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Show General HUGH S. Johnson Jew. A VISIT WITH WILLKIE COLORADO SPRINGS. It puts columnist on a spot to be invited by a presidential candidate to give his (the columnist's) views on public pub-lic questions to be taken or rejected as the candidate sees fit It is a spot because a newspaper man's Job is to take not give opinions, and to use what he can glean to inform the public. In this reversal of roles, I can't be talking about Mr. Willkie's views, as disclosed in two long sessions ses-sions here, because he has to be absolutely fair to the press, and that means no favorites or exclusive interviews. in-terviews. I can't for another reason, rea-son, which is that he is my friend and talks in as complete confidence as a man would indulge in with his own brother. The net result from a newspaper man's viewpoint of a 3,200-mile airplane air-plane hop to interview Mr. Willkie is Just like taking a dish of spinach to a luxurious banquet or being invited in-vited to dig freely in a diamond mine with a pair of eyebrow tweezers. tweez-ers. It's a spot, but his Colorado Springs setting on the toenails of the Rockies at Pike's Peak, is one of the most pleasant and beautiful spots on God's footstool, so I think I can survive the mental anguish. It is telling no tales to say, from observation here and elsewhere, that Mr. Willkie is surely continuing the process of selling himself on sight. Little Mary Pickford, who had lunch with us, went away in raptures. She has marvelously preserved her stature in public respect and adorationand adora-tionand otherwise. She is going to be a help. If enough potential crusaders like Mary can meet Mr. Willkie in such circumstances, his lack of an old-fashioned old-fashioned political organization won't count for so much. There is no question of his appeal and political "It" in personal contacts, con-tacts, whether it is with single individuals in-dividuals or in crowds. He has all that it takes. What remains to be seen, is what he can do on the adio and the content of his speeches. The Republican platform was so indefinite in-definite that Mr. Willkie will have tc chart the party course almost single-handed. single-handed. It is some chore! The Republicans were leading at this stage of the 1938 campaign, but from the very day of Mr. Landon's undistinguished opener at West Middlesex Mid-dlesex they started on a toboggan slide that left them two states. Mr. Landon's theme was: The New Deal is perfect, but I can deal it better. That left no issue, save one of personalities. As between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Landon, that was just no contest There will be a contest in that field this time. Some people say that in his engaging exterior, Mr, Willkie is Just another Roosevelt. Nothing could be further from the truth. The only point of similarity is that they are both pleasant gen tlemen. Mr. Roosevelt's charm is that of a cultured actor. Mr. Will- sie's is far more roughshod and oomely. I believe that most people will regard it as more genuine, But he is going to need more than that He will have to make issues .'ar more clear than they are today and convince people that his is the right side. One handicap of Mr. Landon was that Col. Frank Knox and Ogden Mills were speaking with him but not the same language. Mr. Willkie may have a similar problem. Mr. Hoover is going to make at least two speeches. He is a thoughtful, experienced and re spected American, but Mr. Hoover's speeches represent Mr. Hoover'i doctrine and nothing else whatever, They will be attempts not to cell Willkie, but to sell the present edition of Hooverism which may be something as different as Knox and Mills from Alfred Landon. That would be one great handicap and there are many others. However, How-ever, Mr. Willkie's life habit has been overcoming seemingly impossible impos-sible handicaps, like getting a Democrat Dem-ocrat nominated on a Republican ticket None of these new ones compares com-pares with that Let's wait and see. TRAINING PILOTS Unconfirmed stories about the Germans sending partly trained boys to attack in flights, relying on only one or two ships equipped with modern instruments and piloted by really trained leaders may be true. They also may explain the astonishing astonish-ing British claims of bringing down three or four German ships for every ev-ery one they lose. That is too expensive a policy, and we certainly do not want to risk cities, ships, convoys not to mention young lives and costly planes on that kind of training. The Civil Aeronautics administration administra-tion is exerting great efforts to get some interest and primary training train-ing into young men by subsidizing older pilots to train them at so much a head for eight hours with dual control. Then the kid goes up solo. After that he has 22 hours altogether alto-gether 