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Show NA NATIONAL TIONAL TIONALAFFAIRS AFFAIRS AFFAIRSReviewed NATIONALAFFAIRS NATIONALAFFAIRSReviewed Reviewed Revlewec/ Revlewec Revlewecby / by byCARTER byCARTER byCARTER CARTER FIELDGerman FIELD FIELDGerman German interests lllterests in tlus thus thuscountry thiscountry cOlmtr country ) fight for reciprocaltrade reclprocal reciprocal reciprocaltrade trade agreement with wlth Ger Germany Germany many Congress expected expectedto to approte of greatly increased In increased creased creasedapproprratlons creasedappropriations appropriations approprratlons for forpreparedness forpreparedness preparedness . It seems seemsthe seemsthe the agricultural agrzcultllral problem islikely lS is islikely 1l1.ely 1l1ely likely . to be with withliS withus us liS for formany formany marlY many years Jears y ears to come . the thecotton thecotton cotton problem also picsents pIC pie piesents sents its difficulties dlfficultles dijjicidtfes dijjicidtfesWASHINGTON difficultiesWASHINGTON WASHINGTONDesperate WASHINGTON Desperate -Desperate - efforts effortsare effortsare effortsare are being bemg made by important Ger German German man interests mterests m in this country and andsome andsome andsome some not mteiested mtelested inteiested through nabon nation nabonal national national al ! tics les ties but because of economic economicJde'ls economicideis economicadeis Jde'ls Jdels ideis ' to have this country enter enterinto enterinto enterinto into a reciprocal trade agreement agreementWIth agreementwith agreementwith WIth GermanyBecause GermanyBecause Germany GermanyBecause Because of the bitter feelmg feeling feelmgamong feelingamong feelingamong among so large a part of the popu populauon population population lauon lation of this country against agamst lI1tler Hitler lI1tlerand Hitlerand Hitlerand and because of the disinclination dlsmclmatlon of ofSecretary ofSecretary ofSecretary Secretary of State Cordell Hull dad dadd daddl daddi dl d ) of the reciprocal trade treaty _ " Wt , ' f&y fy & y . . N .w w .wN .wJ J , . t of ' CORDELL HULLformula HULL HULLformula formula for maintaining mamtammg world worldpeace worldpeace worldpeace peace there is plenty of tenseness tensenessTO tenseness1I1 tensenessm 1I1 m the sltua situation bon All sorts ofwires of wires wiresare wiresare wiresare are being bemg pulled by both hoth sides and andthe andthe andthe the outcome is shrouded m In doubtThose doubtThose doubt doubtThose Those arguing argumg tor for the German Germantreaty Germantreaty Germantreaty treaty all use the same contentIOns contentIOnsthough contentionsthough contentionsthough though the two tv.o tvo . groups are mobvat motivat mobvated motivated motivated ed by entirely entJrely different springs sprmgs Most Mostvoc Mostvoc Mostvoc voc erfous of course are the Ger Germans Germans Germans mans mansho \ viho \\ho ho who actually sympathize sympathlze with withl withHitler withHitler l Hitler tler There are a lot of them lIt ht lIttle httie littie tle tie as the casual newspaper reader readermJght readermight readermight mJght might suspect it Jt Because they do donot donot donot not wish to penalize penal1ze penalise themselves by byrunning byrunning byrunning running publicly pubhcly counter to the theanger theanger theanger anger ot of Jewish Je\\lsh Je lsh \ \ and Catholic haters hatersof hatersof hatersof of Der Fuehrer most of them are arenot arenot arenot not making makmg muchnOise much noise about it But Butthey Butthey Butthey they are very active as every offi offic offic offic c al in the State department has hasgood hasgood hasgood good cause to knowThere knowThere know knowThere There is a considerable number numberof of business men vbo who v . , ho believe beheve in mak makJng making making Jng ing a profit through trade e\ e even een eten \ en 1f if 1fthey ifthey ifthey they trade with the devil devil , , which IS 1s ISnot 1snot isnot not surprising surprlsmg but merelyhat merely \ what \\hat hat has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been happening since the beginningof beglnnmgof beglnnmg beginning of tune time Then there is a very small smallgroup smallgroup smallgroup group of important unportant persons who Sin sincerely sincerely cerely believe bel1eve that the path to world worldpeace worldpeace peace and permanence of freedom freedomfrom freedomfrom freedomfrom from war depends chiefly on trade- trade tradeand tradeand trade tradeand - - and not just b lateral trade elther either eltherbut eitherbut eitherbut but world wide tradeLorin trade tradeLoner Loner LOlta Lorin Trade Ba"lers Balers Barriers BarriersAs BarriersAs " As Pretentive Pret entire entrve of War Trar WarThe Tr WarThe ar arThe The arguments of this little group groupare groupare groupare are used by both the larger ones- ones onesthose onesthose ones onesthose - those who desire to see Germany Germanymade Germanymade Germanymade made stronger and who 'Who ' glory in m H t tler tter tler ler ter s redemption of the Father Fatherland Fatherland Fatherland land from the thL strait Jacket ] acket of the theVersailles theVersailles theVersailles Versailles treaty and those who whohope whohope whohope hope for a personal profit Naturally because Cordell Hull Hullhas Hullhas Hullhas has been preaching the lowering lowermg of oftrade oftrade oftrade trade barriers as the best preventa preventatlve preventative preventative tlve tive of war tor for low these many manyyears manyyears manyyears years both the larger groups real reallze realize realize lze ize the arguments of the little l1ttIe group groupof groupof groupof of intellectuals are the ones most mostlikely mostlikely mostlikely likely to be potent Incldentally Incidentally Incldentallyalso Incidentallyalso Incidentallyalso also both the larger groups are areperfectly areperfectly areperfectly perfectly sincere smcere m in agreeing agreemg wIth wIththese withthese withthese these arguments argumcnts argumcntsThose argumentsThose argumentsThose Those who want to make a profit profitthemselves profitthemselves profitthemselves themselves by trading more wIth wIthGermal'Y withGermany withGermany Germal'Y GermalY Germany ' naturally are convmced convinced convmcedthat convincedthat convincedthat that the whole world will be more moreprosperous moreprosperous moreprosperous prosperous as a result There IS ISno isno isno no hypocrisy in this Nearly every everybus everybus everybus bus ness man the world over is con convmced convinced convinced vmced vinced that if something somethmg were done doneto doneto doneto : to improve unprove his particular Ime line of ofbus ofbus ofbus bus ness everybody in m the enure entire entire\ entire entiret entireorld t \ , orld u \ would ould be better offIt offIt off offIt It s a f fght ght and it s going to be beworth beworth beworth worth watching watchmg though unfortunate unfortunately ly for the aud and ence most of the themoves themoves themoves moves are not go ng to be played playedin In the openIncreased open openIncreased Increased AppropriationsI Appropriationsor AppropriatIons 1 I 1or or Preandness Prefarcdness Prc Pre/ Pre / [ arcdness andness AssuredTremendously AssuredTremendously Assured AssuredTremendously Tremendously mcreasedappro increasedappro increased mcreased appro appropnatlOns approprsataons appropnations pnatlOns prsataons are assuicd assUied assured from the next nextcongress nextcongress nextcongress congress tor for all kinds of prepared preparedness preparedness preparedness ness - army ordnance airplanes airplanescargo airplanescargo airplanescargo cargo ships fighting fightmg ships tanks tanksmotonzed tanksmotorized tanksmotorized motonzed motorized equipment - everything everythingconcelvable everythingconceivable everythingconceivable concelvable conceivable that would be needed neededin neededin neededin in . wartime artlme There is ' "in in 'In " extraordinary una unammIty unanimaty unanimity mmIty nimaty of sentiment senhment abo t th SOl SOlCapitol s o i iCapitol iCapitol Capitol Hill President Roosevelt Rooseveltwill Rooseveltwill Rooseveltwill will have no trouble getting all the themoney themoney themoney money he nny m'lY mlY m1y ' ask tor fer for the army armynavy armynavy armynavy navy marine marme corps cargo ship con constructIon construchon construction structIon struchon and for readying prlvale privaie prlvaleplants privaieplants privateplants plants so that they could turn oul out oulwar outwar oulwar war equipment at short notice ror rorInstance rorinstance Forinstance Instance the little matter of edu educatlonal educattonal educational catlonal cattonal orders is indicative mdlcatlve of the thegeneral thegeneral thegeneral general line Ime of thoughtFor thoughtFor thought thoughtFor For years Britain Bntam his h'ls hls ' followcd followed followcdthiS followedthis followedthis thiS practice of educational orders ordersThe 01 cidersThe ders The underlying underlymg idea is to have as asmany asmany asmany many factories and plants as pOSSl possr possrblo pOSSlble possiblo ble blo ready to turn to government governmentwork governmentwork governmentwork work in time tune of emergency with no nodelay nodelay nodelay delay Gettmg Getting ready to produce producemany producemany producemany many types of military cqu equ pment pmentis is a long tedious process It In Invohes involes involves vohes voles gctt gett gcttng ng the proper jigs and andd andd andd d es It involves mvolves training trammg men to doan do doan doan an entirely entlrely new JobIn lobIn job lob jobIn In an ordinary ordmaJ"y ordmaJy ; " government con contract contract contract tract gncn gl\en gl en giten \ to a private manufac manufacturer manufacturer manutacturer turer the government of course coursecalls coursecalls coursecalls calls for bids and gives gJves the work workto workto workto to the bidder offering to produce at atthe atthe atthe the lowest price assuming assummg of course coursethat coursethat coursethat that the bidder is demonstrably re rel1able reliable reliable reliableBut l1able liable l1ableBut liableBut But in educational orders the plan planis IS exactly eJl.actly eJlactly . the reverse The obJectis object | is different dJfferent . . If It what is wanted im immed13tely immedsately immediately med13tely medsately is 1 000 machine machme guns for forinstance forinstance forinstance instance normally the manufactur manufacturer manufacturor er or offering otrermg to produce them at the thelowest thelowest thelowest lowest price would get the tIle contract contractBut . . But under the educational order sys system systom systern tem tom the government s purpose purposewould purposewould purposewould would best be served by giving glvmg 20 20different 20different 20different different manufacturers each a con contract contract contract tract for 50 machine machme guns Expansion IV \ Aot l\ot l ot of DIfficult DifficultWhere DifficultWhere Where Needs Are KnownThen KnottnThen Kn.ou.re Knou.re Knoure Knottn Known Kn.ou.reThen . . Then it if war or an emergency emergencyshould emergencyshould emergencyshould should develop three months later laterthere laterthere laterthere there would be 20 manufacturers manufacturerswho manufacturerswho manufacturerswho who had found out how to make the thetype thetype thetype type of machine machme guns desired Ix Ex IxpanslOn Expansion : Expansion panslOn pansion is 1s not d fficult where the theexact theexact theexact exact needs are familiar and the theworkers theworkers theworkers workers know how to do the tbe Job JobEach jobEach jobEach Each \ worker orker for example can be beput beput beput put to training trammg othersSut othersBut others othersBut : But Sut despite the obvious military militaryadvantage militaryadvantage militaryadvantage advantage of this system of educa educabonal educational educational bonal tional orders not unt until right now nowhas nowhas nowhas has the United Umted States government governmentever