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Show fttUOEHI REVIEW BY REllftBLE COLUMNIST o Be unrS Wsll-lnform- td FdTtMIS You Must Read This Writer ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH V. LaBlNE By THE WAR: Behind Scenes awer JVhat Conservative Trend Apparent puuUd. It f" lode ..sms... JwW.fW. Crisis out FDRs Appointments; In SKuiwt'M ...at our Permanent Congress likely aftr Und o Is this? Tba expected war tm is neue . Nine. of twenty persons ask than-toAsa question: Are sea snaking ns attach strength n la thcsa cetamns, (hey tba new analyst and art aeoceearily of this newspaper.) .Released Dr Waetem Newspaper Union. j Pointing this editorial, Lord Beaverbrooks Evening Stand. bad more news, not from flu jn front but of carryingt-oenes. Secretly, Prime Minister Chamberlain and Lord rhHuii (minister of n defense coordination) flew lish tha Eng- channel and mat Premier Edouard Daladier and French Gen. Maurice WORTH READING Bruckarta Washington Digest C. N. LUND, That splendid magazine, Destiny, now claims that Jesus a national question, that he is the only hope, not only in religion but in economies, law, philosophy. He has been claimed too long, it says, as belonging wholely to the warring creeds, and therefore the country and the world- has rejected him. We pray "Thy kingdom come: Thy will be done on earth," yet we reject the New" World we could make by believing and following him and prefer and cling to "This Jungle world, this world, this world of war and poverty and crime and utter confusion.1 The magazine maintains that the total rejection of Jesus nationally is one of the most terrible facts of our time. Of course we say Lord, Lord, but scarcely any one believes in his philosophy as it really applies to our economic proplems. If war is to cease; if poverty is to be overcome, if abundance snd happiness are to come to humanity to remain it must come through his plan, his philosophy. There is no other way Man has failed and will fail the more the longer he tries. - dog-eat-d- in where near Psris to form ts erer Ewg IV. Gtjr Tuodi reryFri o,itth inepn invite mu Cout id day i beaverbrook a supreme Well? allied defense council, uu was avoided one of the mistakes those nations made in their last war agakut Germany. Next day Mr. Chamberlain, safely back home, fold parliament he left the French meeting fortified and encouraged. Not only would flu allies trounce Germany, but they would rescue Poland and liberate the Czechs. Significantly silent following Field Marshal Hermann Goering's Malt at Britain a few days earlier, Germany was apparently busy pursuing war on two fronts. Food rationing A WEEK OF WAS IN MODERN EUROPE was extended, all auto tires were Tht neutrals vera also busy. confiscated and a contraband-of-wa- r list was decreed as a "defense legislation. CaliforONGRESS: nia's Rep. Jerry Voortiis said con- measure" against British blockade. 9 gress must correct the injustices In Paris, smart Premier Daladier mergency war cabinet which of the last relief set." New formed Is Open tor Inspection this month Jersey's Sea Warren Barbour pre- included all parties except Socialchoice collection of political anomidicted passage of his anti espionage ist, whose Leon Blum refused to es. Whether Franklin Roosevelt bllL 's Everything considered, it participate. ide third term capital out of looked like congress would sit for aroes was only a guesa, but Western War quite a spelL enwifency of war caused England learned for the first time rage things to happen. that her troops and planes were INTERNATIONAL: "Junked," In Secretary Steve Ear-- i fighting in France. With activities words," was the imaginary The Neutrals still centered in the Saar baste, viosin trust" Solidly whacked un-- t of war In the lent fighting brought conflicting reBiggest repercussion ti presidential orders were western hemisphere was the con- ports. Berlin claimed French adand Fascists. Brought Into of 21 American republics at vances to Saarbruecken were drivvening emergency posts were Panama City to safeguard neutral- en back. French admitted Germany Dealer than Wash-flo- e its and had seized French terrftofr In Its has seal since Herbert Hoo-i- r ity, protect hemispherical peace ecooomlc'Vo-operatio-- Eu-pe- To show what dictators think of democracy we refer readers to a remark made byNapoleon 111 when he was attempting to conquer Mexico. He called it government by cattle for cattle. That's the estimation he placed upon the common people. Abraham Lincoln held quite differently. Of course the Mexican people were then, as always under dictators, in a deplorable