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Show THE PAGE TWO ml Shapes as State Department Is Remodeled to Attend to United States Commercial Interests. New Policy By BAUKIIAGE Newt Analyst and Commentator a Observers have already expressed the opinion that the policies of Secretary of State Hull, resigned, will undoubtedly be carried out by his successor but many have overlooked the fact that the two men have in common a certain "formula" which is characteristic of the most important trend in the state department policy of recent years. Although it was perhaps his character and his integrity which did mort than anything else to carve the name of Cordell Hull deep in the annals of American statesmanship, those qualities were not the only ones which influenced President Roosevelt when he chose the stalwart Tennesseean to occupy the highest office in the cabinet. Most important recommendation was Cordell Hull's long and single-minde- d study of, and the completeness of his belief in, the importance of international commercial relations and the vital role they play in the whole economic structure of domestic as well as world affairs. I have dealt with that philosophy of Secretary Hull frequently in these t the columns. Suffice it to war and the study of postwar problems has already proved the necessity of international trade agreements, one concrete product of this theory which the secretary espoused so The trend is generally recognized, but not many persons realize how the growing importance of commercial negotiations on the highest diplomatic level has revolutionized the functions of the state department. Still more important is the fact that an awakened interest in the importance of international trade is actually creating a United States foreign policy, something which diplomatists have always declared never really existed in the sense that other nations have fixed policies in dealing with their neighbor nations. The link between Secretary Stettinius and his predecessor is based upon this same Influence. Both men, despite their highly different backgrounds, have a similar "formula" the formula for relating American trade to American diplomacy. This is an innovation in our foreign service where a tradition of protocol has grown up in an atmosphere bordering on snobbishness and so far removed from the marts of trade that it looked down its diplomatic nose at business. Secretary Hull was the first man to head our state department who believed that trade relations have in them the roots of war and peace. Edward Stettinius is the first secretary of state who comes to the office with a training in industry. (He left the chairmanship of the board of the United States Steel corporation to loin the committee of national defense.) So much for the innovations in the viewpoints of the past and present heads of the state department. Now consider the material change in its organization. say-tha- whole-heartedl- New Functions Added to Office When I sat down the other day and ran over some of the new offices and divisions and branches that are sheltered beneath the old rococ-c- o rooflree which were not even a wink in the most progressive statesman's eye when I first walked its marble corridors. I had quite a hock. There would be nothing to raise the eyebrow of past secretaries of state, of a Hay or Hughes, a Kellogg jr even a Madison In the items now officially listed such as the direction of our 35 embassies and 23 legations, nor the description B R I E FS duties of ambassadors, ministers and consular officers, nor the head of protocol or of the divisions which deal with passports and treaties. They all fit into the traditional atmosphere of gold seals, tail coats and top hats. But what about aviation and shipof the ping? And what about the whole great, new office of "wartime economic activity," many of whose functions will be continued when peace comes. Here is lodged the responsibility for "initiation" Some people are saying that Hnrry Hopkins was tco lavish in granting lend lease demands to foreign nations. And all the time we thought h was the president's that means the alpha and the omega of the coordination not only of "policy" but of "action" on such a highly businesslike matter as the procurement of all essential war materials from foreign countries. You may be the lowliest or the mightiest of importers or exporters, but if you wish to buy or sell such materials you will have to talk with a representative of the department of state. Then there is a complete "office of economic affairs." Here again action as well as policy concerning "protection and promotion of all American commercial and agricultural interests" in foreign nations is initiated that sounds more like Kansas City or Madison avenue or Wall street than Pennsylvania avenue or Downing street. And those are only part of a modern diplomat's duties. There is also the tariff, trade treaties and agreements and international commercial policy as well, in just one division of the office of economic affairs. In addition, there Is a monetary division, and (believe it or not) labor relations and another separate unit to deal with that essential to the American home (when it gets on wheels again) petroleum. How we have departed from the haughty aloofness