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Show UINTAH BASIN RECORD mgm. Mj Jjn THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER: The Front Pages: Benitos set backs have made him a little punchy. His rag is whining that the Fascist army was pushed into war before it was ready. Thats from the great warrior who waited 'til France was on the floor before he jumped in and swung . . . And youll notice that Finito, who argues that war is the most glorious adventure of all, is Ciano by punishing his letting him have a little of it . . . Bed Star, journal of the Bolshy army, and the N. Y. Times are seeing eye to eye. Both came out with data showing the Axis powers had overmatched themselves with Britain . . . The Washington Times-Heral- d fell into line for a Pulitzer blessing by digging up that alleged sale of civil service records to a Americans couple of naturalized from Germany . . . The French wire service, Havas, has been taken over by the Vichy puppets and will operate as the French Office of Information. Meaning Berlinforma-tio- n . . . Funniest newspaper comment came from D. Boones colyum. He spoke of the many Americans, including Mr. Willkie, who had gone to London to verify the war. & GpuilD vv Pearson ft O ROBERTA LL EH Washington, D. C. THE NEW VICE PRESIDENT Senator Vandenberg of Michigan dropped into the vice president's private office just before Henry Wallace was girding himself to make his debut as president of the senate. He found Wallace with the senate chaplain, Rev. ZeBarney T. Phillips. Vandenberg looked at the two men, apparently trying to decide which was the more devout. Joshing Rev. Phillips, he said: We won't need you any more. Henry Wallace can offer the prayer. In senate circles it is generally agreed that Wallace will be everything that Garner wasn't. Garner used to make his appearance for the opening at noon, stay for 10 minutes, then disappear. Wallace will start at noon and stay on the job, really running the senate in a conscientious manner. But what Garner did after he left the chamber, Wallace will fail to do. Garner was a mixer, a mixer of men and a mixer of drinks. His backstage work was enough to put any bill across or to kill it. As one senator put it, Garners office was the only place in the senate wing where we could always count on getting a drink. We know The Wireless: To date none of the we cant count on Wallace for that. appeasers has answered a query HOPKINS SURVEY popped by James P. Warburg on a recent broadcast He wanted to Harry Hopkins went to Britain as know why those who are having the personal emissary of the Presisuch alarms about President Roose- dent, but he also had a private asvelt's hAvent ex- signment from Mrs. Roosevelt. dictatorship member She asked the pressed themselves on a world dicsurvey of the tatorship by the Axis thugs . . . to make a first-hanGenl Johnson opposed Warburgs activities of English social welfare side that being one of his days to agencies, both private and public, e be against the measure tnder blitz conditions. Hopkins is . . . Boris Karloff was a very bright particularly fitted to make such a scholar on the Fadiman grilling. study because of his many years as The guy can scare you with learning, a New York social worker. too! . . . Linton Wells offered a Note Mrs. Roosevelt has decided laugh in bis news session. He re- to break her recent ported thpt the Fascists built lots of plan to stick closer to Washington. first class roads in Ethiopia after Following the election last Novemthey rolled Hail,: Selassie. Now, he ber, she made up her mind to abansaid, they find them very useful to don her speaking tours. But on the retreat over . . , They thought J. strong advice of friends she will reBarrymore a yap for parading his sume her practice of getting out in the country, feeling the pulse of pubprivate life. He pow laughs last since he gets fancy moolah for jok-in- g lic sentiment, soon will visit the about it in public. But with Midwest. Town Hall Meeting of the Air on at the same time how many listen to WILLKIE CLUBS It wasnt made public, but that anything else? meeting of Willkie club chiefs in The Story Tellers: New York recently named a comAndre Mau rois, who watched Frances politimittee of 14 to draw up a plan for cians ready that country for slaugh- the future of the movement. ter, gives you the shudders with his Actually no one could agree on a account in Harper's. Some of the definite policy. Some state leaders incidents are too much like the reported that there was little hope goings-owho of keeping the clubs alive in their among the pop-oil- s claim to be good Americans . . . particular bailiwicks. Others, parEleanor Roosevelt pays for her ticularly in Pennsylvania, disclosed that a plan already was afoot to set celebrity in Coronet. She gets herself credited with one of the corni- up a