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Show I I 17 No. 37. (OUNo.386) VOL 3 Keith BM,Phone Was 4648 totodu8dau, SALT LAKE aTYTlITAH Well-Inform- You Must Read This Writer ed NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBINR Expanding Soviet Domination Presents Threat to Germany; Afghanistan Drive Predicted (EDITOR'S NOTE When eptaleM are expressed la these columns, they uA Mt xecesearlly sf this newspaper J LTuiom ot tea news Massed far Wsetera Msanpansr Pnom- - wW CONGRESS: Oratory Minus tha strength of hia convic-n- a tha man who can be swayed by watory. This purpose, however, stood ai a ghost beside every man who shouted in the U. S. senate chamber, which, in the first days of October's bright blue weather, was over-ruwith oratory. The issue: Neutrality; whether to keep tha arms embargo now enforced against Europes belligerents, or to substl-to- tc in which bet Mgerenti could buy what they Ideaied, taking it away in their own ships. Ont by one tho flower of the sen-to- s oratory club rose and plaadad that the cna sure way of getting the U. B, into war la to (1) repeal tha arms embargo, (3) rotate tha arms embargo, Idaho's Borah, Nevada's Pittman, Mieht. gan's Vandcnbcrg, Texas' ConnaUy, Washingtons Schwellenbach, North Dakotas Nys and Louisianas Over, ton led the parade. Sample repeal talk (by ConnaUy): Unless tha act la changed the United States will be brought to tho brink of war, perhaps plunged into Its dark and cruel depths. Sample talk (by '1 do not say that repeal In precipitates ua into tha war tea long view, I do not believe we can bacoma an arsenal for one bet Ugerent without becoming a target foT another." After a wade of this sort of thing aoma trends, amazingly, wera apparent Majority Leader Alben Barkley claimed repealists had picked up "one or two votes." Mon Important however, tha once vague issue was sifting down and its rough spots wera becoming apparent Among them: Should BO days credit be allowed T Shouldnt n "cash-and-carr- anti-repe- al ): ... the relchstag speech. Word got around foat Hitler would and the war on terms including: (l) removal Kiss of Death? of International trade restriction! ; A welter of confused comment (3) creation of soma form of Polish Russo-Germa-n on heels of the time ibarp state under German supervision, partition of Poland, trade and readjustment of the Ciecha agreement and promise to cooperate for European peace. Even status; (3) general disarmament. But the speech Itself was far less Japan, Ions friendly to Germany, attacked the Reich in its press. Sum specific. There was a plea for armistice and a conference: "Since this total of comment was that Russia's problem must be solved it would bo Dictator Josef Stalin is interested cdj in himself, and that Germany reasonable to start . . . before milmust eventually discover it has lions . . , have sacrificed their lives." kissed death. There was no capitulation over Baltic. Heavy was the activity bm (see map). The Russian bear's Poland. In substance: Polands will be determined by Germany bif red paw reached into Estonia and Soviet Russia alone. A Polish and made it a virtual protectorate state may be created, alio a sepaharborlnf rate regime for Jews. Soviet naval and air In loto, the harrangue RUSSIA: same tbe to purpose, But For-ti- p Masters scooted off to Moscow ,ad ,ifned a treaty. Next It side-vipLithuania, nominally within Cenuany't sphere of influence, ed transit privileges from Russia. stretch nusination to see the reason: not trusting her Nasi ae-i- s merely strengthening Baltic Baltic seacoast to inner commentator needed to H b position. question marks were JW. Krst, Finland wondered wfaeth-- h caUed to Moscow, Baltic neighbors. Second, urrangements to Norwegian and boats to haul timber from BrtIn in defiance Naal jESnllh Dnlsh, M the blockade. only three days, the delegation headed by Sukru Saracoglu cr Never has Germany accepted responsibility for linking the Athenia, British vessel sunk mysteriously off Irelands eoast the' day Britain declared war on Germany. The German charge: That Britain herself sank the boat hoping to drown its American passengers, pin the blame on Germany and thus draw tha U. S. into Europe's war. A month later Germanys Grand Admiral Baeder did a strange thing. Through the U. S. naval attache at Berlin he sent word that the Iroquois, Caribbean vessel chartered to bring refugees home from Britain, would be sunk with her 584 American passengers in the same manner as the Athenia. PAN AMERICA: Insulation? This month, for the first time in Its century-ol- d existence, the Monroe doctrine grows water wings. Biggest accomplishment of Panama City's recent conference of 31 Amer"safeican nations was the ty belt" around both northern and southern continents, inside which Europe's belligerents are denied activity on land, sea or In the air 300-mi- R TEXAS . CONXALLY . . into its dark and cruel depths." credit restrictions be applied against residents of belligerent nations as weU as the