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Show THE BULLETIN Bruckart's Washington Digest Harvard Blitzkrieg i WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS 11Y ROGEIl SHAW New Program for U. S. Defense Surrender by Belgium Marks Crowds Politics Into Background New Phase in the World War; Germans Hold Channel Ports in Nation's Capital Rising Tide of War Hysteria Endangers Advancement of Many New Deal Social Reforms. By WILLIAM BHUCKART WNU Service, National Press Bldf., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. There ii a new kind of political conflict developing in Washington. The extent to which it will go dcpendi, obviously, upon developments in Europe's war. It is fair to say, nevertheless, that at New this moment Dealers are frightened within an inch of their lives from fear of what the war hysteria is going to do to their pet social program. It should be said by way of explanation that President Roosevelt's defense program is likely to require the best Industrial and ol military braini available. That means the President must turn to the captains of industry so cordially hated by real New Dealers for certain types of help and guidance for a preparedness gram. pro- Through these last several weeks, ob William Bruckart servers here have witnessed New Deal reformers making strenuous efforts toward warding off any changes in their programs that would set back the schemes they have been fostering through the last seven years. Those New Dealers who have the President's ear have gone to far as to persuade him to issue a warning to congressional leaders that none of the New Deal reforms or social advances shall be abrogated by defense legislation. In the meantime, however, most every observer also has witnessed a tendency on the part of those charged with official responsibility to take steps leading to more workable plans in hastening defense preparation. Indeed, right now there is an intensive study being made under guidance of the army and navy of such things as wage and hour regulations, and limitations upon private financing. Other things that amount to handicaps upon the nation's productive capacity also are defense program. There is also to be noted, in con nection with the excited conditions Incident to war preparation here, that certain groups are exerting selfish pressure. It will be said, of course, that a democracy permits selfish interest to employ pressure. But the thing observers note around Washington these days is the very early activity of some groups which are striving, apparently, to make a profit out of the war. Mr. Roosevelt has publicly declared that extraor dinary profit is not going to be permitted. His statement, however, does not assure prevention of the selfishness. It will take a great many thrusts and some punishment to accomplish the purpose. Some conversation has already been heard to the effect that Mr. Roosevelt must place more confidence in private business leaders if his defense plans carry through. The President, as everyone recalls, has seemed to enjoy cracking the whip over business at frequent Intervals during his entire seven years in the White House. The more conservative members of the administration recognize the cleavage between the President and general business, and rewhether the numerous forms will help or hinder speedy and production' of the war materials which must be available if Europe's war gets further out of bounds. development Minimum Wage Scales Are Being Investigated Walsh-Heal- y use-le- war-tim- gency schedules of production to be maintained. Moreover, it Is doubtful that the information collected by the board will have any value in any event. e conThis is true because ditions abroad naturally are influencing our Industrial conditions. The data being collected probably will be meaningless if the war continues another six months. With respect to the question of limitations of hours which employ ecs may work, the same story is true. In addition, it can be said, I believe, that congress will waste very little time in removing the restrictions on hours of labor if the emergency requires complete mar war-tim- shaling of American productive ca pacity. Europe's War May End Many Theoretical Ideals I could go on with other illustra tions of the character mentioned here. These serve, however, to il WAR TALK AND POLITICS Favorite social reforms of the New Deal are being shoved into the background in official Washington conversation and attention because of the war hysteria, says William Bruckart This worries some of the politicians for they feel that practical business men may be called in to replace them in order to speed up the President's plan for building up America's home defense hard-heade- program. d, ..T lAi l Released by Western Newspaper Union. I ..... to mtirm tmi sid vnur noo! or on the lawn. Jifc. coping or keyhole saw will cut them from plywood, and enamel As a history instructor, Paul will finish them. They may be E. Cram, of Harvard university used as a pair or singly. Z9181, 15 cents, brings the patat Cambridge, Mass lectured to Fo' for clever little tern his class that America should and his turtle. The fishing Bits enter the war or become a secis a stick nailed on. Z9182, ond rate power, the student pole 15 cents, is his cute companion, above marched in protest against Lilybud, almost as tall. General 17. S. intervention. The youth nitnut