30. He isn't supposed to be a pilot, but to have had his primary pri-mary training $325 worth. Will the army and navy entrust its expensive military ships to these boys? Almost certainly no. . r- in 1 1 sf t i I A TilrTi A U.Phillipr MR. FARLEY MAKES A SHIFT Jim Farley hat retired as National Democratic chairman to head the New York Yankees. Eight years of football have been enough. Jim will find It a relief to be In a field where the pitcher doesn't want to bat field and coach at one and the same time. For nearly a decade he has been head over heels in national politics, where use of the "bean ball" is strictly ethical, and that's been long enough to convince him that life la more satisfactory in business where its use is at least officially discouraged. Jim is an old baseball man him' self. He was a first baseman on the Haver-straw Haver-straw nine back borne. But he had to get into politics to discover that a man could mean well and still get spiked in both. After what he has been through in the last few years, it Is understood under-stood that Big Jim has a terrific yen for a business where team play will be welcomed, where not more than one pitcher is used in the box at the same time and where the use of amateur coaches is barred. James M. Cox, chief backer of Mr. Farley in the baseball deal, is Miami's Number One Citizen, and it may be that he has decided this is the only way to get the Yanks to train in Miami as an added winter win-ter attraction. Miami has everything every-thing else. Governor Cox's chief sporting interest in-terest is in golf. But it may be that, like most golfers, he would like to get his mind off it and thinks it worth a couple of million to do it Big Jim Farley has been the most underpaid man in politics. That wouldn't be so bad except that of late he hasn't even been allowed td argue with the umpire. And it has probably proba-bly been a terrific strain for an old baseball player to be in a position where he can't find out whether his star pitcher pitch-er intends to keep pitching or to take a job as coach at third. There Is a rumor that one of his last acts as postmaster-general will be to design a DiMaggio postage stamp and a Babe Ruth memorial post card. We wish Jim lots of luck in the baseball world. And we hope he doesn't find the change so confusing that he will signal for a caucus in stead of the hit and run play. Add similes: As forgotten as a platform a week after its adoption. adop-tion. BRITAIN IN ANY WAR ROUND 1 John ("Kid') Bull rushes In, chin out, and is floored five times, ROUND Z He is groggy and de fenseless, but manages to weather the round. ROUND 3 He is knocked all over the ring. He takes a count of nine. The bell saves him. ROUND 4 He waddles around without landing a single punch. The bell finds him cut and bleeding. ROUND 5 He is floored five times. There are cries of "Stop it!" ROUND 6 He is struck by every thing except the water bucket, and finishes the round on his hands and knees. ROUND 7 He manages to get one hand up and stagger through the round, with both eyes closed. LAST ROUND (FLASH) John Bull wins by knockout! LIFELINES Action speaks louder than words, and so do tanks. Keep your powder dry, but be sure to have the powder. Procrastination is the thief of nations. na-tions. Not many want to see the ace if you really have it As it Is with men so it is with nations. Stewart Cole Clark insists that his laundryman puts it "No Willkie, ua shirtie." m wnu piniai iw i it,. ..i.iiiium i in i ! tnirtrnrriiMmTiiWiiiiiiriii1iii WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Farnham F. Dudgeon 1,000 Nazi Bombing Planes Launch 'History's Greatest Mass Air Raid'; Aliens in U. S. Start Registration; Aircraft 'Bottleneck Slows Defense (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions ar expressed In these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) miammA by Western Newspaper Union, ( trjl A TODS , A " Vml ! 4 t. J ' I v r A French soldier and sailor are pictured here reading the poster written by General De Gaulle, head of the French military forces in England. It reads: "To all Frenchmen: France has lost a battle but France has not lost the war." THE WAR: 'Greatest in History From Wales to Scotland, German bombers attacked the island of Great Britain in what was being called the "greatest mass air attack in history." Always before as the Nazi planes attacked, their numbers could be reported in fives and tens but this time dispatches from both Berlin and London indicated that there were hundreds of planes in the air. One official British source esti mated that in a single day a Nazi air armada of more than 1,000 planes had rained bombs on all of England from Scotland's border right through the midlands to Wales. Even London itself was bombed for the first time during the war as the German pilots dropped tons of high explosives up and down the river