nations themselves? How were "belligerent waters" to be defined; would they include ports of Canada, Australia, Hongkong and other French-Britis- h possessions? Tha credit issue evoked most debate. Thoroughly disgusted with extending any credit after the way European nations have failed to debts, Missouri's Sen. Bennett Champ Clark and Minnesotas Sen. Ernest Lundeen dragged out a weather-beate- n That suggestion: France and Britain surrender their western Atlantic insular possessions (Bahamas, Jamaica, Newfoundland, Trinidad, etc.) to foe U. S. WHITE HOUSE: Statecraft In Paris, U. S. Ambassador to Poland Anthony Drexel Biddle paid hia first official caU on tee new presiWladislaw dent of Poland Po-toc- ki Sr , .?n ttt prPawl beat-Eseme- nt Ug SX'po? cna &3!LU.P fciurt Czocho-Slovsk- Trend Germaa ""Mated a mine Norwegian steamer merelF one aide Ujj rnLt TwTrT ta war J? from I NO TRESPASSING ZONE Insulation is oxpenuvo stuff. each American nation may decide for Itself whether to refuel belligerent submarines. (Argentina will Second, thus inviting violation.) Wonth Bm.hii fern above;, Adolf moat of the patrol responsibility fen petc Upon on generous Uncle Sam, who thereUrther the by found himself minus ships to through hia lifeguard hia own waters. Third, to tuttolinl. nouth, Benito shippers decided the safety sons would permit German ships now In American porta to continue "counT'r-- Italy,a Foreign trade. t Ciano for their S. planned to U. the Meanwhile, ,tormy tahfehhb,e Helch For America. South in was wii make W hay more than a month business men &" 5atlntoEumI,U2i?1 bf ,rot ant thereby have waxed enthusiastic over new ,n the trade posiibilitiea below tho equaJ"vtr tow.0 got the tor now that European factories are aJvance. busy making cannon. To hia press "Niniatcr inconference, President Roosevelt Of CommiMa hti to inask will congress war ha dicated 00 un bank's Hitlerism is crease the Export-Impo"4d. ro,i,0rfromthaaP"ak- - cna Inter-Americ- an a"' j? Pubr . il. rt credit authorisation from 9100,000,-00- 0 Opected anything new to 9500.000.000 next January. in ' A and PK d elevatftneBpe,nd ?Ur live crawlin ing our money. Money could not add to Emerson ONE BORN EVERY MINUTE Were you "lucky'' enough to get in on Northern Oil? That IB, did you get in before the ground, or rather the tongue of the promoter, got too oily? Upwards of $10,000 a year is taken from the taxpayers to keep up the security commission for the protection of investors, and yet such wholesale fleecing of the public can go on unhindered and when the promoters have gathered in a small fortune they can go on to find new suckers in greener pastures. Its a shame. Sec Gull is now after them SIDELIGHT ON WAR. War is hell, and then some. Words with which to properly condemn it are wholely inadequate. But in spite of this we believe there are, in the present instance, one or two redeeming features about it. We believe that this new world war will eventually prove to be the only thing this side of the Master that will definitely destroy militarism and the system that makes it and thrives on it. It will cleanse the earth of the evil and ancient systems that stand in the way of permanent peace and progress. It is, as one has said, the last resort of bankrupt nations morally, spiritually and economically bankrupt governments. It is the only means that can bring about the fall of Babylon. PA1 RIOTS, SAVIOURS AND DEM AGOGUES. denounce as demagogues all those who have plans for the economic salvation of the country and which are a shade out of the beaten track. But all those from Hoover and down, who are the conservors of the old jungle system, and whose plane and efforts for curing the ills of the country have failed utterly, are lauded as safe and sane. And so it has ever been King George III was lauded as safe and sane while Washington, Adams, Paine and Jefferson were denounced as demagogues and rebels. Simon Legree was while Lincoln was a safe and sane master and money-makthe worst of all demagogues Judas Iscariot was the safe and ane financier among the early apostles and Christ was the rebel and demagogue. We say, wjthout fear of successful con tradictiou, that in every instance in history when humanity has had to be saved from the forms and superstitions and evils that were dragging it down, it has been by those whohave had the courage to step out of the beaten track and dared to become rebels and demagogues in the eyes of classes. It is quite amusing to hear speakers .. WORD ABOUT --WE. good, faithful Neighbor remarked to us the other day: "You work and write for humanity and starve while you do it." That's a real tribute. People will pay for most anything in the line of comedy, sensation, crime stories and folly, but they will not pay for anything that tries to stimulate an interest in genuine human welfare and economic salvation through the things of the spirit. And stranger still, thousands of them will hold as honorable all oth?r obligations except those to a small