condition. Eighty Five families owned eighty per cent of all the land and nearly ninety per eentof the people could neither read nor write nor understand anything much about government It pleased political and religious powers tokeep them that way. It was the same in Spain It was the same in Russia, and further back it was the same in France. Goldsmith's prophesy has proved itself in nearly all capitalistic countries Wealth accumulates and centralizes in the hands of the few while the masses decay and die dispossessed. Foland is a nation that was. From a thriving, orderly state it has been laid in the dust of chaos with an oath registered over it that it shall never again rise. It was destroyed. Its people are either taken prisoner, fleeing dead or still fi ghting as best a brave people can. But there is one thing that was not taken or killed: That is the spirit of liberty the eternal spirit of the chainless mind. That spirit will live. It has lived through dungeons and wars and will continue to live. inli-Ne- X. tional big bualne a party. Re- publicanism, was con-vlnc- the New Deal's hidden aim Is to send American toeettl Europe's quarrel. "publicans as Ohios Sen. 1 Taft snd Vermont's Sen. w Austin plumped for cashdid many a lesser Democrat who n pwcnti last summer aat Franklin Roosevelt J1 j not i. Iike harmony, ob-- i noU,cr guesa coming, reckoned with North Gerald P. ("Neutral-ll-h ldaho,, Uonilh Sen. or with Missouri's Z !1C .pen. Bennett Champ aaU went out for Lri., tlhr,?ytMional t voices ra'ed in protest and Eolation ism again reached Sen. questions. But the biggest neutral news came from Europe, pleasant and otherwise.' Moscow's allegiance to Berlin was more marked than ever. German engineers arrived to aid Russian Industry, thus Indicating the Soviet will be Adolf Hitler's storehouse. While Paris radio reported all Soviet merchant ships en route to England had been ordered home, thus indicating a coming breach, the Soviet joined hostilities by. shooting Polish craft which violated the frontier. Should enough such Incidents occur, Russia might take revenge by Joining Der Fuehrer Comin a new Polish partition. pletely mobilized, the Soviet was capable of almost anything. Most Intense activity came in the Andre Mediterranean region. tn?, stubborn, Senator Borah sssur.nc. jTled ideSr"eutrat7. of .de- He had time." but wai nTES?"1 Amwican had 0,8 Bags of neutraUty thBt Ce- il - lead America b had ta re did1 it ' t1 chanca Under Tdmert ,ny good itoiiisorent who .w ,nd carted It Jjjw American (oy'onBWsa. llT! U con-kto- r bushels. With 355,000,-00- 0 bushels already sealed on farms under government loans, the department of agriculture last month estimated this year's production at But this bushels. 2.450.000.- 000 month Secretary Henry A WaUaca had to confess: Later figures boosted tha estimate to 2,523,000,000 bushels, smaller than last year, to bo sure, but presenting a greater problem thanks to the bigof carryaoma over. With a carryover S. will 450.000.- 000 bushels, the U. have 3,000.000,000 bushela of com on hand for the coming season. WalUnder AAA regulations, Mr. tadi-dte- d had to decide whether tha 2.542.000.- 000 ANDRE FRANCOIS-PONCEThings happened in Roma. Francois-Poncet, French ambassador to Rome, allegedly notified his foreign office that Italian neutrality la certain, that Mussolini is angry T over Germany's warlike settlement of the Danzig Issue, and Hut bU this ry h hflIor may eventually work out to the alM woyu benefit. lies' enfrom riag eambs.llited Not only was Signor Mussolini making every effort to bolster his world trading position and thus wax oudj hTJZriZ rich, but ha looked especially at flu frightened Balkan states. There he ... ... r"' ? aMe aw puzzled tradesmen seeking any storm, striving to stay port in ws a KtrJ; Com- neutral while Germany pressed for rti pocily delivery of goods contracted before wj the war. This much was certain: the taring Italy had more Interest In her own Jia,qUhPio1 et rid of future than In Germanys, and ess Wf, ,.hw.t0 changed ncu-- might even consider Herr Hitler a Quit conturn- -. ,cai8 or contln-cougoodly menact should he win be buUt trol over the Balkans. But If MussoAnurt..11 which showed lini could control Balkan trade, if fccl aater with r' he could meanwhile develop a profweover. itable war commerce with France began clamoring for and Britain, so much flu better. JSSy flu 1937 2,310,-000.0- com- SLAmeri- - FsaMents Inta" to From corn production average was bushels. Last year it was ' d Wit After waiting two weeks, Polands finalMarshal Edward Smigly-Ryd- z faly got his bald