Show weekly news review germans poles dolesy hungarians Hung arians covet part of czech nation sly doseph W lit lauine allisse J CIAL eff MAGYARS IM EM 1 bof brays P 0 4 0 C N dwir H U H d A R czechoslovakia AND HER minorities distribution foreign alter after 20 years of 01 pence peace we were overtaken 0 ver taken by a violent via ent crisis dynamic political forces irom from neighboring states threatened our lands eng land and france two democracies in formed us that arbitration could not solve the tha difficulty the government could do nothing but bus accept the suggestion of 01 the site alt tuo o powers nothing else remained beca because tise wo we were ivere alone thus to her angry downhearted populace little czechoslovakia ex bained why borderlands were being ceded to germany two days had passed since faithless england and franco france had capitulated to adolt adolf hitters Hit lers demand for immediate release of the german czechs czecho whose protests have kept europe in a adith or cr all summer further delay would bring invasion it was the better part of valor to surrender the terms predominantly german areas would be ceded immediately while part german areas would be given a plebiscite in return adolf hitler would loin join in guaranteeing czechoslovakian future but even while E europe drope began breathing easier now new troubles were brewing mostly caused by the hopeless conglomeration of nationalities from which tho the ca czech ech nation was carved 20 years ago see map jap the troubles in prague itself democracy gave way to semi dictatorship as premier milan bodzas cabinet resigned replaced by that of gen jan one eyed army chief meanwhile blood splattered throughout budetta as czech troops quelled nazi riots in warsaw was heard a growing cry tor for liberation of poles in the Sile beschen belt which poland lost to czechoslovakia in 1920 1020 in budapest hungarians Hung arians demanded annexation of I 1 in n czech territory contiguous to hu hungary n in treviso italy premier benito mussolini decided treaties mean nothing in modern europe therefore urged complete split up of czechoslovakia to satisfy aze czecho czechs achs germans magyars magyari Magy ars poles Ruthen lans tans mcana meanwhile hile britaina Brit ains prime minister neville chamberlain and F frances premier edouard Da ladler ate crow in paris a crisis threatened ened in protest against the franco british scheme whose stench almost paralleled that of the notorious hoare laval plan for ethiopia sp partition three cabinet members resigned in london where the sellout created equal protest neville chamberlain had good reason t to 0 worry about his job As the prime minister boarded his plane for Go desberg germany and his second conference with adolt adolf hitler in a weeks time there were some indications that dor der fuehrer might eventually reject the settlement might demand complete division of czechoslovakia among germany pol poland a nd and run hungary 9 a ry only deft definite nite fact was that germany had blurted bluffed her way into eu ropes no I 1 position relegating both france and england to the classification of second rate powers Dont domestic estic new england had already weathered three days of rain when tropical storm warnings were posted posteen post edn lm Flo east coast by midnight the hurricane was safely past florida far at sea next morning jacksonville son villo warned north carolinas copes capes but high tides and wind had already spread the word by noon the weather bureau at washington ordered storm warnings posted from atlantic city to eastport East port me by late afternoon the storm hit long islands fashionable west hampton with a 90 mile wind a 40 foot tidal wave luxurious homes on the rand land dunes were blown to sea and bodies were scattered tor for m miles ile s along the beach the storms full force had struck the island from montauk down dawni to queens and brooklyn roaring across long island sound it brought flood wind and fire t to 0 connecticut in a night of horror th that at cost at providence R ri ij waves that broke 1000 feet into tho the city left 25 feet of water in some streets by the time it ma reached ched massachusetts four days of rain had already swollen rivers to flood stage As only a hurricane can it ripped northward into new hampshire and vermont thence across to montreal where it took two more lives before pl placing mg out behind was a picture of amazing desolation that stretched across six states next day began the biggest rehabilitation job sines since spring floods with moro more than dead with property damage standing above with thousands homeless ninny many communities were so hopelessly shattered they could not help themselves to the rescue camo came tho the red cross U S coast guard and while from washington president roosevelt ordered all federal agencies to give every assistance shortly after midnight southern pacifica chicago bound califor man pulled onto a siding at tor tuga calif making way for the los angeles bound argonaut though brakeman eric L jacobson threw the switch argonaut thundered through crashed headon head on into the californian to kill 12 injure told that he had ocene opened d a closed switch brakeman jacobson jacobs on became hysterical shrieked over and over im not crazy but I 1 dont know why I 1 did III politics all summer the U S has waited for franklin roosevelt to say yes or no regarding his third term candidacy only known facts were 1 that ho would retire it a strongly liberal congress approved his legislative program by 1040 1940 and 2 that having control over the democratic party he would then be able to name his successor thus it was obvious why khy he strove to defeat such obstructionist senators as gillette Gillet tc south carolinas smith rylands Ma tydings and georgias george but by last week as primary season closed the presidents only manew 1 1 r ak I 1 1 11 N 4 V N 7 4 N NE W YORKS OCONNOR biggest fish in a summers angling jor success had been against new yorks rep john J oconnor d defeated e by administration