Show NEWS BEHIND HIND THE NEWS w Written e for The Telegram By Ray Tucker er WASHINGTON The WASHINGTON The The WhiteHouse WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse House had its own report on communist com corn activity and propaganda in the United States long before the Dies committees committee's sleuths provoked provoked pro pro- yoked scare headlines An ace detective in the administration has been tailing the reds attending attending attending at at- tending their secret sessions and plodding along in their hunger marches for six years His reports have sparked amusement amuse amuse- ment mont rather than anger The boring from within movement which the Dies committee brands as s subversive is simply a bore to this experienced trailer of He regards the so- so called communist leaders as troublesome troublesome troublesome trou trou- rather than menacing H He says that their game is a racket They collect thousands of dollars for a New York or Washington Washington WashIngton Wash Wash- ington demonstration for a picket par parade de aro around nd the White House but the leaders pocket most of the money The administration is distinctly hostile to the Dies venture figuring figuring figur figur- ing that it is designed to aid all enemies by picturing Washington as honeycombed with radicals Various agencies agencies the secret service service service ice the department of justice navy and army intelligence Intelligence have have more lowdown on reds nazis and fascists in this country than a score of congressional committees can uncover So far Mr Dies has had no help from F. 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D Rs R.'s own investigators Within a few months the United States government will own the most powerful and destructive bombing plane ever built Vague rumors of its ts size and killing- killing power have reached the capital Foreign spies have dropped all other assignments to obtain info on its dimensions dimensions but but to no avail The plane will ll have a wing spread of odd feet six engines and it can make miles an hour It will carry a load of bombs ranging rangIng ranging rang rang- ing between and pounds pounds enough enough to damage the vital industries of any foreign city with the possible exception of London It could meet a foreign fleet halfway across the Atlantic or Pacific ocean drop its lethal missiles and still be able to return returnS to a coastal baseA base A fleet of such ships would make the shores of the United States vIr virtually t u a lly impregnable against attack It would also Insure in insure In- In insure sure that in the event of conflict with a Pacific power air bases in Alaska and Hawaii would give Uncle Sam a powerful advantage from the day war was declared The mystery plane in short will revolutionize warfare warfare and and also our foreign policy The German aviators' aviators record- record breaking flights back and forth from front Berlin to New York have jeopardized the monopoly which certain British and American in interests interests interests in- in were creating for transatlantic transatlantic transatlantic lantic travel They already have figured in the new civil aeronautic tic commissions commission's discussions For years it had been been supposed that regular commercial trips across the Atlantic would be feasible feasible ble only on short routes The northern line contemplated a secondary secondary sec see take off from Newfoundland Newfoundland Newfoundland Newfound Newfound- land and landing in Ireland On the southern course Bermuda and the Azores were to be convenient and necessary stopping places Therefore a tie up between American American Amer Amer- American ican and British companies seemed both logical and essential and the arrangement between Imperial Imperial Im Im- Im- Im penal Airways British and Pan- Pan American U. U S. S A. A for control of the traffic had the blessing of both governments v Now Hitler's heroes heroes and and the flights were timed to break up the Anglo American aviation pact- pact have proved that New Berlin York flights are feasible They hey cast doubt on the need for British cooperation in supplying such Intermediate in intermediate intermediate In- In fields as Newfoundland Newfoundland Newfound Newfound- land Bermuda the Azores Its It's a Hitler coup that perturbs aviation aviation aviation avia avia- tion here and else else- where A high federal official noted for his recently paid out 50 to a Chicago hotel to uphold his personal and federal dignity The story of the episode has convulsed convulsed con con- the few Washingtonians who know about it Mr S. S the S.-the the Initial is not fictitious recently recently toured the country on an inspection of projects under his jurisdiction Accompanying him was his son and they settled down for the night in Chicago's swankiest hotel The phone rang only a few minutes after they ar ar- ar- ar rived 1 I was beneath the dignity of the new deal papa to answer it so he ordered the youngs youngster er to take the call It made no difference difference difference differ differ- ence to the commissar that at the mom moment nt his son and secretary was taking a tub bath Naked and dripping the boy went to the phone and summoned his father after he received assurances assurances assurances assur assur- ances that the man on the other end rated a conversation with the big shot Meanwhile the tub ran over and did damage estimated by the hotel at Being a smart bargainer for himself the new dealer chipped the cost down to 50 But it was a rather expensive expensive expensive sive Outlay when nothing but official official official of of- dignity was saved from the wreck CopY Copyright ight 1938 for The T Telegram le ram |