governmentever governmentever ever employed It it . . And this tills although althoughthe althoughthe althoughthe the plan has been advocated for 10 10years 103 years , ears and its It good results in m Brit Britam Britam Britam am have been well knownAgricultural known knownAgricultural Agricultural Agrrcultural Problem ProblemStumps ProblemStumps Stumps Would Be Solvers SolversA A very shrewd Kansan recently recentlym recentlyIn In Washington Washmgton remarked that the thefarm thefarm thefarm farm problem would be with us un unsolved unsolved unsolved solved 40 years hence About a aweek aweek aweek week later in m a speech at Hutchmson Hutchm Hutchmson Hutchmson son Kan Secretary of Agnculture Agriculture AgncultureHenry AgricultureHenry AgricultureHenry Henry A Wallace said that one who whohad whohad whohad had been watching watchmg the wheat mar market market market ket over a period of years would wouldnot wouldnot wouldnot not be surprised at the fact that thatthe thatthe thatthe the price had gone down doom It was wassure wassure wassure sure to come he said with a re return return return turn of normal weatherBut weatherBut weather weatherBut But a couple of days later the thereport thereport thereport report of t ( " > ' " ' " > Great Plains Plams commJt commit commJttee committee committee tee was made predicting predlctmg that con contlnwng contiming continmng tlnwng timing of gram grain growing growmg in the Da Dakotas Dakotas Dakotas kotas eastern Montana and north northern northern northern ern Nebraska is futile futlle and that the thefarmers thefarmers thefarmers farmers are doomed to defeat ai al at d ddespair ddespair ddespair despair if 1f they keep on trymgAnd tryingAnd trying trymg tryingAnd And mean meantime tune comes a report reportfrom reportfrom reportfrom from North Carolina Carolma that there IS 1s IStoo 1stoo istoo too much hay due to the so soil ero eroslOn eroscon erosion slOn scon policy of the department of ag agrlculture agricuiture agnculture rlculture ricuiture Which means of course coursethat coursethat coursethat that in m the next few years North NorthCarolma NorthCarolina NorthCarolina Carolma Carolina s production of cattle is go gomg gomg going mg to leap 'kyward kyward ' < k ytvard as it is 1m im 1mpract impract impract pract eal cal to use the hay in any oth 0th other 0ther other er way There will w1l1 be no turn ng ngfrom ngfrom ngfrom from hay either for the soil erosIOn erosIOnpayments erosionpayments erosionpayments payments by the government to tofarmers tofarmers tofarmers farmers guarantee its continuance contmuance contmuanceAll continuanceAll continuanceAll All of which put together g ves yes vesan yesan vesan an idea of \ hat the would be solversof solvers solversw solversh w yr : f- f fof - of the agncultural agricultural agriculturalk h ' " agriculturalup agriculturaluprjy k 11'f 11f ' j jproblem ) . problem are up upEo4J upv upagainst rjy Eo4J ; v g ; agamst against For obvi obviously " , > " \ . { ously this present presentI presentsurplus presentH I $ surplus of wheatv.as wheatwas wheat | . was v.as vas produced withr with withHj \ r out much help from fromthe . 1 Hj 1 1the the sect on studieda studied ? . , a/ a aby / ' | by the Great Plainscommittee Plains Plams 7- 7 ' - 7'iJr 'iJr iJr ' ! # ' ' - " ' just/ just / - ) Jcommittee I J committee And Just justr justas 't t ) ' r / , . /as as / as obviously WJth with without withJ out much help fromsecretary fromi from frombecretarv ecretaryJorth secretarynorth I'th Ith J\orth J orth north : \ " ) ' ' Carol1na Carolina r ina Now"allace Now ecretary secretary i : > becretarv { "allace allace "allaceIf allaceif " See NowSee andWallace { allace lt If the Dakotas and andother andother other parts p of thiS thiSGreat thisGreat Great Pla PIa ns area turn to grass grassand grassand grassand and hence to cattle it would SLem seem SLemas seemas seemas as though by the time tune both the Northwest Northwestand theNorthwest and the Carolina Carolma |
