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Show LEW FREE r'ppcs. rm.de last March. i There are several explanations. One is that the calendar year cf 1936, for which tho.'-- and HEARD arcfund the NATIONAL CAPITAL Carter Field Washington. Water power by the government and the blessings of cheap electric current were the theme song of President Roosevelt's speeches on his western trip, and by a curious coincidence it is questions affecting federal powers in this direction which are more important, from the White House standpoint, in the ierm of the S court just opened, than everything else put together. As a matter of fact, the high court has ruled on most of the questions affecting New Deal legislation. So that perhaps Mr. Roosevelt was not ignoring the high court enlargement issue as much as some commentators seemed to suspec t on that western trip. He made a flank attack, and it is generally conceded by Washington lawyers that he improved his position considerably. He has now put the court in a position something like this: either the court must go all the way in approving federal power policies, or it will strengthen the President's contention that the court needs rejuvenation. Every correspondent writing from the President's train stressed the apparent fact that the folks out West didn't give a whoop about the Supreme court issue, but that they were mighty strong for federal spending in their own necks of the woods. And they agreed very generally also that more water resourc e developments ware wanted. The President did not mention the court fight, nor the senators who beat him on it, but it just so happens that many of the water resource developments are in the states of senators who fought him on the court issue, Montana, Oregon, Wyoming and Idaho particularly. devel-cpme- nt Expect Court Backing Putting all the pieces together, ex- perts here are predicting that the high court will sustain the government in every phase of its electric power program. For instance, on the right of the federal government to subsidize local governments which desire to go into competition with, or supersede, privately owned electric systems, either by outright grants of money or by loaning the money at very low rates of interest. For instance, on the right of the government to engage in the electric business. In the famous TVA case the language used by the court held that it was all right for the government to sell power "incidentally produced." That is, of course, power produced by a project the main reason for which was not the production of current, but for some clearly constitutional reason, such as navigation. It is true that in all the TVA dams there is another TVA case coming up before the high court before long there is the possible contention that electric power was not the only reason for construction. But sometimes this is a' hairline decision, and the government has been uneasy about the attitude the court might take. This suspicion among experts here that the court may take an expedient course is based very largely on the general acceptance of the belief that at least two of the court justices "switched" in the, Wagner labor act decision. The i.very generally held view in Wash-- , ington is that at least two justices-enou- gh had they stood by their original position to have overturned the act changed. The alleged reason for the supposed change is that the justices feared that if they did not they would contribute importantly to President Roosevelt's case against the court then pending in the senate. Su-pre- High Hope .Always optimistic, the chaps who have been predicting erroneously evef since 1933 that President Roosevelt would "turn to the right in the near future" are at it again. This1 time they base their hopes on his promises in western speeches that he would balance the budget in 1939, and would do it by checking spending. The implication of course is that tax raises would not be necessary. The process of reasoning which arrives at the result that the President will turn to the right is a little intricate, but rather interest-l- h ing. First, the optimistic conserva-- ' t'wes point out that the President : cannot .reduce spending appreciably. Tl'iey point out that in those very speeches in which he promised to balance the budgethemade lavish promises about bigger and grander projects "more dams on the Columbia river," etc. Whereas his talk of economy was in most general terms. Further, they point out that there is all sorts of pressure for increased spending. On top of this they point to the position of Secretary of , the Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., and his aides. They are frankly worried about the tax situation. ; t i 1 i well-know- n EUROPE GIRDS FOR BOMBING RAIDS F it ii. stance, they are sure that the mcon e tax returns to be made on March 15 next will fall far short of EN EHI. UTAH I Offense Is Best Defense Against Aerial Attack, Nations Believe; Race Is On to Build Planes, Train Airmen. Good last March returns were made, was one of rapidly advancing security prices. Hence every one who sold, nearly, had a profit. The Treasury does not give out figures showing the arppunt of income taxes resulting from security profits, trut the Treasury officials know them, and