Show NATIONAL NA AFFAIRS AFFAIRS' ty by CARTER FIELD Farley's Farleys candidacy as a. viewed from his hi personal angle a Congressional inquiries in in- quirks into sales of planes to allies allic really unimportant lieU Bell Sj Service WASHINGTON James James A. A Faricy Farley Far Far- ley icy is threatening to become a symboL symbol sym sym- bol be Not that Jim wants to be a symbol Far from it Jim wants to be nominated for President by bythe bythe bythe the Democratic party he has served so faithfully and so 0 successfully Or falling that to be nominated for vice president Jim thinks he could win Franklin Frank Frank- lin tin D. D Roosevelt a little older than his postmaster general gen eral doesn't think so so- Not that the C President w would 0 u 1 d like to see Farley as his successor anyhow lIe He does not believe that Farley Fancy is a really enthusiastic New Dealer Farley is in danger danger dan dan- ger of becoming a symbol because the James Janses A. A strong probability Parley Farley is that tha t he will not be nominated either for President or vice president and that a great many enthusiastic Farley men willbe will willbe willbe be saying for the next few years that Farley Fancy was not nominated because because because be be- cause of religious prejudice Ills History tory has a way of ot repeating itself In 1924 the Democratic party party par par- ty tore itself to pieces at Madison Square Garden over the religious issue IT MIGHT I HAPPEN In the summer summer slimmer of 1926 the writer was talking to an old friend who happened to be one of William G. G McAdoo's lieutenants Well not only nominate the chief we will elect him two years hence he said the use of talking like that with all aU the hate bate you stirred up at Madison Square Garden I retorted You saw hates there that had been engendered at Baltimore Baltimore Balti Balti- more 12 years earlier and this present one has religion in it You wont won't get rid of it for a long time so you cant can't win for a long time The McAdoo man stared of oft off inthe in inthe inthe the distance for a period of minutes I think you are right he finally said I guess the best thing to todo todo todo do would be to nominate Al Smith next time Hell He'll take a terrible licking Then we can nominate one of our fellows in 1932 and he will walk in The point of all this is that Parley Farley is still very young If they do throw him downstairs at Chicago which seems probable they may have to turn to him in 1944 Stranger things have happened ITS IT'S REALLY UNIMPORTANT Demitasse storms is the proper description of the congressional inquiries in in- quinies into the selling of airplanes made in the United States to the allies The notion that this government government government govern govern- ment is being betrayed Is is giving valuable military secrets to possible ble enemies enemies Is Is just too absurd for words The most partisan of President Roosevelt's opponents must admit that little evidence can be brought against the Presidents President's contention that If it this country is to build up a formidable aircraft production it must be permitted to produce airplanes airplanes air air- planes good enough so that the aIlles allies al aI- lies lles will buy them themi I It can not be denied of course that the administration is not displeased displeased displeased dis dis- dis- dis pleased over the fact that under our amended neutrality law all aU the benefit goes to the allies We will sell planes or munitions or ships to any belligerent if that belligerent will come and get them paY paying lg cash The fact tact that only the allies can come and get them is a fortunate fortunate fortunate fortu fortu- nate circumstance about which the administration is I. pleased But technically the Presidents President's argument would be Just as defensible ble and just as true If it were Germany Germany Germany Ger Ger- many that controlled the seas and were therefore the only belligerent able to come and get them BELLIGERENTS WOULD PAY PAYIn PAYIn PAYIn In addition this capacity would be built up at the expense of the belligerents for the price being charged for planes allows a considerable consid consid- erable item for plant construction and depreciation enough so that if lle war tuns uns on for any consider consider- abe period the entire cost of all the tile new plants will have been written written writ writ- ten off paid off paid for lor by the belligerents Incidentally this Is being done with the benevolent approval of the government agencies Interested including in In- eluding Henry Jr But the congressional investigations are time small-time stuff for two other reasons In the first place If they are really conducted so as 81 to get at the facts being alleged alleged- that military secrets are being betrayed be be- they they will be doing a swell job for Nazi espionage This is 11 only true of course on the assumption tion that the Germans do not know all about the called st called so-called military secrets Unless one assumes that the whole thing becomes even more ridiculous for the whole idea of military secrets b becomes comes a joke |