Thames, concentrating on a terrific attack upon famed Croydon airport, one of Europe's largest and best equipped landing fields. As usual both Germany and Eng land claimed that the enemy came out second best. England said that her famous fighter planes had driv en off the Nazis in time to prevent great damage." But Berlin, while not at first admitting that London had been bombed, did claim that the entire Thames valley witnessed methodical, irresistible German air attacks which threaten ail military establishments with destruction." Southern Exposure Mussolini has chosen to attempt the Italian version of a blitzkrieg in Africa. He sent 250,000 soldiers streaking across British Somaliland with control of the Suez canal and the British lifeline to India as stakes in the gamble. The campaign will be hot in more ways than one. This is the time of the year when intense heat of more than 120 degrees grips Somaliland and the monsoon blows from mid night to mid-afternoon. Clouds give little relief from the enervating sun and there is little rainfall. The British hold all the best oasis, where men must drink or die. ALIENS: (have, have not) . . . Five million questionnaires in six key languages are being distributed distrib-uted to aliens Hving within the United States. All must answer 15 searching questions asked by the government before December 26. Before that time also all residents not native born or naturalized must be fingerprinted. Most pertinent query reads: "Within the past five years I (have, have not) been affiliated with or active ac-tive lri (a member of, official of, a worker for) organizations devoted in whole or in part to Influencing or In the . . . HEADLINES DISMISSAL WP A Commissioner F. C Harrington announced 429 work reliefers who refused to sign affidavits that they were not members mem-bers of the Nazi Bund or Communist Commu-nist party have been discharged. CHRISTENING For the new navy aircraft carrier, soon to be launched. President Roosevelt has selected Bon Homme Richard, name of the flagship of John Paul Jones, father of the United States navy. NEW JOB James A. Farley, re signed as postmaster general, will become head of the Coca Cola Ex port company. The former Democratic Demo-cratic national chairman will not de vote his full time to the New York Yankees, although he still may head a syndicate to purchase the ball team. IDEA When Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D., Mont) suggested a national na-tional referendum on the matter of conscription, he had all of Washington Washing-ton stumped. Experts agreed there was no way to carry out such an idea. THE LEW SUN. LEHI, UTAH 4 A' IIS FRAXWIS i y' 'v '" r-vov vm B -:V.'v:-, f -v: ,v. jj :: smm de ciiu.t v. 3 furthering the political activities, public relations or public policy of a foreign government." Solicitor General Francis Biddle isn't ruling at this time whether membership in the German-American Bund or the Communist party would require an affirmative answer to the above. The nation's 45,000 first and second class post offices will have charge of distribution of questionnaires and fingerprinting. They expect to complete com-plete the records in six months, under un-der the supervision of Earl G. Harrison, Har-rison, Philadelphian who left a lucrative lu-crative law practice to take over the job. Questionnaires are printed in Italian, German, Russian, Polish, Spanish and Yiddish. ISCORD: On the Downbeat Radio sopranos, bellowing baritones bari-tones and swing bands may soon be sounding another tune. The American Amer-ican Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers faces a revolt with the National Association of Broadcasters, Broad-casters, The ASCAP collects royalties on 95 per cent of the music broadcast. It's anticipated 1940 revenue is Q Tizn Ann n m ii. . u,uu,uuu, sj yer teiii ui uie income of virtually all stations. Next year it wants 7 per cent. But station executives threaten to do business only with Broadcast Music, Inc., which has a scale of only 1 to 2 per cent If the break is not healed before January 1, virtually all popular music mu-sic will be off the air. Many musical mu-sical stars may even be forced to change the theme songs which identify iden-tify them to millions. BMI controls only a few tunes, but expects to be in better condition before that time. However, such favorites as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert Cole Porter and the newer crop of composers are ASCAP standbys. THE CAMPAIGN: Repartee Republican presidential candidate Wendell L. Willkie, speaking in Des Moines, Iowa, said he was glad to appear in the home town of "that eminent scholar and gentleman, Henry A. Wallace." The crowd booed and cheered. Wallace, Democratic candidate for vice president posing for news photographers pho-tographers the following day, asked mem to "see what you can do to make me look like