directions come with each called himself and a companion pattern and painting suggestions (not pictured) members of the are given, sena oraer to: Harvard committee for the RecAUNT MARTHA ognition of Classroom Generals. Ms. re-ele- ct The idea behind being examined. all of this is, of course, to learn As showing how the New Deal advocates are resisting any encroachment upon the reforms which they have fostered, it is necessary only to report, as an example, that the federal contracts board has been holding hearings on proposed mini mum wage scales. The board is functioning under the act This statute permits the department of labor to fix minimum wages paid in any industrial plant which is manufacturing under a government contract, if the materials which the government is buying cost more than $10,000. The board has been going right ahead with hearings on its recommendation that a minimum wage of 52 cents per hour be established in the entire electrical industry. It has done this notwithstanding the fact u that anybody must realize how the procedure is if it becomes necessary for the President to use e powers and require emer- sal (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinions are expressed In these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily ef this newspaper.) lustrate the point I have been at tempting to make. They illustrate also the possibility that a further expansion of Europe's war proba bly means the end for many of the theoretical ideals about which the New Dealers have been prating through these many months. There Is a bit of humor in the grim reality of the conditions facing this country today. I have written in these columns many times that the New Deal pay rollers were Mr. leading the drive to Roosevelt for a third term. That is the only manner in which they can be certain to hold on to their Jobs. Now, however, we find Mr. Roosevelt's candidacy moved forward very definitely by the impetus of Europe's war, while at the same time we find the avid New Dealers being slowly pushed into the back ground while practical men are called In to direct and manage the Mam, Lilybud, Ah done caugh it all by man ownself. Ah did." Thus Fo Bits impresses his mastery of fishing upon his lady fair. And Lilybud seems impressed or frightproperly ened. 'Tis all in fun though, for both little pickaninnies are de signed as cutouts to be piacea oe- - "VES 1 21-in- ch A strange refugee problem baa arisen In Paris, France, because ef the current war. While thousands of Parisians nave fled to outlying sectors to avoid possible bombing raids by the Germans, still other thousands of refugees have been pouring lata the elty from all aver France, Holland the French government and Belgium. Just as In the World war of 1914-1la providing food and shelter for these people. In the above photo, a family ef Belgians, sadfaced, to being fed in a Parla center. 8, Probably one of the most epochal days In history occurred when King Leopold of Belgium ordered his troops to lay down arms and surrender. How long would France and Britain continue to wage war, was the question immediately raised. The whole war's outcome was thus thrown into the balance. The mechanized, motorized, and German army continued its channel sweep in a wheeling which began at Cam-brand Bapaume, and took in Abbeville, at the channel mouth of the Somme river, and then coastal Boulogne and Calais. Calais is exactly across from English Dover, air-gear- semi-circl- ai e, Box U. S. DEFENSE: Billions THE WAR: Belgian Surrender and only 20 miles distant Boulogne was Napoleon's headquarters when he tried to invade England in 1805. German flyers came more and more to dominate the channel, making the work of English troop transports exceedingly difficult For reinforcements from England, or to England, were bombed mercilessly from the air, as at least half a million allied troops appeared caught in a horrible steel trap of Nazi manufacturer. At the other end of the channel drive, the Germans were in Antwerp, leaving the allies only the channel porta of Dunkirk (French) and Ostend (Belgian). Paris, pro tern, had been left "neglected" for the Germans were said to be considering a separate peace with France, a peace some Frenchmen were reported as not unwilling to accept AND IN FRANCE: The critics went to work on Roose velt's plan for 50,000 airplanes, and an extra appropriation of a billion dollars. How much would 50,000 air planes really cost? And how many men would it take to staff them. and operate them? The experts began to figure. They discovered that at the price England and France pay for aircraft 50,000 planes would cost at least six billions. The American avi ation professionals backed up this astonishing sum. Then our air chief put it at seven billions. But this was not alL It takes thirty men per plane, to keep it properly conditioned and piloted. Hence, it would take 1,500,000 men to run our 50,000- plane aerial armada. These, plus the force of 750,000 regulars now talked about would make for an army of over 2,000,-00- 0 men, mostly air force. And there came the rub for an army of 2,250,000 (minimum) would mean nothing less than universal, cost- More Trouble French Premier Reynaud indulged in caustic criticism of his own army, an unusual thing In wartime, and one Important French general an army head was captured (allegedly) in a tank, as he took a firsthand look at the