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Show A . . . . . . . . . . ' WHO'S WHOS WHO ' S NEWS NEWSTHIS NEWSTHIS THIS WEEK . , . , , . By Lemuel F . PartonT PartonDoctor Parton PartonVTTTTYTVTTVTyTmW TTTTTYTT VTTTTYTVTTVTyTmW T TTTTTTYY'T'TT TTTTTTYYTTT TTTTTTYY'T'TTDoctor ' " ' Doctor of Gold Gold.TSJEW GoldTSJEW . YORK-Whcn YORK Whcn YORK-\Vhen Vhen YORK-When When . . - \ Secretary NEW NEI9 SecretaryI'1 SecretaryI1 Secretarynlorgenthau SecretaryMorgenthau ' ! Morgenthau nlorgenthau calls caUs ina in a Inoney money doctor moneydoctor Inoneydoctor , ho he sends scnds ( for or Dr . Jacob Viner Vinerof Vinerof Vinerof of Chicago , currently summoned to toWashington toWashington toWashington Washington to diagnose gold trou- trou trop troubles trou.bics troubics . - bles blcs . Gold , the experts tenme tellme tell ten me mekeeps mekeeps , keeps getting out of bounds , on one oneway oneway way or another . Burying a few fhw f w bU Ml bil.lions billions . lions of it ' in m Kentucky doesn't doesnt seem seemto seemto seemto to help and there's theres ' no knowing how howlong howlong howlong long Uncle Unclc Sam can go on borrowing borrowingmoney borrowingmoney borrowingmoney money to buy and impound it . Off Or Off-"stage Off "stage stage - . stagc stage " , financiers and governmentsarc governmentsare governments arc are worried worncd about gold , and it Is Isunderstood isunderstood isunderstood understood that our Treasury de dc de- de department department - . partment I is shaping a policy pohcy . BenceDr Bence BenceDr HenceDr Dr Washington . Viner's Viners Vmcr's Vmcrs ' presence in Washing Waslung _ . ton . Dr Vincr Vmer Viner , of the faculty of the theUmverslty theUniversity theUniversity Umverslty University of Chicago , was chief ad adviser . viser to the Treasury in 1934 , loaned loanedby loanedby by the university umverslty , and returned to toChIcago toChicago toChicago ChIcago with the understanding understandmg that thathe thathe thathe he would be standing standmg by it if they theyneeded theyneeded theyneeded needed him badly . Oddly enough enoughthis , thIS trusted consultant in 10 our vast vastexperIment vastexperiment vastexperiment experIment in ill managed economy belongs economybelongs to the back to nature schoel school schoelof schoolof schoolof of finance He has vigorously op opposed . posed artificial wage and price stim stirn stim- stimulants stimulants . - ulants as aids alds to inflation and ar arthe a afthe ( " the depth of depression , when the thecry thecry thecry cry everywhere was for rugher higher higherwages rugherwages higherwages wages , he was for lower monetary monetarywagesalso monetarywagesalso monetarywages wages-also wages also - also prIces-but prIces but prices - - but for hIgher hIgherreal higherreal higherreal real wagesHe wages wagesHe He lIe says all this tlus parallel jockey jockey- jockeymg jockeying jockeying - ing mg of prices prICcs and wages comes to tonothmg tonothing tonothing nothmg nothing , and possibly somethIng somethIngworse somethingworse somethingworse worse , the real wage , determmed determined determmedby determinedby determinedby by its purchasing purchasrng power , is the theonly theonly theonly only important consideration , and andthat , tbat that . , Dr . Viner Vmer Viper bell believes eves , rises only onlywith onlywith onlywith with the free and normal flow of ofercdlts ofcredits ofcredits ercdlts credits and goods around the world worldwith , with low tariffs tanffs or no tariffs tanfIs at allthis a11- a11 all- all a11tbIs all allthis - . this tbIs