that sneered at vulgar trade! The spats and the monocles have been laid aside and the gentlemen once referred to by " the cynical as have gotten right down to the brass tacks of everyday life, and the activities shared by America's millions. "cooky-pushers- Making Doll House Caprices of Fate Injure Some, Leave Others Unscathed At least three persons In the United States now take seriously the expression, "I'd break my neck to do that." One is Gregory Stingel, 13, of Chicago, who put his football jer- - By PAUL JONES As you may have begun to suspect, wartime days are wacky days. People stand patiently in line for two hours to get a pack of cigarettes, and then blow their tops if they miss one section of a revolving door on the way back to work. Guys who never could stand bananas now howl their heads off because they can't get them. The laundry eventually sends back the right buttons, but the shirts are missing. Maids who used to have one night out now allow the lady of the house to have one night in. A customer is publicly commended for slugging a waitress who said, "Doncha know there's a war on You would think, then, that the annual crop of wacky accidents would have been even wackier in the wartime year of 1944. And you would be right. They were. A roundup by the National Safety council proves that an amazing number of people still patronize the Whack market in accidents. To wit: As Margaret Morton of Groton, Conn., lay sleeping in her home one October night, a navy plane plowed through her bedroom and whisked the blanket off her bed without touching her. The plane Furniture Is Fun is miniature furniture all scaled to reproduce actual size pieces. Any little girl will love the sturdy upholstered sofa and the lounge chair with matching ottoman. They are easy to make, too, and Notes of an so is the chair. It is covered with Innocent Bystander: flower print. a Me "Meet The Magio Lanterns: The dining room furniture is al In St Louis" bulges with enough of straight blocks but the pleasant amusement to provide a made month of daydreams. Set in the FROM BLOCKS OF, era, the warm humor and SCRAP LUMBER infectious ditties inspire the spirit rsD OTHER ODDS AND ENDS to show its dimples. Delightful Margaret O'Brien steals the picture and A your heart "Something for the Boys," g and comes in on a lands gently on the eyes and ears. As In all musicals, the plot plays second fiddle sometimes it seems that it isn't even in the orchestra. . . . The March of Time's latest concerns China a nation of great tragedies, great heroism, great hopes. . . . Thescript of "Blonde Fever" gets lost in a jungle of chairs are smartly upholstered in cliches and no one misses it. . . . bright oilcloth to simulate leather. a Those who dreamed up' a The bed with upholstered head like "The Last Ride" should piece is especially glamorous and be in the Hall of Fame sweeping it the dainty dressing table has a matching stool made, of half of a spool with padded top and full The Paragraph of the Week: skirt. The nursery is also well furL. H. R.'s colyum in the N. T. nished with attractive pieces. Times previewed history with this dialogue: "One more quesNOTE Pattern 274 gives actual-siz- e tion, Daddy. What finally bepatterns or dimensions for all the pieces came of this terrible Hitler?" ot this furniture with Illustrated directions . . . "For a long time, my child, for making. Patterns and directions are nobody knew. There were stoalso given for the lamps and other acries. He was hiding In Spain, cessories. Pattern 273 gives all directions for making the doll house. Patterns are 15 Japan, Argentina, Eire. Tou cents each. Send direct to: took your choice. Then, in 1960, a rug collector named Donner-blit- z died of indigestion in ChiMRS. RUTH WYETH SPEARS New York Bedford Hills cago. That was Hitler. He bad Drawer IS been living there sixteen years." . . . "But didn't anyone guess. Enclose 15 cents for each pattern ordered. Daddy?" . . . "No, you see, exName cept for changing his name and shaving off his mustache, he Address. went right on being himself, damning Russia, England, democracy, the Gov't at Washington, and the U.S.A.1 in general. IFDJ? CHRISTMAS So the neighbors took him for an &2$JGET THE BEST I just ordinary crackpot and nev- -r gave him a second thought." UNTHISHIW HERE LJ d the dog, fell through a coffee table, suffered bad cuts on her arms and legs. Doggedly answering the phone, Mrs. Hatfield found the call was from an accident insurance company making a survey. Was she, they wanted to know, covered against accidents in her home? She wasn't. glass-toppe- C. C. Hardy stepped out of his truck in Sidney, Texas, was struck by a passing car and tossed high into the air. Just before his head struck the concrete pavement, his pocket caught on the high truck door handle and held him suspended in the air. buck-and-win- On the way home from the Bronx zoo In New York, Henry Carrumit, 13, sought to imitate the monkeys he had seen. He leaped up and down on the subway seat, scratching and grimacing. On an especially high jump an electrio fan nipped his scalp. No more monkey business for sV sey on backwards in his haste to dress for a game, tugged fiercely to get it off and broke his neck. Anne Haldeman, 10, of Doylestown, Pa., snapped a