they are perturbed at the prospect of the decline in revenue unless there is a totally unexpected boom in the market between now and December. UTLEY Europe has p.lued its at- ALL nticn to the Far East to Shanghai. Tientsin. Nanking and the othe r great Chinese me- tropoIis"s now forming targets fur dt aulv Japanese bombs. Euro;-..Tinare watching the Need Higher Tases a ;;.s ': up'-ruiiik civilian, Hence the Treasury is fiurins on i the wanton for much hher laws pupu the necessity 1. and public to keep it fror go:r.g further i:.a) slim red ink. Also it knows that the real buildings ied bv ivncom- revenue producers ; re few. Sales 5 the t:.i; taxes and lov.crei ir.c,:: o i of mar. r fn'.'oiall scout trie tions are veruotcn, f A if i Cy WILLIAM C. s de-in- j 3 j 'SK . v - .;. f - i A J ... v. Follette-educate- anti-tru- j st d st st Charge Conspiracy The government alleges in the suit that the big oil companies have laws been violating the by conspiring on prices. The practice, according to government officials, really flowered under the laws were virNRA, when tually suspended in return for agreements by the employers to certain wage and hour conditions, as well as promises with respect to the number of people they would employ. r.ut on the day that the Supremo court knocked out the NHA, all the oil companies and their officials were in technical violation of the laws. t The government probably would not have officials say privately, if (lie oil men had thereupon shviprj cooperating in price fixing. Hut thev kept rn;ht on, the government lawyers say. Another wrinkle is the provision t in the laws that an aggrieved party can sue violators i the law for triple damages. Thus if some one can prove that, ho lost one million dollars as a result of this price fixing conspiracy by the companies alleged tr be violating the laws, he can recover, according to the law, three milhor dollars. This is such a serious angle in the situation that there has actually been talk of pleading guilty anil taking light punishment stipulated with the government in advance The object would be to prevent placing in evidence testimony whic h would give outsiders all the mate rial needed for these triple damage suits. anti-tru- anti-tru- st st anti-trus- d, anti-trus- t anti-tru- st O Bell SyndluU. WNU Service, a Le expecu-- 0 an glimpse of m a few bomb.n had per- - 4? ,, In ii Logic aose sense. ' Resourceful: The maB pig's li promised his wife a ii Yei took on and a mem, her round. The Should 1 It cleve'oaeU this new type blimp. The detachable t to the ground by parachu'e in the event of damage to ... a. an fusel ;;e c.in its gas bag. li gas masks, row tured at ti;e rate of ki.-cc- i manufac300,000 to 5 - 00.003 j a week. Booklets issued by the govern- merit teach cith.ens to organize neighborhoods for practice in tne houn-aus- g niin-ioi?- ; and effective, but not well equipped. Russia is said to have no more than 400 or 00 first class planes, imitative of American and French ' planes: 'ae o'hers are obsolescent, total to 3,000. For a time England had difficul-ties in production, but is now build-- : ing about 175 planes a month, and production is on the upswing, indicating that perhaps these difficulties have been straightened out. Technically, her air force is head and shoulders above the rest of the con-- i lu-- e ;i0'). S Ily. Iff 73341,' high-spee- CARRY Y0U8 111 n KB c?a Ilk 1 WITH YOU d IF OVER-EATIN- C CAUSES ACID INDIGESTION. 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She builds foreign airplane engines under license. And of recent months her airplane production has speeded to the point where it is the greatest in Europe. Despite the fact that 9.00;) civilian Pilots were trained last year, that gliding and parachute jumping are now popular sports, and that Russains are the ;ost people on earth, the pro. ram is just eet-The Re is c :; act t.ng under v. to have l.ah'.i'i piio:s. a pre.iuo-:-nct on of 20,1'fiii pi a your and a - y Nets Hans; From Haiioor.s. The first stationary lire of dc-- i fense is the outer artillery ring of Kims and searchlights. Inside th.s is a li'ntiiii; ,ione m which squadrons leave their aadionu's within m seconds of receiving an alarm; and a few lighting p.anes which constantly patrol the caty point their way to the enemy. Most sensational of all London's defensive measures is its next hne, the mobile balloon barrage. Steel cables are hung in the n;r hke a ret from a series of blimps, ofTenm both a psychological and a physical to the invading airman. The last hue of active defease is a string of 125 three or four inch guns and 150 searchlights across the city of London itself. The Heme Office has undertaken to unite the people in passive defense schemes. One, aimed chiefly o allay the fenrs of air raids is to provide 40,000.000 persons with free Shortage of fuel sunply has been a real ob;tac!e to Italian aerial development, and has prevented her fhers from obtaining sufficient flying time to qualify them. They are said to have an average of but a) hours in the air. Lack of raw materials, as demonstrated w'en sanctions were applied in the Ethiopian war, renders her incapable of sustained production, although she is now building planes at the rate of 200 a month. For protecting Italian citizens in the