Show M Round Merry G y-G R o-R Ro o-Ro d dBy e err r J o u un n By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. S ALLEN WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Newspaper Newspaper headlines featured featured fea fea- the news that Russian planes had made the spectacular hop for the Chinese army to bomb Japanese Formosa Inside word received here by the army and navy however is that most of the planes were made in Wichita Kan and had just arrived in China Some were of other American makes previously previously previously pre pre- purchased by China The pilots were not Russian but French British British British Brit Brit- ish and American each paid pounds sterling per month or 2000 They made the Formosa round trip without losing a plane Addition of the Wichita planes is the reason for the recent successful air attacks upon the Japanese army Note Foreign aviators are reported to be paid by Madame Chiang shek Kai-shek who is the daughter of Sun Yat-sen Yat and inherited several several several sev sev- eral millions Until recently she personally has commanded the Chinese air force June Adjournment Barring surprise legislative demands by the president congress will be homeward bound by June 1 at the latest The house could wind up its unfinished work with time to spare by May 1 But the senate stalled by the filibuster is a month behind schedule However its urge to shake the dust of the capital is just as strong as in inthe inthe inthe the house In both chambers the boys facing highly troubled election waters already are champing at the bit and some have served notice that they will depart by May 1 regardless ess One of these is Senate Leader Alben Barkley who faces the reelection fight of his life The Kentuckian aided by Vice President Garner recently made a quiet canvass of the possibility of adjourning May 1 1 House leaders told them they could do it provided Roosevelt sent up no new legislation But in the senate the earliest estimated quitting date was May 21 This caused acute pangs of worry to Barkley So senate friends advised him to turn the reins over to Senator Pat Harrison whom he defeated for the leadership Pat is not up for reelection and is among the few not in a hurry to go IO home No New Legislation The likelihood of Roosevelt's demanding new legislation this spring is remote He has done this the last three regular sessions sessions sessions ses ses- ses- ses but this year he is as anxious to get rid of congress as it is to go home The one possibility for a new legislative at attack attack attack at- at tack is on monopolies but inside word now is that Roosevelt has changed his mind about immediate immediate immediate im im- im- im mediate action and will recommend a study preparatory to drafting a bill for the new congress congress congress con con- gress next January To clear its boards the house needs only to dispose of the tax and relief bills the big navy I measure three big appropriation bills and the long-disputed long wage-hour wage proposal With the exception of the last there will be beno beno beno no trouble about any of these But the outcome of the labor bill is most uncertain It is still tied up in committee and the longer it hangs there the smaller its chances of passage There is sure sure to to be a hot senate fight over the tax and relief bills but with the house holding holding hold hold- ing the whip hand they are apt to be in line with White House views Diplomatic Triangle When he wants to put his weight on it Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Minton of Indiana can certainly pull a strong oar with the administration Witness The recent recent recent re re- re- re cent diplomatic shuffle to help out a fellow In- In It happened that Meredith Nicholson famous Indiana novelist was not doing so well as minister minister min mn- ister to Venezuela was about to lose his job altogether But Senator Minton intervened for him Result Boaz Long American minister to Nicaragua was shifted to make room for or Nicholson Nichol Nichol- son at a lesser post And Antonio Gonzales minister minister minister min min- ister to Ecuador was shifted to Venezuela thereby thereby thereby there there- by making room for Long in Ecuador Flying Fortresses One important effect of the flying fortresses' fortresses amazing trip to Argentina is something the army prefers to say nothing about It is the ease with which the Monroe Doctrine can be enforced within 36 to 48 43 hours The trip was not taken with any such demonstration demonstration demonstration dem dem- in mind It was taken primarily to nullify the Brazilian flight of Ethiopian bombing Bruno son of the Italian dictator Nevertheless the demonstration was lost upon none of the good neighbors over which the giant bombers passed And even this secondary effect on the whole was good One thing Latin Americans noted was that when the planes got to Lima they still had enough gasoline in their tanks to fly considerably farther Another thing they noted was that the planes kept in formation not by looking out of the window at the flight leader but by individual navigation It was what aviators call over weather flying with the weather left far below It was done without beacons and with weather reports covering only the narrow path of the flight no reports coming from adjacent areas Another important point is that the flying fortresses are not the best the army can produce An experimental bombing plane the 15 is isnow isnow isnow now undergoing tests is larger larler and has a longer range All this means that Uncle Sam can get to trouble spots in Latin America faster than the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of the Monroe Doctrine in his wildest imagination ever dreamed Copyright 1938 for The Telegram |