vertebra in her neck Henry. while skipping rope. And Mrs. In Washington Court House, Ohio, Pauline Strother of Indianapolis, topped them both by dislocating a hot words must have been exvertebra in her neck while vigor- changed over the phone one day. In any event, Superintendent Fred Rost ously brushing her teeth! All reof the phone company reported that covered. too much talking had overloaded Closely akin to the was Mrs. James Gallagher of West eight switches and set the phone exHazelton, Pa., who arose so hur- change on fire. riedly to shut off an insistent alarm Louis Boardman halted his autoclock that she dislocated her spine. mobile in Cleveland to watch the By Remote Control. huge gas plant fire there last OctoThe Woodrow Andersons of the St. ber. He stepped out for a better view Louis Andersons are careful folk. and fell through an open manhole, So when Mr. Anderson got back the cover of which had been blown from a hunting trip, he placed his off by the gas blast rifle on a kitchen shelf, out of reach Clarence Brown Jr. of St Louis of the Anderson children. Equally knows just how a baseball fan feels cautious, Mrs. Anderson took all the when he is really burned up. Watchd arrows away from ing a sandlot game this summer, Donald before leaving the house to Clarence was struck by a line drive visit a neighbor. But Don still had and promptly burst into flames. The on a the bow. So he merely substituted batter had scored a bull's-ey- e a yardstick for an arrow and let pocketful of stick matches. Both the it fly from the back porch toward the blaze and the batter were soon put kitchen. The yardstick went through out. a hole in the screen door and struck Traveling Buzz Saws. As Henry Butler ate breakfast in the trigger of the rifle. The rifle went off, and the bullet struck Don's Jacksonville, Fla., a buzz saw ripped little sister, Darlene. through the kitchen wall, sliced the breakfast table neatly in two and A good time was had by all but whirled out the other side of the the driver when a grocery truck upset in Bloomington, Calif., setting ap an Informal but popular grocery In the middle of the street. Eager customers hurried from all sides to fill their needs, their pockets and, in some cases, the trunks of their cars. It was a boon for budgets and ration books. dullo-dram- neck-breake- eight-year-ol- y PACKMt The book stores will shortly receive an extraordinary book called "Axis Rule in Occupied Europe." It is by Raphael Lemkin. It is published by the Carnegie Endow- self-servi- ce through the other wall of tha house and eventually crashed into a schoolhouse. Lieut W. J. McCarthy of Toledo, Ohio, pilot of the fighter plane, was injured only slightly. The blanket, undamaged, was found in the wreckage of the Then there was the strange case of the disappearing woman. It happlane. pened in Los Angeles as Mrs. Jan-iAs aa enthusiastic jitterbugger. Reesse gossiped of this and of Pro. Ernest Olivier of McCeok, that with three neighbors. In the Neb., often had beea "seat" by a middle of a sentence whoosh! Mrs. hot tune. But never as literally as Reesse disappeared. Firemen came the evening he spun la a super on the run, extricated her from a maneuver, grabbed for his pretty forgotten excavation 12 feet deep. and Mrs. Reesse's fence-sid- e Jiving partner's hand, missed weight is 325 pounds. plunged through the second-stor- y window of the dance hall. If men bite dogs to make news, Nine persons riding cozily in an why shouldn't a horse smack an automobile driven by Mrs. Adaline auto? That's what two Norwich, Clasby of Winslow, Ariz., were in- Kan., horses figured one afternoon jured slightly when the car crashed when they were scared silly by a into the rear of a bus that had girl on roller skates. They ran and stopped to discharge a passenger. ran until they encountered a parked Mrs. Clasby readily explained the car. Then they got their signals accident. "I failed to see the bus in mixed. Horse No. 1 went on one" side time to stop," she said, "because 1 of the car, horse No. 2 on the other. was nursing my baby." That left only one place for the 'Shot' by Lawnmower. wagon tongue to go right through When Pfc. Charles Smith cam the car. Nobody was hurt. Auto 'Picks Up' Boy. home to Claudell, Kan., to reThe driver of an auto in Chicago cuperate from wounds received in three south Pacific invasions, he fig- wondered why people were pointured he would get some rest from ing and yelling at him one day But as he last August. He stopped the car and dodging shrapnel. watched a power lawnmower at work in his front yard, the darn thing picked up an old spoon and burled it with such power and accuracy that it penetrated the calf of Private Smith's leg and had to be removed by an operation. "It's the same wherever you go," Private Smith remarked glumly at the hospital. Pvt. Harley Paul Collins of Kaa-sa- s City, Kan., knows exactly how Private Smith felt. For Private Collins, home on furlough, was showing his wife how the boys snake booby traps over there. lie hooked found, of all things, a bewildered op a shell, a board, a sail and a boy Timothy Ochall piece of wire. Then be tripped, and by name on the front bumper. The tha homemade contraption went off car had struck Timmy and carried and shot him In the leg. him two full