front lines. This general had been captured, too, in the I German war. His staff, it was believed, had been taken along with him. But Reynaud, no soldier himself, made fight talks and stressed his solidarity with the English. Meanwhile, it turned out that the allied plane production had sunk to 1,000 per month, to the German 3,000 a shrinkage of 25 per cent at a bad time. German airplanes claimed to have bombed and sunk six more British transports in the channel, though three hospital ships, filled with British wounded, succeeded In getting through the merciless Nazi barrage. PROVE ANYTHING: By Statistics Kansas Ctty, 1M-- cents for each patters desired. Pattern No. Name Enclose IS Address Dead Sea Takes on Life There's plenty of life in the Dead sea, and today its banks are hives of activity, with British chemists, engineers, and laborers working to win from them valuable chemicals which were formerly obtained mostly from Germany, Russia and Poland. Products from the banks of the famous lake, which lies 1,286 feet below sea level, are potash, magnesium, caustic soda, bromine, and aluminum, all vital factors for the smooth running of a war 0UT0FS0RTS? Nereis Relief ef Sluggish yea tklak sO lassxbae act elite. Jut toy tfcia KfiasMag, invigoratine. De-- Dae te Paris: Germans lost lfiOO planes in two weeks! aula, London: Germans lost lfiOO planet mdabla relief float sick with tatUi find in two weeks! URMmm B1.fr BetaSSebsnef Mnemiur Charles A. Berlin: Allies lost 2J00 planet to ly conscription. But iiiuuni niM U eavetllihud, ictairn tht bee te as. We wit asked the critics. Lindbergh two weeks! reread the perchase didn't Roosevelt know that a mere At Rotterdam, In hapless Holland, price. Tbet'e fair. Get NX Tablets todiy. billion dollars would buy and equip the allies said 100,000 civilians percomparatively few airplanes? ished, but the Germans said 800. Meanwhile, America's three best The allies said only 10,000 of BerSafety in Depth practical military critics, Lindbergh, lin's 500,000 automobiles were still Lowliness is the base of every Rickenbacker (our No. 1 ace), and running. Paris said the Germans had lost virtue, and he who goes the lowest General Smedley Butler of the mabuilds the safest. Bailey. rines, expressed the belief that the 500,000 men in their United States was quite safe, and enoffensive, but Berlin said the V COLUMN: deavored to allay current hysteria, German loss, then, was about 12,000. Today's popularity ef Dean's PUU, after London said eight British Hurri most evident in the U. S. on the wemra tut nrU. BUT In England wide use, rarely, must cane planes completely routed 85 eastern seaboard. De acccpiea ei enaence While Sir Anthony Eden's German Junkers planes. Of the 85 of ntiifmctcrj me. And favorable public "sharpies" had increased PUTTERINGS: Germans, 37 were reported as shot opinion rapporta that unto halt a nillion game-keeper- s, down, or "riddled"! And again, six of the able physicians On Potomac employed, who tot the value of Hurricanes "took on" 20 Messer-schmitt- s. flaming youths, and The senate appropriated nearly Colonel Blimps, Scotland Yard In return, the "modest" hboratory conditions. cracked down on the Thee physicians, too, approre every word claimed they Eng two billions for the war department Germans merely 74-lish Fifth Column. Sir Oswald Mot by ""wtisiiif you read, the objective of Also, it appropriated near- hadn't seen an enemy plane in a which ii only to recommend Dean's Pills ley, World war flyer at 18 and son-- ly a billion and a half for the navy week! id diuretic treatment for dinrdcr of the kidney function and for rdicf of of the late foreign minister. department by 78 to 0. Secretory the aaia and worry it causa. Lord Curzon, had headed the Brit- of the Treasury Morgenthau talked If Bare people were aware of low (he with a hundred ish fascists' organization, and opkidneys anut constantly remove watte representatives of that cannot stay in the Mood without inposed the II German war. Five the country's aviation plants, but it jury to health, there would be better to seem didn't detectives took in. The him Yard amount to much. The of why the whole body suffers in the news when kidneys lag, and diuretic medicaYard also grabbed off Archibald navy department then clapped on a tion would be more often employed. week In its naval yards, and Burn inf. scanty or too frequent urinaRamsay, Eton Conservative and tion sometimes warn of disturbed kidney Rev. Dr. William Lindsay Tonag, aristocratic member of parliament, hired 15,000 additional civilian workfunction. Yen may suffer nagging back and John Beckett a former M. P. ers. president of Park college, Missouri, ache, persistent headache, attacks of was setting up nights, swelling, puf&- chosen moderator of the general who loves a roughhouse. Chairman Dies, of the Dies comnoe unoer ine eyes tea weak, nervous. of the church shuddered colover the assembly fifth all mittee, Presbyterian played out. Parliament passed a tough . f ua Use De '. .BVFf. mm. T.i - wiui va in the United States. This election medicine that has won world-wid- e ray acTreachery Bill, but the Irish Repub- umn at work in the United States. took a place at the 152nd Presbyterian claim than on something lest farorably lican army merely smiled. This dan- Dies primarily assailed Russia and known. Atk year neigkberl gerous secret society has been ac- the communists, whom apparently general