| Show NEWS BEHIND E H I N D THE NEWS NB 1 Written f for r The Telegram By Ray T Tucker ker WASHINGTON P Pre President r e s i dent Roosevelt has beaten a hasty diplomatic and political retreat from the battle line he assumed a few weeks ago in peacetime clashes with Herr Hit Hit- ler F om his hL well manned pub- pub posts he has discovered that the American people despite their deep sympathy with oppressed oppressed oppressed op op- op- op pressed minorities everywhere are not willing to fight for their convictions Its It's the same lesson John Bull learned at Munich Smart politicians and humane gentlemen though slightly hysterical hysterical hysterical hys hys- F. F D. D Rs R.'s friends urged him to grab the the issue of Hitler oppression It appealed to the president whose sympathies are real and sincere The envoys who conferred with him at Warm Springs however warned him that that- every American protest would spark a German pogrom Moreover more than 50 per cent of the letters to the White House and friendly editors served notice that public sentiment sentiment senti senti- sentiment ment lagged far behind the WhiteHouse White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House in this new crusade Mr Roosevelt has not re repudiated repudiated repudiated re- re his pro refugee cause He is sending Ambassador Phillips Phillips Phil Phil- Phillips lips back to Rome but leaving the No 1 diplomatic post at Berlin Berlin Serin Ber- Ber lin in empty Its It's a distinct snub to Herr Hitler But from now on F. F D. D R. R will highlight the news that the eagle bleeds and screams not for for- forthe the Jews alone but for all who suffer under a foreign dictators dictator's heel The most important inside story of international diplomacy today oday is the Anglo-American Anglo attempt attempt attempt at at- tempt to break breakup up the morganatic alliance between Reporter ex-Reporter Mussolini and House ex-House Painter Hitler Roosevelt and Chamberlain figure that if they can divorce the two dictators they can preserve world peace at least for our generation They're playing for high and bloodless stakes In various unpublished moves affecting tariffs munitions recognition recognition recognition rec rec- rec- rec of the Ethiopian conquest conquest conquest con con- quest and financial aid the Roosevelt administration has shown a willingness to kiss and make up with Mussolini By comparison with der fuehrer Benito is regarded here as a benevolent dictator Both economically economically economically eco eco- eco eco- and militarily a breach between Central and Southern Europe's strong men if England and the United States can effect it would leave Hitler behind the eight ball So far however th the Anglo- Anglo American conspiracy has bogged In his Jewish anti-Jewish decrees first predicted in this column il 11 duce is giving a swell imitation of Berlins Berlin's run hit-and-run operator Shoot from the hip political writers have made a great to-do to about the election of Dan Hastings Hastings Hastings Hast Hast- ings of Delaware to the G. G O. O P. P executive committee over the supposed liberal Kenneth F. F Simpson of New York They interpret interpret interpret in in- the choice of the dumpy Du senator ex-senator as a sign that the Republican party has gone Its It's the bunk as the Democrats seizing upon the selection as a 1940 issue know the outs are simply playing politics The executive executive ex ex- committee to which Mr Hastings was elected has no real authority in party circles It merely decides decides' when the full committee will meet and all its rulings must be okayed by the national committee It does not nominate candidates It does not v frame policies So the election of Mr Hastings has no more meaning than if they had chosen Ferdinand the Bull The fierceness of Capitol hill bill opposition to the five billion dolar dollar dollar dol dol- lar rearmament program is in incredible incredible incredible in- in credible in view of the Munich up set-up John Bulls Bull's series of back back- downs and sit downs and Japans Japan's Japans Japan's Japans Japan's Ja Ja- Ja- Ja pans pan's gobbling of China F. F D. D R. R will not be able to make the next congress take legislative medicine simply because the national national national na na- na- na defense doctor orders it it- it the new dealers' dealers strategy from now until 1940 The Democrats notably isolationist isolationist isolationist isola isola- favor a powerful army and navy but for defense purposes purposes purposes pur pur- poses only They suspect that the White House with its program program program pro pro- gram of planes a two- two ocean navy and a mobilized in industry industry in- in industry will c cas cast a s t the United States in the role of an aggressor aggressor aggressor ag nation nation in in deed if not in thought Anti new deal Democrats Democrats Democrats Demo Demo- cherish the idea that national national national na na- na- na defense expenditures like W P A funds will be used to enthrone the present dynasty In that suspicion they have the sympathy of almost every Re Re- publican Business and industry though welcoming the pick-me- pick up orders resulting from wars war's alarms are skittish for the same reason The president will get most of his national defense demands they will be tough to buck po po- po But its it's a good guess that all requests for new battleships battleships battleships battle battle- ships new airplanes new soldiers and sailors will be pared by y at least 25 per cent Congressional patriotism will stop at Americas America's shores Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |
