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Show - - WEhKLY WEEKLY WELKLY WELKLYVEW.S NEWf /VEW.S VEW.S / NEW : , . ANALYSIS BY flY JOSEPH JO'iEPIl JOiEPIl JOSLI'fI JOSLIfI ' ' W If ' LaBINEForeign LO.IJINEForeign LaBlNE LaBINE LO.IJINE LOIJINE LaBlNEForeign . Foreign Policy Holds Holclb Spotlight SpotlightIn In Botli Botl Both . Houses of Congress ; Reciprocal Trade Act StudiedFOrTOll'S StudiedFDITO1t'S Studied FOrTOll'S FOrTOllS CFDM'OR'S CFDMORS FDITO1t'S FDITO1tS ( ' ' NOTE NOTE-When NOTE When NOTE-Wbrn Wbrn - : - Who opinions oplnlona ylalc * are expressed ezpre.setI ezpresetI xyre . J la in tkf the these e * olu OOIIlDllUl columns * , they theyre theyare theyare are re thOile those th 01 of f Ur tho the ne news w . analytl nalya ft lyt ' $ and Sf11 J IHI not t ' nf'oeuarlly nfoeuarlly nece.aarlly neceaarlly aroe ' . rlly 01 of f Uili this thia newspaper M wy er ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Released Iteleaved ( [ irl * l d by Wextem Western Weatern Nlw81 Newepaper M wp > aper pT Union _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ AT Arf HOME IIOME : "ot ot " . 0 * Eyes Eye Overseas OverseasForelcn Overseastit OverseasForeign tit Forelcn orelgo Foreign F attain ( Tain upeneded superseded euperseded do- do domfstlc domestic do domestic - - mestic mfstlc : problema problems on Ur the congresslon congresslonat con < re alon alonI 81 at I cnlendar calendar The cenatw senate forelcn foreign re- re rela re rlations - * . la lations lions committee commlltee poitponed postponed poetponed again againIts againits axairIts Its consideration of a propoaed proposed armieinbare arnu arrna arnuembargo arrnaembargo embargo " against e lnst Japan while a B aub sub aubc subC ubc c rnmittce mmittee mrnittee discussed dl cu ed Ur the reiolutiorof resolutionof resolution of I wa B s < ; Sen en . . . Guy C.illetta Cilletta Caillette .illette illette ( . ' to in invoke Inyoke Invok voke yoke the neutrality act In Asia A Ia s a swar awar iwar war Main MaIO reason for delayed ac actlon acLion actlon tlon Lion was the rumor that Britain Brllaln amiJapan and and.Japan andJapan .Japan Japan . were about to sign alga len a treatywhich treaty treatywhich treatywhich which would tlv give Tokyo a tree free hand handIn handin handIn In China provided Japan keep keephands keephands keephands hands i < ( fT ff ii British possessions pos e * lon In the theOrient theOrient th thOrient Orient . . Forelcn ForeIgn policy discussions dlscu lon In the thehouse thehouse th thhous hous house centered around Secretary olState of ofState oft4tate State t4tate Cordell Hull s a reciprocal trade tradeprogram tradeprogram tradprocram * program Up for paacaf passage was waa wa a aresolution aresolution aresolution resolution continuing contlnuin ( the state itat * de- de do- do dopartrneut department de department - - partment partrneut a trada trade treaty power but butthere butflier butthere there * was wa a strong G 0 P tight fight tightI tightto fightto fightto I to restor restore * Ur the cnate senate senateI /I I a / ratlficaUonright ratItlcation ratification ratItlcationright ratificationright right over such auch uch treatle treatiea treaties treatiesBoth * treatieaI I Both politic poJJtics politics * and Ur the war entered enteredInto enteredInto enteredInto Into this thJ * qucition Question Should Ur the house houradopt houseadopt 1 1adopt adopt the resolution ( a virtual cer cer-- certaint cer- cer certalnty certainty - - tainty talnty taint 1 ' ) Secretary Hull iItiU s a . preslden presiden presldentlal presidenUal presldenUal tlal Ual aaplrationa aspirations would bi be furtheredMoreover furthered furtheredMoreover furtheredMoreover Moreover . , OOP G 0 0 P Hopeful RobertTaft Robert RobertTaft RobertTaft Taft , , . senator from Ohio was ex expected expected expeeled pected to defend bis his opponent s a pro pro- program program program - - gram from the sonata senate floor Ooor Rea flea Reason fleason Reason son Tafts hav have always