OCR Text |
Show "Britain Prepares for Gas and Bombs, Hoping Civilization Will Win Next War L; t NATIONAL AFFAIRS Roosevelt's three billion dollar lending program is destined for hard sledding . . . Many see in it (dl the I bill of a purl-ha. . . Cood Kill gestures toward the La Follettes seen as ,xirt of third term inanrun rs . . . Amendment of income tax law paining in favor. Nesppr ear-mar- ls Some day soon death may rain from the British heavens, a screaming, explosive death whose maker will then turn tail and hie for e hidden haven on the European continent. It will be war, tn unfair conflict of helpless LONDON. WASHINGTON. men against merciless planes and bombs. But England will be prepared in a measure. In the city which first felt aerial warfare from 1914 to last autumn's Munich crisis gave impetus to a matter-of-faresignation that whatever happened, London must be ready to take it. During four days of frantic in the capitals of Europe, the folks back home made deliberate, purposeful plans to evacuate 1,000,000 persons from London in two working days. Today, with the "air raid precautions" program going full tilt, even more could be evacuated. What's more important, lot of the folks left behind would be safe. Week-enSport. "ARP" has become a fetish with the Britishers, a hobby like golf or gardening to Americans. Over weekends you'll find them building rock gardens over awkward - looking mountains in their backyards, beautifying the steel shelters to which they may some day flee before gas and shrapnel. You'll find them fituniting gas masks and forms, or studying an official book of regulations covering civilian behavior in time of emergency. They're taking the whole thing with good humor, mostly because they can't take it any other way. Britain must be prepared. Children come first. When sirens scream their warning every teacher must rush her charges to railroad or subway stations, or maybe she must hide them in f shelters until the raid passes. This is where the human element enters, a question of decision by those least Bble to decide; it is the weakest point of the entire ARP system and might bring needless tragedy if key personnel were to act on the impulse of excited emergency. Infants, Cripples, Too. Evacuated with elementary school children would be youngsters too young for school, accompanied by their mothers, and the physically handicapped. Men must stay, so must women whose children are old enough to care for themselves. Fur- - pork-barr- pork-barr- - ct . jz--t. - n i r n r r - w. d table-poundi- gas-pro- bomb-proo- Londoner aiul his uije emerge from their shelter, equipped uith gas masks as they would appear after a sudden uir raid. The heap of cement balls would deflect any direct hit. D.4HK DAYS AHEAD? A bomb-proo- f thermore children of 14 and over must of elementary school share their parents' fate. When the evacuation starts, be it before or after the first raid, arterial highways and express subways will be devoted exclusively to this one purpose, depositing a precious human cargo in outlying districts where bombers would not look for victims. If they secure gasoline beforehand, private groups can drive their automobiles to the country; it is estimated that 800,000 to 1,000,000 Londoners have made such arrangements. The government is very explicit and exacting in its emergency regulations, which would place the entire nation under virtual military rule. For example, the following plan is outlined for children: "They should go to school as usual. They should be dressed in their warmest clothing. They should be given an overcoat or mackintosh, hand luggage, a blanket if possible, food for the journey and an apple or orange, but no drinks in bottles. They should take their respirators." Parents Can't Interfere. To reassure worrying parents, the government points out that teachers accompanying the children in the evacuation process "will be in constant personal touch with them" after they arrive in the country. But parents are not allowed to intrude in the arrangements by accompanying their children to trains or subway stations. Instead notices will be posted at schools informing parents where each child has been sent, and the youngsters themselves will out f y extra-offici- gas-pro- six-pou- gas-pro- gas-proo- f, rat vl I fj v ;Pr ,t.' ABOl E: Mr. Wilson examines pHICAGO. You can shop for a suit of clothes or a box of crack- his brainchild come true, a "shopers, but as for shelter well, that's different. It's been bothering Percy ping place" for homes. nationally known housing His idea, developed while he was authority so long, this complex and organizer and regional director for of abstract business shopping for a the Federal home, that he's done something has taken Housing inadministration, shape just such a about it in hope of quickening the house museum in the Merchandise lagging pulse of America's construcMart tion industry and providing the not at Chicago, where visitors can only examine miniature homes new homes he thinks the but see 1,500,000 every conceivable item that country needs. goes to make up a home, from celHis complaint: to attic. "With the exception of houses, lar The exhibit, Mr. Wilson's personal practically every requirement of man is sold by and brainchild, shows