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Show iM THE SMIT1IFIELD SENTINEL, SM1T1IFIELP. PTA11 JVeirs CONGRESS DOES LITTLE "Must" Program Virtually Wrecked President's Panay Bombing Still a Live Issue $ j A ATJNAtRl 9tO supply of a material necessity for may throw us out of our sense of Hyateria equilibrium as a nation unless we watch our step. It is, indeed, a time for all people to keep their sense of direction and to avoid unnecessary and dangerous acts of an inflammatory character. The sinking of the American gunboat, Pan ay, by the Japanese in the Yangtse river of China apparently has set fire to tinder because there have been outbursts of all sorts when we have vast untapped stores within our own borders and more in Cuba, 90 miles away from our shores. It is true, the bureau of mines tells me, that our ore is a lower grade than that imported from Russia, or from the gold coast of Africa, or from Brazil. It is true moreover that American ore must be treated by a special process before it can be used. It seems to War since V a sj The hysteria of war Washington. Is in the air. ..3' ' .IV AW Ss- 'i J It has been increasing defense. in tempo and it This tragic condition exists even that inexcusable incident of early December. There can be excuse or apology by the Japanese on end, but neither excuse nor apology will satisfy most Americans. They feel properly that Japan is trying to rub our collective noses into the ground and nearly every person wants to do something about a thing of that kind. On the other hand, I am convinced that the answer lies in another direction; it is to be found, I believe, in exacting a promise from the Japanese that they will cut out those tactics. If their promises mean anything, it will be better to accept them and hope that we may not be confronted with another such incident In any event there is plenty of evidence that the majority of the American people desire to avoid war. They will continue to cherish peace unless elements in our nation lead us in another direction by use of war propaganda. I include in those elements the government itself. I do so because the government, by use of propaganda, can come pretty close to leading the nation by the nose if it so desires. It can build up sentiment against the Japanese until there is a white heat and a demand for vengeance. I believe President Roosevelt is trying to avoid war at this juncture. There is a basis for this belief in the fact that the Department of State has withheld some of the facts about the Panay sinking. These facts, as rumored, are of a character that easily could fan flames of added hatred. On this basis, it appears at least that Mr. Roosevelt is seeking to avoid conclusions by the nation. But as was said by aii earlier President: the time to prepare for war is while the nation is at peace. That is to say, the nation must have its defenses solid, substantial; it must take nothing for granted in a world that is fraught with unrest and uncertainty, racked by suspicion, permeated to the very core with chicanery and scheming of alleged statesmen. The smallest boy will not jump on, another who will hit him on the chin if the attack is unjustified. .That is human nature, and human nature is about the same over the whole world. A year ago I wrote something hi these columns in support of the Presidents program for building up the army, navy and air. corps. It seemed then to be wise. It is shown now to have been the proper course. Our nation is at least partially ready to strike back and. the progress thus made has been accomplished without the waste that characterized our movements in 1917. Noting that I said partially ready, I want to call attention here' to one way in which we are not which we are ready, a condition in quite vulnerable, ; ' I !jve a great From it, army structure the army can ricpanded rapidly and successfully. The air ' corps can be developed quickly. The navy is being built up. The whole program is one of defense. oer-tain- ly . , In taking stock of the situation, however, one must give considera- tion to replace- Guns , You can ments. have all of the men and all of the ships needed, but if the guns they use can not be replaced when they are worn out, what good are they? I do not mean that we have no reserve. We have a reserve, but war takes its toll of guns as well as men. Guns are made of steel. Steel is made of manganese, as well as iron. Manganese puts the starch in steel, hardens it so that it ir usable for such things as guns along with the million and one other items of tools and equipment that we havp to. have in our everyday life. No substitute ever has been found..fQr Jt. The Germans learned thts::td'"their sorrow back in 1918. They jtqmpted. to use a substitute. Their guns soon buckled. Their heavy artillery was useless. Thus, we