opposed opposedcongressional opposedcongressional opposedcongresdonal congressional participation In tradetreaties tradetreatiesHow trade tradetreaties tradetreaties treaties treatiesHow How the th * state department feels feelsabout feelsabout feelsabout about its program with wllh regard to toEurope toEurope toEurope Europe I S war was wac indicated at ChI Clii ChIcago Cliicago Chlcago cago where Assistant Secretary SecretaryHenry SecretaryHenry SecretaryHenry Henry HenryIi Ii ' ' ' Grndy Grady addressed a for Jp ; I II I- I Ik.ic - _ _ _ _ _ k.ic kic k.icI . . -I I - - , L I II I . - _ _ _ SECRE'rARY SECRErARY 8ECItEThRT ECllETAIlT ' GRADYThe GRADYThe GKADT GRADY GKADTThf Thf The kenefitt beneiu benefits { 01 o/ o 01cooperallon ocooperaiwn / cfpersUon cooperallon cooperaiwn cooperaiwneign . eign elgn trade convention Said be he he"The he"The heThe " " . "The The " results of the trade trad agree agree- agreements agreemania agreements - - ments mania programs have demonstrated demoostrated demoostrat I Ied ' ed the benefits of suchcooperation such suchCooperation cooperation Shall we as agreat a agreat agreat great neutral power continue to up uphold upbold uphold hold Ur the principles prmclplel of economic co- co cooperation cooperation co-operation co operation - - - operation or shall we renounce renouncethe renouncethe renouncethe the cause under pressure from speclal spe special special cial interest groups ? Other news newl newi from Washingtonc Washington CI < . c : . Emu Emil Sham chairman of RFC RFCtold RFCtold RFCtold told Ur the bouse house Inquiry into the Na National Nationsi National tional tionsi Labor Relations Relallons board that thatNLRB thatNI.RD thaiNLRB NLRB NI.RD NIRD . bad had tried In nine separate separatecases separatecases 8epara te tecasu casu cases to xnaka make RFC refuse loans tocompanies to tocompanies tocompanies companies accused of not conform conformIng conformlag conforming Ing lag with Ur the Wagner labor actc act CI . c The advisory council of the fed federal federal federa eral ! reserve system okayed a bill byDelaware by byDelaware byDelaware Delaware I a Sen John Townsend Jr JrcaWng Jrcalling Jrcalling caWng calling for repeal of Ur the administraUon adminls adminis adminlstraUon administration traUon tration s a foreign silver purchase purchaseprogram purchaseprogram purchaseprogram program Reasoning It Is a direct directsubsidy directsubsidy directsubsidy subsidy to foreign furelgn governments governmentswhich governmentswhich governmentswhich which must be bonr borne by U S tax taxpayers taxpayers taxpayers payers Next day Nevada s I a Sen SenKey SenKey SenKey Key Pittman Pitt-man Pitt man - suggested that silverbullion sHver silver sHverbullion silverbullion bullion should be coined to delayapproach delay delayapproach delayapproach approach of the national nallonal debt limIt limit.His limitHis . . His reasoning Since the monetary monetaryprice monetaryprice monetaryprice price of silver Is flxed fixed by law at atl atI $1 1 ( $ l 29 2 > an ounce and since the treas tress treasury tressury treasury ury now pays about 35 cents anounce an anounce anounce ounce on the world m market a rk e t the re reserves re- re reserves reserves - - serves could be turned to a good goodadvantage goodadvantage goodadvantage advantage tIL .The The . .Th Th . The house hanking banking committee de do deferred doferrect deterred ferred ferrect its vole vote on senate approved approvedlegislation approvedlegislation approvedlegislation legislation to boost the ExportImport t-xportImport t xportImport E.xport Export E.xportImport . - Import bank s working capital by $100 100 $ 100 000 000 thus making $20000000 20000000 $20000000available $20 20 $ 000 000) 000 000)available 000available ) available tor for nu no military purchases purchasesby by Finland Fmland FinlandC tIL C < . . At Madison W s a It was tndlcated Indicated tndlcatedboth Indicatedboth Indicatedboth both binal tl.nat Stnal t > l.nat lnat . rs ro Arthur