permanent organization of est of the Commy gags the one county units to be financed by susabout the bolo sharing everything taining membership, running all the but his shirts because hes got two way from 25 cents for e shirts. That made its appearance members, to $100 for founders. about the time Karl Marx was ridMembers of the group are Robert son-in-la- d (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. Should America send food to the starving, nations of Europe which have been successfully invaded? war-strick- en Considerable controversy surrounds the answer to this question for it may be a vital factor in the outcome of the current war England fears feeding these nations would indirectly aid Germany and tend to neutralize the effectiveness of their blockade, but others dis agree. Herbert Hoover suc- cessfully supervised distribution of food in Belgium during the World war and believes it can be done again. The National Committee on Food for the Five Small Democracies has been formed to carry out his plan. The following article presents the committees reasons why the five small democracies should be aided. Food Is a weapon but famine is a boomerang. Each Is powerful and effective and, like all deadly arms, should be handled with knowledge and experience and not emotion. The first reaction of the British government of October, 1914, to the proposal to feed Belgium was, in the words of Lord Robert Cecil, chief of Great Britains foreign lend-leas- rank-and-fil- ing the , . , The in a letter to a subscriber said: When the U. S. is destroyed, remember the Post said so, etc." . . . Praps it oughta be called The soap-boxer- s st Doomsday Evening Post. THE VILLAGE NEWS-rRESCrop, and Editor, Valter Vine hell) Ye eda esteemed rival, the NY Times editorial page, submits a brief, but pungent, question, as follows: We hope that when the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations calls its own witnesses to testify on the proposed plan for aid to Britain it will invite Colonel Lindbergh' to return to the stand, if for no other reason than to ask him this single question: You say we should pre pare to defend ourselves. Against whom? " Dern good question, say we. In fact, that's exactly the way we put it only a few wcek3 ago in the CoBack-Talof a New lyum called: Yorker." k G. Allen, congress- man from Pennsylvania who bolted to Willkie; Mrs. Henry Breckinridge, N. Y.;; Henry A. Budd, Topeka, Kan.; Arthur Bunker, N. Y.; Mrs. Marie Jay Cady, Grand Rap-Id- s, Mich.; Russell Davenport, Willkie discoverer and campaign James H. Douglas Jr., Chicago; John W. Hanes, former Roosevelt undersecretary of the treasury; William H. Harman, Philadelphia; Richard D. Logan, Toledo, Ohio; Oren Root, head of the Willkie clubs; Howard M. Wall, Portland, Ore.; Cloud Wampler, Chicago; and James K. Watkins, brain-truste- r; INCOME TAX CONSCIENCES With the arrival of open season for income taxes the public conscience begins to hurt. People send money to the treasury, with no name attached, to square old debts. From San Francisco came a letter containing $193 and the words, "A mistake in 1935. Penalty and interest at 6 per cent. From Norwich, Conn., an 'anonymous taxpayer sent in $15. From Morris, 111., a blind contribution of $8. From Phoenix, Ariz., 1.80 this coming from a regular and frequent Mr. Q. Reynolds, who is visiting friends and kin (after a long stay in the British capital amidst bomb and shell), visited our sanctum and told this story. Seems a London citizen was asked what he'd like to do contributor. in the war All such money goes to the treasI have my job all picked out, he said . . . What ury's conscience fund." Total reis it? they asked him, in the Sui- ceipts, since the time of President cide Squad retrieving bombs that Madison, $647,583 98. dont explode?" . . . No, he reMAIL BAG plied, I got it all picked out-d-ont you worry about it . . . But, II.D.S., New York The horoscope they persisted, what is it? In the reading on John L. Lewis which was R.A.F.? Something dangerous and sent to us was to the effect that, wonderful like that?" . . , No," there is a good deal of conflict and he said, I want to be chauffeur to discord in his life between January a General with a yellcr streak I and June, 1941. After that, however, there are some very sudden Mr. Gallup reveals that FDRs changes, with the return of old contacts and associations, and very defpopularity has reached a new high. In spite of tiie Chicago Tribune, NY inite financial increase for this laSun and SETost, by heck! bor leader. The words r.B.U., Milwaukee Verne Marshall called up our variused by TVA Director Lilienthal in ous bosses to complain about ye ed's warning Wisconsin against soil deopinions of him and his statements. The same process pletion were: Then he got on a radio station and of depletion of minerals in the soil called