an eminent scholar and gentleman." When asked if he intended to debate with Willkie, Wallace wise-cracked: "I really do not know. Don't you think Willkie should endorse the Democratic ticket He's with us now on the farm and foreign policies. poli-cies. All he needs to do is get in line on social security and the WPA." Back and Forth Additional signs that the campaign was warming up came when Willkie Will-kie suggested the Hatch act be amended so that the President "and members of his family" would de-clare de-clare their complete financial holdings hold-ings on entering the White House and when they leave. Asked about the proposal President Presi-dent Roosevelt replied since entering enter-ing public service he was much poorer and wiser. "We are all poorer since 1328," shot back Willkie. ETIQUETTE: BermudaProtocol The duke and duchess of Windsor arrived in Bermuda, en route to the former king's new job, governor of the Bahamas. Social-precedent was set by the wives of the highest placed matrons on the island. Mrs. Hastings Brooke, sister of Maj. Gen. Denis Kirwan Brooke the governor, and Lady Kennedy-Purvis, curtsied to the duke. The duchess got a friendly nod, no curtsy. names llhchmnTim vntf ... in the news C George Bernard Shaw, British playwright and vegetarian, is laugh-ing laugh-ing at meatless rations. "I cannot hope that we will become a nation of Bernard Shaws," he said, "that would be too much to hope for. C Herbert Hoover is backing the movement to feed Belgium and France, if the English will lift the embargo. C Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghorm-ley Ghorm-ley expects to have a reserved seat for the British invasion. On special spe-cial orders of the President he was sent to London as an observer, the highest ranking officer ever to hold this position in peacetime. C. Manuel Quezon, president of the Philippines, was voted virtual dictator dic-tator powers by the national assembly. assem-bly. He has control over wages, farming, industry, profits, transportation, transpor-tation, rents and prices. C. Lady Byng, widow of the onetime one-time British field marshal, arrived in the United States as a refugee. Of the value of German bombing she said: "It was a bit wearying." Fugitive Patricia Wynn-Williams, little refugee from London a fugitive fugi-tive from an aerial blitzkreig is pictured as she arrived in New York, en route for Chicago, where she and her sister will stay with friends until the war is over. She seemed a bit bashful bash-ful as the cameraman pleads for a "big smile." BUILDING PLANES: Speed Up U. S. arsenals and navy yards went on 24-hour schedule as contracts con-tracts for arms, ammunitions and ships began to pour out of the office of the national defense commission. Many industrial plants, bidding on thousands of articles needed to equip and train an army, also were given orders amounting to billions of dollars. dol-lars. Bottleneck Production of vitally needed airplanes air-planes still is the headache of all concerned. William Knudsen, production pro-duction chief of the NDC, said American Amer-ican factories now are prepared to turn out planes at the rate of 10,800 a year and by next January will have speeded up to the rate of 18,000 a year. But immediately following this announcement an-nouncement came the depressing news from War Secretary Stimson that although congress had appropriated appro-priated money for 4,000 fighting planes, contracts had been let for only 33 of them. And national guardsmen on maneuvers ma-neuvers at the Canadian border are without equipment Trucks are used as make-believe heavy tanks, station sta-tion wagons simulate light tanks, logs are passed off as cannon, and gas pipes have signs informing those to whom it may concern that "this is an anti-tank gun." Stimson said businessmen wanted to know, before they undertook contracts, con-tracts, how they would be taxed, as well as assurance of tax credits for the cost of plant expansion. Stimson Stim-son said a company which undertook under-took building of new factories for defense de-fense orders was taking an abnormal risk because the plants might turn out useless in case of "a sudden cession of the emergency." On the QT Inside dope is that some airplane companies are not waiting for congress con-gress to make up its mind about taxes. Planes are being produced and put on the shell When congress con-gress passes the tax legislation, planes will be available at once. MISCELLANY: Touring CMrs. Alice Cornelius of Glen Head, N. Y, parked her car nn hill and went shopping. The car was missing when she returned. So she walked down to the police sta tion at the foot of the street to renort it She found: A wall of the police station smashed in. furniture wrecked, a stove overturned, and, nauway up to tr chief i desk, her automobile. ejjloji ill ifrr r j rn iind DREW PEARSON ORQBefrAUBN rrT '-'"-".'