| Show NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS By Ray Tucker Telegrams Telegram's Washington Columnist WASHINGTON C Colonel 01 o 1 o 0 n e I 1 ICharles Charles A. A Lindbergh has been branded branded as a fifth columnist and an appeaser because of the testimony he has given b before be before be- be fore the h house use and senate committees committees com corn considering the lease- lease lend bill But to old friends of h his s deceased father a member of congress from Minnesota the son is only reverting to paternal type Colonel Lindbergh's Lindbergh s old man was Capitol Hills Hill's first radical or bolshevik He voted against the 1917 lIn 7 declaration in of war He sponsored the resolution resolution resolution tion which provoked the first investigation of the House of Morgan the Morgan the famous Pujo in in- in Lindbergh pere introduced introduced introduced intro intro- the the- resolution but Pujo I as chairman of the investigating committee grabbed the credit When the Lone Eagle returned re re returned returned re- re turned in aerial triumph from Europe he seemed to flout and repudiate everything his father had stood od for Frank B. B Kellogg defeated the senior Lindbergh in the 1922 Minnesota senatorial prImary In that contest Mr Kelloggs Kellogg's publicity m man man n the late George Akerson wrote stuff that broke Pere Lindbergh's Lindbergh's Lindbergh's Lind Lind- berghs bergh's heart He died within a few months after the primary But the first hand Lindbergh shook when returned from Europe Europe Europe Eu Eu- rope was Mr Kelloggs And then the son of the congressman congressman congressman congress congress- man who hated and suspected the House of Morgan married Anne Morrow By the friends of his liberal father lather the colonel was cast into cast into the doghouse But agree with Americas America's No 1 aviation aviation aviation avi avi- avi- avi ace or not his present at attitude attitude attitude at- at represents a throw back to the attitude of his fath father r. r President Roosevelt's good neighbor policy broke down i ia in ina a big way with respect to to- the recent Cuban revolution against Dictator Batista The Cuban re revolt revolt revolt re- re volt is important and signIficant significant cant cant to to the United States because be because be- be cause there is no island or or country country country coun coun- try which we have babied and petted so much as Cuba So if lf the Cubans turn against Uncle Sam it may be imagined what other Latin-American Latin countries will d dd de when they get a chance With respect to the Cuban trouble the state department apparently has lain down on the diplomatic job The war American Americ n tariffs and the low world price for sugar Cubas Cuba's major crop has plunged the island into economic chaos The Batista anti-Batista clique was bank bank- ing on social and economic re resentment resentment resentment re- re to strengthen its hand For months the state department depart- depart ment and other agencies the agencies the import export-import bank particularly have have entertained schemes for the economic salvation n of Cuba and underwriting the Batista regime But the state department the import export-import bank and the theR theR R F C have been tied up and bound all about in red tape The loan which should have been made 12 months ago is still In the works Therefore we had a revolt on I the doorstep of the western hemisphere The new Roosevelt-Palmer Roosevelt program for building low-cost low houses in national defense areas has given a bad case of jitters to economists inside and nd outside outside outside out out- side government circles In their opinion it means a subsidy subsidy sub sub- sidy that will never be repaid As recently reported in this column the F H A will finance 90 per cent of the cost of new housing and the additional 10 per cent the down payment will be handled as an installment installment install install- ment proposition over 20 years That seems like a swell Idea But Bu under this system the builder build buIld- er en will get an advance of at least on a house He will make good money and therefore lose all interest in inthe Inthe the project He will pass his headaches on to Uncle Sam Five years from now In all probability Americas America's great re rearming rearming re- re arming pro program ram will have end end- ed The inhabitants of these subsidized homes will move away And Uncle Sam will be left with a lot of unpaid houses on his hands Several government agencies recently have received confidential reports on how the British handle taxes and insurance on property damaged by German bombing Though a German at attack attack attack at- at tack on the United States may seem fetched far-fetched the British system system tem tern is lunder under detailed study here If you live in an room eight-room house in Britain and if it Isso is isso isso so damaged by German bombs that you can use only two rooms then you pay two-eighths two of your normal taxes If you evacuate your home because it stands Ina in ina Ina a danger area but leave your furniture there you must pay full taxes If you lived in Bristol Bristol Bristol Bris Bris- tol or in Coventry or In Kent where the German planes have done their most destruction and if you figure that your home is a likely target for tomorrow night and you move out then you must pay full taxes on that empty home There may be many American politicians and statesmen who object to the custom c of ghost ghost- writing But th there re are few who will not accept a helping hand To their credit it should be noted here that two gents who always write writ their own speeches ches are Charles A. A Lindbergh and Mayor Fiorello H. H LaGuardia of NewYork New NewYork NewYork York City I Copyright 1941 McClure Syndicate |