us names . . . We are happy that has brought the South to its to report that the Cedar Rapids Gapresent unhappy economic status is zette (winch he edited) still prints at wink steadily and inexorably in our nonsense. But not his. ' Wisconsin and the Middle West." J.S.H., Westport, Conn. Thanks The florists Telegraph Delivery for your letter noting that the new Assn has a expression for an Congress came within one extra-hugorder of flowers which rote of making German, rather than woi ried husbands send wives. The Doghouse CorCnghsh, the official language of the They call it: dolouies. ha, ha. sage ... . office, directly coundic- ter to every tate of military prudence, But the British government later came to realize, in the words of Mr. Asquith, that this d n GENERAL Food Needs of Starving Europe Present Problems for America relief food reaches the Belgians Herbert Hoover alone; and French, reaches the and them while Lloyd George, speak- ... for the allied ing of the work and associated powers, said, it has been of Inestimable value. They demonstrated their belief in Its necessity by giving priority to relief shipments even over shipments of troops, munitions and food for the Allies. , This is a striking lesson from the annals of the World war and should cause us to explore deeply the facts of the present proposal before condemning to possible death 37 millions of people, as well as occasioning the inevitable concomitant diseases that will stop at no ideological, political or geographical frontier not even the Atlantic ocean. In the World war experience, the condition of starvation in Germany at the close of the war, as contrasted with the maintenance of the Belgian population In good health and without the loss of a life by starvation throughout four years, is eloquent proof of the fact that the blockade of Germany had been effective and In no way affected by the feeding of occupied territories. Outline Proposal. What is the proposal? How was this effected last time? How could it be repeated? The proposal Is not to dump miscellaneous quantities of food into western Europe In the vague hope that they will be distributed exclusively among the conquered peoples. Nor is It an arrangement by which any imported food would release to the Germans equivalent quantities of native produce. On the contrary, it Is to set up a total administration under which all of the native produce would be mobilized, by centralization in the administration's warehouses, for the exclusive use of the civilian populations, and then to import only those foods in which there is a deficiency so as to make up a bare subsistence maintenance-of-lif- e ration precisely as was done In the World war. It is, further, that Germany contribute towards this program important quantities from her own supplies. Under such a plan, It is obvious that any leakages out of the total stores in sufficient quantities to affect the German food supply by any amount large enough to influence the German ration, and thereby the war, would be immediately A great deal of opposition to this plan is based upon the assertion that the Germans would not live up to any which they guarantees might give. But, curiously enough, U. S. Soldiers Require 90 Different Shoe Sizes The war department has announced tli at in order to provide shoes of the proper size for each soldier, it is necessary to keep in stock at least 90 different shoe sizes In every army camps and posts. Regular stock includes 90 si?s, in lengths from 5 to 12. and widths from A to EE. In addition, it is necessary to provide in some cases shoes as large as size 18 or as small as size 4Vj. HUGH S. JOHNSON The Other Side Many persons believe that it would be impossible to satisfactorily supervise distribution of food sent to conquered nations of hold-thiEurope. Among those who R. Deuel, is Wallace view who has spent six years in Ger- Washington, TO THE PRESIDENT The proponents of the Morgenthau bill are certainly talkd of ing themselves into a position which it may take their lifetime to explain. The ex- are Your Friends, and we mind you Youre the Boss and were We re- be- hind you! But now we must guard our every border So please hurry that stuff youve got on order For dont think you can stop our foes With that little piece of garden hose! TO WINSTON CHURCHILL two-wee- agony. No, either of no risk to If it is right, in this war this thing is right and England or it is wrong. since we have a stake which we are steadily increasing, it is our duty to raise our voice that at least a trial be made to save these millions of people of our own ideals and philosophy especially when the risk, the worst that could happen for the British cause, is but 72 hours supply for Germany. The only alternative is to deny food to these victims of aggression, exposing them to dangers of Attend O.I.T. Learn Avia tin certificated