being bemg his pet idea . He is def def- definitely definitely . - initely imtely placed plaecd as a liberal bberal , but he hedocsn't hedoesn't hedoesn't hedoesnt docsn't docsnt doesn't doesnt ' think thmk we " will 111 get anywhere anywhereby anywhereby anywhereby by strong-arming strong arming strong-armrng armrng - economic laws . He is Canadian born , forty fi\ fi fie fire fiyears fireyears fiveyears \ e years old , naturalized m in 1914 He Hewas Hewas Hewas was graduated at McGhl McGill umverslty university universitytook , took his doctorate at Harvard , ani an anhas andhas ! * has been teaching teachmg , lecturing lecturmg and andwrItmg andwriting andwriting wrItmg writing smce-at smce at since-at since since - at one time advIser advIserto adviserto adviserto to the shipping slllppmg board and expert expertfor expertfor expertfor for the tariff commission His H1S eminence emi eml eminence . nence is in the field of scholarslup scholarship scholarshipHe scholarslupHe He is the author of some profound profoundand profoundand profoundand and , to this department , quite qwte in- in incomprehensible in m incomprehensible . - comprehensible monographs on onmoney onmoney onmoney money and credit He is v1Sltmg visiting v1Sltmgprofessor visitingprofessor visitingprofessor professor at the Graduate Insbtute Institute Insbtuteof Instituteof Instituteof of International Studies at Geneva Genevaand , and has a towering towermg reputation mEurope inEurope m in mEurope EuropeS Europe EuropeCommunist . . S . Comrmmst Communist Comr Communist mmst BogeyIan Bogey \Ian Ian Man ! \ Man.pUDGY ManpUDGY . PUDGY , bristling little Bcia Bela Kun Rim Knn- Knn Knnwho , - - who once seized and ruled Hun HWl- HWl Hun- HWlgary Hungary Hungary - gary , mayor may or may not have been beenc.ecuted beenexecuted beenexecuted c\.ecuted c.ecuted c .ecuted ecuted executed ' \ . in m Russia . Reports are aremcagre aremeagre aremeagre mcagre meagre and conflicting . A few fewweeks fewweeks fewweeks weeks ago , a wayfircr wayhrer wayfnrcr back from fromIurope fromEurope fromEurope Iurope Europe : told me Kun , was .as as . suspected suspectedof suspectedoC oC of wolkmg wotking with the thc TrotskItes Trotskyites Trotsky ) ites But Butthat Butthat Butthat that was just rumor and there IS ISno isno isno no e explanation 1 > lanahon of what shat has hap hap- happenedif happened . - pcncd- pcncd pened-if pened if pcncdan pened - if anything an ) thing thmg did . In the main malO ports of entry in m South SouthAmerIca SouthAmerica SouthAmerica AmerIca and Europe , they turn m in ma ina ina a not rlOt riot call and burglar alarm ev- ev every ev every . - ery time tune it is whispered that thesquat the thesquat thesquat squat , swarthy and mysterious Bela BelaKun BelaKun BelaKun Kun is m the offingFor offingFor offing offingFor For some reason , international mternatIonal police po- po police po police - - lice have put him down as the cblef chief cblefspreader chiefspreader chiefspreader spreader of the communistic VJrus virus virusalthough , although be has bas figured in 1D no main maine maines maine\ maine mainecats e es \ , cats ents since Admiral Horthy cbased chased cbasedhim chasedhim chasedhim him out of the pink prnk and white Ro- Ro Rococco Rococco Ro-cocco Ro cocco - - cocco palace at Budapest . Born in Kolozsva , Tr Transylvania Transylvaniahe nsylvama , he acquired a law degree at the theUmversIty theUniversity theUniversity UmversIty University of o Vienna He fought foughtin foughtm m in the Hungarian army , . was taken takenprIsoner takenprisoner takenprisoner prIsoner by the Russians , . converted convertedto to Communism Commumsm and coined Jomed joined the Red Redarmy Redarmy Redarmy army . He easily topped over the themIld themild themild mIld Karolyi and for a brief penod period penodran periodran periodran ran Hungary . Europe has been beensteadIly beensteadily beensteadily steadIly pegging peggmg him fiom flam from one coun coin cointry country country try to another in m a lot of f fast st triple tripleplaysPortugal tripleplaysPortugal tripleplays plays-Portugal plays Portugal - Portugal to Spam Spain to Brazil , IIt it was last summerMilitary summer summert t . * . . \ Military 1\Ilhtary 1 Ilhtary pohhcnn Politician Polilicnn.r\ Polilicnn.r Polilicnn.rUICK . . \ UICK to act at the tbe first sign oLRussian ol olJ Q QUICK J l ! Russian wcikness wC'1kness wC1kness wcnkness ' , the Ger Germins . m-ins m ins m'ms mms mrins - ' renew their thclr dI1\ dI1 di dine dI1c it \ c a to break the theFrancoRussln theFrancoRussian theFranco-Russiin theFranco Russiin Franco-Russl\n Franco Russl n Franco-Russian Russian - ' \ pact and to further furtherthclr furthertheir furthertheir thclr their planned coalition eoahhon of European Europeanpowers Europeanpowers Europeanpowers powers agimst ag'1lDst ag1lDst agvnst ' Russia . Genet'll Genetll General Genet'llLudwig GeneralLudwig GcncnlLudwig ' Ludwig Beck Bccl . , , German chief ChICf of staff staffmakes , General GenerallhrJC GeneralMaria GeneralMine makes a courtesy courtc.y courtcy : . cill c'111 c111 c'ill ' on French Frenchducf Frenchthief Frenclichief l\hrJC l hrJC Maria \ . Gust Gust-nc Gust nc Gush\ Gush Gushe - ae \ % e Gamelm Gamelin , ducf thief of stiff shff , , oiflci offlcnily officnlly illy noted as a5 acourtesy a acaul acouitcsy inter- inter interpi interpietcd 'pietcd pietcd ' - - but promptly w w'pietcd caul courtesy tcsy c-ill c ill c'1Il c1Il call ' , as aspohtIcalIy aspolitically aspolitically pi pietcd eted by French newspapers pohtIcalIy politically inspired mspucd . General Beck . , a shrewd pohhcaJ pohhcaJstra political politicalstrategist politicalstrategist hea head headof headof the stra strategist teglst , has been called " of the German army , ' ' brain bram trust trustHe trustHe trustHe ' ' totah total totahtarIa totalitanan ' of advocate He has been an ' ceo eco economic ceonomIc cconomic " thit th"1t th1t that " tarIa tartan war , insisting lOsIsbng were wereas wereas we1'0as we10as ' " forces nomIc and spintual plt1tual spiritual the force of arms armsHe armsHe as important as armst He armstHe was elevated to his present pas pasOrtober post postOrtober posiOctober Ortober 15 ! ) 1935 l)35 l35 , m in an impressIve impressiveceremony impressiveceremony , " we wevon the theceremony thesuccess becamesuecessr became ceremony by which he becamed Schhcfl'cr Schhcflcr Sclil'effer Sclileffer ' a ad aVan and andVon d suecessr success 7r , of Moltke , ' of . the 0 0army old oldarmy d Van Von von llmdenDurg IImdenburg Hindenburg He nc 15 is is v- v v"army - "army army " 1hcthatand army caste cazte , formerly a mon1rch mOy momrchistand with 1hcthat t thatof a aof ti tiand , and his present aetnityof activity achuty aetnity an another another a"other aother " . , is of General Von Blomberg other indication mdlcatlon of the nsuig rIsmg rising po\\etof po etof pO\\cr pO cr pOcrof POV \ \ \ \ er erof of . junkcis junkel junkeis s . and .md md army leaderse leadersConslil leaders e Conslil ConslildNU Consolidated Cons'lIdltl'd ConslIdltld " ' ( { WNU dNU . : ' Sen News CwsCFeatnres Ice FeaturcS FeaturesWNUScrMC I I I |