larger cities, II Duce has chosen to depend chiefly upon rapid evacuation in the case of air raids, leaving on'v those ahsolutelv necessary to government and to war industry in t'ae industrial centers of the Po valley to the north. Within three or four years he expects Rome's first subway to be completed; it will also be used as an auxiliary air raid shelter. A royal decree has made it compulsory that all new buildings be supplied at the builders' expense with a standard underground shelter which, it is claimed, adds no more than two per cent to the cost. Germany is the gv?at mystery among European powers in the air. Her extremely rapid growth, coupled with the obvious friendship between the Reich and Italy, is said to have Britain quaking. No one can be sure, but it is a good guess e that Germany's planes are more than 2.0h0 in number. Her fine factories can turn cut new ones as fast as those of any other nation on the continent if they can obtain enaugh raw materials, and right now she is believed to be producing bet wean 200 and 200 a mon'h. Like some other cmiatries, she has moret produced a really tor. French Prestige Shs. Germany's cor in frees are under command sopara'e from .the army. Air alinis'cr V.'ilhe'm Gearing has c'cx'tirTd his eemmand so e rnn:dly tl at, for ti.e be'.p;;, it probably is ma well oraaved, but smve day stum it will Le in good work.ng order. Her air defenses are under' the same commn'-.i- . ai d are probed iy the in Europe. Her al t artillery line boasts 4 ."tt cutis ard new ores are beaig comp.otod at the rate of one battery a day. Cheap civihan gas masks are be ng rapid ly diStr.buted among the pooulace. Shelters are being constructed. But the real defense of Bcriin, the capital, is its relatively great distance from any frontier. France has slipped from her onetime position as the leading air force of Europe. She has now only about 2.000 front line planes, including those within her borders, with the fleet and abroad, and 1,000 training and reserve planes. About s of all French planes are And production of hue has been halted to a virtual standstill by internal economic and no- Then are plenty of ijijo.i, ine air hrec is cornice ;u comically, an.l the French have produced good motors. Much of France's aina! defense is cen in Paris, as might be cxrectad. This city is particularly fortunate in that thousands of cellars made famous by "Los " have been inspected and pronounced excellent air raid shelters capable of giving refuge to 1,720,000 per; ons. Other precautionssearchlights, guns, civilian drills and t on are being undertaken. t guns are said to be eght times as cCic'ent todav ., they were in the time of the -- . war, and with the wholesale fense measures, both active and passive, it is hardly probable that Europe's next war will be won in the a r. It just titans that the greatest human sufTering will not necessarily take place upon the fields of battle. top-notc- h tinent. Her airplanes are far better than any of those operated or : under construction by any other ropean power. Her supermanne.S.iit-firplanes do 3 Hi miles an hour and she has bombers capable of Measures taken to defend Eng-- i land from air raids exemplify almost every precaution known upon the continent. London is the heart of the empire and, from the air, its rust vulnerable point. There persons live within an area cf 2,000 square miles, England's ring of volunteer ob-- : servers to warn in ease of air raids extends out into France and Belgium and is backed up by naval patrols in the Channel. This serves to give London an hour's warning to lnobi- lize her defenses if a raid is com-ing; were the lookouts stationed at the mouth of the Thames there would be but 10 or 15 minutes to prepare. A few flying ships are based along the coast for purposes of reconnoissance. These are sup-- i piemented by a Volunteer Observ- crs' corps of workers and other civ- ilians equipped with airplane de-- i tecting instruments. All tile reports with a central office to chart the course of invaders. Salt Lake C'ity.Utah. tree. engine. hole-sal- t rived. gettin FOR SALE First class trait studio equipment coi plele, G32 Downinston Avt, air-cool- issuance of gas masks and o'her-v.ar- e e of v. reduce the air raids. squads aire b":ng readied to by iae ndiary bombs other groups aie being organized to repair dama ;t d public utilities and clean areas left contaminated after gas a'h.ohs. Civilians are also bcir.5 instructed in ways cf making at least one room of each house gasproof. Architects ar.-- also being advised to include shelters in all new buildings. The subways were looked to for shelter in the World war, but officials today warn that they are more likely to be traps than shelters, being not far enough underground. Russia Supreme Numerically. In the case that raids become so terrible that the plans will not hold up, the only alternative is to get the population out of London. Railroads are now offering plans for rapid mass evacuation. Numerically, Russia has the most powerful air force in the world. She owns about 3.000 first line planes and about 1,500 to 2,0a0 other planes, mostly training ships. Her aerial personnel of 50,000, including 7,000 or 8,000 pilots is Fire-fightin- her fame, but her air force still fails to measure up to that of some of her competitors in quality. She has failed to develop a good MU'un5 little. s fleet of gaiat sli i s. Ru s a's c!vcf wca.'