paper striving for the uplift of humanity. - . WHO ARE THESE FROM THE PIT? The three dictators, Musolini, Hitler and Stalin and their systems, are classed in Holy Writ as the three unclean spirits which should go forth in the earth, their own nations included, to topple, break down and punish the nations, which are guilty of countless sins. All these dictators head to the same source and drink from the same fountain. "It is Christ against Karl Marx," said Keen Polk. They are the great, Nebuchadnezzar and Shalamaneeszar. The prophet Jeremiah says they are out to make a full end of all nations. One of the .Latter Day Saint books says the same thing. LAWMAKERS TAKE HUMAN LIVES Those senators and representatives who forced reductions iu WPA and otherwise, have actually been instrumental in destroying human lives. Actual starvation is taking place all across the country, "In Chicago," says an official report, "Social workers see the effect of slow starvation day by day," "Slow but persistent starvation, says the Illinois Health Di reetor. "People are starving on curtailed relief," says the of Family Service of Illinois. And many similar reports. Di-rect- An Eye-Open- er or On Municipal Ownership Those who are abroad saying that municipal ownership does not pay should read an article in Time Magazine about the took over the plant, plantat Colorado Springs. When the city it was worth $ 478, 000. Today it is worth $4, 27T, 000. Since 1925 it has had a net profit of $4, 277, 000. From this it paid to the municipality to finante WPA and other enterprises $467,500. In addition to $2, 200, 000 for bond retirement, it has spent $1, 398, 200 on plant expansion, written off $100,000 for old equipment, and laid away $111, 800 for working capital. Before figuring its net it had duly paid the city in lieu of taxes can do. $1, 181,000. That's what smart municipal manag:ment ia Admiral n BraiU to ,ink thojjghta iu thia, with one or two' the JhatL?lty,l,tateor nation that, by noblf8t m,nd and the moat expanded sonla A Rackiewicz. In Washington, Secreatatefc Any- tary of State Cordell Hull issued a statement teat the U. S. wiU conwhat w ta the h tinue to recognize Count Jerzy ob,erver believed fcasUI'JX as Polish ambassador, and reSackseTl! ,to neutralixe the ftee Slap). Immediate reaction of wizened fusing to recognize teat nation's lei0 'on51 strategic tanrii: thus assure "Poherself a seamen and diplomats was to brand sure by Germany and Russia: mV ,gaint Afghani- - tha "safety belt impractical First, land is tha victim of force used as an instrument of territory . . KrttafaW I,nfa' both with' Mere seizure of territory, however, influence. does not extinguish the legal existJ VAR: ence of a government. Peace By the same token, the U. S. said nothing about Polands 9179,000,000 &Cne!wJ!Lthe lnide D"'1 ot war debt, which Germany and Rua-i- a Were wouldnt pay anyway. When 'tual knHkSSr" wporta of combat in Eu- Austria was seized by tee Reich, "PCs the U. S. promptly blundered by British i,i.Germ,any Pushed over I!1 lhat bombers' had handing Auztriaa war debt bill to taidefr Herr Hitler, not realizing foil conhaitli. Germ11 rith trooPc were stituted tacit U. S. recognition of a back one seizure. When Sar. the , was captured, the U. 8. said nothtanka. The long- ing. Poland, likewise. rep-- Brucharfs Washington Digest A At Sea Minister Vilhelms C. N. LUND, the-rulin- offered nothing new. On the western front French soldiers merely tightened their belts and sighed. There would be no peace. it blowing , RADIO Banned, all broadcasts Isby spokesmen of controversial sues except in the public forum manner, by action of tho National Aziociatlon of Broadcasters. Reason: Too many religious attack! and counter attack!. Hurt by order: Detroit's outspoken Rev. Father Charles El Coughlin, New York's Judge Joseph J. Rutherford and Toledo's Rev, Walter OUR WEEKLY NEWS REVIEW carries the most reliable informed on current war news that can be obtained. To be of them. three events you must read our columnists, How the wind Cole. LABOR At Washington, tea U. held S. circuit court of appeals ilthe department of labor had exceeded arbitrarily" and legally miniauthority ta determiningand steel iron the for mum wages industry. BELIEF Of 9350.000 appropriated for European war relief the American Red Cross, 950,000 has been lent direct to Germany,to and 925,000 to Switzerland, ears for Polish refugees. $1.50 PER YEAR WORTH READING THROUGH CONSERVATIVE EYES er fit-tu- bates. Heat Breached Into Latvia for Published Weekly by C. N.Lund March S.U79 TRUE NOBILITY far-fam- RUSHAN ACTIVITY IN THE BALTIC Why, if met to stdemete Canm ambitions? 13. 