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Show French Dampen Nazi Hopes For Rebirth as Red Check By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator. WSV Srrvlce, 1616 Eye Street, N.W., Washington, D. C. The gbost of Adolph Hitler, reported report-ed to have been executing a little clog dance of joy on Europe'f political po-litical rubble heap, like the one he performed after signing the armistice of defeated de-feated France, is probably not quite go cheerful today. to-day. Hi prediction of chaos or communism com-munism In Europe, Eu-rope, a wishful "apres mois le deluge." hit a ttaukhage setback (or the second time when the sturdy, middle of - the - road Frenchman got behind the middle of-the-road Republican Catholic party, and defeated the Communists, Commu-nists, just as an earlier vote killed the constitution which the Reds wanted. Because Hitler knew his greatest nope tor a Nazi rebirth was a Communistic Com-munistic Germany, his spirit probably prob-ably rejoiced when the iron curtain went down on Germany's eastern frontiers, and one of Russia's border bor-der countries after another were bulldozed into one-party, leftist-front leftist-front rule. With France turned Communist, Germany would be an island in red sea, and would soon have to take on protective coloring. It was assumed. The next step, according to Hitler's hope, was the reaction to Nazllsm. Now, for the first time since V-E Cay, France seems to bave shaken off her carmine shackles. Before the recent election, soma quarters vera predicting that If the French middle class and peasants could not get rid of thajeft-wlng domination with ballots, they would try It with bullets. The left-wingers themselves were warning of a reactionary revolution, revo-lution, and as lata as the spring of this year dire warnings were being be-ing .sounded. MRP Setki Unity Against Cla$$ War Donald fe. Robinson, former civil affairs officer in France, wrote In the April Mercury magazine that: "In no nation of northwestern Europe Eu-rope are there such distrust and loathing between classes and groups as in France today. The bitter distention dis-tention which bas driven General de Gaulle into retirement, and constantly con-stantly threatens the precarious equilibrium maintained by the left coalition, is rooted In implacable bate between the moderates, centrists cen-trists and rightists on the one band nd the Communists on the other. . . ." This situation complicated the Allies' Al-lies' problems In regard to Germany. Ger-many. However, with France now staggering to her feet, there is a chance for more harmony among the western Allies, and It is possible that Germany, with proper controls and minus a huge slice of the rich mineral land of the Saar In French bands, may bave her three sones sufficiently united to begin to support sup-port herself; to start to pay some of her bills with the consumer goods that her neighbor nations want from her. and can't get anywhere else. The results of the French elections elec-tions are particularly gratifying from the standpoint of the western Allies because they appear to bave established a degree of harmony among the more conservative French elements without revealing reactionary trend. The triumphant Popular Republican Repub-lican movement (MRP) had plat form which, according to French authorities, went beyond the political politi-cal field to take a moral stand. The .platform stressed the need tor re-enforcing re-enforcing unity among the newcomers newcom-ers (the right wing elements of the Socialist party made up of members mem-bers of the old resistance), and all nose opposing the efforts (by the - Communists) to incite class hatred. At file same time, the MRP disavowed dis-avowed all connection with the Radical Socialists, who, despite their name, are considered too conservative con-servative by many members of the resistance who formerly had Joined in a common front with the Communists. Com-munists. The election results may mean a change In Russian policy, for in spite of themselves, the western Allies Al-lies have been forced to take unified uni-fied action if an action at all was to be taken. It is possible that Russia Rus-sia was merely stalling, hoping to establish her influence in Eu BARBS ' Well-dressed cows will soon be wearing zippers, says Business Week. But they won't be reaUy well-dressed. Udderwise they would wear girdles. ' ef ; Airplanes can now stop in the air, ays Aviation News. Probably to put oft passengers Who haven't ticket. v rope. Including France. Now that this strategy has failed In regard j to France, she may be more co- j operative. Either that ... or resign I herself to taking an Allied western ; bloc and liking it. Special Interest Deluge Wathington The lobby barometer of the pres ent congress has run up a pressure pres-sure record this session which is probably an all-time high. Never in the history of the capital have there been more pressure groups operating, as the listings under "associations" "as-sociations" in the classified section of the Washington telephone directory direc-tory testify. The "associations" fill 14 columns and very few are not interested in some kind of legislation, pending or prospective, and Interested enough to have an office in the capita or at