all modern maproved advertising and promotional terials used in building construction, aids, because 'you have to show 'em together with all home services and equipment. Huge rooms are devotto sell 'em.' But the building indused exclusively to lumber, brick, so is and it that big try complex strangles itself. Material firms pur- stone, marble, terra cotta and other materials, with sidelights on their posely avoid launching construction programs since they general values and particular uses. The village of model homes, dewould then be in competition with contractors, to whom they sell their signed by architects from all parts products. As for the contractors, of the country, includes all section-allpopular designs Cape Cod, cothey're essentially craftsmen and are neither expected nor equipped lonial, English cottage, Spanish, to sell homes. So who's going to do modern and types. Not it?" only is each tiny detail incorporatHis solution: A more integrated ed, but floor plans and prices are given. merchandising plan. Mr. Wilson believes a puzzled pro"It's just like a grocer would do spective home builder should be business," says Mr. Wilson. "We're able to visit a museum of miniature simply transferring to housing the homes, point at one and say: "I'll technique used by merchants in selltake it." ing other needs." Wilson, well-know- n large-scal- e y ultra-moder- n bomb-proo- seven-minut- e -- iv y be given a stamped postcard to mail their parents upon reaching safety. The government offers no guarantee of complete protection; indeed it is very frankly admitted that the civilian population should be willing to take its share of risks while men in the field are giving their lives. Although every unnecessary person will be evacuated, it is hoped enough key personnel will remain to keep business moving as usual. raFor adult refugees, a tion of food will be supplied at railroads, where householders will be under compulsion to provide shelter, access to water and sanitary services. For housing both adults and children, people in the "reception areas" will receive about $2.50 a week. Householders have already been located and catalogued by the government. New Mask for Babies. Standard equipment for every Englishman must of necessity be the gas mask, since it is the least expensive means of providing nominal protection. Between 40,000,000 and 50,000,000 of them were distributed during last September's crisis and in the following months, but not until recently was a method found to protect babies, who could not get air through filters and who could only be wrapped in blankets while parents rushed them to the nearest chamber. Now the government has devised a cylinder which looks much like a diver's helmet. Air is pumped in through the filter by bellows, which can be idle for as long as two minutes without inconveniencing the child. The ideal ARP plan would provide a f shelter for every civilian, but this has very logically been ruled out. Not only would the expected warning provide inadequate time for all people to reach their shelters, but deep underground rooms would require years to build. That is why London's shelters are actually being constructed not for civilians but for such key personnel as doctors, nurses, police and ARP officials. Give Emergency Instructions. Nevertheless home owners in the big English cities are encouraged to make whatever arrangements they can. The government is concentrating on steel "backyard" shelters, 1,400,000 of which will be distributed by the end of this year. of Strengthening and basements is recommended, while all factory owners employing more than 50 men are required to build underground shelters. Thousands of homeless people could be accommodated temporarily in the famous trenches dug under London's parks, while subway stations would serve a similar purpose as they did durFor emer ing Madrid's bombing. gencies the government tells people to place strips of brown paper over the windows as a method of combatting the effects of a bomb exploding just outside. Paris is making similar preparations, but the more Frenchmen place less emphasis on air raid shelters and more on special trains to evacuate citizens into the country. If war comes to Paris, no one knows where he will go, but a train will be waiting to take him somewhere. France could use more of the system England has devised, otherwise families will be hopelessly split asunder. Even art has its place in this scheme of things. During the hectic days of last September both London and Paris closed great cathedrals and museums, including the Louvre, and rushed priceless treasures to bombproof cellars. Some cathedrals removed expensive stained glass. Which, coupled with ARP plans, offers evidence that Europe plans eventually to emerge from the next war, and that civilization will still have a place in the scheme of things. Encouraging, if true! 48-ho- He Adopts Grocer's Technique To Help Folks Shop for Homes tl "lending" program is It has destined for hard all the earmarks of a The political, bill in reverse. though highly uneconomic, ment ofbill was that by gatha ering all the little groups that the different tasty local bits in it, a majority would be formed which could triumph over the more economy-mindelegislators. President Roosevelt and Marriner S. Eccles, the reserve board chief favored who has consistently more and bigger spending to get this country out of the woods, have picked up so many little groups of opposition in their lending bill that if it passes at all, even in expurgated form, it will be almost a miracle. For instance, take the foreign loans question. If it faced a vote mrnwrn x.i'uumu on its own merits alone in either house " J" or senate it would probably be beaten. J But there is something more. Senator Hiram W. Johnson is very proud of his name being attached to the law which for- . 