assembly, held at Roches N. Y. There candiwere he six dislikes still ter, more than Germany. and definitely tively The I. R. A. made Roosevelt is inclined to prefer Rus- dates. Simultaneously, Aaron Cop land waa elected president of the England feel that Ireland might be sia, but for once he said something American Composers Alliance in a base for German nice about Dies & Co. Roosevelt invasion of the Bri hwJ asked congress to approve the New York city. 23-- 40 Said Mayor LaGuardia of New WNU W tannic midriff, even transfer of the immigration-naturalizatio- n service, from the labor de- York: "The only way to escape in though Ireland's Premier De Valera vig partment to the department of Jus ternational complications is to get off the earth, and we are not ready Salt Lake's NEWEST HOTEL orously opposes the tice, in order to "deal" with for that" And the mayor said other "bomber-bhoys.- "' extremists. AlRoosevelt said that a coalition things not calculated to help him so, it was expected was simply with New York's Italian and nationthat the new English But he had talked to alist voters. Then he Joined the dictatorship would "cock-eyedCommittee for the Defense of launch out against Landon and Knox, last-tim- e Repubk candidates, and Landon asked America Through Aid to the Allies. fi&F'l e English commu- - lican A Negro with the unusual name of him to give up thiid termite aspira Premier Alfonso Jansen got (maybe) an even tions led to a which, said, carpers appeared especially De Valera deadlock and more unusual sentence, in New enthusiastic over Roosevelt-Republica- n Churchill's mailed fist in a kid glove. the "cock-eyed- " verdict Weather York. He slapped the face of Susie Nevertheless, Churchill's niece and prophets predicted an unusually Hall, and the judge asked her for a Mosley's present wife are sisters. dirty presidential campaign for 1940, suitable penalty. Susie said: Send A third sister is Hitler's English and some people accused Roosevelt Jansen back to Africa for 1,000 of exploiting the European war to years. The judge replied that he'd Valkyrie. think it ever. promote Alfred Duff Cooper, recently an FORODDSSFORENDS: RELIGION: English propagandist in the United The British government kicked States, and now the official English 17T' w' "nulla jLariS)ii the women and children out of Gi The Lutherans propaganda minister, said that Engbraltnr, that "firm" imperialist rock America's third biggest Protestant lish and French defeats had done at the western gate of the Mediter denomination is that of Martin Lu- more for the cause of the allies than ranean. ther, with well over 4,000.000 ad- eight months of propaganda. Duff The liner President Roosevelt got herents. But more than 50 per cent Cooper has been a special student oft" for Ireland, to pick up stranded of the world's Lutherans are now of that tricky French diplomat, M. TEMPLE SQUARE American refugees from England, under Nazi rule, it was divulged, de Talleyrand. And Sir Samuel Opposite Mermen Temple The state department warned the This includes Germany proper and Hoare, air minister in the ChamBICQLT BECOMMENDD belligerent powers to let it alone Germany "improper." Germany berlain cabinet till Churchill fired Rife$150 to$3JW The sister liner President Harding, "improper" takes in the Lutherans him to please British Labor, was It's a mirk of distinction to stop sold to Belgium, had recently been of Norway, Denmark, Slovakia and named fur a propaganda mission to st this beautiful hostelry bombed to the bottom by Gcrmsn Poland. Holland is Calvinist Belgi- Spain, In an effort to detach DictaERNEST C B08KITEK, Met, tor Franco from Dictator Masaelinl. um la Catholic flyers. f- Dutch-Belgic-Fren- aBaas U ed 0. LOUIS JOHNSON Not on speaking terms with hit boss. they are seeking to heal the wounds. But the New Deal reformers the Inner circle will not listen to such advice. Many of them will frankly say that business is not to be trusted, and they are not going to allow business leaders to ride in the saddle of defense management. Changes in Present Cabinet Are Being Called For As the war situation in Europe unfolds, some of the saner minds in Washington are calling for changes in the President's cabinet. It seems quite obvious to that school of thought that a real secretary of the navy and' a real secretary of war are badly needed. It is well known that Secretary Wood ring and Assistant Secretary Johnson of the war department are at odds. In fact, until a few months ago Mr. Woodring and Colonel Johnson were not on speaking terms. It is the general understanding that Colonel Johnson is doing a reasonably good job. but the condition within the department is such that no complete can be expected. Mr. Edison, who is running for the governorship of New Jersey, has been no howling success as secretary of the navy. So it is not an exaggeration to say that unless two good men are placed in charge in those two departments the execution of a defense program can be badly messed up. There arc other places within the government where changes also could be niie with pn.fit. According to present indications, however, the responsibility must remain with the Democratic administration for the Republican leaders have definitely turned a cold shoulder to of a coalition government, even in these days of "crisis." in-la- w NAMES ... 48-ho- Imm L- -u anti-Britis- h, r ." girl-frien- thlrd-tcrmiti- Hotel |