- Vt rw i I . M. in Washington, D. C. BRITISH WILL TRADE ISLAND Some of the most important conversations con-versations ever to take place with Great Britain in 150 years have been transpiring behind the scenes recently. re-cently. As this column has pointed out on several occasions, the support most desperately needed by Great Britain as of this moment is destroyers. To this end, conversations be tween representatives of the two governments have taken this course: If the United States will supply Britain with destroyers and small motor-torpedo boats, then the Brit ish will transfer to the United States any Island possessions it desires any place in the Western hemisphere, and will also permit the United States the use of land, air and naval bases on any territory which it controls. In addition to this, the British have told American plenipotentiaries that the United States can write its own ticket Jn other words, if this country coun-try wants other concessions from Britain in return for naval support it can have them. These terms, transmitted to members mem-bers of the Roosevelt cabinet and to high Roosevelt advisers, have been received most favorably. This includes in-cludes the Republican members of the cabinet, Secretary of War Stimson Stim-son and Secretary of the Navy Knox. In fact, the opinion inside the administration ad-ministration has been unanimous. However, the President himself has been loathe to move. POLLS UNRELIABLE THIS YEAR Psychological Corporation, one of the leading public poll organizations of the United States, is warning clients cli-ents privately about the reliability of public opinion polls under present unsettled conditions. Psychological Corporation is headed head-ed by Dr. Henry C. Link, who is the originator of the "P. Q." or Personality Quotient, and other psychological psy-chological tests. He is also connected connect-ed with a number of national business busi-ness concerns, including U. S. Rubber, Rub-ber, Lord & Taylor, and Gimbels department store. Psychological Corporation set up the original Fortune For-tune poll and has conducted numerous numer-ous polls in its own name. Despite its long experience, however, how-ever, P. C. will not conduct polls of general public opinion this year. Reason for this is that the war and public reaction to it have set up such rapid cross currents of opinion as to make established polling methods meth-ods unreliable. P. C. will continue to make any poll for which its services are employed, em-ployed, handling each job according to the individual requirements. But on polls where the war enters as a factor, or in regard to political opinion, opin-ion, P. C. will undertake them only on condition that definite predictions will not be made because of incalculable incal-culable rapid shifts of opinion. ' On polls not involving these factors, fac-tors, which it will conduct as it has similar ones in the past, P. a makes no reservations. But it definitely is hedging on political polls and is frankly telling clients so. GERMAN PARTNERS Despite the intervention of Arthur V. Davis, chairman of the Aluminum Alumi-num Corporation of America, the justice department is going ahead with its grand jury proceedings against that company and the giant German chemical cartel L G. Far-benindustrie, Far-benindustrie, for alleged violation of the Sherman anti-trust law in the production of magnesium. Magnesium is an alloy even lighter light-er than aluminum and is used in the manufacture of airplanes. It was in such demand by Germany for Hitler's airplane program, that Germany paid cash for American magnesium, even when she was desperately des-perately hard up for exchange. Mr. Davis came into the Justice department and offered all sorts of co-operation to the government But the department's anti-trust experts ex-perts figure that it is too late. They have taken the position that when an American company co-operates with Germany to restrict production produc-tion of an important metal, it hampers ham-pers national defense by discouraging discourag-ing American industry in peacetime. The magnesium industry, they figure, fig-ure, should have been developed sufficiently suf-ficiently during peacetime so that it could be expanded very rapidly now in an emergency. It is also their contention that the restriction of magnesium production in normal peacetimes discourages airplane manufacturers from experimenting exper-imenting with this very important alloy and learning to make full use of it So the grand jury Investigation, now in progress in New York will continue. ON CAPITOL HILL That 41-page symposium of news articles and editorials on Jim Farley Far-ley that Sen. Carter Glass, aged economy-minded Virginian, inserted in the Congressional Record cost the taxpayers $1,845. The insertion was the largest ever placed n the Record. 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