1939 onto the Ad o ) EDITORIALS By WFF.KLY oCT. Utrt, SIELLIGENT REVIEW BY RELIABLE COLUMNIST T Bt fJDAY Regeneration contributed by May Meyer Geiser Here are some very timely thoughts remembered on this earthly stage, is there anyIn reference long to be the ear of preient and future to and pleasant thing really more important in connection wkh a righ-favorable description Ikten a to than to those who lived a. nearteouskutorical record of their aneeston, particularly Creator. the wkh possible m tune ly love and tenderness to sending out spiritual thoughts conveying flows above mon- which essence divine then we shall feci the for Chnstan tho us necessity to reveals grave and sin tan of evil aud Divine wxdom prove, teelf wpeno to .0 emthly unong men. When of forth, by announcing is then each nation will rise on wmgs earth. For Chnrtian ofthe the face from war abolish nem to rt firmly trnU. doubt er quibble; mled by love, doe. not which each bosom, apparently lies kimdle n nf reil love caught from other Jdfring. h , effort to gather fuel of light upon multitude, of men wffl Jowly enlarge itsbrnm. of heart the S3 women by touching u lla E3n fikjS lMr ikornm (Continued Next Weed Repeal Bill Would Extend Credit To Belligerents Buying in U. S. I Danger of Getting Into Same Mess Over War Debts That Followed World War; Added Authority Given President in Bill Carries Potential Danger. By WILLIAM BRUCKART Press Bldg., Washington, D. & WNU Service, National WASHINGTON. As tea full dress debate of tee neutrality bin continues In tee senate, numerous phases and angles and incidents have cropped up end demanded attention. It is easy for one aide to say that tee thing must be accepted by the senate and tee house and the country, without so much as a creased or a dotted "1" and It la equally easy to the oppositionists to say teat we should have none of it at all The truth is neither side is completely correct, and Mr. John Q. Publle must remember that in forming his own conclusions. Tha bin teat was reported by tee senate committee on foreign relations, I believe, must tie accepted aa a sincere effort Sixteen of tee twenty-thre- e mambere of tea committee believed it or believed It should have a chance to be discussed fully and freely. There was no division along tee linea of Democrats or Republicans; seven senators voted against lending tee bill to tee senate because they ere opposed to repeal of the embargo againat shipments of arms to any belligerent powers, while President Roosevelt end tee majority member of Am senate committee went to get rid of the embargo. Publication of the text of tee bill, however, shows soma provisions teat have gone far to toed the guns of those who want to keep an arms embargo in force. Some at tee members of the group opposing repeal were sufficiently wrought up to accuse the administration Mr. Roosevelt, Secretary of State Hull and others of having misled tee country in telling what they think ought to be done, by way of legislation. to keep the country out of war. It is a condition at bad temper and It is likely to cause damage all around Nevertheless, until tee senate committee finished writing tee bill, all of the discussion was whether to repeal the arms embargo; ainee publication of tha bill. It is shown that not only la repeal of tee embargo sought but permission would be given to extension of credit to those belligerent nations that want to buy here. f Many Object to Giving President Extreme Power Another section of the bill teat was not well advertised in advance la a lection giving President Roosevelt additional authority during threats at war. It allows tee President to define "combat areas, and to forbid American ships and American citizens from going into those bargo repeal mistakenly aisumo that substitution of tho cash and carry provisions will 1st us rest in peace. It la perfect, they aay. O position sentiment can sea v hosto of marching man and ziV l!l; carrying warriors over seas if 4 is repeal Therefore, neither A is giving really aerioca attenf I v T perfecting tha cash and eaw , ' vision, ta event It shall be accv i;: eventually, and the bill become It, That la a grave mistake. That lack 'of consideration of do . tails of this phase is a great mistake ean be proved by the shudders of business interests when sharp eyes and analytical minds discovered what the section, as written by the committee, would do to commerce ' ta this part at tha world. Protests filed by shipping and air transport companies serve as an example. Actually, as originally presented, tee cadi and carry sections would have kept many bustaesies from dealing further with British and French posaeulona ta the Caribbean sea. They would have halted buying and idling ta aoma quarters of South America, like tha Gulanaa; air lines from the United States could not have stopped there; regu-lar Norte and South American ship schedules would have been disrupted. WeU, the committee made hasty changes, but it remains to be seen whether even these will work ta practice. The trouble la teat no one man or group of men can visualize aU of tho possible contingencies and consequences of a piece of .1 and rigid legislation. None ought I to claim teat it has been done, but claims to teqt effect are being advanced and baUyhooed. I ' I I Monroe Doctrine Must Be Given Consideration Now, it might