." The same feeling of futility probably led Mr. Green to demand that senate labor committee hearings on xhe Wagner act be continued, not postponed post-poned until after the conference. Recognizing a good chance for congressional con-gressional victory, A. F. (if L. is probably willing to junk the peace talks and play every card while tli time is ripe. dividends! 1 interest i A12.3A-j caplJ 62.1 I INCOME COMPENSATION I 9.2 TOEMPlOYEES 1938 INCOME: $64,184,000,000 Reliej cost 5.8 per cent, or $3,721,-000,000, $3,721,-000,000, not including administrative costs. Since total income was smaller than 192'J's, percentage jor relic is actually ac-tually larger tlian shown in "pie." national income came not from private pri-vate initiative but from government aid. For example, even the $3,724,-000,000 $3,724,-000,000 total relief expense was included, in-cluded, as was $57,000,000 spent for war veteran payments. Emergency subsistence payments to farmers are also counted in. Darkening the picture still more are estimates that total relief costs would have mounted to $4,408,800,000 instead of only $3,724,000,000 had federal, state and local administrative administra-tive costs been included. Moreover, since 1038's national income was more than $14,000,000,000 under 1929's, the growth of relief cost over this period was bigger than shown. |