must look to our manganese stores stores which might suddenly become nonexistent because 93 per cent of all that we use is imported. International trade started our trend in the direction of buying ore jjBbroad where lhcap1a-iht- r bor is employed.: , fccrotary' Hull's policies by which I reciprocal trade' agreements are worked out have fin- -. Ished the jdb. We! find bvtaelveft idi a position,- therefore,1' where we .could be cutoff 'pVcfnighrfroRi'ouf' and Men ! - r ! .Jfii iM me nevertheless that our nation ought to be made where that can be done and present policies distinctly do not do that. Political and economic views prevent it. Let us examine this situation in more detail. The great source of manganese at the moment is Soviet Russia. Fifty per cent of all we use is imported from Russia. It is a fact that this is the finest manganese to be found, and it is a further fact that American steel companies sell vast quantities of steel to Russia because they buy manganese there. On the other hand, I believe it is inevitable that Japan and Russia will have to fight it out sooner or later. If they go to war, there is not a chance that we can buy any manganese from that quarter. It will be the long haul from Africa or Brazil thereafter and a long haul in wartime means grave dangers. With Brazil under a dictatorship, none can foretell what would confront us in that direction. self-suffici- H owtey. lncldtag ptat"3 mtoelhope people IS I Feature writers fterdinner That may New York, where folks are anxious to get the dinner over with so they may hurry to the nightspots and do some sincere and earnest drinking in an effort to forget what the stock market did to them yesterday and what its going to do to them tomorrow. But out in the hinterlands the new crop of native orJ tors is a bountiful one; and the silver tongues of the Beil' open spaces Im speaking of although I might hJ elude their mouths-a- re still emX vinced that toe sweetest music on? earth is toe sound of one's own voir. ; uplifted in eloquence. An English preacher had the bel formula: Stand up to be seen, speak up to be heard, shutup to be appredated. If he'd left out all but th last part, twould have been p i feet recipe. be--1 ; - Ambassador Binqham Dies W. J&iekmul T OBERT WORTH BINGHAM, American ambassador to Great SUMMARIZES THE WORLD'S WEEK Britain, died in Johns Hopkins hosO Wntera Kmpapcr Unlea. pital, Baltimore, of a rare abdomnot justify a failure to bring it to inal ailment. He was sixty-si- x years F.D.R.'s Program Wrecked of age and already had submitted AVING accomplished practical-l- y your knowledge. Geiger, presiding over the East- his resignation because of 01 health. nothing during five weeks of ern Wisconsin federal district, dis- Mr. Bingham was one of President wrangling, at a cost of about a milthe Roosevelts first diplomatic apwithout lion and a half dollars, congress ad- charged it togrand juryafter a perthree mitting report pointees. Previously he had gained holijourned for the months' investigation into the ac- considerable fame as a newspaper days. The Presi- tivities of three companies, which, publisher in Louisville, Ky. His dents five - point Cummings said, were identified in body was taken to that city for legislative program interest with General Motors cor- burial and lay in state in the Kenwas left almost a toFord Motor company and tucky capitol in Frankfort. King tal wreck, not one poration, Chrysler corporation. George and Queen Elizabeth of of the measures he Cummings charged that the grand Great Britain cabled a message of asked for having jury was prepared to return indict- condolence. been finally enacted ments when it was dismissed. Another notable death was that of tfiem and one of Gen. Erich Von Ludendorff, German having been absocommander in the World war, at Panay Incident lutely defeated. Munich. He won international fame As the time for WHILE Washington was Von Hindenburgs chief of staff formal reply from To- as quitting approached both the eastern and western on Mr. Roosevelt called kyo to the American notes conand then was made chief fronts the to murderous attack by Vice President Gamer the White cerning general of the Gerquartermaster airmen Japanese House to help devise a plan of salbefore the war man Just army. vage. With the veteran went Speak- and machine gunended he quarreled with the kaiser ners on S. the U. er Bankhead and Senator Barkley and was dismissed from his post. and Representative Sam Rayburn, gunboat Panay, it In his later years the embittered old majority leaders of the senate and was reported that warrior attacked all factions in house. The topic of discussion was Hrohito, emperor though friendly relations Germany, what should be done with the debris Japan, had taken with the Hohenzollerns were reof the administration