1918, d The war-harden- English Sparrow The common (English) sparrow is the most numerous bird in England, both in town and country. :4 tions which have de- Kjn tutrix vu- lauiiLU Senator to the Unitligations Johnson ed States. Now Sen ator Johnson is not given to filibusters. He has sympathized with lots of them, but he does not make long, I- I W - speeches. time-consumi- But political-minde- d folks would rather have almost any other mem- thatgluii they may rear future. Sor lr..h,l,iiln Problem Sow In the first p'.ace. there was the religious issue, which incidentallyv.as primarily responsible for HerHoover's carrying New York as well as the southern states m Lt-r- -- L'r:.jr..i from that fact so again in the u Religious Issue CARTER FIELD By WILLIAM LONGKEN r i awd by Western ve cio Reviewed by AM" Rushed to Save Civilians If Enemy Planes Arrive. (T c'-I- fur Herbert Hoover in iu it is migr.iy vert ( j PERSONAL 50 t quest.-- There will be no religious is:ue io and border states drive the southern if .1 .I away Irom tr.e uemoci ".t r'.ft,' " Rnosevelt runs again. Prohibition, which did figure seme in 1928, will not be an issue also though in ABsri, , !! or sour choir- - ,f ,r j r t nlkrcmirbt Sc .ic lwi r , , PMOTu SERVICE not eciated. is that the n:en who led the revolt against Smith in the South, almost withoutsuiexception, committed political cide. So it is really a fair assumption, and based on the best possible south- political logic, to count all the ern states for Roosevelt even if the third term issue is involved. There are 135 electoral votes in Alnhnmn Arkansas. Florida. Geor gia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas and Virginia. Maryland, Missouri, and Oklahoma would 169. give 34 more, making the total In the Republican swing of 1938 New York went Democratic by more than 500,000 for both sena. tors, both representatives at large, office in fact for every state-wid- e also California except governor. went overwhelmingly Democratic. These two states, with Wisconsin, roll up 81 more electoral votes which Roosevelt would not have to be unduly optimistic to count as sure for him if the La Follettes are with him. That makes 250, and he would have to pick up only 16 scattering electoral votes to win the 266 necessary for election! La Follette Amendment to Income Tax Law Gains Favor The La Follette amendment to the income tax law, reducing exemptions, bringing in a much broad er base, and of course increasing the tax every individual would pay because his exemption would be less, is going to become law eventually. For the second time the senate has approved the idea, and then backed away from it for purely temThis porary emergency reasons. time the first vote was 39 to 37 for the amendment. But when it was realized that the amendment had been adoDtcd. and that this would delay passage of the tax bill until there could be a perhaps lengthy conference with the house. Senator Millard E. Tydings of Maryland changed his vote. This resulted in a tie, which defeats any amendment. But the point is that the government must have the money. There is no possibility that government spending will decrease anything like enough to bring receipts and expenditures within striking distance in the next two years. It is now a demonstrated fact that there is a majority sentiment in the senate for the La Follette idea. Senator Robert M. La Follette has been battling for five years for this tax law change. He is one of the very few men in public life who believes in government spendingbig spending but believes that the taxpayers ought to know they are pay:! L ROLLS DEVELOPED T But B.i U. PHOTOGRAPHY n. HOSIERY MENDING TAUGHT !!! HOSIERY MENDING COURSE TftUCHi Learn tn,w kud gumui iintiLru r i. r n- Btri a,i SCHOOL f INVISIBLE HOSIERY MENDING 3S Mart .Saa FriMK,, ciH. Identical Twins j , d ber of either house against them than Hiram Johnson, if he happens to feel strongly. He has a way of stabbing a hated bill with a quick sentence, delivered in his staccato manner, that almost always finds its way into the lead of every newspaper man's story of the debate. Objects to Lending Money Abroad to Make Work Here His "Praise be to God" after the administration's capitulation on the Supreme court enlargement bill was featured in all the newspaper accounts next day. This is merely cited as an example. It happens all the time. He has one of the most caustic tongues on Capitol Hill, but his caustic sayings are rarely personal. Johnson, of course, is outraged at the idea of lending a lot of the taxpayers' money to nations which have defaulted loans even if they were not war loans. He does not approve the idea of lending money abroad to make work