courses). honl Al&' Diesel, tug. Free booklet. AddresLFe'-goInstitute et Iechni J"1'' lease-Ien- many as foreign correspondent for the Chicago Daily News. Recently a reader wrote him and asked, If we could ship food through the blockade to the starving Belgians (for example) what percentage of it might we expect the Nazis to take? To this question he replied, You might expect the Nazis to take either most or all of what you sent. If they refrained from taking the same food you sent they would take a corresponding amount of other stocks. The starving Belgians would, in either event, be little or not at all better off than they were before. guarantees are of secondary importance and German national interest the primary factor. What are these "guarantees? Naturally, operations could only begin after the negotiation of an undertaking with the German government that they will abstain from seizing either native or imported supplies. Small Help to Germany. But food alone would scarcely pro vide the motive for seizing the imported supplies. Native produce is hers for the taking, anyway. Ger many is consuming today 1,400,000 tons of food a month; the Invaded territories would need about 280,000 tons a month, foodstocks would be maintained In these countries (as they were last time) on a protection basis. Thus, if at any one moment Germany efseizure fected an from the North Cape to the French border, she would receive .thereby exactly 72 hours of supplies for her And if she 80 millions of people. did, the flow of food would be cut off from one shipment to the next. There we see exposed, amazing and yet so obvious, the maximum menace to Britain a three-day- s supply of food for Germany! Some believe that it is Germanys obligation to feed these people, but this also is inconsistent with the prevailing opinion of the German regime. The more ruthless one believes them to be the more obvious it is that they are not going to raise a finger to help their victims. We have heard of requisitions and leaks of food supplies during the World war, but the audited and published accounts of the commission that did that job reveal that throughout the four years of their operations there was not one single requisition; at least, not one that was not replaced directly or in equivalent supplies. It is not improbable that there were small leaks such as have been cited in personal letters to the press; but when it Is considered that over 11,000,000,000 pounds of goods were taken into the occupied territories, it' is petty to raise these infinitesimal proportiops of the total amount handled as an objection that may condemn these 37 millions of people to death. ' Revolt Held Unlikely. Is It possible that If we do not feed these people they may revolt against their conquerors? Formerly, when there was less disparity between the weapons of an army and those of a mob this would have been possible; today, it is absurd to expect that a mob armed with scythes and pitchforks, hunting guns and knives, could withstand the weapons of modern warfare. Anyone who advances this theory is apparently unacquainted with famine which, far from emboldening men, slowly and progressively breaks their spirit and reduces them to impotence and utter apathy. Some thought, too, must be given to the question as to whether it is not, after all, merely one of distribution and not of shortage in Europe. Agricultural experts reveal that Europe Is normally 15 per cent short in her food supply. Due to one of the coldest winters on record last year followed by one of the wettest springs, there is a further shortage of another 15 per cent Add to these the additional shortages due to war phenomena, such as the doubling of consumption immediately upon mobilization, the destruction of stocks, and the interference with sowings, cultivation and harvests, and it is obvious that the total shortage in Europe this year will be far over and above 30 per cent. One proposal has been to send Into these countries medicines and food concentrates for children. There is but one cure for famine and that is food and no amount of serums or medicines can ward off death by starvation. Such "relief is but a saline solution, a prolongation of the D. C. As long as you keep that bulldog chin, Old Adolf knows he just cant win. For just as long as youre the Boss, The channel he wont dare to cross! And when hes ready to finish war- ring, John Bulls lion will still be roaring! TO MUSSOLINI not be planation required may be of it of may lack logic merely counwhy they helped to ruin their official positions their using try by to dignify statements that, from a two private citizen, wouldnt stand before a minutes justice of the peace. Secretary Morgenthau, who began by trying, without consulting public opinion at all, to divert our war supplies to France, where Hitler got them, says that if