Show weekly news beliew germans amans poles dolesy hungarians Hung arians covet part of czech nation by joseph W la bine A 1 00 L A wa to ca qu POLES iii IM ma ma P 0 Z ap N H andary czechoslovakia AND HER minorities distribution foreign alter after 20 years ears 0 of pence peace we were overtaken by a violent crisis crisis dynamic political forces from neighboring n Ii born states threatened our lands england ng and france two democracies informed in us that arbitration could not solve the difficulty the govern ment could do nothing but accept the suggestion ol of the tivo powers nothing else remained because we ue were alone thus to her angry downhearted populace little czechoslovakia explained why borderlands were being ceded to germany two days had passed since faithless england and france hid had capitulated to adolf hillers Hit lers demand for immediate release of the german czechs czecho whose protests have kept europe in a dither all summer further delay would bring invasion it was the better part of valor to surrender the terms P predominantly german areas would be ceded immediately while part german areas would be given a plebiscite in return adolt adolf hitler would join in guaranteeing czechoslovakian future but even while europe began breathing easier new troubles were brewing mostly caused by the hopeless conglomeration of 0 nationalities from which the czech nation was carved 20 years ago see map alap the troubles in prague itself democracy gave way to semi dictatorship as premier milan hodyas cabinet resigned replaced by that of gen jan Syro vyone one eyed army chief meanwhile blood splattered throughout sudetia as czech troops quelled nazi riots in warsaw was heard a growing cry for liberation of poles in the leschen belt which poland lost to czechoslovakia in 1920 in budapest hungarians Hung arians demanded annexation of magyars magyari in czech territory contiguous to hungary in treviso italy premier benito mussolini decided treaties mean nothing in modern europe therefore urged complete split up of czechoslovakia to satisfy czechs czecho germans magyars magyari Magy ars poles Ruthen ians lans meanwhile britaina Brit ains prime minister neville chamberlain and frances premier edouard deladier Da ladier ate crow in paris a crisis threatened in protest against the franco british scheme whose stench almost paralleled that of the notorious hoare laval plan for ethiopians partition three cabinet members resigned in london where the sellout created equal protest neville chamberlain had good reason to worry about his job As the prime minister boarded his plane for desberg Go germany and his second conference with adolf hitler in a weeks time there were some indications that der fuehrer might eventually reject the settlement might demand complete division of czechoslovakia among germany poland and hungary only definite fact was that germany had bluffed her way into eu ropes no 1 position relegating both france and england to the classification ol 01 second rate powers Pont domestic estic new england had already weathered three days of rafn when tropical storm warnings d on Flo east coast by midnight the hurricane was safely past florl flori dacar at sea next morning jacksonville iv warne a r n e d north carolinas capes but high tides and wind add ha d already spread the word by noon th the eXea leather ther 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 80 90 mlle mile wind a 40 foot tidal wave luxurious homes on the sand dunes were blown tosea to sea and bodies were scattered for miles along the beach the storms full force had struck the island from montauk down to queens queeni and brooklyn roaring across long island sound it brought good flood wind and fire to connecticut connecticut in a night of horror that cost at providence R I 1 I 1 L waves that broke 1000 feet into thle the city left 25 feet of water in some streets by the time it reached 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 moze more lives before playing out behind was a picture of amazing desolation that stretched across six states next day began the biggest rehabilitation job since spring floods with more than dead with property damage standing above with thousands homeless many communities were so hopelessly shattered they could not help themselves to the rescue came the red cross U S coast guard and while from washington president roosevelt ordered all federal agencies to give every possible assistance shortly after midnight southern pacifica chicago bound califor nian man pulled onto a siding at tortuga 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 opened a closed switch brakeman jacobson became hysterical shrieked over and over im not crazy but I 1 dont know why I 1 did 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 he would retire it if a strongly liberal congress approved his legislative program by 1940 and 2 that having control over the democratic party he would then i be able to name his successor huc cessor thus it was obvious why he strove to defeat such obstructionist senators as iolas gillette south carolinas smith Ma rylands tydings and georgias george but by last week as primary season closed the presidents Prel dents only ma K W 1 11 1 t t NEW YORKS OCONNOR biggest fish in a suin angat jor success had been against new yorks rep bep john J oconnor defeated by administration blessed james H fay one legged war veteran though representative oconnor won republican nomination he entered both tickets candidate fay is a safe bet next november since he carries both american la bor party and democratic endorsement little john oconnor was the biggest fish franklin roosevelt hasteen has been able to hook book in a summers angling at best his so called purge was 25 per cent successful cess ful this means the presidents program will not be completed by 1940 also that his hb tremendous per bonal popularity would bog down it if he attempted to choose his successor though he can win votes for himself he cannot do it for others apparently two choices remain open either franklin Rno roosevelt sevelt will run for democratic or he will hill head a new third party a step not considered unlikely in view of his recent promise to support liberals whether democratic or republican wan e in massachusetts ex gov james al curley staged a comeback won democratic gubernatorial nomination over the incumbent gov charles F hurley opposing him next november will be 46 year old leverett Lc liberal republican who scored three times the vote of his three opponents combined 6 oin in wisconsin where popular gov phillip F lafollette La 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 La democratic robert henry republican julius P heil most interest will center in the senatorial campaign where democratic sen F ryan duffy must face republican alexander wiley and progressive herman L ekern currently lieutenant governor business foremost among american indus arys problem children are the railroads who jointly fell short of earning fixed charges during first six months whose proposed 15 per cent pay cut a year is met by labors allegation of financial mismanagement and overcapitalization last spring almost simultaneous with the tha wage cut announce announcement men t congress received rail legislation but t tabled it on the insistence of ins sen robert M La lafollette Pollette who argued that pay cuts and government aid do not go together called for october 1 was a general railroad strike which under federal legislation can be averted 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 he began thinking early in september in broader terms than a strike to the white house were summoned t three ree experts of rail management union pacifica carl gray pennsyl HI W clement southern pacifica E C norris and three experts of rail labor railway employees B M jewell firemen engine men brotherhoods Brothe D B robertson railway labor executives george M harrison their job to draft for next winters congress a long range rehabilitation plan for the industry one third of which Is now bankrupt though the president obviously hoped to avert a rail strike by promising legislation though steadily increasing plus the prospect of business recovery gave promise of obviating a wage cut labor remained adamant at the committees first session its three experts told managements three experts 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 tar far failed to win international peace nar namely nely operation cooperation co to washington 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 impersonal discussion of business ills into a field day for protests against what U S industry considers its no 1 toe foe the new deal from frances alex brule came the simple analysis that most of managements 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 jay 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 houses A W robertson management must struggle to maintain the cause of free enterprise in a world threatened by too much regimentation labors complaint came from robert J watt U S workers delegate to the international labor office my message to manag management emerit is that you can have discipline and responsibility within unions as soon as you stop waking waging war against them and give your workers a chance to develop their own patterns of discipline and responsibility roundest soundest advice of all came from william allen alien white wizened editor of the emporia kan gazette who 4 z EDITOR WHITE capital was just plain dumb capital and speaking as a representative of the public editor white to capital you were shortsighted short sighted for not seeing that the eight hour day was coming you had biad to fight it every inch and make the consuming public think you were greedy you were just dumb editor white to labor the proper business of a labor union Is to get higher wages better hours and good shop conditions but when labor en masse plunks its vote for or its own political party then the spirit of loyalty begins to obscure labors objectives jec tives 11 next day secretary of commerce daniel C roper promised less government interference with business |