Show SEEN and HEARD around the National Capital a aBy By CARTER FIELD FIELD FIELD- 11 Germanys Germany's Germanys Germany's land non und and national farming plan per balls the most socialistic agricultural dc In recorded history fth the exception ot of Is e experts ot of our Department ot of and the AdJustment no end though It has received almost no In AmerIca With the exception of the estate ot of the family specifically e er empted t from the law every estate larg larger larger er th tar to in just rs just acres acres- mu must t be divided Into units no larger than that All farms ot of that size and down to 7 Nectars acres a hectar beIng about 24 acres are put under strIct government supervIsIon the government bureau In charge hat the farmer shall plant in inan any an particular field When the crop Is ested It dIrects him when and where to send It to m Eventual Eventual- Eventually ly Jy though this has not arisen yet the will decide about farm etc the farmer pays the gov- gov government government 1 per cent of the value of the Find as determined by the government It If there was a mortgage on it it the Ige Is turned over to the gov- gov government government the being the agency In thIs case Then the farmer pays an additional 1 per cent on the value of the land and also the Interest on the mortgage HIs here making up cp for tor the special charge Is that the Interest rate on the mortgage is reduced Holders ot of the are corn com not by cash for their est est- ment m nt but by year 50 bonds plying in some instances 3 per cent and In some instances 4 per cent As there are about eight and one halt billions In mortgages this Is a transaction tion of considerable magnitude It has not been completed yet as the plan is just being put into operation May Not Sell Land Another interesting feature ot of the plan Illan Is that no one may sell any land landIn landIn In a nay ay the farmers are chained to they It-they and theIr children fore er and ande e eser eer er 1 or shall any farm of at hec tars or 01 less be divided between the chIldren The farm goes by law to the they y son If there Is no son s shat hat hate e eser eer er then the farm may not go to the son lD in law for the daughters are barred from the inheritance of land It pisses to the nearest m lIe ile who ho happens not to be a farm owner already It If a se cousin Is the nearest male relative but he hap hap- happens happens pens to already 0 own n a firm rm then It passes to some e esen cn more remote mile relative The Idea of the framers of the law lawIn lawIn In deciding that the firm shall pass ss to the youngest son In Instead tead of the old oldest est as has vs been the case In British for tor instance was that the older sons had bad the mo most t a adsan an usually In being sent to college for tor l traIning or In being aided by their families In getting start st started ed In some other field of ende or So the land was reserved for the youngest son farms smaller than 7 do not come corne within the restrictions of the la law laV V Incidentally there Is no doubt In gov government l it circles here based sed on their latest Information from Germany that the laws are going Into effect and that they will not only succeed In breaking breal Up the est tes but ire re certain to have havea a trial for a lr f period ot of time information here also Is that Hitler Is only an Incident In this particular scheme All the Information Is that It would hue hive been put Into it If Hitler had never neer ne er come corne Into power In Intact tact fact It was well under w wiy y as the avo avowed ed policy of many leaders before the Hitler ascendancy Pepped by Sinclair Since talking Ith Upton Sinclair New l Deil are rather pepped up about the prospects of theIr eleven Democratic congre congressmen In l C and of some of the Democratic candidates In dl districts now held In Cal by Republicans The Socialist no convinced them that he has no horns but far more Important lie he convinced them by his adroit handling ot of questions that he Is really t l masterful er and has an excellent chance to In Which of course I Is what they are In Interested Interested In at the moment not what he will really do It if elected governor of at atthe the Golden Gate state That his election will be regarded is a mandate to go ahead a Ith the New Deal In Washington Is rather accepted But that his vIctory If he hewins wins In all probability pull through h enough Democratic candidates for the house to Insure President nOOSe Rooseselt pIt the necessary votes to continue his pro pro- program gram Is e exen een en more Important from a amoral amoral moral standpoint While not the most spectacular thing he l is saying by a long shot one of the poInts that Impressed Democratic and New Deal politicians the most here was as the very subtle nature of his appeal to the conservative CalifornIans lie He has not only an appe appeal ll to the have nots they discovered but to the ha es Not to the has ha es who are still sUll ae- ae cumulating mone money money-if If anyone Is the these e days but to the hases es who ho are U liv lag on income from Invested money This Is the very type especially be- be because because cause so many retired business men and others living Hying on their Interest and divIdends have gone to that the conservative e Republicans have ha been counting on to beat Sinclair And by the sam same token that the New Deal ers feared would defeat him and anI so drag down many Democratic congress congress- congressmen congressmen men to defeat Now they are