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C DESPERATE TIN SCARCITY It hasn't leaked out yet but after years of delay and after facing what may be a desperate tin short shortt shortage age the state department Is about to negotiate a contract with with the Bolivian Bolivian Bo Bo- Bolivian livian government for the purchase of about half halt of Bolivia's tin output This tin ore will be shipped to the United States for refining relining in newly established tin smelters This Is a big achievement for Bolivian Do- Do livian Minister Guachalla who for four years has been hammering home at the state department the idea that Bolivia has something which the United States needs vi vi- ta tally lly But it by no means solves the tin problem for the United States for Bolivia's production meets only about one-half one of this country's normal normal nor nor- mal requirements To tide over the present tin crisis cri en- sis the national defense commission contracted to buy tons of refined refined re re- fined tined tin from the Dutch and British East Indies This is enough to last for one year but the question is will it ever be delivered The answer is doubtful Only 12 12 tons can arrive by January 1 I and even this may be held up by German defeat of England or a Japanese Japanese Jap Jap- anese blitzkrieg on the Dutch East 1 Indies I Most amazing feature of the deal dealis is that the national defense commission commission com com- I mission is not attempting to buy new tin ore from the Far East but I 1 only the refined metallic metal tin In other words the tin Is to be refined in the Far East then shipped here Reason for this is 1 because the British put a 50 per cent tax on the export of crude ore to keep us from setting up a tin smelting business of our own and 2 because the state department still is following a I policy of dealing gently with British interests In other words while we will set setup setup setup up a system of temporarily smelting smelt smelt- smelting ing Bolivian tin in the United States the British still will attempt to hang on to their monopoly by smelting as much as possible themselves and up to a point high U. U S. S officials seem reluctant to break away from the British system NEW AGRICULTURE SECRETARY It looks as if H Franklin Roosevelt was going to play the cards close to his chest and go Into the campaign without much enlargement of his official official of of- family For his new secretary of agriculture replacing Henry Wallace Wallace Wal Wal- lace will be promoted from the ranks lIe He is Claud R. R of Indiana Indiana Indi ana now undersecretary of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture an able gentleman but carrying carry carry- carrying ing no political weight and of no great help to Roosevelt or Wallace in a presidential year Paul H. H Appleby Appleby Ap Ap- Wallaces Wallace's right hand assistant assist ant and the man who vigorously urges promotion will step up as undersecretary AMBASSADOR CUDAHY New recipe for political success get a diplomatic post speak out of turn take a spanking for it then announce for political office The recipe was set by James H. H R. R Cromwell whose remarks as minister to Canada brought him a state department reprimand He is isnow isnow isnow now running for the Senate Same recipe apparently may be followed by John Cudahy ambassador dor to Belgium who rode in n high spirits through his White House reprimand reprimand rep rep- the other day and is being urged for or governor of Wisconsin In fact the President himself before before be be- fore the spanking was over urged Cudahy to run WILLKIE REVAMPS CAMPAIGN MACHINERY In some G. G O. O P P. P quarters Willkie's Will Will- kies kie's protracted western stay drew discreet but critical protests He was wasting valuable time came the complaints handling too much organizational detail himself It was true that the tousle haired Republican standard bearer did occupy occupy oc cupy himself extensively with organization organ organ- organization details But he did not waste time time time-as as plenty of old-line old Republican can politicos are privately and very grumpily attesting He lIe was far too busy to suit them or see much of ot them For the big untold story behind Willkie's long and mysterious labors in Colorado is that he completely revamped the traditional G. G O. O P P. P campaign machinery Its It's a closely guarded secret but under the new up set-up the Republican can national committee and its nationwide na nationwide na- na wide tion-wide network of state and local units made up largely of veteran professionals have been relegated tc V. a secondary role Playing first fiddle in new organization Ire ere re the clubs club dotting every state and the independent independent inde made pendent Democrats organization headed by ex Roosevelt ex-Roosevelt office holders hold ers era Johnny Hanes Banes former undersecretary undersecretary under under- secretary of ot the treasury and Lewis Douglas former budget director Directly Di controlled by and his personal lieutenants these are the organizations on which he is depend ing to carry him into the White House He is convinced that to be elected he must win the big floating massof mass massof massof of independent votes vote |