blocks. Tim got a bump on the head, a few bruises and a Paul Lewchick of Coaldale, Pa., flattering amount of attention. knows that prudent people lay in a Ed Cloud and Earl Thomas of supply of coal every year. But he Knoxvllle, Tenn., didn't know for a believes few of them do It as liter- minute whether they were coming ally as he did. He lay in and under or going the day that a train hit 13 tons of it when he and his car their truck. The engine tossed the were buried beneath the contents of truck onto the pilot of another locoa coal truck that upset in a near motive going the other way. A collision with Lewchick's car. Dug scratch on Cloud's head was the only out after hard work. Lewchick casualty. nursed only minor cuts and bruises, In Chicago, Mrs. Rita Hatfield ran and refrained manfully from exto answer the phone, stumbled over plaining that It was soft coal. zoomed Foreign Policy Muat Interest Nation that brings me to the last observation which is the most important: the formation of a definite American foreign policy. The reason why we have had "no foreign policy" in the past is because the people have been too busy with their own affairs to demand any special treatment for other countries except that they be let alone. But increasingly since World War I. the people have come to realize that the consequences of acts of government which affect other nations are on the individvery likely to re-aual American's private affairs. It Is fairly well established by this time that one reason 'why we had a depression in the '30s was that the world went broke and wouldn't buy from us. Less broadly realized but growing clearer to most people is the fact that although we loaned money abroad to nations with which to buy their goods, when we refused to buy their goods (shut them out with high tariffs) they couldn't earn the money to repay us. Then they went broke and we lost our trade as well as our money. Other nations which might have bought spent their money to get ready for a war which eventually stopped all buying. Now many of the best business brains of the country have waked up to the fact that if this nation is going to achieve prosperity after the war, it is going to have something to say about a foreign policy that will produce a stable world. In a democracy there can be no foreign policy unless the people unless foreign afmake It. and fairs become personal affairs, the people do not express themselves. Their public servants do the best they can in the short period of their terms or periods of influence. The permanent members of the foreign service move along according to a pattern which has little to do with the swift vicissitudes of present day life and. until recently, no more attuned to the healthy and human sounds and scenes In field and mar-ke- t place than an ancient princeling surrounded by courtiers and serving-And ct men. Raukhage A reduction has been ordered in the import ceiling of bananas. All right as long as the skins stay above the sidewalk level. The number of civilian government employees declined 2.282 in October, but don't worry They were all In war agencies Other agencies increased by 4.3.r8 Still a little congressional pie for distribution. are a few of 1944's cases: boy in Long Beach, Calif., crawled into the tool compartment of an abandoned trailer. A companion with a grudge thought it would- be a neat trick to slam the door. The lock snapped and the boy remained inside the box for 36 hours before being rescued by a passerby. Another boy who lived In Chicago was not so fortunate. Ha hid in the Here nine-year-ol- d Bake with SUCCESS INSURANCE Robert Julian of Chicago was shooting a dart gun at a target on the wall. The dart had a rubber suction cup on the end to hold when it struck a flat surface. Often it hit glancingly, and didn't cling, so Robert fastened a needle in the suction cap so that the point would stick into the wall. An elder brother, Frank, 19, entered the room just as Robert shot The dart struck Frank in the chest He felt a slight pain but thought nothing of it at the time. Later be collapsed, and was rushed to the hospital. Surgeons discovered, after considerable hunting around, that there was a needle imbedded near Frank's heart Little Robert had forgotten about that sharp point on the end of his dart, but it was there all the same, and it came near killing his brother. As it was, a skillful operation removed the needle, and Frank was as well as ever after a few days. Top honors partment for tn the freak fall 1944 go to Our Macon editor relays this With Amazing MACA YEAST The Fast, Dry Yeast. USE JUST LIKE COMPRESSED YEAST! let- ter from Dr. W. B. Burke. His son James is with our State Dep't. Jim auth'd "My Father in China." . . . Dr. Burke spent 50 years in China. . . . The letter in part: "The whispering campaign in China against the Generalissimo and his wife is 5th collargely the work of pro-Jaumnists. Unfortunately some of our correspondents over there have gotten some of the reports in the papers over here. At first the Gen- eralissimo thought he would Ignore them. Then he realized the rumors were directed more against China than against himself. Therefore he felt that he had to bring these stories Into the light. As to the report he had been unfaithful to