least a telephone number. There are a lot more with offices under the bats' of their representatives, which prefer to remain anonymous to the public. Alphabetically speaking, the American Automobile association leads the list, and the Zionists and George Zook conclude It One newcomer has nudged itself right up to second place the Am-vets, Am-vets, one of the 26 veterans organizations organ-izations listed, including the American Ameri-can Legion and the Buck Privates association as examples of the old and the new. Alcoholics Anonymous appear, not so anonymous this time. There is the Association of University Professors, Pro-fessors, and right next door, the University Women, which makes It congenial. There are bakers, bankers, bank-ers, members of the bar, and (no relation) bottlers of carbonated beverages. The "antis" are present four of them: Anti-Cigarette alliance; Antl- Defamation league; Anti-Poll Tax committee; and, of course, the Anti-Saloon Anti-Saloon league, to balance the Liquor dealera and the Distillers Institute further on down the page. Certain happier combinations suggest sug-gest themselves. Take the National Caterers and Sandwich Makera association as-sociation and the Mayonnaise and Salad Dressing manufacturers who together symbolize a fine old Amer ican institution. There Is specialization in lobby ing, too. Don't think the National Association of Ornamental Nonfer-rous Nonfer-rous Metals manufacturers lets the National Association of Ornamental Metal manufacturers tend to their special needs. And when it comes to boxes, you cannot put them all in one pile either. The weatherproof, corru gated variety, the weatherpoof fiber fi-ber containers and the plain fiber boxers, each hoe their own row, not to mention (though you had better, if you are a congressman, unless you want to fill one of their products) prod-ucts) the ordinary National Wooden Box association. Press Cft fa Azerbaijan Mixed Up If the citizens of the Persian prov ince of Azerbaijan, In whose desires tor Independence the Soviets have showed such a tender interest or. late, ever read American period!' cals, they may bave been consider ably surprised to learn from sev eral recent articles that their country Is rich in oil fields. Information to this effect would bave startled an oil expert friend of mine who has spent considerable time In that country. If he hadn't known his geography better than the writers of the articles. He knew (what I didn't untO he told me) that there are rich fields of oil in Azerbaijan, Azer-baijan, all right, but that it is a different Azerbaijan many miles away, where Baku Is located. But then how many Azerbai janians (or Americans) know there is a Buffalo In Wyoming (where buffaloes ought to be) as well as one on the shores of Lake Erie? Sees Democratic Victory in Fail As the senators took hitch in their togas on the ides of May this election year, the popular prediction tor the kalends of November was a retention of Democratic control of the house of representatives, and a loss of only five or six Democratic Democrat-ic seats in the upper chamber. This at least a hardened soothsayer sooth-sayer could venture to say, provided he didn't whisper it too loudly. Said soothsayer. 1 might add. always al-ways hedged to the extent of adding: add-ing: "As of today." by. Baukhage I'm not a Socialist, but if the government gov-ernment la going to have to take over mines and railroads every year, it seems to me we may aa well keep them and ssve on bookkeeping. book-keeping. As it is, the taking-over Is a farce. You never miss tht sunshine until the clouds black It out By EDWARD EMEKINE WNO redans. DELAWARE is that BIG little state in the heart of the East coast, where so many riches are confined to a small area. It is rich In soil and climate as well as in material things Industries, banks and corporations. It is also rich in traditions and history, in military and naval heroes, in venerable ven-erable homes, churches and public buildings. It Is called "The Diamond Dia-mond State." "After having seen ... the banks of the Brandywine a scene of bloody fighting, I am happy now to find upon them the seat of Industry, beauty and mutual friendship," said Lafayette Lafay-ette when he visited Delaware in 1824. For more than 300 years the citizens citi-zens of Delaware have played a significant part in the development of the nation. It was one of the original 13 colonies and In 1787 it became the first state in the Union, ahead of all others In adopting the Constitution. In 1638 the Swedes established a permanent settlement at Fort Christina, Chris-tina, now a part of Wilmington. This colony superseded the ill-fated one by the Dutch In 1631 at Zwaan-endaeL Zwaan-endaeL now Lewes. Through the colonial co-lonial period the Delaware counties were ruled successively by the Swedes, the Dutch and the English, under the duke of York and William Penh. In 1776 they declared their Independence, emerging as the State of Delaware. , Industry, trade and commerce flourished. The inventions of Oliver Evans of Newport made the state one of the great flour-milling centers cen-ters of the world. In 1802 the Du-Pont Du-Pont powder mills were established. The Delaware and Chesapeake canal ca-nal waa completed in 1829. Railroads, Rail-roads, modern