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Show THE BULLETIN 'Sixth Column' WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY ROGER SHAW Dress Up Room With Brnckarfs Washington Digest National Preparedness Drive Encounters Political Bickering Fighting Shifts From Flanders As Nazi Air Force Bombs Paris; Malta Looms as Trouble Spot Crocheted Chair Set aVaBOBaiaaOBOBaoaoOBOBaWOOaBOBaaoOOBaaBBBaaBBBBaoOOOOaVOiaBBSI Washington Correspondent Sees Defense Program Being Turned 'Into a Vehicle for Selfish Use'; Racketeering Labor Leaders Climb on Bandwagon. (EDITOR'S NOTE When opinion are expressed in these columns, they of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) are those by Wtatcrn Newspaper Union. By WILLIAM BRUCKABT Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. It is exceedingly difficult to maintain a balanced viewpoint in the national capital these days. War hysteria is flowing at higher tide than in any other city of the land. Washington is the nerve center of the plans for a great and proper national defense scheme. That is bad. Yet, a calm perhaps would settle down and the serious job confronting the nation probably would be accomplished more effectively and efficiently if some other and more dangerous factors were not homing in on the situation. It may not yet be so clear to the folks outside of Washington, but I must report that the urgently needed national defense program is being turned into a vehicle for selfish use. There is no longer room for is that many doubt The trags WNU It just had to happen! With all the news of "fifth column'' activities working in other lands to aid the German cause, somebody had to come through uilh newt of a sixth column. And, it was Dr. Herbert Gezorh, (pictured abova) profeuor ton of tocial ethici at A nd over-Netheological school in Boston who reported that within Germany her-sethere it m group of pertont melting to bring about Hitler' t downfall. He bases hit newt of thit "sixth column" activity on connections with the movement in Germany. w lf . anti-Hitl- U:S.REDS: boring-from-withi- . Don't Love Nazis far-seei- The American Communist party, in the last six months, has sent $5,000 to German reds, to help them In their underground struggle If Italy should move against Great Britain In the Mediterranean she against Hitler. This fact was anmight very likely direct an attack at the great British naval base at nounced at the C P.'s national conMalta. Malta has been on a war footing since the beginning of the Eu- vention in New York, which gatherropean crises. Map at the right shows the relationship of Malta to Italy. ing appeared to be unabashed by Vulnerable perhaps to bombing attacks it would be s tough nut for Mus- the R us pact of last solini to crack by sea. Top left Is a view of the harbor at Valetta with August (This howBritish man o war at anchor. Below, one of the big coastal guns that ring ever, did not make things any easMalts is biasing away during gunnery practice. ier for the Finns early in the year.) (SKK ITALIC KOTtS.) There were visiting reds at New York from Mexico, Chile, Haiti, IceItalic Notes GERMAN WAR: A land, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. All private motoring stopped in Mexican delegate condemned ConFlanders Battle Italy, due to government conservagressman Martin Dies and his comThe tion of gas and oil. Italy has no mittee. The convention opposed battle came virtually to an end, save native petroleum, iron or coaL in the national adviparticipation for snd kitty-cornwere jailed in Eng- sory defense commission "and any operations here and there. The land's Mediterranean naval base, subordinate boards." Dutch and Belgian armies had been Malta. Possession of this strategic surrendered or finished,, and the Island is a leading Italian objective. T : First, Seventh, and Ninth French The English suspended Italian paOn Campaign armies were destroyed. Nobody pers read by the Italian-speakin- g came out of it with any laurels save Maltese. A minority of Maltese Wendell Willkie said, out In Denthe British navy, which somehow talk the ancient Carthaginian tongue ver, "I'd love to go to the people succeeded in ferrying perhaps of Hannibal and his elephants. against that felof the British army out of low." "That fel-loMussolini said he was too busy to Dunkirk by means of warships, see U. S. Ambassador Phillips, who meant Roosevelt To get transports, yachts, barges, and life- was toting a message from Roosboats and under heavy aerial fire. evelt Mussolini also broke off a shiprid of Roosevelt Willkie felt was It seemed that the German air ping deal with the English, in the the only way to force fell down on this debarkation matter of illegal contraband control, unite the nation operation, for British losses, in re- which put the shivers into London. Italian journalists left Paris. against the totaltreat, were smaller than might have itarian threat been expected. Somehow, the allies II er Pro-Italia- ns ANTI-ROOSEVEL- two-thir- ds secured a temporary air supremacy the Dunkirk sector, and the British Spitfire machines showed a slight superiority