Show WEEKLY NEWS AWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH IV labine zealous czechs czecho plan rebellion against german domination nazis N azis puzzle combat strategy EDITORS NOTE NOT EWhen when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released ne leased by western newspaper union czechoslovakia rebellion last march adolf hitler marched into prague while stolid czechs czecho lined the streets and booed bloed hatefully unnoticed were thousands of bohemians Bohem ians and Moravia ns who slipped silently across the borders unconsidered were 12 czech legations and some 70 consulates which remained open throughout the world in defiance of german orders forgotten was the national failure to dissolve these things might well have remained unnoticed unconsidered and forgotten were it not for the indomitable czech will symbolically a few days after nazi occupation spiteful czechs czecho painted on a rock overlooking prague we dont want your I 1 we want beneal the reference was to eduard benes cofounder of the czech republic 25 years ago with immortalized thomas G masaryk later the nations nation s president until he resigned after the munich crisis now a lecturer at the university of chicago who wonders it if the czech saga will repeat itself recalled today Is czecho baklas constitution written in chicago and its declaration of inde A W I 1 BARON banon VON NEURATH the question to slap or pat pen dence adopted in philadelphia born first outside its own borders by idealistic exiles will thomas Masa land be reborn re born in chicago three months after czechoslovakia fell such a development seemed possible at prague german konstantin von neurath lost sleep over a maddening passive resistance si on the part of his subjects rushing to berlin he consulted win wih fuehrer hitler over aver two methods of bf fighting back germany could either dominate bohemia and moravia by force or try to reconcile the czechs czecho by encouraging more intimate cultural and political relations with germany what he cannot reconcile however is the patriotic fervor of czechs czecho outside the reich in france are a reported exiles waiting to enlist for the cause other thousands are in poland plan planning ninga a swift military seizure of bohemia moravia should germany become involved in war at her consulates and legations the d defunct 6 funch czech government maintains a semblance of official contact with other lands an advantage not possessed during the first nalls tic struggle and from chicago dr benes is directing a worldwide world wide mobilization of czech moral and financial support carefully avoiding open commitments which would add to the difficulties of the U S president land and department of state slate DOMESTIC income president Roosevel ts goal for total U S income is a year which critics say would not necessarily guarantee prosperity since living costs might rise correspondingly spon in 1929 the nat national loial income was by 1932 it had dropped to and returning prosperity brought it to in 1937 just released Is the figure for 1938 showing an 11 per cent drop to best explanation n of the drop said secretary of commerce harry hopkins was declining prices coupled with reduced volume of production more significant however were results capital labor battle during which john lewis C 1 I 0 squeezed out higher salaries and expanded unionism net result labor gained and capital lost one index was tile the fact that compensation pensa tion to employees for 1938 was off only 7 per cent from the previous year while dividend payments to td stockholders in corporations dropped approximately abely one third from the level of 1937 an even better index however ever was that income distribution in wages set a new high mark of per cent in 1938 another significant feature feature the construction industry which has suffered severely since 1929 showed very little decline in 1938 indicating that U S housing requirements have reached so critical a stage that not even recession can stop new building agriculture new uses one major reason tor for U S crop surpluses was the world war then and before both the agriculture department and farm ers bent their energies to establishing a production level that would accommodate an export market which annually took from to million bushels of wheat eight to nine million bales of df cotton almost a billion pounds of pork plus large quantities of tobacco and fruit since then three factors have conspired to upset farm economy first U S export requirements were cut drastically as other nations became self sufficient second agriculture became mechanized cutting farm employment and making it easier to raise large crops third unscientifically tilled land burned out from too much repetition of the same no cure all but an encouraging move in the right direction will be underway by next summer when four regional laboratories begin seeking ways to make the farm a source of raw materials for factories authorized by congress and operating under the department of agriculture will be laboratories at peoria III HI researching on corn wheat and agricultural wastes much of which is already used for such purposes as industrial alcohol new orleans where new uses will be sought tor for cotton sweet potatoes and peanuts wyndmoor moor pa centering its activities tivi tivit ties les on tobacco milk products apples irish potatoes and vegetables san francisco studying wheat at potatoes alfalfa vegetables and fruits COURTS offsetting etting P factor actor vacationing from their washington temple ilow are the supreme courts nine young and old men as unique a mixture of legal talent as ever