highways and air planes came later, attracted by the progressive spirit of Delaware. This little state and its people have stood the test of time. Most of the early settlers Swed ish, Finnish, Dutch, Scotch, Irish and English were accustomed to tilling till-ing the soU. Situated within 250 miles of one-third of the population Apple orchard near of the United States, Delaware farmers are close to a ready market mar-ket and the state still has great agricultural importance. . Wheat, corn, hay and other field crops are grown with ease and the sandy coastal area grows practically all agricultural crops, including fruits and vegetables, known In the Temperate Tem-perate zone! In the northern part of the state, the staple field crops predominate, but to the south the farmers rely upon peaches, apples, truck crops, small fruits, poultry and dairying. Industry In Delaware began with grist mills, sawmills, boat and ship building, and other small manufacturers. manu-facturers. Wilmington and vicinity is the chief manufacturing center of the state. Its products are varied and Include leather goods, ships, machinery and hardware. Wilmington Wilming-ton is also the headquarters of E. I. duPont de Nemours and company, the nation's largest manufacturer of diversified chemical products. Likewise. Like-wise. Wilmington, the state's largest larg-est city, is its chief port, with ship traffic passing up the Delaware river. riv-er. About 20 years ago the Delaware Dela-ware and Chesapeake canal was converted into a sea-level route. Paper-making plants in the valley of the Brandywine employ thousands thou-sands of workers. Kaolin day is an important quarry industry. Along the coastline, fishing fleets follow the migrations'" of fish and much shad, herring, rock and sturgeon v ' Mi.mii ii. -: -.'--. - KKHSYl'MtttA are taken. Delaware bay yields oysters, clams, crabs and lobsters. Fruit canning and evaporating industries in-dustries have large plants in Dover, Do-ver, Milford, Middletown and Smyrna. Smyr-na. Delaware has a clear-cut recreation recre-ation area the shore line north and south of Cape Henlopen where the Delaware bay meets the Atlantic ocean. There is excellent salt water wa-ter fishing there as well as swimming swim-ming and bathing. Fresh water streams provide good fishing for bass, crappie, pike, yellow perch and catfish. The lower part of Delaware Del-aware offers excellent gunning for small game. Some neighborhood clubs sponsor fox hunting. There are SO fresh water lakes in the state. Everywhere in Delaware is a landscape worth painting. With farms and orchards along the Dela ware river and bay, the. state is capped by hills in the north and ocean dunes in the south. It has Dover, the state capital. trees of unusual height pine. oak. walnut, hickory and yellow poplar predominating. The entire mainland main-land was wooded when the colonists landed there. Even along the beaches the air is often pine-scented and health-giving. Every square foot in Delaware is historic ground. Every town has its markers aifd monuments to recall re-call its glorious past, such as the statue to Wilmington to Caesar Rodney Rod-ney who cast the deciding vote to assure the Declaration of Independence. Independ-ence. There are many old colonial homes In Dover and Lewes is known as the birthplace of the first state. Every road, in Delaware leads' to more markers, more reminders re-minders of three1 centuries of culture cul-ture and tradition. The flags of four nations have flown over Delaware the Netherlands, Nether-lands, Sweden, Great Britain and the United States. The state was named when Captain Samuel ArgaO of the English colony in Virginia came to the entrance of the bay and named it Cape La Warre, for Lord de la Warre, Sir Thomas West, then governor of Virginia. The state has long boasted of a balanced budget bud-get and low taxes. Delaware is little geographically, but it is big in every other way! The main part of Wilmington crowds closely about tiny, open Rod ney Square. From The Rocks, the city extends tanlike between two ' streams, the Christina river and The Clue A Delaware tradition brought about the adoption in 1939 of a "Blue Hen Chicken" as the state bird. It waa during the early days of the Revolutionary war that the men of Capt Jonathan CaldweU's company, recruited In Kent county, took with them game chickens noted for their fighting ability, said to be of the brood of a famous blue hen. Captain CaldweU's company waa attached to a regiment that fought f v - I r MMvSf" L a" u. - lit v V:: i ' : r 30 WALTER W. BACON Governor of Delaware Now in his second term In the State Bouse, Governor Bacon was born In New Castle and has spent almost bis entire time in that state. After a business career, he became mayor of Wilmington in 1935 and served three successive terms. He took office as governor. in 1941 for a four-year term, and was re-elected in 1944 for another four years. Brandywine creek, into wooded highlands on the north and undulating undu-lating lowlands on the south. It was first named Willlngtown, the name being changed about 1740 In honor of the earl of Wilmington. Dover, the capital, is near the center of the state. It is the market mar-ket and shipping point for fruit, vegetables and other products