pate wet The mous autumn rains started and German advance was slackened while the efficient Polish artillery went into action. Warsaw was variously reported falling and standing. Probably it still stood, but it was evident the Poles were taking losses elsewhere on the frontier to keep their major city Intact On tha propaganda front, Poles (and even 1828 mInJ. Mr. yinditti!ir .But1 thcre with!? carry xdf be Eastern War Corn Woes voice once Be SEute&e? Z AND WIFE The held pete got scet. counter offensive, but said the ground was recaptured and poilui were primed for an attack on the famed German West wall SMIGLT-KYD- AGRICULTURE: are placed. I 3K aRSln.nlhedmitratlon sj any position or pursue any business whereby I can live upon: my fellow citizens without doing them useful service in return, for I plainly see that this must bring suffering and want to some of them. I will do nothing to desecrate the soil of America, or pollute her air or degrade her children, my brothers and sisters. I will try to make her cities beautiful and her citizens healthy and happy, so that she may be a desired home for myself now, and for her children fill Anthony Drexel Biddle) reported Germans bombing everything in sight better talk a declared Press Bids., Washlnrton, D. C. WASHINGTON. My faith In the shown among the retailers. Inoundnesa of the profit system as stances of actual sales and cancellathe basis for people to make a llvtaf tions of contracts and refusal of dealways has caused me to lean some- liveries and delays In handling shipwhat to the detente of business prac- ments were related, where added tices when there bad to be a choice profit accrued to the wholesaler or between theories. Every fair mindobber, that almost seemed too ed person knows that business ag- fiendish to believe. And worse, those riculture, manufacturing, banking, tallows were constantly offering new transportation or any other has suggestions that had no baste in had a terrific onslaught of cock- fact In Justification of their acta. eyed arguments to meet In the last Ws heard every one of the alibis offew years. To me, it Is a distinct fered during the days of 1917. tribute to tha profit system that wa And the manufacturers. A flock have seen as many bualnesies sur- of those tallows, agate, not a large vive the last five or aix years as percentage, were found to be hiking there are still operating. their prices cm goods already manuBut, calling upon the record of factured and ready for delivery. tilesc columns, I have contended Now, I ask how on earth the prices without exception that there are on a finished product can be influcrooks in business, and that tha enced by conditions that did not present administration ought to di- arise until after the work was done. rect some of lta venom at tbs Tha only answer I obtained to the crocdu, rather than at business as a question anywhere was that replacewhole. And, so, this week, I want ments would cost more, and there to writs about this situation that has must be an inventory of sufficient come to the surface aa a result of also maintained to meet the demand. tiie burst of flame that has engulfed In other words, that limited group Europe; they have shown agate tha was taking the profit while the taktrue colors of their makeup and they ing was good. have taken advantage of a situation One can not examine the situation, In world affaire, without any justias now presented without considerto bleed of the consumers fication, ing the stock market the buying the United States. of securities. It la not and Almost with the crash of the first news selling to hear that quotations gun on the Eastern front, a small on every share of stock of minority of business interests a corporation that may sell an addrubbed the palms of their hands to- ed cargo overseas. I believe It la gether and began to count additional fair to state, however, that this condollars they could gain in profits by dition is one of pure gambling, and boosting prices. And to cover up this has added to the their perfidy, their treachery and frightspeculation of consumers whose housetheir characteristics of a water hold budgets are limited. nake, they have spread a counterpane of lies that will react agateat People Are Frightened all business. Including the growers of raw materials such as tha crops And Commence Hoarding In discussing the situation around of the fields. It la so easy to blame tiling! on the war; it is being done Washington, I found another influby government officials as well ence, or what might be called anaa the brigands of business, but the other baste for excitement