blessed james H 11 fay one legged war veteran though representative acon noi nor won republican nomination he entered both tickets tso candidate fay Is a sate safe bet next november since he carries both american labor party and democratic endorsement since little john oconnor was the biggest fash franklin roosevelt has been able to hook in a summers angling at best his so called purge was only 25 per cent successful cess ful this means the presidents program will not be completed by 1940 also that his tremendous per bonal popularity would bog down dow n it if he attempted to choose his su successor though he can win vot votes es for himself he cannot do it for others apparently two choices remain open either franklin roosevelt will run for democratic a tion or ho he will head hea d a now new third party a ste step p not considered unlikely in view of hi his recent promise to sup port liberals whether democratic or republican 9 0 in massachusetts ex gov james M curley staged a comeback won democratic gubernatorial ri nomination over the incumbent gov charles F hurley opposing him next november will be 40 46 year old leverett Salton liberal republican who scored three times time 3 the th vote of his three opponents combined ain in wisconsin where popular gov philllp phillip F lafollette could be beaten only by a democratic republican fusion ticket against the powerful progressive party novembers gubernatorial race will again find three candidates governor lafollette democratic robert henry republican julius P hell most interest will center in the senatorial campaign where democratic sen F ryan duffy must face re republican pub alexander wiley and pro progressive gres herman L ekern currently lieutenant governor business foremost among amerl an cracan can indus tys irya problem children are the rail roads who jointly fell short of 0 earning fixed char charges during tart six I 1 months month whose proposed 18 15 per cent pay cut a year Is met by labors labor 8 al legation of financial mismanagement and overcapitalization last spring almost simultaneous with tho the wage cut announcement congress received rail legislation but tabled it on the insistence of ins son sen robert M lafollette who argued that pay cuts and government aid do not go together called tor for october I 1 was a general railroad strike which under federal legislation can be averted SO 30 days while a presidential fact finding committee deliberates 30 more days after its report is submitted though president roosevelt plans to follow this procedure ho he began thinking early in september in broader terms than a strike to the white house were summoned three experts of rail management union Paci fles carl gray pennsyl canlas M W clement southern E C norris and three ex ports of rail labor railway employ ees B M jewell firemen engine me men brotherhoods Brothe D B D robertson railway labor executives george M harrlson harrison their job to 0 draft for next winters congress a long range rehabilitation plan tor for the industry one third of which is now bankrupt though the president obviously V hoped to overt avert a rail strike by promising legislation though steadily increasing plus the 1 prospect gosp C ct of business recovery gave promise of obviating a wage cut labor remained adamant at the committees first session its three experts told managements three ex pert that no legislation could be talked until wage cut demands were dropped international early in depression it became apparent that permanent recovery was a worldwide world wide proposition thus since 1931 each year has brought an international management congress which woos international prosperity through means that have thus far failed to win international peace namely operation cooperation co to washington tor for this years congress came 2000 executives and management experts but a fortnight ago after the first days session it was plain that the weight of american delegates would change an n impersonal discussion of business ills into a field day tor for protests against what U M S industry considers its no I 1 foe the now new deal from frances alex brule came the simple analysis that most of manag managements eme rits problems are reducible to human problems germanys germanas Germ anys dr gorg seebauer was interested in the social aspects of scientific management but one U S speaker after another found reason to lay american business ills at the white house door samples johns manviller lewis H brown adding to the misunderstandings between business and government is our present confused state of mind we are torn between contradictions tra 11 westinghouse s A W robertson management must struggle to maintain the cause of free enterprise in a world threatened by too much regimentation 0 labors complaint came from R robert obert J watt U S workers worker delegate 9 ate to the international labor office cc my message to management Is that you can have discipline and responsibility within unions as soon aa you stop waging a gangwar I 1 war a against g ains t them and give your workers a chance to develop their own patterns of disc discipline I 1 pline and responsibility soundest advice of all came from william allen alien white wizened editor of the emporia kan gazette who w V X V A EDITOR WHITE capital waa wa S just plain dumb spanked both capital and labor while speaking as a representative of th the e public editor white to capital you were shortsighted short sighted tor for not teeing ng that the elgh thour day was corn com tag ing you had to fight it every inch and make the bonsu consuming ming pub lie lic think you were greedy you were just dumb 01 editor wh white lie to labor the prop er business af of a labor union Is to get higher wages better hours and good shop c conditions ons but when labor en masse plunks its vote tor for Us its own p political party then the spirit of loyalty aves begins 1313 to obscure labors ob Jec tives next day secretary y of t commerce n daniel C n roper promised less go cov eminent interference with business |