here. Then there is the little matter of the toll roads. It comes within a few weeks after the bureau Most ing for it. of roads submitted an exhaustive I other public figures have been trying for study of this whole situation to congress, a study which showed that "wi oaiue live years Senator not even the most promising of the to work out ways and Follette La means of rnisintr all superhighways could be expected to pay interest on more tiian a fracthe money possible without the taxtion of its cost. payers knowing they are being Adding to the weakness is that burnt. Or, to put it more accuthere is not even one feature which rately, without the appeals to the economy bloc, where- group of taxpayers knowing thev as the stirs up those are helping pay the freight. who fought the idea of increasing Many People ISot Aware the federal national debt limit. They Are Paying Taxes Making Gestures of Good As an evidence of how successful Will Toward the La Follettes they have been there is the amazIt is easy to underestimate the ing result of a recent poll which political importance, of all the peoespecially shows that jooking toward the now almost cer- ple asked in the usual Gallup tainty that Franklin D. Roosevelt cross section did not know they will seek a third term, of the recent were paying 40 any taxes, and administration gestures of good will per cent, two out of five, that of the toward the La Follettes. It just smaller-incom- e group did not know may turn out that Wisconsin's 12 they were paying any! electoral votes will mean the difBut a gradually increasing numference between four more years ber of senators has come to the of Roosevelt and a Republican Pres- conclusion that the voters should ident. know about taxes. Some even go Of course nothing will make much to insist that knowledge difference if the hope of the Repub- further, that he is licans that the tide has turned the federalpaying an income tax to makes a against the New Deal is based on man a bettergovernment citizen, him a gives is But that far from a cer- sense of reality. and will tainty. Indeed recent polls would make him responsibility, take more interest in seem to indicate that the ups and voting. of Roosevelt's popularity redowns President Roosevelt until this semble a corkscrew more than the summer line the always opposed the La straight Republicans like to Follette has idea. But the President project. has now come around to the WisActually, in 1938, the Democrats consin senator's view, which leaves carried the country as far as electoral votes are concerned. That as a matter of fact, very little difis they carried enough states, had ference between their economic thethere been a presidential election, ories, though the La Follettes have never let the Democratic to have elected their ticket. party orAt a recent Washington dinner ganization get away with much in As for instance when party a very prominent Virginian Wisconsin. of Senadeclared, over the coffee, that if they fought the Roosevelt ran for a third term the tor F. Ryan Duffy. Roosevelt once told a friend-t- his Old Dominion would go Republican. That particular gentleman is cer- was about four years ago that "the La tainly far better qualified than the JustFollettes arc our kind of people " writer to judge Virginia sentiment, recently Attorney General but the writer does not believe he frank Murphy extolled the whole is correct. It may be recalled that La Follette family, holding that they were one of America's best Virginia. North Carolina, Florida, politiTexas and every one of the border cal traditions. high-spee- d cents. P. O. Many cases where parents c not distinguish between their twins are on record. Yet or.:. 20 out of 100 pairs look, act and alike. 'Twins do suffer similar ailments. In England, E raj-hatoothaches at the same time had identical teeth extracted. Another pair, living 100 mile apart, suffered rheumatic attacks at the saniu wine a wins oiieii gi I .Cen- tical ideas. One visiting Scotland bought a gift for his brother. Returning to England, he found his twin had bought a duplicata gift for him. Washington Post. Le-ha-ve COUNT THE EXTRA SMOKES IN CAR. (ELS jw L IjV burning 25 slower than the average of the 15 other brands of the largest-sellin- g than tested slower any of them CAMELS give smok ers the equivalent of By il1 riA'j small-incom- e whole-thin- one-four- th 'Hell Syndicate WNU Servlce.l news in TODAY'S big cigarettes smoking pleasure and more of it for SMOKERS! Read the results of scientific laboratory tests oa brands: 16 of the largest-sellin- g were found to contain 1 CAMELS MORE TOBACCO BY WEIGHT than the average for the 15 other of the largest-sellin- g brands. CAMELS BURNED SLOWTR 2 THAN ANY OTHER BRAND - TESTED SLOWER THAN 25 THE AVERAGE TIME OF THE 15 OTHER OF THE LARGEST-SELLINBRANDS I By burning 25 slower, on the average, Camels give smokers the equivalent of 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! In the same tests, CAMELS HELD 3 THEIR ASH FAR LONGER than the average for the other brands. Camels smoke cooler! Costlier tobacin taste and fragrance. That's smoking pleasure at its best. Camel's added bonus. America likes a shrewd buy ...America favors Camels! cos, delicate mm COSTLIER TOBACCOS PENNY FOR PENNY YOUR BEST CIGARETTE BUY I |