It la latter class la collecting an unseen quite unjustified, of course, but peo(but deeply felt) tax from all of us ple nevertheless were swayed by It who buy food to eat or clothes to President Roosevelt has been talk-ta-g wear. about tha dangers that exist how we must avoid them In and Hoarding and High Prices order to stay out of the European ' The health and happiness of my own body Due to Creed, Crookedness cataclysm. Heads iff government I have Interviewed a lot of people agencies everywhere have been depend on each muscle and drop of blood doing its work in in the field of business in the last echoing the sentiment There can days in an effort to ascertain be no argument: tills nation must its place. So the health and happiness of my country depend few where the cheating is going on. stay out and must help to keep all of tha nations at North and South upon each citizen doing his work in his place. I will not Moreover, I have investigated a and renown. U. S. Ambassador Smtor Hn. JJloWM JL Pvcaent LINCOLN ON PATRIOTISM I am a citizen of America and an heir to all her greatness cash-desrr- By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National have-boome- Com-unis- further Bigleft town. gest repercussions In the Far East Big business, the President's No. were (1) shakeup of Japanese army toe, not only supported his leadership in China and Manchukuo neutrality proposal, but to hasten an end to the Chinese d Ui representatives. Industri- war, and (2) German inspired efal Herbert Bayard Swope, said forts for a pact with Shusisiticilly that Mr. Roosevelt Russia, thus checking the growing Is going to Japanese sentiment in Britain's fakeep us out vor. Though flu government did of this war." not take these efforts seriously, Meanwhila there were expressed desires for a tha tradi- settlement of Russo-Ja- p border Without Justification Prices Are Boosted and People Scared Into Hoarding Public Sentiment Is Only Force That Can Correct the Racketeering. lf some- ;lfiare Crooks Take Advantage of War To Bleed Consumers of Nation . lace 10 per supply is mors thsn cent above normal domestic needs Mus export requirements. If so, he quotas had to propose marketingthem to tor next year and submit or for approval farmers belt com s, approved by rejection. If would require farm-ar- s quotas exceeding their allotments to pentore excess grate orW 15 cents a bushel. of tax alty Biggest factor working against bnn?,l,Ur quotas was lost sPr!"? which Mr. large pig crop, aid would justify raising tha quota in days to come. m m a holder and politician would take these words of Lincolns to heart we would have a much better America. Taking this advice and keeping the heart aflame to the spirit and principles of Christ what might not be done If every office in government? REWARD OF DARING Practically every benefit of the modern world is ours because someone dared his life to secure it. In the majority of cases the price was paid in fulL Few prophets receive any reward or recognition in their life time. Few sacrifices for humanity are bloodless. The blood of the martyrs is not only the seed of the church, but also of every other worth while institution and endeavor for the enlargement of the common life of man. Centuries ago a humble Galilean proved to the world that men must dare the dangerous if they would achieve the good. You cannot hope to contribute largely to civilization unless you are willing to bet your life upon it From Henry George. Whence shall come the new barbarians? Go through the squalid quarters of great cities, and you may see even now, their gathering hordes! How shall learning perish? Men will cease to read, and books will kindle fires and be turned into cartridges? that would It is startling to think how slight the traces that throes the be left of our civilization did it pass through civilization. of decline every the previous have accompanied like parchment, nor are our most massive Paper will not last to be compared in solidity with monuments and buildings titanic edifices of the old civilizaand n temples the Henry George. tion. rock-hew- two-third- level Attention is drawn to the IMPORTANT MEETINGS. on 4th page, upper right hand large two column .ad. Dont miss this great and rare opportunity, columns, th America out of tha stream of molten lava that is spreading through the belligerent nations. It may be a necessary evil then, an unavoidable phase of world affairs, that people are frightened and seek to hoard. The tragedy of it is that tha unhowever, one additional conviction: hundreds of thousands of consumers principled element I have