to the German Messerschmitt combat craft. British morale, strangely enough, was reported as excellent, but French morale did not appear in quite so favorable a light The German general headquarters was strangely restrained in its moment of triumph. Lille, fourth city of France and its was in German "Pittsburgh," hands, along with Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Antwerp, Oitend, Calais. Boulogne, The Hague, Liege, In D. of C. AND White Housings Willkie was President Roosevelt made another request for money. This time it was for more than a billion, for the army, navy and civilian training program, coupled with a fear that all continents may become involved in the II German war (he did not mention Germany by name), Roosevelt asked for specific authority to call up the national guard and army reservists if and when needed to "safeguard" and "defend." And Roosevelt asked for a corps of dollar-a-yemen, to expedite naetc. Would hysterdefense preparations. Also, tional ical Paris be next, wondered the there came a request for a million railbirds?. dollars, to expand the navy departEven as these railbirds wondered. ment and munitions buildings in the Hitler's warbirds came out of the capital. Talkative young Elliott skies and rained showers of bombs Roosevelt assailed fifth upon southern France and later columns in Mexico. Elliott is a raupon Paris itself. In the first at- dio executive. tacks about 150 German bombers War department plans called for swept over the city, dropping their immediate orders to get 2,800 cargoes of high explosives, setting planes. 1.700 tanks. 500 heavy artilmany fires, inflicting huge property lery units, and big consignments of losses and killing at least 45 persons k and guns. in Paris and its suburbs. The allies for a new The senate voted, promised to repay Germany bomb alien control resolution, already for bomb in the new air offensive passed by they were launching. the house. refugee-choke- ar d, anti-aircra- anti-tan- ft 55-- The immigration - NAMES bureau would be . . . in the news transferred from the , Former French Generalissimo Gamelin was said to have committed suicide, while General Corap, chief of the French Ninth army defeated at Sedan, was reported as executed. General Bodet of the French Medical corps got six months in Jail for abandoning his Sedan sector. post in the Thus did la Republique crack down. C. General Robert Lee Bullard, distinguished U. S. army officer and patriot, was president of the National Security league which favors increased preparedness and in its is strongly hawkeye activities. C Proving that American isolation sentiment was by no means dead, some 7,000 earnest Catholics prayed for peace, assembled at St. Patrick's cathedral In New York. With the Catholics, members of other faiths-peace-mi- nded, despite war ganda participated. Here propa- were 7,000 anonymous but highly important Names In the News. Jean Batten, n and young avlatrix, was exhibited as an ambulance driver in the Anglo-Frenc- h corps, honked up with the Gallic army. She looked wonderful in uniform. C. well-know- well-favor- de- equally hard on Hitler. He called Wendell Wlllkie the Fuehrer a "madman." Planes and guns, said Willkie, are not built by emotion appeals over the radio. "We have confused liberty with license," added the Republicans' dusky equine. But Candidate Dewey, in New York, characterized certain of Roosevelt's defense measures as "progress in the right direction." He added. In sorrow, that much remained to be done. Dewey had not yet selected a nominator (for himself), to boost him at the Republicans' Philadelphia convention this month. Dewey, on the whole, tends to be more and velvetine than the rugged quipster, Willkie. Liberals, for some reason, much prefer western Wendell to the "O. A." kid-glo- ART DEPT.: On P. P. Rubens Hitler's Vienna paper, on the 300th anniversary of Rubens' death, said that Flemish artist was a "Germanic pagan" who painted Christian sagas with a fleshly relish. This seemed fairly obvious to art critics, some of whom call him the Falstaff of the Palette. Rubens liked to depict "mountains of flesh." said the Vienna journal Rubens, too. added the paper, was fond of "Christian Venuses" and "Nazarene wrestlers." He was "without the blinds partment of of churchly virtue, and fearless in labor to the the face of nature." It will be redepartment membered that many of Rubens' of Justice. themes were Senator Wheeler Senators religious, Norris and BILLY PHELPS: Wheeler, lib- erals opposed to the transfer, assailed J. Edgar Hoover and the while Wheeler censured the current American "hysteria." Archibald Maclcash, "radical" librarian of the Congressional library at Washington, said that the II German war was not a revolt of the masses. He said that, instead, it was the revolt of a gang. And the 1,400 $65,000,000: COUP IN CANADA: 'Motley of Montreal" G-m- Battleship The 165,000,000 battleship, Wash- ington, was launched at the Philar delphia navy yard. It is a 1,600 tons bigger than any American battleship now in operation. The Washington is our first new capital ship In 