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Show I NEWS BEHIND THE NEWS I I WriHen for The Telegram ' h Tucker. . ' senators a a bunch of tragi- comedians. Ther Is no reason why the document could not have been Introduced weeks ago. Despite th publicity attaching to Rush Holt' proposal, half a dozen members are walking around with even more bristling denunciations denun-ciations In their pockets. But nobody dares to make th first move. Even th ordinarily audacious au-dacious Styles Bridges contents himself with promising to vote in th affirmative, without making mak-ing any attempt to stage a test of sentiment Key Democrats and Republicans on record in th negative refuse to take any action, ac-tion, although all can read and write and resolve. But all seem to suffer from parliamentary paralysis. pa-ralysis. Here's the Inside explanation: Th ant is th Garnerltes would sponsor a resolution If they were certain it would pass, or even be defeated by a narrow nar-row majority. The third termers would take th same chance If they were convinced that the senate would okeh It with a bang. Private canvasses, however, reveal re-veal such a confused and timid state of mind that nobody knowa how a showdown would eventuate. even-tuate. Therefor th stalemate. The statesmen are afraid to stand up and b counted on this grave issue. . Second Best Customer Canada has at last mad "a scrap of paper" pa-per" of th reciprocal trad treaty with the United States. Like so many activities adversely affecting American interest abroad, it probably will not become be-come official new for some time. Under th agreement Canada has been buying about 12,000,000 pounds of American pork a month, largely for reexport to , Great Britain. Now, because of London's deal with Hungary to absorb the nation's porcine supply, sup-ply, the American quota has been reduced to about 1,600,000 pounds monthly. Over the long distance telephone Secretary Hull tried to dissuade Premier Mackenzie King from the move, pointing out that American agricultural agri-cultural interests would demand retaliation if and when they heard about it. Mr. King promised prom-ised at first to block the reduction. reduc-tion. But facing reelection, he had to bow to the demands of the Canadian farm bloc It is probable that Washington will not indulge in reprisals until un-til after th Canadian election. The relation between the Mackenzie Mac-kenzie King and Roosevelt administrations ad-ministrations are extremely friendly and there Is no desire here to embarrass th Canadian minister. Copyright 1940, McClure Syndicate WASHINGTON Great Brit- ' In s most striking and successful success-ful attempt to deprive Germany of vital foodstuffs and raw materials ma-terials ha been described In a recent memo to the state department de-partment from London. It Indicate Indi-cate that John Bull I winning his campaign to wean near-by nation from Hitler and suggests sug-gests why American farmers ar suffering instead of profiting from the war. England never before bought meat from Hungary. But under un-der the recently negotiated agreement she will buy almost 6.000.000 pound of pork each month from that country. Sh has also contracted for 40 tons of ham weekly from Hungarian producers. Ilk wis targe amounts of lard. These wartime Imports total up to almost exactly ex-actly th amounts which Hungary Hun-gary exported to Germany, Poland Po-land and Cz echo-Slovakia in 1937 and 1938. Th underlying consideration con-sideration la not alone Great Britain's need of these far away supplies. It is the deslr--to prevent pre-vent Hitler or Moscow from getting get-ting 'them and to make friends with Hungary for later and barter bar-ter days. For th same reason Great Britain Is buying Turkish Instead of American tobacco, Rumanian Instead of American OIL Though understandable, this policy of turning elsewhere than th United States for farm products and raw materials is beginning to grip the agricultural bloc on capitol hill. Recently congress has quietly taken a hand in shaping our foreign for-eign policies. The behind the scene reason Is growing alarm over the interventionist activltle by the administration with respect re-spect to the oriental and European Euro-pean conflicts. It to an almost unprecedented move. Congress cannot make decisions deci-sions affecting affairs of state. That is the prerogative of th president and hia foreign minister. minis-ter. But it An withhold the weapons naval or military or economic needed for executing foreign policies which th administration ad-ministration may have in mind. Thus, in refusing to fortify Guam, congress has fixed a line extending from the Aleutians to Hawaii to the Panama canal as our extreme Pacific ocean frontier. fron-tier. It has spiked any scheme for too belligerent n attitude toward Japan. In limiting th us of Finnish loans to nonm Hilary Hi-lary expenditure it has out-' lawed any activities which threaten involvement in Europe. In refusing to authorize 65.000-ton 65.000-ton battleships and in rejecting a similar presidential appeal for a new set of Panama canal lock It served notice it wanti a navy built only for defensive purpose. In short th congress can and la Insisting on a national defense de-fense program for self-protection rather than for aggression or aa alliance. The senate's dilly-dallying with th proposed antithird term resolution reso-lution makes most exquisite comic opera. And it depict th |