referred have become frightened and have to ta In a position to capitalize upon started hoarding buying excess such a circumstance. But to get down to cases, let me supplies because iff fright I still can not believe, however, that these repeat that there has been no Inhoarding tactics are completely re- crease worth noting In wages, in the sponsible for the kiting of prices costa of raw materials. There has that has taken place. Ruthleasnesa been no increase whatever in transand greed, faithlessness and the or- portations costa. There has been no increase in overhead expenses iff dinary, garden variety of crookedness among certain elements of grower or producer or manufacturer or wholesaler and Jobber or retailer. business must accept responsibility; for, from these things together with All of these may come, and probthe campaign of misrepresentation ably will come some time, but they which those elements have engi- have not arrived and when anyone neered come the fright of the aver- attempts to Justify profiteering prices, that Individual should be age consumer. Hence, hoarding. In my study iff the price situation asked to show how and where those increases have had their origin. My on tha regular purchases of household, I have sampled quotations and guesa is that, for the time being at price increases advertising In Washington and Bal- least, most of these re due largely to racketeering. timore. Washington is somewhat different than any other city in the Public Sentiment le Only United States, but Baltimore Is a to Work Force Effectively reflectIndustrial area, fairly large And what will be the result of ing normal reactions of buyers. I have observed the prices of chain all of theat things? I said early torea and traced them back to they would react on all business, wholesalers and jobbers, and to tha good business aa mil as tha rata. manufacturers in some instances. Tha government can not do anyGuilt attaches to a small per- thing about it Public sentiment is centage in the retail lines, the av- the only force that can operate eferage store. There were Instances fectively, and public sentiment found where the prices were boosted ought to exert lta presaure. on commodities that had been on There will be a lot of talk about the shelves three months, articles government control and there will and even quarter-bake- d that could not have been affected In be schemes offered In abundaany way by any possible change in with a serious desire to manufacturing costa, added ex- nce-all penses due to higher labor payments break the grip of the small eleor increases in transportation and ment that has started this wave of distrlbutloa And, incidentally, there fright, higher prices and more is almost no record of any Increases fright Of course, it la unlikely that in those Items of manufacturing and there will be any legislation result distributing costs Tha department because as far as I can find out of commerce figures do not reflect there Is no sound and workable them, nor do the reporta in the method by which government can hands of the department of labor reach tha scoundrels responsible. rata Yet there will be efforts made and show them. But the beady-eyd- d behind the counters of a small per- there will be investigations, and the centage of retail stores will blandly demagogue! without any more Idea tell you these things have happened. at what to do than your runt pig will shout and harrangue and create Some Wholesalers Arm as new doubts as to any and every kind of business practice. And havGuilty as Sneak Thiavee There are certain of tha whole- ing aa many crackpots in places of salers who are as guilty as sneak reaponaibility as wa now have in thieves In tha night, but, like the the federal government you can be retailers, not all of them are re- sure that those boys will give birth in quintuplet quantities. sorting to price Increases for plate to ideas So, when one sums up all of tha profit. From my own inquiries and from all ef tha information that has data. It la mads to appear that all foulness been made available to me, I am honest and Inclined ' believe there are more men bad better get together and use wholesalers a larger percentage of their own type of Mackjacks on tha their ranks that them who have taken advantage of elements within of the times than can ba constitute a cancer on trade. the number of business practices with the thought that these would provide a clue to some of the price increases, and reasons for them, with the results mentioned in the paragraph above. There must be added, half-bake- fair-mind- perils I , f t ii , |