| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward G C wayne washington experts see war crisis in europe and asia within 90 days As hitler promises german victory U so and ford clash on labor policy imen opinions aaa ex Pred an fn these columns the are these of the anal yet and n a so a y of this released by western newspaper union 77 N as 4 A 0 A J BARDIA LIBYA tavo australian soldiers of the british forces in libya laok it ho nante plate of M the inabin street ita this city after entering bardia tho aussien changed the street narno front benito alissio lini to australia 60 TO 90 DAYS crisis will trill cottle come in washington where bets beta can bo be obtained on almost anything the odds are arc 65 55 to 45 that tile tho united states will bo be at war with japan within 60 to 00 days pence peace Is on tho the short end tho the view Is shared by competent observers whether there will bo be actual armed conflict probably will depend on what happens during this period tho the predictions are being made not by prophets but on careful analysis of political military geographical and economic factors those most apprehensive in the capital are concerned with adoption of tho the lend lease bill which would give president roosevelt full powers to place the nation on an nu all out war footing they believe japan is a full partner of the axis and will act on orders from berlin they believe that within 00 60 to 00 days hitler will order tho the fuu full force ot of his powerful attack let loose on britain and they are doubtful of the outcome they fear the united states will bo be faced with an enemy on the atlantic and the pacific at tile tho same time for america the chief immediate political factor is tho the trl tri party pact among japan germany and italy signed last september the pact provides for co operative cooperative action it if either ot of the others la Is involved in a war these officials believe the treaty Is an outright offensive alliance aimed at the U S just as nazi spokesmen said at the time in tokyo those concerned are seeking full powers for or the cabinet headed by premier prince Fumi maro konoye who Is pledged to the new world order in both countries it Is the apparent desire on the part of leaders to prepare public opinion for the worst so that there will be no outcry which would force modification of the programs crisis year president Roosevel ts birthday Is a holiday in germany but not tor for the same reason in germany it is celebrated as the birthday of the nazi acquisition of power annually hitler makes a speech this year was no exception but his speech bade the german people to mark the year 1941 as an exception lie he promised it would be the victory year lie ho said the attack on britain was rear near that it would come without fall fail in spring and ho he warned that no aid from the united states would be permitted to reach england every ship carrying help to britain he said would be torpedoed no matter what its ownership no matter it if it was convoyed or not also in the theater of war fl the british continued to make headway in libya besieging ben gazi the last main port held by the italians and threatening to extend their lines to the border of french tunisia 4 fl in east africa they also battered their way into eritrea tile the italians retreated in trucks an italian army of there was said to be in a b bad d w way y fl L german big beathas berthas were firing from the french channel ports into england whereas before the projectile toppled into the dover area now they were reported to reach 10 miles inland WAR CONFIRMED senators hear report when wendell wandell willkie decided to tc go to england to see for himself the progress of the war there was sarcasm in some sources it was said the GOP nominee intended to tc confirm the rumors of war in europe 11 willkie went ho he saw and hurried home hardly had he arrived in london when an announcement was made that he would reduce the length of his stay in order to report home sooner even after that another 48 hours was cut from the schedule at the request of state see sec rotary detary hull who asked him to condly testify bestif before the senate committee conald cring tho the lend len dlease lease bill Will winkles kles speed on the journey journe y over and back seems almost a rebuke to the isola zionists who have emphasized how far away england really is but there was more sarcasm for Will kles trip it came now from republican sources tho the national convention of young republicans meeting in des moines iowa heard a resolution which condemned the party leader for his support of the bill the resolution was not passed it met with displeasure at the hands of many GOP stalwarts stal warts who believed Will kies position in support of the administration policy should not be criticized at this time A few days earlier in fact the pennsylvania state republican committee itself went on record as favoring the alms of the lend lease bill and requesting the states republican congressmen to vote for it some GOP newspapers however were not pleased one declared willkie Will kle by supporting the roosevelt foreign policy was a quisling to the republicans CRACKDOWN for defense the war department announced award to the fargo motor company of detroit of a contract for trucks at the same time it let it be known that the ford motor company was low bidder but that their estimate was thrown out because ford refused to agree to labor policy restrictions the specifications of the contract called for observance of the labor policy statement adopted by the defense corn com mission last fall through this part of the specification the ford bid had drawn a linein red ink blocking tt it out the refusal of ford to observe the provisions of the bidding is not the first difference between the company and the government nor is it iti the farst business tho the firm has lost the automobile manufacturer held out against the and the government stopped buying ford cars in pennsylvania the state also cancelled an order then for several million millien dollars last fall ford refused to accept a defense commission contract for airplane engines because the material was scheduled to be shared with great britain supporters of the most recent action within the government declared that it was wrong hoaward to award defense contracts to a manufacturer who has been held guilty of wagner act violations A ford spokesman asserted that while the manufacturer would refuse to make defense material requiring compliance with the law he was willing to make any material possible without any profit to him PEACE its wonderful Wonder lul japan long has eyed the rich area of indochina indo china and the port of saigon through which Is exported 80 per cent of indo chunas chinas rice fish salt and timber last september slam thailand which Is known as a c client 11 state of japan suddenly declared war on tho the french who control indochina indo china the french occupied elsewhere were forced to fight only an enfeebled campaign now japan has stepped in as a mediator A japanese flotilla sailed into saigon and ordered mediation end the conflict seven japanese diplomats called representatives of the two powers to the warship and ordered peace japan claimed the ns as tho the protector of the new order in tho the far east but japan revealed she was not interested in peace alone As payment for bringing pence peace japan demanded that 80 pr cent of each years crop in indochina indo china be sold to them the demand gave point to the argument that japan had deliberately encouraged the that thai attack so that it could step in and make peace at a price power meanwhile the japanese naval force continued to base itself in saigon just opposite the philippines which stand between japan and the dutch east indies the japanese navy already has occupied hanot hanoi opposite the northern up tip of the philippines only other base in the area Is the british fortifications at singapore japan has said that if america takes over that base through negotiations with britain it will be regarded as an act of war peace its wonderful YOUTH sponsor lost the american youth congress is a group with affiliations from hundreds of organizations religious political politic al fraternal and educational organized in 1934 it cl claims airris members but the group has had plenty of critics the dies committee investigated it for communism the president chided it last year when convention delegates called at the white house in return he was booed bloed but through all the criticism mrs roosevelt remained one of its champions she attended meetings made speeches and denied the charges of communism she invited delegates to the white house tor for dinners but the organization now has come out against the selective service act has opposed the lend lease measure for aid to has declared the nation is being led to dictatorship so many of the former supporters are leaving the group invitations issued for tho the convention this year were turned down by sidney hillman Hlll man CIO vice president and national defense commissioner secretary and mrs roosevelt miscellany fl i big salaries tn in the united states are fading the institute of real estate management was told by its vice president A william wal strum of ridgewood N J excess profits taxes and emergency levies are acting as great levelers leveler of fancy incomes he said adding that statistics show that the trend of top salaries shows them limited to between and 41 fl edward W scott a new zealander was editor of the panama american owned by dr Har harmodio aroas areas brother of panamas pajamas Pa president editor scott and dr aroas areas have been critical of the administration and its alleged anti american ism sm editor scott was ordered deported crowds came to the station to see him off but the panama police had figured on that demonstration stia tion the crowd discovered the police had gathered up editor scott and ana deported him on a tra train in leaving the railway station at un an earlier hour th than anthe the announced time |