19 years. It is 35.000-tonne- 750 feet long. Fifteen-year-ol- d Vir- Marshall of Spokane, of Chief Justice Juhn Marshall, mis the Washingtoniun chrintencr. The boat was named aftir h r h me finte. ginia otherwise sincere and honest individuals in places of responsibility are lending aid to this chicanery and The cold fact is that while patrifolks are giving otic and the best efforts available to the development and execution of the national defense program, fumes and stench are beginning to arise from Prof. Billy Phelps of Yale, bookman of renown, said he'd rather lose the war with the allies than win with Hitler. Billy said Hitler had changed "Athens into Sparta." But some 1.400 Yale students thought otherwise. They signed a petition asking that America's isolation continue. They were of draft age! The Canadian mounted police, turning into a local Gestapo or OGPU. seized eight members of the National Unity party in Montreal, the British empire's great French city. Most important of the victims was Adrien Arcand, French Canadian Fascist leader, important In Qurbec provincial politics, and to the war. There were simultaneous coups in at least three other Canadian cities Inr1ii'nc Ottawa, Toronto mid Winder op-por- ed a united people behind the program. The President hinted broadly in various utterances mat anyone disagreeing with him was pretty much of sourpuss. - Former President Herbert Hoover disagreed, as did a considerable number of representatives and senators, with some phases of the defense program. The President sought to quiet them all by making another speecha fireside chat There were holes In that speech, and scores of newspapers pointed at them, editorially. Mr. Hoover took Issue with some of the President's plans in a radio speech. Two days after Mr. Hoover's radio speech. Assistant Secretary Johnson, of the war department went on the air with a "reply" to Mr. Hoover. Notwithstanding the President's contention that there was no politics in the defense program, Mr. Johnson's speech was released by the Democratic national committee. President and Hi Friend Have Right to Back Plan At least the copy which came to me was on the stationery of the committee. I do not mean to say that either the President or Mr. Johnson should not defend the program which Is their responsibility. I do insist however, that there is no excuse for accusations of politics when they, themselves, are playing poll-tic- s. In 0 Fatten 2506 on crochet that GET started love repeat this easy flower medallion and fill the quick- ly crocheted basket. You'll have a chair set or scarf ends that will dress up your room! Pattern 2506 contains directions for making set; illustration of it and stitches; materials required. Send order to: Sewlag Circla Netdtecraft DepC New York Eiskth Avt. Enclose 15 cents In coins for Pattern No. Kama Address IZ INDIGESTION to the Roosevelt-Hoove- r interlude, any observer dm aOact tha Haart Cm toaasad la tha itowek ar eaUat may art Hat a must have seen the deluge of propafcolMriuor oath heart. At thaTirat afca of lift mm na dtaari a ganda coming from various places art em fraa, Na laxatfea bat Bad of tha in the government The press agents kaowa for add iodic. If tha FIH8T DOMdoaia't arm bettor ratal, have been working overtime In kink ta as aad main DOUBLE Montr BaeLata, deIdeas link that their thinking up partment's job with the developContented Spirit ment of a national defense program. To secure a contented spirit. Some of the efforts are pretty ridicumeasure your desire by your forlous, as silly as trying to make the love life of a bull frog appear im- tune and not your fortune by your desires. Jeremy Taylor. portant in the training of a soldier. That sort of thing is going on the promotion of President Roosevelt's WEARY DESPONDENT candidacy for a third term. addition i atna BrB-a- n z&'&ss On top of this situation, comes GIRLS' -another request from President BoathlT" pala abouM Sad Roosevelt for congress to appropriPlato, rial B'iMaBd"IaLydiaE. ate additional money. He started aaa'i Vacatabla Ceapouad, Trt HI out by asking something over a billion dollars. One hundred million LydiaLPinkham'sSSiSS HERBERT HOOVER of this was to be turned over to He chose to disagree, But now, he has him, personally. Golden Age the midst of this very serious busi- asked for one billion more. He told The sen of cold was the aee ness. The condition Is upon us and congressional leaders that the terwhen gold did not rule. Lezay de thus far there Is no apparent effort rific debacle among the allies, the on the part of anybody in authority surrender of the Belgians by their Marnezia. to check It king, Leopold, and some other sucOne hears and sees bow the de- cesses of the Hitler murder drive fense program is being speeded. necessitated faster spending. One naturally offers commendation. Those needs may be genuine. But hardly is that applause given Army and navy people tell me and when through the cracks and the they ought to know that we have no crevices comes the Information that army that is "ready to go," Maroai mm ready JUST A politics is preying upon the