Show weekly news review four power european treaty may avert general warfare wai joseph 91 9 1 hille foreign until he spoke at a fortnight ago adolf hitler had never given open out and out promise 0 of assistance to czechoslovakian germans it if his purpose was to brew trouble it was not long in coming by promising his exiled fellow germans the right t of self determination 1 der fuehrer gave overnight rise to demands for a plebiscite demands which were not long in bringing bloodshed confident that frightened prague would tolerate anything the hench men of little fuehrer fuchner konrad nen hen iain organized demonstrations that ended in riots which took six lives by this time the czech h government was forced to show its hand tight martial law was clam clamped ped on five towns then on three more while a jittery world held its breath fuehrer henlein shot back an ultimatum batum that martial law be lifted in six hours or his party would decline responsibility for all ah further developments in the next 24 hours prague rejected the ultimatum a rushed troops ra P 14 ak e V R d 1 aa 1 M we NEVILLE chamberlain in n a crisis lie he took to the air to the frontier and won a brief series of skirmishes that took on the temporary aspect of a civil war since further trouble would certainly bring germany to the rescue since france and russia are bound by treaty to aid czechoslovakia since since great britain must aid france this overnight turn of events assumed international importance in berlin the press cried crie d out at terrors of the czech police france maintained her high pitched military machine and looked as usual to london next afternoon came the most precedent setting move yet made A thoroughly frightened prime minister neville chamberlain announced he e would take his first airplane ride crossing crossin g the channel to berchtey gaden for a conference with adolf hitler said he 1 I am going to see the german chancellor because discussions between him and me may have useful consequences later the same day he landed at munich sped to where der fuehrer was waiting for three hours britaina Brit ains strong man talked to germanys germanas Germ anys strong man then neville chamberlain emerged to tell the world he was returning to london would come back to see hitler in a few days day S what happened at berchtesgaden was mere conjecture best gu guesses esses said london and paris seek a four power pact with germany and italy since prime minister chamberlains visit was suggested by french premier edouard Da deladier ladier no one could figure how the source of this trouble czechoslovakia fit into the picture but it was clear der fuehrer would accept little short of outright autonomy for his friends the chamberlain flight brought little but gloom in prague where resistance stiffened and an angry cabinet ordered konrad arrest but fuehrer henlein who had just broadcast a proclamation demanding union with germany was already fleeing to to munich in the mood she was in czechoslovakia was ripe for loud broadcasts that came from moscow t that at it night ig L assailing neville chamberlains chamberlain ber lains S sellout to fascism urging prague to fight to the last against germany white house like any other hospital visitor with time on his hands franklin roosevelt waited impatiently at rochester minn watching son james on the mend from his gastric I 1 ulcer operation finally he went riding on minnesotan Min rain soaked roads found his car mired stopped to chat 20 minutes with a farmer about crop prices outcome the president promised he would try to raise them from his special train which served as hotel the president watched the outcome of his purge see POLITICS also watched nervous europe see FOREIGN finally interview hungry correspondents were told at this time Mimie minnesota sota is not a news source tor for events in europe maryland and maine mr Roosevel ts worries about europe were obvious obvious to a nine year old visitor who found him studying czechoslovakian map he advised just now more than ever it is necessary to remember my geography lessons so keep ur your interest in geography that night the presidential special left for washington where secretary oi of state cordell hull waited to talk diplomacy where secretary of the treasury henry anoa u jr waited to discuss U S S m money ey and stock market action in the event of war P politics 0 lipics until august 11 the word purge had little application in american politics on that date franklin n roosevelt asked georgians to defeat their sen walter F george because he is out of touch with the broad objectives of 0 the party on most questions we dont speak the same language subsequently purge went after south carolinas sen ellison D smith and Ma rylands son sen millard E tydings both won anyway adding to the presidents consternation was maines historically prophetic election in which all republicans won all democrats lost only two days later georgians voted vote d to give purge a final shellacking to bury with vengeance the gravest political error franklin roosevelt has ever made day before georgias election manager edgar B dunlap of the george machine could confidently predict victory major maio r reason was the presidents speech but b ut manager dunlap himself was another reason onetime one time georgia chairman of the birthday balls once an attorney he was fired from the latter job for political activity few georgia democrats carry more weight against red ex gov eugene talmadge against new dealer lawrence S camp against townsend planner william G mcrae manager dunlap drove a campaign that won handily but while anti new deal senator george was so was gov E D rivers with his little new deal platform e among other results in a week filled with primaries in michigan ai cn j nn gov frank murphy and ex gov frank fitzgerald became democrat G 0 P gubernatorial nominees respectively in utah dr franklin S harris president of brigham young university ver sity won republican senatorial nomination will face democratic sen elbert D thomas in no november em business no target of new deal dislike has been U S small business though a leading small town business man is often regarded by his fellow townsmen as the counterpart of big business last spring franklin roosevelt I 1 called a meeting of little business men at washington was later shocked to see his conference turn into a near riot not the outgrowth rather a reaction from this meeting is the N national small business mens association s so cia tion founded by a letter writing letterhead manufacturer from akron ohio dewitt al emery jokingly called little in everything but stature gah 6 foot president emery sohei solicited ted members by mail from business firms not employing more than persons not capitalized at more than pr presumably e surn ably too inarticulate for membership are the butcher bak baker er and 0 16 4 Vs e A W p nn LITTLE MAN EMERY how haiti little is little business grocer who fit into franklin roose veils more logical definition of a small business man pittsburgh to last week for their first convention went dewitt em crys little business men though Pitts burghs C W elton hopefully predicted 2500 delegates the first day found a scant whose ic 10 held discussion to a minimum next day with their number increased to little business men talked more freely drawn draw n up were resolutions which la lashed shed fiercely at administration policies in relation to business their demands free enterprise less waste removal of excess bureaus and employees balanced bal budget lower taxes sound money m |