his wife he declared his relations with his wife had been without stain, absolutely pure. I can understand the object of the Japanese, but It is hard to get the workings of our American correspondents' mind. This is for publication." p There's nothing new to learn whea you use this wonderfully convenient yeast. Maca requires no special methods or recipes. It acts so fast, rises so quickly your baking is all done in a few hours. And what s. baking it ill Maca Yeast gives bread and rolls s rich, golden beauty, a smooth, even tcxturo and delicious flavor. ... de- d Raymond Davis Jr. of Chicago, who fell three stories from a back porch and suffered only a bruise on the head. A neighbor's clothes line caught him as he fell, bounced him gently a couple of times and then let him fall the few remaining feet to the ground. And in Hollywood, Strip Teaser Betty Rowland put so much heart into her work that she bumped on of her swivel-hip- s against a wall and took off for the hospital, suffering from partial paralysis. icebox while playing with his dog, The little animal leaned against the door, shutting It and clicking tha latch. The boy suffocated before his mother and sister returned. William was trying to amuse himself on the back porch, because he could not play in the yard He tossed a rope over the clothesline. Somehow, he got tangled up. A loop colled about his neck. When he tripped, the loop tightened, and he was choked to death. says Mother Maca Sufferers from the cigarette shortage would like to know just why it is that night clubs are enjoying nearly all the ciggie biz. This is how come. . . . The night clubs are in this enviable position because they've always charged a dime to 15 cents over the retail shop prices, and, of course, they still are permitted (by the OPA) to charge the same tariff as before the "ceilings" went into effect. . . . Then, besides getting 10c and 15c more per pack, the cigarette gals are invariably tipped an average of 25c for each pack. This, too, goes to the concessionaire. . . . As a result, getting 50c per pack for cigarettes (for which retail stores charge 17c) the concessionaires are able to pay a good deal more for cigs than the retailers. That explains why all the night spots are doing a terrific ciggie biz. Childish Pranks B ring Tragedy to Thousands of Homes Annually A Yes, ma'am! You too, can The Private Papers Of a Cub Reporter: saw mil nearby. Not so spectacular but just as surprising was the feat of another buzz saw that went A. W. O. L. This one broke loose in Florence, S. C, sailed through the air for a mile and ripped through the roof of a parked car whose owner had just alighted. YELIOW TO P0 'GUARANTEED TIS1E soft-peac- e. house. It had broken loose from a WHITE OR JPUY ment for International Peace. . . . Book oracles state it is really the last word on what the Nazis have done to The Old Country. The Writers' War Board (staffed with intellectuals, authors, editors, et al) is unable to name a "more important volume in its field." . . . The author of the book has created a word "genocide" to define the calculated destruction by the Germans of national and racial groups. . . . Buy two copies. One to read over and over again and the other to bang on the head of any supporter of a Nazi d Thousands of children are killed or Injured every year while playing. Ignorance of dangerous things and places, heedlessness .and foolhardl-nes- s bring tragic consequences. It seems unlikely that the time will ever come when little boys and girls have sense enough not to jump off barns, or leap from one floating Ice cake to another, or play In railroad yards, or any of a hundred other perilous stunts. 1 ... el . . . by The Japs are now calling us "albino baboons." Well, they are pretty much experts when It comes to monkey business. Thursday, December 21, 1941 NEPHI. UTAH Home Front Isn't So Safe Either.-- Here Are Oddest Of 1944's Freak Accidents and Narrow Escapes Hull's Trade Principles Backed by Stettinius WNU Service, Union Trust Building, Washington, D. C. One of my punster colleagues asked the question the other day: Is there any significance as far as United States foreign policy is concerned, in the fact that the nickname of Edward Stettinius, the new secretary of state, is "Stet"? (For the benefit of you who do not handle type or typewriters, "stet" means "let it stand" and is usually written beside a sentence or paragraph in a manuscript which had been marked out by error.) TIMES-NEW- The Wireless: A radlorstor offered this bit of irony: The British removed handcuffs from Fascist Mos-lebut jailed Gandhi who only de. sires freedom for India. . The March of Time again proves that the headlines are writing the most explosive dramatic scripts. The MOT makes dreamed-useem more irksome than static. . . . Nothing more ludicrous than nowadays urging listeners to buy clggies. You're told why you should buy a certain brand instead of where. Stays Fresh for Weeks Without Refrigeration Think how Mac saves you extra trips to the store on bake days! You can always keep a handy supply on your pantry shelf. For your complete protec- tion, we date every package. So bake with success insurance! Use Maca, the original fast, granular yeast. 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