we do not pass that bill, Britain will have to stop Secretary Stimson, also fighting. urging this particular bill, says that it must pass at once, because if Britain stops fighting, we are subject to attack. Mr. Morgenthaus argument is that they havent any dollars left. That may or may not be so, and probably isnt, but if the secretary means that they have nothing which they can pledge as collateral it certainly is not so not by billions. There is considerable apprehension in Canada that, if we begin giving our manufactures away to Britain, Canada will lose a lot of business. The British have to pay Canadian industry, also British industry, not to mention all the other nations of the British Commonwealth and the whole of the rest of the world. Only Uncle Sam is rushing out again to give away his well, lets call them innards when even the association of British nations give not theirs. O. K., failing a franker and more credible statement of this financial problem, most of us are willing to give England money outright to buy our just share of aid to her and to the precise extent and not one inch further than it really contributes to American defense. We want congress to control these appropriations for the defense of Britain just as it must control appropriations for the defense of America. Toe lease-len- d bill doesn't do that. It authorizes the President alone to make, buy and give Britain unlimited billions worth of our resources without consulting congress. If, therefore, as Secretary Morgenthau has said, it is only a question of dollars for Britain, no argument is left for the much wider bill. powers of the lease-Ien- d Other official that opinions Great Britain can lick Germany on the continent with our aid, that if Great Britain doesnt, Germany will lick us etcet, etcet; arent worth the paper on which they are written or the breath with which they are spoken. Modern war is too unpredictable. There is only one rule for us a burning lesson of this terrible age. Arm for impregnable American defense. Rely on no other nation on nothing but the strength of our own resources and the courage, ingenuity, patriotism and devotion of our own people. DEFENSE AUTHORITY Secretary Stimson says that one reason for bums-rushih- g the Increasingly discredited "lease-Ienbill is that it will cure the disorder which has existed for nearly two years in the manufacture of munitions. His point is that the President must purchase all supplies for our several defense departments and also for any allies because, otherwise, they would compete with each other, raise prices and create cond With stubby Jaw you stood on high. To watch your legions marching by But soon those boys will be baok home! The Greeks have shown them road to Rome! fusion. TO HITLER Youre Just a rowdy on the loose! And someones yet to cook your goose! For youll surely find, before youre through You've bit off more than you can chew! History Records Lives Of Seven St. Valentines Any attempt to explain why valentines are sent on St. Valentines day bumps into the question: Which St, Valentine do you mean?' For history records not one, but seven St. Valentines. Some historians believe that the observance is dedicated to all sev-ewhile others rp, citically name the bishop of Terni and a Roman priest who were both burned at the stake by Claudius. Roman emperor Whatever confusion has "existed is not traceable to any lack of executive authority. Up to the middle of last year, our government had no plans whatever for adequate defense and then, In a moment of panic, dumped Indigestible billions of dollars of totally orders into the lap of an unwarned Industry. It is due also to the long and inexcusable lag in setting up any single authorized and intelligent controL That hasnt been done yet. It was not because government had not been warned by the voice of intense and highly successful experience. B. M. Baruch warned it over and over again as to what was wrong and what precisely was necessary to cure it. To use the excuse that Mr. Stimson thus advanced for the passage of this totalitarian bill-t- his gratui-tou- s American assumption of respon-sibiht- y for the world-wid- e conduct of this war is either a confession of ignorance or it is an attempt to frighten this nation into such an abandonment of democratic and constitutional processes as Is neither necessary nor desirable. The second and only other point of Mr. Stimsons argument is that the barter process of lease-lenor otherwise dispose of our weapons is more flexible than the advancement of credit or cash. Folk ofManyNatir Decorate Tea fPROM Africa, China, Seel England and France com ; cosmopolitan group this new tea towel set. Each at his own particular sped may be quickly sketched in cq on a daily tea towel square deco-- Sundays towel, the for whom? 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