grown In the low, fertile orchard and farm lands that surround it In 1694 about 200 acres was bought for the town and a courthouse and prison were built some time before 1697. Nothing was done about laying out Dover, however, until 1717. It be came the capital of the state in 1777. the seat of government being transferred trans-ferred from New Castle. The University of Delaware is at Newark in the northwestern corner of the state. Lewes, at the mouth of Delaware bay, is the saltiest town In the state and known to every ship captain who has ever rounded Cape Henlopen in a gale. Milford was early noted as a shipping and shipbuilding ship-building town. New Castle, six miles south of Wilmington on the Delaware, is the oldest town In the Delaware valley and has many historical his-torical attractions. Rehoboth is the largest summer resort in Delaware. due to its excellent beach. Delaware's Statehosss Of historical interest is the old State House of Delaware at Dover. built on the site of the Kent county courthouse erected in 1722 By 1787 the facilities of the old court house were no longer adequate for the needs of both county government govern-ment and the state legislature. It was decided to "pull down the old courthouse and use the hard bricks tor the foundation of the new build ing" as there was not enough money tor a stone foundation. Funds were raised by a state lottery lot-tery and construction of the new building started hi 1792. Three years later the general assembly authorized author-ized the completion of the battlements, battle-ments, covered the roof with copper, cop-per, erected stone steps, paved in front of the building and placed seats in both houses of the legislature. :5 4 "cr-.0 Old Town Han, Wilmington. Hen Chicken' at Long Island, White Plains, Tren ton and Princeton. When not fighting fight-ing the enemy, the soldiers amused themselves by pitting these Blu Hen Chickens. When in battle, the Delaware men fought as valorous 1) aa these fighting cocks and became known aa "Blue Hen'a Chickens." During the Civil war a company of militia organized In Kent county and adopted for themselves the name "Blue Hen'a Chickens." y fiewsmen Admit Apprehension of A-Bomh Mission By WALTER A. SHEAD ABOARD USS APPALACHIAN (Via Navy Radio)-Civil and military mili-tary welcoming committees out of the way, with the beauty and color of the Paradise of the Pacific a pleasant memory interlude in the midst of this serious military experiment ex-periment the "Big Apple" today has her nose pointed westward on the second leg of our hop toward Bikini atnti and the atomic bomb test the results of which may revolutionize naval tactics. The waters of the MarshaU Islands are not new to the Appalachian and the members of her crew who first took her into combat duty in these very waters ... the conquest and capture of Kwajalein, which is our next port of call. She is a sturdy ship and bears few scars of her tour of duty in the war in the Pacific in the Marshalls, the Admiraltys, the Solomons, Solo-mons, at Levte. the Marianas, at Guam and other action since Pearl Harbor. On this tour she is the press ship of Adm. W. H. P. Blan-dy's Blan-dy's task force and aboard are eW3u TO DROP BOMB . . . Major Harold Har-old Wood, age 30, of Bordentown, N. J., responsible for bullseye. picked newspaper men and representatives repre-sentatives of the other media such as news reels, radio, technical magazines, mag-azines, television and others. Although Al-though most of them are on other ships of the group, such as the Pan-amint Pan-amint and the Blue Ridge, there is a sprinkling of scientists aboard and a sort of friendly ribbing going on constantly between the "lay" or mine-run members of the press and these scientific writers, many of whom are members of the "I Am a Frightened Man Club" and predict dire results and dangers to person nel of this task force when the bomb burst, scheduled July 1, takes place. In spite of their fun-poking, the newspaper men generally privately admit they feel some apprehension and beneath the raillery there is a feeling of tenseness among many of as which Increases daily. The trip thus far from Navy Pier in Oakland to Honolulu, where oar two-day stay was an too short, has been like a pleas-ore pleas-ore cruise bat now we are getting get-ting down to the serious part of this most stupendous military experiment in history. The information in-formation officers aboard ship Offer every facility and we are ' scheduled for a series of round-table round-table conferences to orientate as to the main objectives of operations op-erations crossroads. One of the most interesting phases ot this operation is the time ele ment. Fourteen different time zones are involved in the operation by virtue vir-tue of the location of Bikini west ot the International Date Line. For Instance it the first atomic bomb is dropped at 10 a. m. Monday. July 1, it wUl be 5 p. m. Sunday, June 30, in Chicago. As this is written out of Pearl Harbor we stiH have some 2.200 miles of trackless blue water to tra verse at a speed of approximately 11 knots or about 13 miles an hour. Before we reach Kwajalein where. we will spend a day viewing the elaborate installations which have been set up in quarters, laborato- ries, air facilities as a