not so certain Things seldom are In politics and this Is a case where It is pretty hard to tl ure urethe the average conservative voter voters s men men- mental tal processes An Average Cas Cass or or instance take tabe John Smith with an Income of S a year ar from In Investments investments vestments living In San Bernardino or anyone any one ot of the many LUnny small towns surrounding Los Angeles At heart he heIs heis Is Intensely a tl tle e He k Ie for property rights rl lIe He Is bitterly against any go action whIch might result In his Income more hen lIy the corporations payIng It ft and so forth So It might be reasoned at first blush that he would be desperately opposed to Up Upton Upton ton SinclaIr or anyone an one like Ule him lum John But Smith Is also n a ry he er In CalIfornia lIe Is not only plying hIgh taxes at present to help support n a mIllIon and a of un unemployed employed cd In California but he sees the state debt beIng Increased for tint purpose which that he and his children will hive to go on paying for thIs support ot of the Idle for years to come What will be his reaction to Sin Sin- claIr chair s proposItion Let Iet me put these people to work orle producing nece necessities whIch they can use and trade with 0 fth each other They will not compete with any existing busIness On the contrary they will be self supporting and thus save the from They are no good to busIness now for they no money to buy anything except that which you give them It It Is a question Until SInclair ar- ar arrived arrived rived In WashIngton most people were figuring the con e vote would all be against Sinclair Now they are not so sure Old timers here bere remember a tion In nd just before prohibition The liquor Interests m'de m a adeal adeal deal the drys whereby the Mary Mary- Maryland land ratified the eighteenth amendment and and the drys let up so soI as to permit liquor sales In PrInce I Georges George's county The liquor boys of at atI I that day da were looking for an Imme- Imme immediate I diate and not worrying about the future There mayor may or not he a parallel Exchange Naval Views Leading na nasal al PO powers ers ha hale e been for some time conducting Informal ex- ex exchanges exchanges changes of sieves Ie Ies s to the tho general val naval conference expected to tobe tobe be held next year In vie of the ap ap e of the London nas na 11 1 ty tre supplementary to the ashington 1 treaty treat The London treaty expires December 31 1936 and It Is planned th t the whole subject of na- na naval naval val limitation will m be reconsIdered with Ith the hope of working out a new agree agree- agreement meat ment which will replace the anvil lImitation program adopted In Wa Wash WashIngton h hIngton Ington In 1021 and supplemented by bythe bythe the cruIser agreement at London In 1930 1030 The diverging views ot of Great Brit aln and the United States over o gun the historic conflict between them over l ships Great Britain with numerous bases scattered about the world has less need of long cruising and there therefore therefore fore her policy has f smaller fighting shIps The fhe United States on the contrary has ha mg ing few fe bases has alwa always s taken talen Into consideration the possibility ot of hiving h to cruise Its fleet over long dis distances and has therefore fa favored ored larg larger larger er craft both In n battleships and In This conflict became so acute at the Gene Genera Genea a conference In 1027 th It at atit It broke up with Great in hold holdIng holding Ing out for light crUisers and the United States insisting on hea heavier heater ter aU auxiliary craft ThIs difference wis w some somewhat bat reconciled Titer at the 1930 1010 naval na conference with the United States accepting more light craft than many AmerIcan naval officers had favored Britain's Idea Recently Great Britain having a preponderance of 12 lOch inch gun battle battle- battleships battleships ships suggested that In ot of the naval lImitation treaty this be made the maximum caliber for the future Instead of the 16 inch Inh limit agreed upon at the Washington conference On the American side It as felt that this would reduce the size of battleships below the requirements or of sound nasal al polIcy The United Stats States has al always ays Insisted upon the 35 ton limit for l ships The view lew lewIs Is that a ship proportioned to 12 Inch guns Is too too small to live as they say In the na nary naJ J Howe er In the Interest of reaching a preliminary agreement the United States Is now v suggesting that It would I be to meet Great Britain half halfway way ay and accept 14 Inch guns whIch would n mein perhaps battleships b ot of po possibly 32 tons tone Instead of the 3 ton Inch la-Inch gun fighters now v permitted the CalifornIa and the Tennessee which have 14 Inch guns are rated at about 31 ton tons e e eThe The federal government Is preparing to assume a heavIer share of the cost of emergency relief this s sinter Inter State and municipal governments rapIdly going broke because ot of othea hea heavy y unemployment ment relief e tares tures will be aided In even greater measure than before under plans for formulated formulated by President Rooseselt Roose and Relief Administrator Hopkins Hopkins has just completed a sur survey survey vey on the ability of the arlous states to do their part Until now the fed fed- fed eril 60 s h been supplyIng up to 50 per cent of the cost of relief work When the sItuatIon requires it It this percentage may be Increased tu to 75 this winter ht |