donned the traditional ona I 1 black robes abed with a dondena dou denal I 1 ulcer is chief justice hughes visiting his old kentucky home is justice still in washington close to such friends as SECs jerome frank and brain truster tommy corcoran is the courts youngest and most traditional untraditional un member 44 year old bill douglas gloating meanwhile is solicitor general robert H jackson whom observers credit with winning 12 out of 14 bouts with the high bench this past term yet in retrospect the session just ended was neither a capitulation by uie the supreme court Z X W vl V l A 1 I 1 I 1 ROBERT JACKSON victorious but not too much enuch nor a victory for the new deal A better guess Is that the once notorious poles of court conservatism and new deal liberalism have grown less tar far apart four roosevelt appointees black reed frankfurter and douglas have given the court liberalized color and today only two conservatives autler butler and remain middle grounders are hughes stone and roberts and mr jackson had to convince only one of these to assure victory in any given case yet paradoxically the recent term erm brought i a new high in dissents and divisions of opinions a condition which proves that new cealish justices have merely added zest to court arguments and that they have not yet yei settled into a rut which permits observers to classify them in advance while the court grows more liberal an important offsetting factor too often overlooked is the lesson mr Roosevel ts administration learned through disastrous defeats of the past legislation Is drafted more carefully and with greater respect for constitutional precedent POLITICS platt plan whatever his reasoning dent roosevelt has shown political wisdom in refusing to announce his bis intentions for or 1940 but campaigns and conventions must eventually settle the democratic bartys political stew and by early june campaign time was so near that third term talk was definitely in the picture enough other democrats had talked to give the voting public their choice of two probable reasons why the white house continued to remain silent resolution west virginias sen rush D holt began demanding that the senate vote on his resolution forbidding a third term until that vote was made mr roosevelt could hardly be expected to declare himself it if the resolution were passed after he announced his candidacy the president would go down in history as a villain not a hero contrariwise if the resolution were N SECRETARY ICKES lie ile like mr garner rejected mr roosevelt knew the public would regard the reec rejection tion as a vote of confidence from the senate thus paving the way for confusion far more pertinent however is another reason while mr roosevelt keeps quiet all other democratic hopefuls are scrambling into the exciting political dogfight knifing each other in a way that can never bring party harmony first and best liked hopeful to speak was vice president john N garner whose friends announced he would be available within 48 hours he was pounced on by 1 secretary of the interior harold L ickes who called him by inference a know nothing say nothing do nothing 2 workers alliance which adopted a resolution condemning mr garner as representing a po poverty erty stricken mass of people 3 san antonios mayor I 1 maury maverick former congress congressman an who objected chiefly to mr garners age 70 meanwhile secretary of agriculture henry wallace had his name added to a list of second choices already cluttered with those of postmaster general james A parley farley In dianas former gov paul V me mc nutt and aging secretary of state cordell hit hull who has long been mentioned as a possibility immediate res result u it was probably ju just s t what the president wanted wante d a recognition by many democrats that the garner hull lace mcnutt candidacies candi dacies merely produced an utter confusion which could have but one logical solution at convention time junk them oil all and nominate franklin roosevelt again if this was not the case observers at least saw something significant in mr ickes article in look magazine in which he plumped for a third term extremely close to the white house the vitriolic secretary of the interior was not likely to make such a statement state stater meat neat unless lie he knew the president was at least toying with the idea of running again FAIRS attendance closer to large populations new yorks worlds fair would naturally draw larger attendance than its rival at san francisco by june 1 after running 31 3 months the gold en gate exposition reported attendance of in one month from april 30 to june 1 new yorks turnstiles turn stiles spun to the tune of more interesting to executives ot of both fairs was the source of f attendance tor for local visitors add little to the prosperity ot of either san francisco or new york at the golden gate a checkup of parking lots revealed 85 per cent of visitors were from california of out of state visitors 55 per per cent came from nearby washington oregon arizona nevada etc 1 closest comparable estimate at new york came from the goodrich exhibit which offered replica auto tags to the estimated 20 per cent total attendance which visited the transportation Transport atlon area judging from auto tag sales 49 per cent of the fairs visitors were from new york others new jersey 15 per cent pennsylvania 65 per cent massachusetts chu 45 per cent connecticut 45 per cent only states not registered on june 1 north and south dakota though both surveys showed early attendance was localized both fairs also predicted midsummer mid summer vacation season would bring visitors from afar |