base for the army ir corps which wiU drop the bomb and the 37,000 men of the joint task force. The logistics and the planning which bave gone into this operation oper-ation will rival those in the invasion in-vasion of Normandy and scientists scien-tists In and out of the navy have ready for installation the most elaborate measuring devices to meter actoal effects of the explosion ex-plosion on the target array of. combat and other ships, army and navy material, live animals tethered aboard some ships and ordnance for army, navy and air of aU descriptions. In addition recording devices, specially spe-cially constructed cameras for television, tele-vision, radar controlled drone planes, which wttl fly through the atomic cloud at varying heighta win bring back samples ot the radio active ac-tive materials and vapor to be rushed to the laboratories for test It is this radio activity for the exploded ex-ploded atoms which may be used for the benefit of mankind in peacetime peace-time pursuits. As a matter ot fact, the Manhattan district is now releasing re-leasing or has released smaH por-tions por-tions of radio activated substances to universities and laboratories. y.. Jl' j ittiiiMiiiM llil::illllllpllii I By PaULMuLON Released by Wattm Newspaper Onion. CALIFORNIA PRIMARIES MARK TURN OF AN ERA WASHINGTON. - The California primary result has caused the most intimate interpreters of pontics there to conclude CIOPAC is through in politics in the nation's fifth largest state. Indeed, local CIO managers there are murmuring they must reorganize and get a new line. True enough, they did not lose many candidates for Democratic nominations to the RepubUcans excepting ex-cepting the head of their ticket, the candidate for governor, but everywhere every-where they showed such weakness they may even lose their hold upon their own men. The head oi tneir ticket, Robert Kenny of Los An-geles, An-geles, was not only backed by CIOPAC CIO-PAC with considerable money (I cannot ascertain the precise sum), but has been generally described as "extremely leftwing." The Jimmy Roosevelt Ickes organization also put in energy and money. The weak ness of Kenny's race left politicians with the conviction that the support he had is definitely to be avoided by anyone with ambition for California public office. Indeed, there Immediately developed de-veloped a tendency among candidates can-didates who won the Democratic nomination to sever themselves from the CIOPAC and leftwing connections. They are saying they never agreed with Kenny and are strongly antl-CIO. It la evident they will have to get away from the MesaUlance if they are to save any of the tick et from the RepubUcans in No-. No-. vember. STRIKES ANGER VOTERS Close California observers think the final blow which ruined the CIO line the last straw It one was needed need-ed was the Los Angeles strike. Traffic was paralyzed completely tor several days in probably the worst traffic tie-up of the nation's history. Atop a street car and bus strike, the national rail strike occurred, oc-curred, and none of these was especially espe-cially popular with the public. People Peo-ple got fighting mad at this total disregard of their interests and ot their rights, including the right to work, to subsist and to have public service. The Communist support, Russia appeasement and such familiar doctrines of CIOPAC proved heavy burdens, as did their domestic domes-tic economic wage policy, which has now taken a new sensational turn among their auto workers, namely this: As the wage increase which they forced in the long strike haa been followed by orice increases on autos, UAW ha, lecided to make demands for additional wage increases in-creases to meet the price increase which, of course, will force another an-other price Increase and require them to get another wage increase, and how long does this go onl WARREN POPULAR But the overshadowing instance of the result which ruined CIOPAC was the way Republican gov ernor Warren pulled a majority ot the Democratic votes away from the Democratic CIO ticket. He has been a good governor and the Democrats Dem-ocrats just simply would not stand any longer for domination by the Roosevelt Ickes CIOPAC coalition. coali-tion. They left Governor Warren with only a prohibitionist to run against in November. They kicked out their own candidate and took the Republican, the first governor since Hiram Johnson to be re-elected in California. When such a thing happens In California, a state which has been balmy in its politics of the past (you could at one time get nearly any kind of a movement started for nearly anything from ham and eggs to Technocracy and "Thirty every Thursday.") you may be sure it bears symptoms ot an historic his-toric national event. People are coming to their senses. For California, in their primary, they marked the turning of an era. PRESSURE ON RADIO Private information has come to me suggesting one of the large Russo American good neighbor organizations has taken steps to try to assure that pubUc opinion wiU favor Russia. This organization haa a committee assigned to the purpose pur-pose of driving from the American rostrum, particularly the radio, any person making adverse suggestions. 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