program and personal charge of established on his seventieth birthhow much should be demanded of the matter. If true, day. sethis would be a congress in the next session. Just before adjournment the sen- vere blow to the Vote Plan Clocked ate passed the housing bill, which military PPOSITION of President Roose- -' and naval factions the house had already approved. velt and Secretary of State Hull But it was necessary to send the in the Japanese govwas beleved to have effectually measure to conference, so final en- ernment which have blocked the proposal of Representaabout as they chose. .. actment was delayed. tive Louis Ludlow for submission of anan in astonishing control bills were development Crop passed by a constitutional amendment requirother for Son the hitherto of difway, both senate and house, but they fered widely and early final enact- Heaven has always held himself ing a popular referendum before ment was impossible because the aloof from such concerns. The the declaration of war except in Japanese cabinet was called in ex- case of invasion of the country. joint conference between committees of the two houses to reconcile traordinary scss:on to discuss the Ludlow obtained the necessary 218 the measures could not get into ac- Panay. incident and determine what sjgnatures to force the -house to conreply should be made to the Amer- sider the plan during- the regular tion before January.. session, but no one expects its apChairman O'Connor of the house ican protests. Washington's second note was es- proval in the near future. rules committee said that a good deal actually was accomplished dur-- : pecially sharply worded because ing the special session in the way of of the . revelation that the Panay Banned the boats carrying its dead and 'T'HE Ta'joinq spade work .which would enable and court ruled the 1934 Supreme the law makers to get along faster wounded to shore were fired upon A communications act prohibits machine in gunners with their work in the regular Jan- by Japanese use in federal criminal proceedings uary session. This was especially army boats. of evidence obtained by In Washington it was revealed true concerning revision of the tax that conversat'ons were in proglaws. The decision, delivered bv Jusress among the American, British tice Roberts, reversed a and French governments looking to the second Circuit court ofruling by Bill Kiled Wage-Hoappeals joint to protect their nationals from upholding the government's use of bill for regulation of Japanese attacks and to the about such evidence in obtaining convicbring WHEN and hours, approved by peace in the Far East. tion of four men on a charge of the senate in August, came up for Prime Minister Chamberlain and smuggling alcohol into New York. in the house the President Foreign Minister Eden told the Justices Sutherland action and McRey-nold- s suffered one of his greatest legis- British house of commons that dissented. lative defeats. Southern Democrats Britain seeks a settlement of all and the Republican minority comworld grievances without war but k Tn G.O.P. bined to send the measure back to that we are not forgetful of the labor committee, which meant duty to protect British interests. the P)R. GLENN FRANK, former its definite defeat. This bill, which pressdcnt of the University of A If Landon, as head of the Rewould have set up an administrator publican was selected to be chairWisconsin, party, telegraphed Presi- man of a committee with dictatorial powers over labor dent Roosevelt to draft a new hs of support pledge charter fop the Republican party. and business management, was con- of his policy in with Japan, said he probably would accept sidered only second in importance and in acceptingdealing the President He this job of formulating the party's to the farm bill. It had the support took occasion to .it condemn an isolaof the C. I. O., so John Lewis shared tionist attitude and to policies, and National Chairman assert that Hamilton in the defeat. The A. F. of L. had said the committee would we owe some measure of offered a substitute which was reand even leadership in main- be an absolutely independent jected, as President' Green had ex- taining standards of conduct helpful agency of the party. Many mem-Leof the committee have been pected it would be. to the ultimate goal of general named by the executive commitNo action was taken on the Pre$j- - peace. ' tee of. the national committee. .. dent's oilier must measures, This, was osrecaliy pleasing which were for revision ' of vanfi-- . the British cabihet. Frank is identified with the. liberal ' trust laws, regional " planning'1 and wing of the G. O. P.t but he is pot federal government reorganization. t Frank By friendly, with ;the La Follettcs of, Kellogg Passes Wisconsin, since they forced hirp PRANK ,B. .KELLOGG, eminent out of his post at the university, Cummings Accu:rsUii3'gar'M" V statesman find tifpTo'maf, UTetT'ar Altor-ncwas his asked lifet. Hoipc by Paul, Minn., at the pONGUKSS Loyalist Victory General Cummings lo in- age of ciKlily-on- e years. During his CPANISH government' forces won vestigate the conduct of United lung public service he was United 1 a decided victory by Slates District Judge Ferdinand Stac&.ri;notor1 secretary of slate. capturing tie gcr of Milwaukee in connection omBnfcSadoe .fo Great Britain and Terucl, the key ppiqt of the. rebel , into loyalist' with the latters territory 13$ ofTj member of 'the wofld Hurt. Inter- salient cast of Madrid." Thcf plpcte grand jury which tfWtftoecstignlifiiJ nationally he ws best known os co- miles; had bopn besieged for "Be veil ' the automobile finance industry. days author of the Kcllogg-Brianpact and losses were heavy xm both sitles In a letter to 61 Simmers which nations by were to pledecd Madridhailed 4h es- the greateiit of tile livjuse juTciiiry ' cfimliYllTfllT iiu'r tii. ijui. Minima victory, of Cummings' Vhbrgpd'M'iaf' Geiger's 1'praw ti whri f For this Mr... Kellogg Was J?'?1 It lends to oheck Franco's move- conduct awarded the 'Nobel t.cace prize- for inent toward '.'s, vbsirucjlve 1to !thd coaiA between of justice that could U wir Q - . ''ire the wall of defcae;wtyeh-- I believe the nation ougftT to'havi." But that alone would not solve our general problem. We can not coni.nue for-eywiSUhe presint policies. Some time in the future, there will be a war in which this nation will have a part. There can bpno doubt of So "while aT) ol'-tf-various pli)ifiiirg b thf New'fXargoeg pn, why- not givfc- - thought, lo'develdfM i pi eat ,ofn riefense as well; as , the more wbunaahl life or protection of -foe "pnderpri vileged. ec Yesterdays necessity j is todays junk, but will be tomorrows antique. Assume youd saved up old cis cus bills, or Mississippi river steamboat menus, or buggy whips, or s those handpainted former ly found in all truly refined hornet Henry Ford or some museum would take a lot at any price. Im putting aside literary works of purely imaginative conception. I have one perfect specimen of idyl e of the old lie creation a Florida East Coast railroad, also a complete working synopsis of the Townsend plan just sheer fantasy, But the most fanciful romances an the platform pledges adopted at national conventions of the two great parties during the last twenty yean theres real fiction for youl treai-ure-d slop-jar- time-tabl- wire-tap-Pin- g. Germanys Colonies. C VERY nation ur "-- I I H-'- h rs - . y ftft-8;frg- d - it iitn - ond Barcelona.- - ; itorial possessions might like to have a say about whom they're going to belong to in future. But then, if ev we started considering the wishes of the despoiled native tribes overman's world, where would the white noble civilization be? Cosmopolites. THE last time before this That night, at the bunkhouse, the hands, mostly Texas lads, foreptn-ere- d to hear the bosses tell abwt the wonders of toe great city- One or two of them had visited New York, so these cosmopolitans proceeded to exhibit their familiarity with its sights. oM Major, said one, I reckon - Grant's tombs still doin - business it the same stand, eh? And I bet the aquarium ta ngn where she was when I woo thV And all them tall said another. . buildins. There was present one ww been youth who had never he miles sway from where Grande, born, in a bend of the Rioa town probably never had seen t more than a thousand mhobitam-Bu-tra seasoned these with all meJ elers showing off, iw didn t an for be left out fc He-waJt- v Capzi Mike,, he said, tej Is that '.there same nmtoW hdtel m Newark -- ' J.. WNU Service. : ' Old Centef nf Mum10" -One of the oldest rcnWrf!",y tiotidrt in America. Jo .J Of Havana, was founded nrjqtJ 8, 1728, by a DomUr-the filithorization I XIIll ltrcma ined under .VJ TT H.. that Mike Hogg and Major returned to their Dickson Raymond Mex., they Cast Blanca, at ranch were just back from New York. 1W .. the p. I tSe is united in magnanimous attitude that to Germany should be restored the colonies taken from her by the winning side in the World's war except the nations that acquired the said colonies in toe split-uThats the main hitch. It's more than a hitch. Its a hard knot, tied originally with hate and sealed row with greed. In other words, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander unless it happens to be our gander, which naturally alters the case. Nor seemingly has it occurred to any government that the original owners of Germanys former terr- . Of immediate urgency, however, is a supply oa hand. Congress passed legislation Stock-Fil- e to provide for a . Needed stock - pile, a reserve on hand un- der ownership of the government itself. That law provided for investment of $40,000,000 which would acquire approximately 1,000,000 tons of manganese. The War department called for bids. Americans, of course, could not compete with foi signers. Even the Cuban company could not make an offer within reach. Something has held up the contract award, however, and there has been delay. I am fearful that some of our. steel, companies have urged War - department specifications that would not permit Americans to participate in the contract because. P, the jow. grade ore in this country, bur iriahy event the Hull .tariff reduclion..wouI4 hold our mines outside. alLlor that.atocjcrpiln idea. It would oe tine f&ufldhtloti rone in Tomorrows Treasures. untold wealth WANT to acquire latter years, or, any. how, for your grateful heirs? Then collect things. Collect cheap things which are both common and commonplace. Then sit down and wait for these objects to become obsolete and therefore priceless ! - vapasu uiiw. After Dinner I Speeehe. OUSTON, TEXAS ty for my sins, rvJiJJS listen to a jag of after I Cuban-Americ-an WMlerii 0 panies, the President felt that good progress was being made toward an understanding. In his press conference it was disclosed that he and the men he conferred with all approved of the prudent investment theory of valuation of utility properties outlined by Justice Brandeis 13 years ago. That theory is: The term prudent investment is not used in a critical sense. There should not be excluded from the findings of the base, investments under ordinary circumwhich, stances, would be deemed reasonable. The term is applied for the purpose of excluding what might be found to be dishonest or obviously wasteful or imprudent expenditures. Every investment may be assumed to have been made in the exercise of reasonable judgment, unless the contrary is shown. Mr. Roosevelt suggested at the press conference that the fear, which all agree is responsible for the current depression, is not feai of administration but is a psychology of fear being fostered by newspapers for purposes which are a mystery to him and to the country. tween the American Federation of Labor and the C. I. O. The negotiations in Washington came to a sudden end when toe federations representatives refused to consider anything but unconditional surrender of the Lewis forces, which toe C. I. O. men scornfully rejected. The strategy of Green and his Ambassador Hlrosl Salto of Japan and Mme. Salto photographed lieutenants was dictated by informaas they were leaving the Japanese embassy in Washington for the White tion that the C. I. O. was on the House to attend the state reception for the dipiomatie corps. Shortly after- verge of bankruptcy, that its ranks wards Saito broadcast to the American people what amounted to an apol- were torn by dissension over the ogy for the bombing of the Panay in the Yangtse river, calling it a communist element and that there shocking blunder. were numerous desertions. making available the Cuban manganese deposit. The Manganese corporation has expended large sums for establishing the beneficiation process on a permanent basis. The bureau of mines tells me that corporation has succeeded, but due to Secretary Hulls reciprocal trade policies, even that company can hardly get into the American market You see, Secretary Hull made a trade treaty with Brazil that reduced the tariff duty by 50 per cent. When that was done, the reduction in duty immediately, became available to all nations since. we must treat all of them alike. The treaty by Secretary .Hull which was approved by President Roosevelt, therefore, spelled death for the chances of development of the manganese mines within our own borders. To show further how these reciprocal trade policies have ruined our own chances, let me call attention to the fact that the government itself has developed an electrolytic process at the great Boulder dam that will make high grade manganese from the ore in this country. So here we have a government owned project and a great reserve fipm Cuba available and nothing, can be- done about it simply be-- ; cause they .can 'not compete with,' the cheaper ore from abroad' cheaper because of cheap or forced labor, and Secretary Hull's unex-- t plainable cut in tariff, duties. Our national policy always insisted on ah American standard of living for Americans. That means higher wages. It is a correct policy. But why, I ask,, does Secretary Hull destroy a home industry on the one hand and provide for profits of foreigners on the other1 when we cling to a policy of the kind tnentioned? - conference with AFTER aof third utility operating com- Labor Peace Parley Ends T'HERE will be no early peace Now, I included Cuba aa a aource of supply. It is only because American capital has persevered in e Conference Utilities Review of Current Events rVl'-yr-- ' si |