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Show Merry-Co-Round By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALLEN WASHINGTON A new series of test flights for commercial service across the Atlantic is about to be made by American Export Airlines, Air-lines, competing with Pen American. Its officials offi-cials have advised civil aeronautics authority of plans to make three survey flights beginning this month. Three routes will be surveyed one directly across the Atlantic from New York to Biscar-rosse, Biscar-rosse, France; another via Newfoundland and the northern route to France; and a third by the Azores and Portugal to France. The new line will use twin-engined Consolidated Consoli-dated planes, much smaller than the Pan , American four-motored planes. The flights will pope for the first time the question of possible superiority of small planes making greater speed with smaller load of passengers and fuel. This will challenge the popular feeling of security in numbers. The small planes have a capacity of ten 'or '.dosee, psssengers, compared with Pan American's capacity of fifty. The airline, a subsidiary of American Export (steamship) Lines, claims an advantage in having hav-ing its own ships constantly on the sea to act as surface stations for the planes, providing weather information and maintaining radio contact con-tact It plans to establish a regular schedule of two round trips a week. Nasi Dissension Behind Hitler's hint thst some German army officers are not loyal to the principles of nazism is a secret, but bitter, clssh between the general staff and agenla of the Nstional Socialist party. Leader of nazi agents is Dr. Todt who last May was placed in charge of construction work on the Siegfried line, vital aeries of fortifications forti-fications running opposite the French border to match the Maginot line. Dr. Todt ia the road construction specialist who built the chsin of arterial highways now the pride of nazi Germany. Even in constructing these, Dr. Todt had trouble with the general staff, which pointed out that in Spain wide, atraisht hishwavs nrovided a beautiful target for aerial bombardment making it virtual suicide sui-cide for the army to use them. The general staff argued that smaller and more devious hlghwsys were better. When Dr. Todt later was placed in charge of the Siegfried line construction, the general staff was furious. Not until recently, however, were the officers able to make a case against him. Artillery tests on the Czech "Maginot line" which Germany took from Czcho-Slovakia showed it to be superior to the Siegfried line, and since French officials supervised the construction con-struction of Czech defenses, it wss assumed that the original Maginot line is similar. Finally, the German general staff was able to test out the sections of the Siegfried line constructed con-structed by Dr. Todt and was so worried over the results that it took the report immediately to Hitler. Who will finally win the controversy remains re-mains to be seen, but apparently Hitler is placing plac-ing the blame on both sides. He hss already sent Dr. Todt to Spain and simultaneously pointed an accusing finger of disloyalty at the army. Canners Lobby This session of congress has seen all sorts of lobbies, but one of the most potent of them is now moving heaven and earth to exclude canning can-ning and packing workers from the benefits of the social security act the Wagner labor relations rela-tions act and the wage-hour law. Behind the scenes, this is one of the hottest fights on Capitol Cap-itol HilL Generalissimo of the canning lobby is Ivan G. McDaniel, wealthy Los Angeles lawyer and citrus fruit grower. Official name of the lobby which he bosses is the Agricultural Producers'. Labor committee. This, however, appears chiefly to be a screen for the Associated Farmers, whose vigilante activities ac-tivities have been under investigation by the justice department Five directors of Associated Farmers are also members of the excutive council coun-cil of the agricultural producers' labor committee, commit-tee, namely W. S. Spencer, George Hodgkin, W. C Teche, C. B. Moore and Roy K. Cole. Two other A P L C big-shots, Amos B. Olney and Lee Seibert are members of the Associated As-sociated Farmers and heavy contributors to the organization. McDaniel already has scored one major victory. vic-tory. Wage-hour and labor board officials both refused to make any concessions to his demands. But Arthur J. Altmeyer, vacillating chairman of the social security board, agreed to accept amendments to deprive packing workers of old-, age pensions and unemployment insurance. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate |
