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Show 7 217 Keith Bldg., Phone Was 4648 2 No, V. J1.50 PER YEAR TELUGENT, RELIABLE REVIEW OF WORLD AND NATIONAL EVENTS DY ABLE AND INFORMED -- Weekly New Analysis' Uctator States Maneuvering To Split Great Britain , France ly Joseph W. La Bine wffl give better First Btepln the right direction was the n report of a SSJTdi" management-labo- r M w t committee which asked: (1) regulation of all transportation by foe Interstate commerce commisernntiontd sion; (2) creation of an independent of the Treaty 1915 Italy alined an board to transportation bon with Great Britain and other regulations; (3) creation of a AHIea an a prom-i- f the federal transportation court; (4) reice, Joining Af- -, equal share in Germany1 peal of the controversial thia VeraaiUea territories At clause. 1935 until ,Ise wai forgotten and As congress rolls up its sleeves atawordaremained iceand Italy Uua-- i once more, as observers discover That year found Premiere - the only unanimity lies in undesira"friendand Laval aiininf a railbility of government-owne- d (l)that itapointa: Among "pact roads, four men make rail news African France's la ana bora either by speaking or by keeping da would remain Italiana until quiet: would then become French President Bsevelt. The adminbeta; (2) that Italy could buy istrations 1939 legin the internet Djibouti cent tr islative motto is Let Congress Do It. which means that leu White Bouse pressure is being exerted on lawmakers. Though the President appointed the management-labo- r committee, though its report was made to him, he apparently believes broad recommendations a mgh. Details of U. S. transportation reorganisation are being left for Joint six-ma- I hn much-advertis- AFRICAN SOKE MOT aur-la-d Ababa railroad (am map); (1) Italy ehould receive two email of African territory, an island een the Bed aea and the Gulf of i, and the Tibestl triangle In the im Sahara desert ough thia French concession ght public repudiation of any per Italian territorial claims, it no more for European peace any other treaty. England was y because France acted with-tiadvice. Still later, in No-bof 1938, Italiana began an fflcial" clamor for French Nice and Savoy, iwn in for good measure were ends for Italian participation in canal control, and a better te on using the Addis Ababa-ou- ti railroad as an outlet to the a ileu! and Foreign M Galeasao Ciano are iping up Italian enthusiasm has been evident First open sign Italian repudiation of the treaty. Next it became ra that strong Italian garrisons pressing against the back door 'reneh Somaliland. Still later demanded that Tunisia be reed from direct French control established as an International like Tangier, which Is directed Iritain, France, Spain and Italy. IU tiie precarious position of lce and Britain, even In their bns with each other, again to the surface. Whichever way "ns, Britain's Prime Minister Ole Chamberlain will hit rough Mus-i-Lav- al AES al aggres- I 8 nmi istration. But the lat Mussolini lice economic-politic- JOHN A. HASTINGS Coast to eoati for a IS bUL introducing broadly drafted railroad relief legislation on foe stipulations va following his must not be rushed, that it January visit that it taro. If he agrees to press for shall be reworked after lengthy concessions to Italy, which committee hearings. The Lea idea: talini is sure to demand, Cham-d- o That competing transportation mewill certainly cause a breach dia provide a for more basic probran relations. If he lem than foe railroad issue alone; to help MussolinL foe Its l- that freight traffic should be dioft friendshlppect will d- - verted into the most economic chanend Britain win have both II nels. nd Germany on her neck, jota A. Hastings. Not seriously taver. Hitler and Mussolini considered, but signifying how hr railroad relief proposals can " regard a stiffened Chamber-attitud-e .sM go, is foe "plan tor pos tallied transas a 1 provocation portation evolved by former New might have dire eon York State Senator Hastings, and ices. amber la in's only salvation is to introduced last congress by North Dakota's Kep. William Lemka. no jhe problem over Heatings Idea: Application to pastae mediation board. Two pro-il-s thus far hinted are (1) settle- - senger and freight services of the rate principle successfully sought by the Hague court or (2) and profitably employed for a hunembly of the "big four wL W Czechoslovakias territorial dred years in first class mail carThe U. S. would be dip at the treaty of Munich last riage vided into nine railroad regions with ember. five types of passenger service. From New York to San Francisco neatic coach would cost $5. Sample by Jihts of the U. & Post Offlee fores by class from Manhattan to 1937-S- I fiscal year, re-- Chicago: coach, 1; parlor car, $3; Postmaster General local sleeper, $5; express reserved. J. Farley's annul report: $10; de luxe limited, $15. No. 1 administration aim for 1939 is rearmament, which would have the practical additional value of spurring recovery. Obviously WPA could handle many rearmament activities, therefore it is logical that WPA should have military leadership. As for faithful Aubrey Williams, President Roosevelt followed his appointment closely with the announcement that NYA would have charge of an important program he will present to congress. The program: to train 20;000 college students annually as expert pilots, giving the U. S. one of the most formidable aerial reserves in the world. It would cost 90,800,000 a :rs ... Z 'rojPta, mg 5721,834.051; expenses, loss, $48,811,558. Cause 848,224,877 spent on "V 8 free mafi for congressmen, "Went departments and blind Plus sirmaU subsidies and Postal" functions. 'll planes had their busiest u1 "Juig 48,112,904 miles. and foster vehicles rd 15.1 Religion From its Inspiration in Nul Gerof many, European persecution Jews is spreading to new fronts. The latest: Csecheelavakla. German-patterne- d effect. ghetto laws will soon go into Jews will be eliminated from politics, civil service, teaching, Journal ism and radio. A few will be allowed to continue practicing law and medicine. to take Danslg. Though allowed their wealth with them (in contrast lnlHrlation to German methods), Danslg Jews winters congress tagged the are fleeing in anticipation of the Issue too hot to handle" Free City's union with the Reich. M djourned in the face of a labor Containing Liechtenstein. Since then the crisis has 10,000 by square miles, populated smooed but only on the people of Germanic origin, this prinarTOUmbds and their cipality is ousting all Jews who WoviJ? Joyces that the new congress rived after the World war. iroible consolidation Communications In Regard to the Aged and (or Legislators of 520 ,nd establishment of TOTOlng 17,985 more fami- - . Progressive Opinion What does the coming session of the Legislature mean to the 13 000 recipients of old age pensions or so called Old Age Assistance" and to their children from whose shoulders this beneficence of their Government is intended to lift the burden of the support of the old folks. The Utah chapter of the National Welfare Workers, better known as cue workers Organisation and. condemned, by. the eminent authority Bird Sims Color of New York as a' national racket that is now in almost complete control of this situation that concerns our old folks so much, propose to sponsor a bill that will authorise the case workers to compel relatives to support their old people apd to place in their hands the spending of all relief money and the fixing of budgets of old people who have no relatives. There are rampant rumors that certain powerful organization of special priviligee will have their highly paid lobbyists on hand to put this bill over. Will the men and woman who have been honored through the exercise of the franchise of Utah citisens be the fool baiters of these interests who will turn our emergency relief funds to the reduction of their own fair taxes? The Utah State Old Age Pension and Assistance Organisation is now strong enough to banish the case worker system in Utah, by legislative if possible, by referendum two years hence if necessary. We can not conceive of anything that could be at once more inimical to the aged and their children and the groccryman and small industries than the passage of such a law. Should this happen the aged will suffer and the state at large will pay and pay. This organization will sponsor a bill that will be safe, just and economical. Utah State Old Age Pension and Assistance Organisation. Paul II Allred, Chairman. J. F. Whittemore, Secretary. Mr. G N. Lund Before the writer is a clipping from the Deseret News of Dec. 3Q, and another from the Tribune of Dec. 31. In substance they are the same, and each purports to be a report of A C. Burton, auditor of the Board of Publio Welfare. In effect each is a demand upon the incoming legislature for the repeal of Old Age Pension law, and a restoration of that inhu man law which permitted feelingless case workers to inventory and take liens upon the homes, the knives, forks and spoons of the needy aged. In fact he demands any process of law that will prevent the president aged from obtaining the benefits that a designed for them; and made what he denies their rights. He would make these rights available only to subject beggars. lie terms organisations of the aged, minority groups, And prates of his obsolete and inhumane demands as safe and prudent legislation He goes into platitudes of mathematics; but says nothing of approximately $1,200,000 of sales tax funds handed over to other state agencies, or of the more than half a million spent by his board annually in princely salaries, and the maintenance of a useless staff of insolent inquisitors of the aged makers of Utah. Should the incoming legislature be so unwise as to listen to chimera. It will be well to remember such Pension of now the powerful Utah State Old-Athat leaders and Assistance Organistanco have pledged themselves following to visit every town and hamlet in the following the state with a referendum law of their own. No power can prevent them 'rom writing it into the state constitution in 1940. Henceforth, the rights of the old folks in their own affairs Bh&ll not be subordinated. Utah State Old Age Pension and Assistance Organisation Paul II. Allred, President J. F. Whittemore, Sec. far-seei- ng Halo-Frenc- h tort IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE BUT IT MAY The jails and concentration camps of a large part of Europe are full to overflowing, and never, outside of the worst of the inquisition dungeons, have more vicious and varied forme of tor urea beep used tortures which pagans and barbarians never had the genius to invent. The idea behind it all is not alone to kill, but to break, deform and make hideous the live of those who survive and send the victims out to suffer indescribable pain for life. To do the deeds that neither God nor man ever should look upon; they employ boye in their later teens as guards and watchmen, and through the mob spirit incite them to all the violencethat their superiors can think . of. Every American should pray that such mobocraey and violence may never come to the United States, year. To curb WPA Reorganisation. incongressional demands for an vestigation of WPA political activity, President Roosevelt has agreed to create nonpartisan county supervision boards. Not announced, but broadly hinted, is a plan to place the relief system under civil service. Such administration proposals --think er will envelope the world and reach out to save mankind in the only way they can be saved. -- er yS n Far-sight- er Sets the Americas. Though the Hull delegation foiled to win all it wanted, especially regarding fixed annual meetings of foreign ministers, observers agree the common wishes of 31 nations as expressed at Lima offer a formidable barrier against to- talitarian Editorial ARE THEY PUTTING LENIN ABOVE CHRIST ? In Russia a short time ago they lazed what was known as the Cathedral of Chrift the Redeemer, which was a very imposing structure, devoted lo teaching and preachung of what passed for Christianity, Upon its ruins they are now erecting a towering Palace of the Soviets to be 1 300 feet high and surmounted by a massive statue of L enm. It wiS be 330 feet higher than the Empire Bldg- - in New York. One of its great rooms will seat 21,000 people. This appears to be a planned effort to place Lenin above Christ, or rather above what passed for Christ these before the revolution. Lenin was the founder and creator of the Soviet Republic. Since his death he has been lionized and made mote of a hero lhan perhaps any other man. His body still liesio state in a tomb encased in glass where sD may behold it and ihoussrds pass there daily Ecn.e cnlhusissls held him to be the one mighty and strong who came to set the world in order. To the millions in Russia it may be made to appear that Lenin has replaced Chnsi, hut the realChritf cannot be replaced by A thousand Len- ini nor a thousand of the other dictators. When the gilded tomb of Lenin, and his system, have crumbled, and all unrighteous dictators have lost out and perished' the figure of Christ and his influence and spirit and pow- taoference at Lima learn their official stationery bore the water mark, Wade in Germany. But if chancellor Adolf Hitler length up his sleeve at this Joke, he could frown more than usual over four major continental solidarity pacts which emerged from the parley. The Puts: (1) to defend American principles against all foreign inventions and threatening acts by nations; CD to adopt V-5 Secretary of State Cordell Hulls reciprocal trade principle as a fixed Western hemisphere policy; (3) to condemn racial persecution and declare against special rights for any racial minority; (4) to loosen continental currency restrictions, thereby bolstering trade between -- of Fmch Somaliland would BrUiib Somalilmd Mfny by Italian property. dele-fat- es sion. The new U. 5 Job is to foster continental solidarity with special emphasis on relations with Argentina, which retases to endanger her doee ties with Germany and Italy. Hardly conducive to continental solidarity, yet expressing the sentt-meof many U. end citizen, was the provocative speech ironing. made by 8an Elliott Roosevelt the Borlea K. Wheeler. Chairie day delegates left Lima. man at foe scutes interstate com- Charging Mexico had taken advanmerce committee, Montanas Wheel tage of foe U. S. good neighbor" is the individualist who fought policy to expropriate American President Booscveltf s court reform owned oil properties, Texan Booee-ve-lt MIL Definitely a nonconformist, Mr. broadcast from Fort Worth: Wheeler has promised to cooperate It would appear on foe surface that with the White House but he calls the good neighbor policy has gone foe management-labo- r report mere- far enough . . . Mexico has acted, ly a working basis." Planks in the but as yet the U. & government has Wheeler rail program: (1) no re- not begun to act Until Mexico short-haul peal of flw long-an- d makes an overture of friendship; X clause (which prevents roads from for one must subscribe to the theory charging a lower rate for a long that actions speak louder than haul than for a short haul over the words. same route, in foe same direction; (8) financial cleanup of railroads, White House even though It necessitates drastic To Washington newsmen, two y measures to scale down structures; (3) no government loans dovetailing facta provide Justificato railroads at 3 per cent unless sim- tion for a prediction. Not two; but ilar concession is made to other in. three dovetailing facts are now fascinating newsmen, who wonder if they add up to a new administration-spoLea. Clarence F. Rep. nsored pumppriming effort nd willing to listen, Californias tor defense. The facts: and recovery inLea as chairman of foe house WPA Leadership. When Harry ters tatu commerce committee is Hopkins was made secretary of commerce, mysterious personnel changes took place in the WPA setup he formerly directed. Boosted to chief administrator was CoL F. C. Harrington. His assistants, also army men, were MaJ. B. M. Harloe and Capt G. E, Textor. Apparently kicked downstairs was Aubrey Williams, former assistant WPA administrator who became head of the unimportant national youth admin- Umi flaii ; abated m iA; Hack arm, Franck. By am-i-g Djibouti, at alt Fraach SeeMfl-Ital- y would pia a railroad autlat am from Addia Ababa. Amy Brim npoMy aMt Italian damn ida la wily foolhardy, aim eo Italian poa-- it k a anrAmerica Not until they adjourned did to the eighth ge AUBREY WILLIAMS His NYA beeama important want .tonify tha President does not but merely activity, relief to curtail New reorganize it to placate the Deal's foes. after he Hopkins Drive. Shortly Mr. became secretary of commerce,to put Hopkins announced a plan to wort millions of unemployed beck foa in private industry, aided by forwhich council advisory business mer Commerce Secretary Daniel C. details Roper organized. Although of the plan have not been released, wffl it Is thought likely Mr. Hopkins disbursefederal of a favor policy ments to spur recovery. The'.! foe philosophy he followed chieftain. ligiously as WPA ses-io- n Stolen from this office, two Univex Folding Cameras valued at $9.78 each. Ytill the guilty party please return one of them. Is a very different attitude. There la a very keen recollection of the foreign bonds that defaulted, and there la considerable resentment against those the folks out in the country hold responsible. In fact, this was one of foe highly significant causes of the tremendous flop in tha prestige of Herbert Hoover. The casual observer thinks of American investors aa some restricted dare living mostly in old eastern cities. Lets look at a particular Instance involving these defaulted foreign bands. NATIONAL AFFAIRS e Reviewed by CARTER FIELD General Johnson stirs up Washington by his advocacy of Gamer for President . . . Roper leaves a tough spot and enigma for Washington No more foreign loans will be the slogan this win. Boost Taft for ter finance committee. Bank Depositors Stung by Defaulted Foreign Bonds It so happened that tha city of ... .. ' WASHINGTON. Daniel C. Roper leaves a tough spot and an enigma for Washington. The answer to the enigma may come before very long and It will be worth studying. Actually that answer wffl forecast the future not only with respect to the attitude the administration wffl taka towards business, but even as to foa probability of a third term for President Roosevelt. It so happened that the final forcing out of Roper cams Just after publication of a magazine article by Gen. Hugh 5 Johnson which discussed the third term possibility, and predicted that Roosevelt would turn a little to tha right in order to make certain his renoml-natio- n and Thia Johnson article aroused no end of bitter comment in Washington, not only because at his frank characterization of many of the New Dealers as "crackpots" but because at hie prediction that an overwhelming flood of returning prosperity would coma within three weeks after John Nance Garner became President! The New Dealers of course do not concede that an administration such as Garner would conduct would result in prosperity. But they object even more violently to the Idee of Garner for. President , Obviously they do not want any such exodus of crackpots" as Johnson predicts would occur if Gamer became President They would much rather have an exodus of the Garners. Department of Commerce Does Not Regulate Business In the policies to be carried on by the new secretary of commerce there la not so much interest as one might think. Actually there are other branches of the government which are of much more Interest to business. For example, the trail busting division of the department of Justice. For example, the securities and exchange commission. For example, the ICC, the federal trade commission, the WPA, the PWA, yes, even the TVA. Actually the department of commerce is not a menace to business. It does not regulate business. It does not decide on the taxes that business wffl have to pay. It makes many studies and gathers a lot of data which la of value to business, especially on exports and imports. But even' on that it is of nothing like the importance to business that the tariff commission is, and does not compare to the reciprocal trade treaty negotiating division of the state department But nevertheless the appointment of a secretary at commerce is of enormous importance, despite the comparatively drab and workaday functions of tha department he wffl heed.' Not by any means because at the actual acta that the secretary of commerce wffl perform, but because his mere selection Is a hint as to tha attituda of the President So It makes a lot of difference whether tha post is filled by a man whom business men regard ai a witch burner, or whether the appointment goes to a man to whom business generally feels friendly. No More Foreign Loans Will Be Slogan Thu Winter No more foreign loans win be the slogan on Capitol Hill this winter. Congress is all set to be Isolationist aa far as Europe is concerned. It la ell set to be extremely friendly to the other countries of this hemi- sphere. It would even be willing to fight to prevent foreign aggression south of the Rio Grande. But it is not willing to risk another dollar of taxpayers money on loans to any foreign government, or to individuals in any foreign country, either for trade development tha idea Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. Is toying with or for building up their own national defense. Thia last Idea seems to be strong In Lima, where tha countries that favor tha new version of tha Monroe Doctrine, which might now be called a mutual defensive alliance, are rather intrigued with playing their own part That part of course, as far as one can here, to be financed from Washington. Loans for trade development were always popular in New York end in big manufacturing .communities. There la a selfish interest as big as a barn door to explain it Much of the 1927, 1929 end early 1929 prosperity was built on foreign loans. Out in tha country, if one la to believe returning congressmen, there Latin-Amerlc- kin COLUMNISTS Pocatello, Idaho, had a considerable deposit in a local bank. Unoer the law, the citys funds were protected more rigorously than the deposits of ordinary citizens. It was required that sound bonds be earmarked in the banks vault as a special guarantee. Came the bank holiday and the city officials wanted to know about the city funds. "Where are the bonds protecting them? they demanded. The bank officials sadly Showed the city officials Just what they had done. They had earmarked certain bonds of South American republic! aa being the collateral of the city deposits But why should you have treated us like foil?" the city officials pretested. "Why did you put worthless hoods behind our deposits? Tha bankers explained that; on foa advice of federal bank examiners, the bank had bought these foreign bonds. Not only that, they had sold, at a loss, some Irrigation bonds which the bank examiners seemed to think nothing of. The bank examiners had lists at bands they considered good, and these foreign bonds were on it This was not an isolated instance. Depositors all over the country, ranging down to obscure hamlets,' were penalized by this craze of the Washington government to loan money abroad. The point Is that tha folks knew It then, and remember it now. And their congressmen know all about it. Want Senator-Elec- t Taft on Senate Finance Committee A quiet campaign la under way to make Senator-eleRobert A. Taft a member of the senate finance cola- -' mlttee. In many ways the finance committee la the moat important In the senate. It decides on all tax questions and handles all tariff bQla. , Normally a freshman senator does, not aspire so high. If he makes this committee, or appropriations, or foreign relations in his first six-yeterm, he thinks he has made real progress. To make tha Taft ambition all the tougher. It so happens that no Republican member of the finance committee fell by the wayside thia year. As a matter of fact only one of them was up this year. That eras James J. Davis of Pennsylvania, who won both his and fights' handily. Other Republican member of the committee are Arthur Capper of. Kansas, Arthur H. Vandenberg of, Michigan and John G. Townsend of Delaware. Sen. Robert M. La Fol-- i lette of Wisconsin is also a member, but is classified aa a Progressive instead of as a Republican. In the last session there were 18 Democrats on thia committee, only four Republicans, and one Progres-- 1 live. It remains to ba seen what concessions will be made to the Republicans in committee assignments due to their Increased strength. Having the majority, the ' Democrats can do anything they please. But the probability is that the Republicans will get at least two more members of thia committee. There are eight new Republican senator!, and it Just so happens that two of them replace Democratic members at tha committee. Democratic Losers Are ct ar Replaced by Republicans Taft, replacing Sen. Robert J. Bulkley, la one of these. The other vacancy was caused p by tha defeat of Sen. Up A Augustins Lonergan of Connecticut Both states have been conceded almost a vested interest in the finance committee, due to the days when tha most important function of thia committee waa . framing tariff bills, BalUejr as both states rank high in their manufacturing interest and hence are vitally Interested la the protective tariff. Other states sending Republican senators to replace Democrats are New Jersey, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, South Dakota. Kansas and Oregon. Wisconsin can be elimlnal ed as far aa tha Taft candidacy for tha finance committee la concerned because it already has on member of the committee In La Folletto. New Jersey, which Is sending Warren Barbour back to tha upper house, is normally considered aa ranking high in its claims to a voice In the finance committee, but nothing like so high as Ohio, and there la no word that Barbour is making a bid for the place. Obviously tha other states are not o much entitled to consideration because of population, wealth or manufacturing interest aa Oh la Kansas already has a Republican member of the committee, Arthur Capper. Bell Brndl-s- tr WNlt Bvrvlr. |