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FAMOUS VASHINGTON WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT CORJtESPONDENT "f f Washington Wachmgton - It is gradually graduallydalmng graduallydawning graduallydawning da\lmng da lmng dawning \ : on the country that Presl Presld"nt Presld"nt Presid-nt Presid nt d"nt dnt - " Roosevelt did not lose his Su Supreme Supreme Supreme preme court fight-he fight he fight - he won It The Theonly Theonly Theonly only question is whether the price pricehe pricehe pricehe he paid for making makmg it was too hJgh high hJghOnly highOnly highOnly Only time hme will answer ansv.er ansver . thatOn thatOn that thatOn On the last decision decISJon day in Febru February February February ary the high bench handed banded down downfour downfour downtour four dec sions slons favorable to labor laborthree laborthree laborthree three ot of them by unanimous votes votesThIs votesThis votesThis ThIs is merely tp } ) cal ot of what has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been happen ng rig in to the court ever evers evers s nee nce the Pros Pres dent began his fight1 fightl fight 1 l ttle Ule the more than a year ago In the the13 13 months that haie ha\e ha e hate \ mtervened intervened mtervenedthere intervenedthere intervenedthere there has hs . : ! not been a s ngle rebuff rebuffto rebuffto rebuffto to NeI Ne v \I I \ Deal proposals by the court courtAs courtAs courtAs As a defense of the r ghts which the theconservatives theconservatives theconservatives conservatives thought they had that thatat thatat thatai at gust body has been a broken reedThe reedThe reed reedThe The most spectacular case of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course was tee the Wagner labor rela relatlOns relalions relations tlOns lions act Mosta Most ] la vyers in m Washmg Washing Washmgton Washington Washington ton bcl bel eve rightly or wrongly that thatIf thatif thatit If the Pres dent had not started h II s s1Ight sfight sfight 1Ight fight to enlarge the court the decI decIslon deciSion decision slon Sion on tha that t ict act ct would have hate ha \ e been beenunfavorable beenunfavorable beenunfavorable unfavorable As it was these law lawers lawiers ) ers believe belIcve that the court courts s deci decislon deciSion decision of the thevotes thevotes thevotes slon Sion or at least the casting votes of several individual Justices justicese justiceswas self defense defenseThey defenseThey defenseThey ' \ e as based largely on They thought these lawyers bel eve evethat evethat evethat that it was better to surrender on onone onone onone one decision than to increase mcrease the thechances thechances thechances chances of the President s wmnmg winning wmnmghis winninghis winninghis his fight to pack the courtThen court courtThen Then came the changes in m the the- the the"urt - "urt urt " personnel the substitution substJtutlon ot of Hugo L L Black for Wilhs Willis Van De Devanter Devanter Devanter vanter and of Stanley Keed Reed for forGeorge forGeorge torGeorge George SutherlandCertam SutherlandCertain Sutherland SutherlandCertam Certam Certain in m the comparatively near nearfuture nearfuture nearfuture future are two more Justices to tobe tobe tobe be appointed appomted by Roosevelt will mil take takethe takethe takethe the places of the last two conserva conservatlves conservatives conservalives tlves tives Pierce Butler and James C CMcReynolds CMcReynolds CMcReynolds McReynolds Washington Wasbmgton also ex expects expects expects pects Justice Benjamin BenJamm N Cordozo Cordozoto to retire because of ill 111 health bealth but butthat butthat butthat that is not figured in m the cacula caicula caculatlons caiculations calculations ! tlons tions since smce Cordozo has been one oneof oneof oneof of the strong liberal group on the thecourt thecourt thecourt court ever since smce h s appointmentNot appointment appomtment appointmentNot Not All Wounds Wound Wounda a Healed HealedAs As to the price paid by the PreS1 Press PreS1dcnt Pressdent President dcnt dent it 1t is obv ous tba that t the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House has bas not been able to heal all allthe allthe allthe the wounds Just a few days ago agoSen agoSen agoSen Sen Burton K . 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Wheeler of Montana Montanaoutstandmg Montanaoutstanding Montanaoutstanding outstandmg outstanding liberal hberal sounded off oil m in mBoston inBoston inBoston Boston to the general effect that thatRoosevelt thatRoosevelt thatRoosevelt Roosevelt could , not be re elected 1f it 1frenommated itrenominated ifrenommated renommated renominated due to the oPPosItion oppositionin oPPosItionlD lD in th s country to a third termNow termNow term termNow Now no one really reany believes that thatWheeler thatWheeler thatWheeler Wheeler would have said that If Ifthe ifthe ifthe the relationship between bet\\een bet een \ him and andthe andthe andthe the White House had been one of ofunmterrupted ofuninterrupted ofuninterrupted unmterrupted uninterrupted cordiality Nor can canI canMr canMr canMr I Mr Wheeler s attitude athtude toward the theI thePresIdent thePresident thePresident I PresIdent be blamed entirely on the thecourt thecourt thecourt court fight Actually Aetuany it Jt antedated antedatedthat antedatedthat antedatedthat that by several yearsWheeler yearsWheeler years yearsWheeler Wheeler was one of the strongFor strongFor strong strongFor For Roose\ Roose Roose\elt Roose elt Rooseelt Roosevelt \ elt Before Chicago Chicagomen Chicagomen Chicagomen men But tor for certain certam reasons reaSODS he hewas hewas hewas was never rewarded as nearly all of ofthe ofthe ofthe the stars in m that galaxy were The Thech Thech Thech ch et ef of reason probably was that thatRoosevelt thatRoosevelt thatRoosevelt Roosevelt was personally fond of ofWheeler ofWheeler ofWheeler Wheeler s ch et ef of pol t cal enemy m in mMontana inMontana inMontana Montana Bruce Kremer So biter biterness b tter tterness tterness ness welled up in m Wheeler s breast It never bo boiled ed over however un untll until until tll til the court fight Senator Wheeler Wheelerwent Wheelerwent Wheelerwent went so tar far at that time that ap apparpntly apparently apparpntly parpntly parently he d d not think thmk it possible possiblefor possiblefor possiblefor for him to get back in the fold So SolD Soin Soin lD in a way his present attitude or orcerta orcerta orcerta I certa nly my his public pubhc a att tt tude grev grew grewout grewout . out of that fightWhether fightWhether fight fightWhether Whether th s w U II I1 be really de dec dec dec c sive slve save . when .hen hen the national conventIon conventIonapproacbes conventionapproaches conventionapproaches approacbes approaches and presidential Prl pri Prlmanes primanses pnmanes manes manses are be ng held depends on onmany onmany onmany many factors But it is always 1m im 1mport important important port portant ant that any powerful leader ISb isb is isb b tterly opposed to a President s re renommat renominat renominal nommat nominat on _ _ Merchant MarineAmbassador Marine Marme MarineAmbassador Ambassador Joe Kennedy s re recent recent recent cent pleas for a new system whIch whichwould whichw "ould ould would , " ould the permit establishment of a areal areal areal real American merchant manne marine mannemay marinemay marinemay may accompi accompl sh the spend ng rig of ofsome ofsome ofsome some money but there s no mklng inklng mkl inkl ng ngthat that of the any real difficult es m in mthe inthe inthe the path lead ng rig to this obJective objectivew w 11 U be removed At present the thetO thetwo thetwo t\\O t O two \ greatest obstacles are ( (1) 1 ( ) the theabsurdly theabsurdly theabsurdly absurdly high cost of ope operatng operat rat ng a ash ash ash sh p under the American Amencan flag as ascompared ascompared ascompared compared with any other marll1me maritime marll1mecountry maritimecountry maritimecountry country and (2) 2 ( ) union laborBoth labor laborBoth 1 Both grow out of the well wen defined definedI definedpolicy definedpolicy dennedpohcy I policy of keep ng the AmerJcan American AmerJcanstandard Americanstandard Americanstandard standard of living IIvmg high Both for forthat forthat forthat that reason are commendable per perse perse perse se But just as surely they mean that meanthat the United States will never be neverbe a real competitor compeMor in the world s ssh ssh ssh sh pping ppmg business To use Wood Woodrow Woodrow Woodrow row Wilson s illustration it looks as though asthough Uncle Sam w will l remain remam in m the thepos thepoi thepos pos poi t ( on of a department store wh ch chuses chuses chuses uses the delivery systems of its itscompel1tors itscompetitors Itscompetitors ItscompetitorsThe compel1tors competitors compel1torsThe competitorsThe The writer WIltcr has just returned from froma a cru se e to Rio on the Italian Italfan 1 I ner nor Rex nerRex norRex Actually this was a good wIlJ will tour willtour wIlJtour tor for the Ital an government When governmentWhen the passengers swarmed swarmedashore swarmedashore swarmedashore ashore m in Venezuela and Brazil to tosee tosee tosee see the sights the sh p s officers officerscntertamed officersentertained officersentertained cntertamed entertained local politicians and ce cc ccebrlties celebrlties ce1ebrltles 1ebrltles ebrlties 1ebrltlesItalian ebrltiesItalian ] celebrltiesItalian Italian flags were everywhere everywhereThe The great ship was lit up 1 ke a achurch achurch achurch church at night in Rio harbor Bra Brazillans Brazilians Brazilians zillans zilians swarmed aboard thousands thousandsof of the more important being served scrved champagne lunches free frce the less lessImportant lessimportant lessimportant Important were charged a small fee feefor feefor teefor for the Inspection tripBut trip tripBut But Americans PaidButthe Paid PaidBut But-the But the But - the cost of this good will ges gesture gestune gesture ture tune by Italy this impressing Impressmg ot of the theLatm theLatin theLatin Latm Latin Americans was borne by byAmeIlcans byAmericans byAmericans AmeIlcans Americans Of the nearly 600 pas passengers passengers passengers sengers all except less than a dozen dozenwere dozenwere dozenwere were citizens of the United states statesThey StatesThey StatesThey They pa d for their tickets tlchets They Theypaid Theypaid Theypaid paid stiff prices tor for shore e'tcur etcur e'rcur ercur e'tcurSlOns e'rcursions excursions ' ' SlOns sions Tl TI ey bought Braz Ilan lIan Tian mil milreis milrefs milreis reis refs at 1640 16 40 tor for the dollar at the theship theship theship ship s bank and found they could couldget couldget couldget get almost 20 for the dollar in m R o 0 of ofOn * ' On the day attpr aftpr after the Rex left RIO RIOthe Riothe Riothe the French 1 ner Normandie Normandle ar arrived arrived arrived rived making makmg the Italian record of ofhavmg ofhaving othaving havmg having the largest ship ever to en enter enter enter ter R o 0 harbor one of br ef of stand standmg standing standing mg ing I don t know about the rrench trench rrenchefforts trenchefforts Frenchefforts efforts to entertain entcrtam the Brazil ansGenerally ariaGenerally ans aria ansGenerally \Generally Generally \ Generally they arc are not as smart smartabout smartabout smartabout about such things thmgs as the Ital ans ansBut ansBut ansBut But whether whetber the French made equal equaluse equaluse equaluse use of the opportunity or not cer certamly certainly certainly tamly tainly the great liner lmer must have 1m im 1mpressed impressed impressed pressed the people ot of South Amer Amerlca America America lca ica generally just as the Rex did didSuch didSuch didSuch Such things thmgs are IntangibleNow intangibleNow intangible intangibleNow Now the importance Jmportance of all this IS ISenhanccd isenhanced isenhanced enhanccd enhanced by the tact fact that of all the thecountries thecountries thecountries countries south of Panama Brazil Brazilfor Brazilfor Braziltor for more than 20 years } ) ears has been beenthe beenthe beenthe the best friend of the United Umted States StatesAt StatesAt StatesAt At virtually Vll"tual1y Vlltual1y " every Pan American Americanconference Americanconference Americanconference conference Brazil BrazJl has sided with withthe withthe withihe the 'United United Umted ' Stat"s Stats States tat " s ia In some ot of the j embarrassing embarrassmg situations wmcn which have havearJsen navearisen arJsen arisen Cuba has been just as good gooda a friend but her friendship fnendsh1p has hasalways hasalways hasalways always been discounted by hy the 111 in 111slnuatJon inslnuation insinuation slnuatJon slnuation that the United Umted States con controlled controlled controlled trolled CubaYet CubaYet Cuba CubaYet Yet here are two great European Europeanpowers Europeanpowers Europeanpowers powers seeking seekmg to ingratiate mgratJate them themselves themselves ; selves with our international pal so soto soto soto to speak and doing domg it with the1r their the1rtravelmg theirtraveling theirtraveling travelmg traveling salesmen s expenses all allpaId allpaid allpaid paId by American 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May Help BusinessAmerican Business Busmess BusinessAmerican American Amer1can business probablyIll probably w ' willbenefit \Ill Ill Illbenefit \ ill illbenefit benefit substantially as a result 01 o1 01the o1the otthe the British Bntlsh vote of confidence m in mPnme inPrime inPrime Pnme Prime Minister Mlmster Neville Chamber Chamberlam Chamberlain Chamberlam lam lain following followmg the resignation of ofForeIgn ofForeign ofForeign ForeIgn Minister Anthony Eden EdenMr EdenMr EdenMr Mr Chamberlain Chamberlam happens to be an anmdustnallst anindustrialist anindustrialist mdustnallst industrialist at heart and he favors favorsthe favorsthe favorsthe the reduction of trade barriers barners m in mEurope inEurope mEurope Europe . where .here here food shortage is a achIef achief achief chIef cause ot of unrestIf unrestIf unrest unrestIt It If the American theory that more morefreedom morefreedom morefreedom freedom of trade produces national nationaland nationaland nationaland and international prosperity prospenty is cor con correct conrect correct rect rect , , , then England should be more moreprosperous moreprosperous moreprosperous prosperous under the Chamberlam Chamberlain Chamberlampolicy Chamberlainpolicy Chamberlainpolicy policy Furthermore England WIll WIllprosper willprosper willprosper prosper in m proportion to the remov removal removal removal al ot of the threat ot of immed ate war warNot warNot warL Not only England but Chancellor ChancellorH H tier tler is trying trymg to avoid war Wash Washmgton Washmgton Washington mgton d plomats believe beheve Hitler IS ISdetermmed isdetermined isdetermined determmed determined to get back the lost Ger German German German man colonies colomes but that he wants to todo todo todo do 11 it > t without war Now that Mr MrEden MrEden MrEden Eden and his adherence to the theLeague theLeague theLeague League of Nations are out of the theway theway theway way they believe H tier will wIn s c cceed cteed cceed ceed teed m In his aim England s surren surrender surrender surrender der to the demands ot of the d ctators ctatorsd d stasteful as it may seem to many I Americans Amencans probably will stave off offwar offwar offwar war tor for another three years or so soThat soThat soThat That leaves England free tree to go goahead goahead goahead ahead with her armament program programwhIch programwhich programwhich whIch will win contribute contnbute much to bus buss bussness business I Iness ness activity achvdy thereEngland there thereEngland IEngland England is by far this country s sbest sbest sbest best customer And be ng busy busyas busyas |