Vandenbergof Vandenberg of Mich Mlch gan a d II H 10 bert Taft ol of Ohiowould Ohio Ohiowould Ohiowould would enter entt'r enttr ' the Al A [ ( ru nl rtl 2 presIdential presIdentialprimaries presidentIalprimaries presidentialprimaries primaries to stop another G OOPhopeful 0 P Phopeful Phopeful hopeful New Y rk s 8 a Tom DeweyCI Dewey CI . ( . .tearful tearful . F earful that congress is drlftJng drifting drlftJngwIth driftingwith driftingwith wIth the internal Internat 01 oi al situation IIltuation 24 24bl 24bi 24bl bl bi partisan congressmen decided towrestle to towrestie towrestle wrestie wrestle with tl tI U e first and most fun fundamental fundamental fundamental damental probt.m probtm problLm probltm ) . before congress congress- congressunpmploymE'nt congresstinempioyment congressunemployment - unemployment unpmploymE'nt unpmploymEnt tinempioyment ' CI ft . unpmploymE'ntCI tinempioymentft < . Chairman Arthur Altmeyer Altrneyer of thf the theSocial ( heSocial " Social Security board urged that thatsta thatstates thatstate sta states s * liberalize the r uncmploypient unemploy unemploysnenl unemploynent snenl nent Insurance systemii aystemlL systems aystemlLtIL systemsi tIL i . . A senate sub committee was wasnamea wasnameo wasnamed namea nameo to probe charges by New NewHampshire NewHampshire NewHampshire Hampshire s a Sen Charles Tobey to tothe tothe tothe the effect that two 1040 1940 census cel1SUS ques questions questicvris quesUons tions ticvris were an Invasi lnvasl tnvosi n of the rightof right rightof rightof of privacy ABROAD : Spreading Warfare IVarfarc WarfareHard Hard liard i rested rcs'led rcsled rca-ted rca ted ' - Finnish troops con continut'd contlnued continupd tinut'd tinutd tlnued ' retreating on Ur the Karelian Karellan Kareliantllthmull KarellanIsthmus KarelianliUimim tllthmull Isthmus where the Russian Invad Invadera invaders Invaders era ers were pouring men and machines machinesextravagantly machinesextravagantly machinesextravagantly extravagantly Into inlo a mighty camp cam campalgn campaign palgn paign ln ( ; against the Mannerheim Mannerhelm Mannerheirn lineMoscow line lineMosc lineMoac Mosc Moac iw w claimed cJalmt'd cJalmtd ' capture of Kolvls Koivis Kolvlsto Koivisto Kolvisto to western anchor citadel of the theFlnr theFinr theFinr Flnr Finr Ish defense def'nlle defnlle ( ' system and guard guardIan guardIan guardlan Ian of the Reds Immediate obJec obJectIve objective objeclive tIve Vilp Vlip irl ul in As a blizzard sweptdown swept sweptdown sweptdown down to Imm 1mm bilize hllize hlIize opiosing oPloslng oposing armiesfr armies armiesf f Jr yr ) th the ( ' time being the desperate desperateFwns desperateFinns desperateFinns Fwns Finns called clilled up men of 4 41 45 and 46-- 46 40-- 40 46their 40their 40 40their - - ' - their last reservesI reserves reservesIf I If ! aid was coming from trom France Franceand Franceand Franceand and Britair Brltajr firitair it to tok A ) a long time toget to toget toget get there I fo I ' oreign orelgn Minister Viscount Vis Via Viscount Viacount count Halifax told the house of com corn commons cornmoos commons mons moos that munitions were bdng bting bdngsent btingsent beingsent sent to supplement the British vol volunteers volunteers volunteers unteers passing In a steady stream streamthrough streamthrough streamthrough through Norway and SwedenIn < : ; Sweden weden SwedenIn In Sl1ldl1lalJla SltlltIlIVIa S Saii < ( ( aii ltlltIlIVIa ltlltIlIVIaDenmark < ( linaiHa linaiHaDenmark ( Denmark remained aloof aloot from fromcompHcatl fromconiplicati fromcornplicati compHcatl coniplicati ns apparently through a apeculiar apeculiar apeculiar peculiar arrangement between Brit BritaLn Britam Britain aLn am and Germany But Uut Norway and andSweden andSweden andSweden Sweden had no such luck luckNorway luckNorway Norway continued protesting Brit Britaln Britam Britain aln am s a action in raiding a German Germanaupply Germansupply Germansupply aupply supply and prison ship the Allmark