.ncss is tin t s!u oa e too much upon f. re an ns sa ace. nieai ing few sh cai people of her own aad ; s yet i'a inn faued to produce a go: d ei ituie. . ha-la- Ifaly's Air Force Is Flashy. Russia's soldiers, children ard Chilians are beaig trained in defense against aerial and chemical warfare with school and factory drills. Her guns are not c0 numerous or as those of her neighbors, but great flying distances and mountains are a real protection against invading planes. 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There ; re few (jiKilified authori-- ! ties who believe that bombing ex-- i cities couid peditioRs on lar;-iLiang ati entire nation to surrenaer by shattering its morale and upset-t,ng the structure of government. The cities of Shanghai and Madrid still stand, if their heads be bloady, after months of ruthless, attacks from the air. Bat there is always tl.e possibility that the next time may be different, and for this reason the race among European nauons to build air lorces and defenses against air forces of their enemies has been heightened of recent days to a fever pitch, There are perhaps 2'J,000 military airplanes owned by the nations of Europe today, and more thousands are being turned out every month. The same nations are pressing plans of defense to completion among both military and civilian brandies of the population with a speed born of genuine fear. Britons Excel Technically. England, not soon destined to forget the terrifying Zeppelin andGotha raids which drove London into a state of panic in 1917, is one of the foremost in building her air defenses and realizes that tiie best defense is a good offense, as they often say in football Her first-- i circles. line strength (at home, with the fleet and abroad) numbers about 2,000 planes, and her reserves, called the best in Europe, raise the nearly aske; the la coldly-planne- d old-time- anti-tru- ir cave 1 suit in hisThe biggest tory, involving corporations whose capital runs to more than six billion dollars, and threatening with jail sentences 53 key officials, most of whom are millionaires, with a of multimillionaires, sprinkling makes Madison, Wis., the oil capital of the country. Apparently not one of the 58 officials is trusting his own company That lawyers to get him out. threatened jail sentence is too menacing. The progressive sentiment Wisconsin of La is too disturbing as one contemplates jury material. So each of the 53 is dragging along his own lawyers, or group of lawyers. If there is a firm of lawyers in the United States' which has ever had suit experience and any is not employed on this case, it's not the fault of the oil millionaires. They have been hiring everybody in sight who had the slightest chance of knowing his way around in a trust suit, or with any particular knowledge of the government lawyers who might be used. Accommodations in the town of Madison have long since been snapped up. Most of the bigwigs, both executives and lawyers, have organized in little groups and leased private homes, turning them into clubs for the duration of the war. Some are wondering plaintively if they will get home by Christmas. Which is in tru t very funny to suit matters, as they recall the duration of some of the more historic suits. anti-tru- :ht v feet i. d the e:..e.eney iack.n.j in its A:r bombers extend the infancy. theater of war into the civilian pop- Suit st rid ariy jears, iter a; rial sper-dm;!- Anti-Tru- i.at .V E- Overi . looms i'i ta The ou "Then I'm sorry ' raia.c " got the wrong nun to ;.'..:: i; s v. !;'s '. ! ii. (h ii nsos of his own J team f ir i c hi", ;:amo t t x-- i, are friends!" . v i "Of course, dear could Lring I . Ca the lesso you .a-.;- , Tnn i laid?" ts : v.: V even if Wrong Darling objects "Is that you, dari ng? i'. bave the Truth oring three friends home tr rsor?" but mos "Why, certainly. 'car." ixever c "I say, did vou hear ii H'f Co j - J e Uispio. w K-- politically v. ing only boosts in the higher br: was as in on levies ets and corporal likely. Easiness krows this .n and that is a ct.r.tribut i:t; re the opinion of the Treasury cxnerls, for the present timidity of investors. So, the optimists figure, the Presi. and he dent cannot sto: cennot head of! higher taxation, which would seem to leave them little to be encouraged about. Except that they then proceed to look into the reason that made the President promise to do something they do not think he can do. Tins reason, they figure, is concern about the business situation, concern about this same timidity of investors; the unwillingness of present business to expand, and new business to start. Conceding that the President docs want to reassure business, and that he will find it impossible to carry out the reassuring promise, the al ternative, they deduce, will be some assurance of another breathing spell a period during which no further government regulation of business will be imposed. This, some think, would be just as satisfactory to business as a tax reduction. But it takes a mighty optimistic mind to go all the way through on this solution and get that answer! ' vA to f Veed Itaeether, V- -t. I J ! i |