be said teat these phases ot the problem are matters that concern only "business inter-estand big business interests, at that Such, unfortunately, la not the ease. Since every one at those points of difficulty lie ta tee western hemisphere, consideration must be given to the application of the Monroe Doctrine. Our trade with nations and possessions ta tee west era hemisphere, therefore, is- - considerably different than with Great Britain and France, themselves. Yet, with aU of tea ciosa commercial ties with those possessions, with due recollection of the principles of tha Monroe Doctrine, teen remains the fact that congress, under tee urge of the administration, is seeking to legislate neutraUty, a neutrality teat works one way with the parent nation and another way with tee colonies the children of tha belligerent nation. It la quite evident indeed, that whatever law is finally enacted will contain many imperfqc-- " tlms, some loopholes and some dan. zones. That provision la highly provocative. For there are many who believe no Chief Executive ought to be clothed with such extreme power. I doubt that it ever will be misused or abused, yet it has test possible Having such podanger within tential danger, foe section la being ' vigorously opposed by men Just ak geroua principles. anxious to keep the nation out of It should be said to President war aa those who say teat only re- Roosevelts credit that,, thus far, he peal of tee arms embargo will keep has not openly put the pressure ua from being embroiled in Europe's on his congressional leaders mesa. passage of tee biU without changes. Debate has made it appear, thus Membership of tee two parties ta for at least that the original "cash congresa is widely split. Perhaps and carry" sections constitute a that la why White House force canstrong bulwark against our entan- not be used effectively. True, some Demoglement But there surely is ground of the objection to that part which wai crats have predicted that the Presiadded teat part which will give dent will get both feet into the situabuying nations ty) days ta which to tion before action Js had, but that pay. A buying nation can come to has not happened, yet. our shores, load down many ships Conference and go away with tee cargoes withJob in 90 days and say at the end: Doee a Worth-Whil- e "We have not the money to pay." While aU iff then things have Of course, it will not be as raw as been going on In Washington, the teat The purchasers did that dur- sessions iff the conference at Pan- ing the World war, also, and we are ama City ought not be overlooked. those nations to The representatives of our own and still waiting pay more than 912.000,000,000 on our neighbor republics did a good those debts. I am the only corre- Job ta arranging for spondent to report every one of the action to keep the war away from conferences with foreign nations our shores and ta Europe, where it when the United States tried to get started. It always is possible some tangible basis of payment best intentions to go haywire, but worked out, and since that time 1 surely there ii credit due to Mr. have had little faith in any of their Roosevelt and the department of The "cash and carry" itata promises. the leadership exerted In section of tee current bill, with Its getting aU iff the South and Central y provision, therefore, strikes American folks around a single me as nothing more nor less than a table. If nothing more happened breaking down of the law teat Sena-to- r than a free diicuasion of the potenJohnson of California forced tial dangers lhat exist, the meeting through the congress some years would have been worth while. More ago. The Californian fought until did happen, however, and .the unhe got a statute that barred any naderstandings that were reached, tion from getting new credit here if tripped of highsounding words, it still owed on 1U World war debt mean teat active governments in tha western hemisphere are going Neutrality Bill to work and act together. Further, SAouii Mittahee Can Be Made the conferences ean be said to have It probably is an impossibility to produced a feeling that none of tee remailer republics and "legislate a nation into being neu-traIt la like legislating people publics need fear any of the others. In the meantime, however, It is into being good. If they want to be good, or if they want to bo bad, distressing to witness newspapers they probably will be Just that way. everywhere relegating Important regardless of what kind of a law domestic news, facta about our tea brain trusters ta a legislative home folks and home problems, to body put together. And, ta the in- Inside pages. One of the Washing-toneupapers the other day had seven stance at hand tha trality bill there la ample evidence columns of war news on its front That seems to me to be of mistakes that can be, and are pages. bringing tee war here when we being, made. Friends of the program of em don't want it it I to to Pan-Americ- an to to to So-Call- ed L n . I |