Altmark AllmarkI Altmarkwithin Altmurkwithin . within Norwegian territorial tf'rrltorlal tfrrltorlal territoriai ' waters watersAb watersAb watersAb I Ab < ( ut 300 British Drltlsh prisoners prlsonE'rs prlsonErs ' of ot war warwelL warwelt warwen welL welt . freed in the ' raid Germanycomplninine Germany Germanycomplaining Germanycomplainin complaining complainin g that Norway should shouldhave shouldhave shouldhave have ! pr pntecti-d pntecti d ) tectLd teCtcd - the Altmvk Allmark Ahmarlc Brit lint Britaln lintam Britain aln am on the I t ( ther then hand wondered wonderedwhy wonderedwhy wonderedwhy why Norwiy Norw1Y Norwvy hid h id allowed olilowed the thl " ship shipInside shipinside shipInside Inside her hpr territorial waters Ger Gen German Genman German man writh wrth , c led when wheii Norway NorVl.ny NorVlny Norstay . In r - - . 7 7k 7t 7I k t I- I I'I - 'I I ' , : - q . _ _ _ _ _ ' J i- i iit ' - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it S _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .b b . 0 _ * - MINISTER CROSS CROSSwere Wf're Wfre were ' not appreclared appreciated b by ) ' It 11) 11 vly vlydicated ) dica dicated ted the Incident might be turnpd turned turnpdover turnedover over to the League of Nations NationsSweden NationsSweden Sweden s a position was even more moredelicate moredelicate delicate rLartul r arfui lest a S viet vie vietory vietory tory In F . mland inland w mId uld ) place t > weden Sweden Swedennext wedennext next in line f lr in a Russ Invasl invasi n the theStockholm theStockholm Stockholm g JVernmel vernmer ) t I nevertheless neverthelesshesitated neverthelesshesitated hesitated to send aid for flolr fiar ot of an anI angering I gerIng Russia s I artnpr artner In crime Germany But It was hard for UieSwedes tile the tileSwedes theSwedes Swedes to t.D tD . close their eyes when whenRussian whenRussian whenRussian Russian planes crossed the n dhern nthern dherntrontler nthernfrontier rthemfrontier trontler frontier and showered 40 bon boo bs on onPaj onPajala onPajala Paj Pajala ala a town of 3 000 po u1.1 u11 ulat . . t onIn un on unIn In III . the tie , [ Mediterranean IJedtterral1eal1 Iediterranean MediterraneanBritain IediterraneanBritain ! Britain s disregard for candlna Scandina Scandinavian Scandinavian candlnavlan vlan vian neutrality was also being felt feltby feltby feltby by Italy heretofore the re-cil re cil re-cit cit recii - lei It let ' ! t of ofmany ofmany otmany many an allied favor But Italyhas Italy Italyhas Italyhas has consistently refused Br t sh shFrencb shFrench shFrench Frencb French trade offers offel1l hence bence the allies al alI allies allies I lies decided de-clded de clded - to apply blockade re restrlcHons reatnictions restrlctlons strlcHons atnictions against Italian p Irchases irchasea Irchasesof irchaseaof irchasesof reI I of Gt-rrnan Gt rrnan Gl.rrnnn Glrrnnn G&rrnan Grrnan . & - coal Said Konald Honald Ronald Cross CrossBritish CrossBritish CrossBritish British minister rsiinister of economic war warfare warfare warfare fare A period has been bel'n beln ' a ama rra gt'l gtl gel gt'lto gelto go ' ito to enable Italy to neK neg tiate tla te to btain b btain btam tain tam Its I I coal from other s ir in esmean t > c-s c s csmean - s smean ( mean ng Fngland ) and ths th s ( l t ir r I Iwill Iwill 1will will come to an end shortlyAnother shortly shortlyAnother Another Mediterranean state T r rkey rkey rkey key pre prei ( ared aned to insure Balkan neu nc-u nc u neutrallly ncutrality ncutrality - trallly trality with force Said Istant Istanl il II sYfni S SYf'nl sYen Yf'nl Yfnl Yen ' : W Wi Snitch Ibah i/ i iauthoritative / > authoritative newspaper newspa newspapf'r newspaper pf'r pfr per ' Turkt Turk ( y w 11 II enter entt'r enttr ' the thf ' s w Yo ir in the theday theday theday day a t f rcitn r'lbn rlbn rcikn ( ' , p w r n rchi rchl ncht s Into Intotl'Bak'lls intoU intoU tl'Bak'lls tlBaklls U i ( ' < . 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