whole to carry on if we are attacked. But DASH IN Ft ATMIs7 scheme. Some of it already smells those same army and navy experts to high heaven. The length to which said this was not a new condition. some men will go to further their They Insisted that rebuilding of the Liar Discredited selfish political aims at the expense army and the navy should have A liar is not believed even of all of us Is beyond comprehension. a been undertaken dozen years ago. And In the midst of these serious though he tell the truth. Cicero. Cost of 50,000 Planet comes shouts the endeavors, also, and the threats of some racketeerla Ten Billion Dollars KILL ALL FLIES ing labor leaders. As usual that Strangely, the request for additype Is simply getting on the band- tional money did not reach congress 1 2aSS'!5a37flI2 wagon for the sake of publicity that until newspapers throughout the ouaiantaea. tneeUTa. sms. they can get for their mouthings. country began calling attention to Ul not tod or Injure BE. au a. 808 at n It makes them appear Important to the total cost involved in the Presidealcra, RaraU 160 DaKalbAmJ benighted followers. dent's call for 50,000 new planes. Roosevelt Mr. said of had subsequently Democracy Opponent that the planes ranged in cost from Are Boring From Within $133,000 to S350.000 each. Well, if Behind and beneath all of these one takes an Worthy Word that must be average Never was a sincere word things that are to be deplored is the below the minimum and figures the lost. Emerson. creeping and gnawing of the ter- cost at $200,000 per plane, 50,000 mites who would be most happy to planes would cost $10,000,000,000. destroy our form of government Ten billion dollars is a lot of money They are seizing upon the hysteria in anybody's language. and the patriotism of the day to A deSo, a tax bill is worm themselves into the spots cision is made toproposed. issue "defense where their concealed efforts will bonds" which would off by be attract the least attention until the the "defense" taxes thatpaid been have floor falls in. I have complained EN kidntvs function badly and and the job will have been proposed, beabout these fellows many times tuner a nagging backache. voii done in five years. It all sounds with dizziness, burning, scanty or too fore, and I shall continue to write reasonable and but taxes the logical, frequent urination and getting up at: about the dangers from them. They would amount to around night; when you feel tired, nervous,; are in our government to the tune proposed and it is planned $650,000,000 a use Doan's Pills. llupset of several thousands. Again, little to issue threeyear billions in defense Doan's are especially for poorly; is being done about those, or the bonds. Which leaves the working kidneys. Millions of boxes question thousands that are at large. are used every year. They are rccom- -i still unanswered as to how we are mended the country over. Ask your; Let us begin with some details of to pay for 50,000 planes that must neighbor! the politics of the situation as it has cost around $10,000,000,000. It is all existed now for several weeks. We so confusing to a country boy, like should begin at the top. President me. Roosevelt is not less guilty than It remains only to be said that many of his supporters in the mat- there is no great reason to be conter of playing politics. fident about the success of our de2440 The President's speech to con- fense program. The program is WNU W gress was a good speech, a speech needed in view of world cotiditions that should have aroused a sleepy which cannot be ignored. For the nation. It did. But there were most part it is a good program. some parts of it about which there But I still am asking why there is a could be, and was, dissgreement call for national unity when responOf those who disagreed, the Presi- sible authorities are breeding disdent immediately said, in effect that satisfaction or are permitting conthey were playing politics. He want- - fidence to wane. There has been one agency of the Defense and Politics government that has become AmeriWith the national drive for canized. The civil service commisU. S. defense gathering steam, sion has shown its colors. Notwiththe unnecessary element of polistanding that the commission has tics is rearing its ugly head, acbeen shorn of much of its authority cording to William Bruckart He the past few years. It has during feels that if this trend of political taken a definite stand on the matter largast aad bail lecatad hatal seriwill continues it bickering of communists and fascists and othROOMS a 1000 BATHS 1000 ously affect the entire military ers who do not believe in Ameriaaw j, fa rwa aartaai naem $4 the He that urges program. canism. It has announced none of tion's leaders forget their silly, MANASUUNT BAN L LONMN these will be certified for Jobs in selfish interests and get down to the government. Which is all to the HOTEL ST. FRANCIS the grim business of making good, except that patronage jobs America a sec.ire place in which ajvvn bsbvm ivifjj outnumber Jobs under UNION SQUARE to live. the New Deal aU&3 ... civil-servi- o ( |