Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine political activity starts early to capture publicity spotlight before congress meets A again ain EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed tn in these columns they are arc those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union POLITICS stump trail war and neutrality made way in november for politics for between now and january 3 when reconvening congress grasps public attention politicians have their only pre con bention chance to sell the cause of 1940 on the republican side at least three stumpers were hitting the trail while national headquarters in washington planned a skull session december 7 to map campaign campa ign strategy the democratic party meanwhile contented itself waiting for franklin roosevelt to say yes or no new yorks district attorney tom dewey was not so od busy prosecuting german american bundsman fritz A 4 M TOM DEWEY answer at minneapolis kuhn that he tailed failed to hear the question most good republicans have been asking about him where does he stand on national issues dewey like at least two other 1940 hopefuls was preparing to talk first on the agenda Is a speech at minneapolis december 6 where party observers hoped to hear an answer other stumpers 1 chios sen robert taft who ranks low on G gallup allup polls opened his campaign at cleveland by criticizing gallup polls for leading to superficial facts and piling up handi bandi wagon sentiment on his scheduled schedule before christmas are areat at least eight states 2 new Hamp shires H estyl styles e s bridges who has dropped the for campaign purposes was found in los angeles 3 sen arthur was silent so war penn sylva sylvanies syl nials gov arthur james latest new candidate G 0 P 1940 strategy will probably be streamlined it if early signs offer an indication seriously considered Is a blitzkrieg from september to november instead of a long campaign meanwhile marion mar tin assistant national chairman told reporters of a organization strong which will sell the party not by punching doorbells door bells but through social contacts one lob job to scotch the notion that all republican women are rich and wear orchids franklin roosevelt kept himself busy playing with the press laying a cornerstone for the jefferson memorial in washington he hd said he ha hoped he could be present when it was dedicated in 1941 this he be commented later was injected intentionally tio nally to trip up the commentators A few days later dedicating his memorial library at hyde park he poked more fun I 1 hope they the press will give due I 1 interpretation pre tation to my statement that we hope it will be a fine day when we open oben the building at baltimore sen bur ton wheeler who may be john lewis candidate made a speech that looked conciliatory with franklin roosevelt at dallas the texas editorial association booming john garner took a crack at john lewis criticism of their hero by holding a banquet dedicated to sin and corruption the asky drinking old man who was busy fishing that day got himself toasted with milk EUROPE protest or plea A war that hurts civilians is at once the most painful and the most likely to end in a hurry thus far the war of 1939 has disdained disdain ed bombing cities and has even been easy on troops in the front line but a continent whose life blood courses the seven seas cannot laugh oft off many body blows to its merchant marine by late november the intensified warship submarine mine warfare being waged between britain and germany had taken a big toll and the price was getting higher every day britain searched for the nazi raiders deutschland Deutsch land and admiral scheer while the air force made a futile raid on the naval base at Wilhelm wilhelmshaven shaven the navy was ordered to seize all nazi ships transferred to russian registry cause of this scurrying was the wars second major disaster the A denla sinking cost lives but were feared lost when the dutch uner liner simon bolivar dolha struck a mine in the english channel both germans and english denied responsibility while lithuanian italian and swedish merchant vessels were also being sent to the bottom in neutral port s word ol of such disasters spread quickly observers wondered if the protest might not take form in now new peace pleas picas on land adolf hitler had little chance for western front activity he was too busy in czechoslovakia czecho slovakia where student inspired uprisings against nazi rule were smashed via liquidation of 12 ringleaders ring leaders before a firing squad trouble ahead the most incorrigible finnish optimist could not deny that the future looked tough for the home team with negotiators back from their fruitless talks in moscow all finland quavered as the vitriolic russian press loosed blast after blast against its scandinavian neighbor moscow was obviously building up war talk as a prelude to what observers unk think Is an almost certain self defense invasion LABOR liability compared with A F of L the hands of C 1 I 0 are comparatively clean in the justice departments campaign to remove alleged trade restraints in the building industry though both organizations have maintained trust buster thurman arnold has no right to indict trade unions under the antitrust anti trust laws it is chiefly A F of L building groups which are suffering in n the present drive already indicted for example is william hutchason Hutch of indianapolis diana di polls head of the carpenters union and an A IF of L vice president thurman arnold listened to labors complaints a few days and then startled labor with a ruling organized labor is not immune from prosecution and the justice department will prosecute unions attempting to prevent private industry from using improved production methods designed to bring cheaper and better goods to the buying public TAXATION argument long simmering has been the anticipated blowup blow up between spenders and savers which is bound to come when congress meets next january reason in the next fiscal year the national debt will pass the legal limit congress will have its choice of boosting that limit or making an about face on spend ing first signs of an inter tion squabble came after marriner eccles federal reserve chairman and spending advocate told st louis bankers that congress should raise 01 nv N IF 31 ARRINE it ECCLES no friend ol of the treasury taxes next year secretary of the treasury henry was vacationing cation ing at the time so the dirty work of repudiating eccles statement fell to undersecretary john W hanes said he 1 I dont think he eccles spoke for the administration I 1 doubt seriously if he spoke tor for congress I 1 am certain he speak for the treasury observers thought john hanes boss would secretly applaud the remark for henry although loyal to the president has ahas ought fought deficit spending and the treasury far fai from stumbling blindly ahead is sifting thousands of s suggestions gest ions solicited during the past summer before offering congress any recommendations on a 1040 tax program T that hai congress may also be contrary was hinted when colorados sen alva adams told the press he favored establishment of a longres congressional agency to police the appropriation demands of executive departments not by way of block ing requests tor for funds but to io give the taxpayer a chance to argue his side of the story meanwhile it was learned the budget bureau may not issue its customary revised estimate of receipts and expenditures this year like the congressional tax committee which Is holding its recommendations in abeyance the budget bureau is stymied by abnormal conditions abroad PAN AMERICA good and bad in a happy mood did secretary of commerce harry hopkins announce foreign trade figures for the autumn months exports to the united kingdom except cotton were down appreciably so were exports to belgium netherlands spain germany and poland but a ray of warm sunshine came from the south exports to latin america in october were 28 per cent higher than in september against 36 but all was not peaches and cream complaints against the governments ern ments reciprocal trade program began blossoming bloss oming in farm and industrial du circles and were even felt by diplomats announcing the now new trade pact with venezuela would take effect december 16 10 the president pointed out that germany and all countries T t HAURY BARRY HOPKINS II happy floppy but othe others rs wc rent under her de lacto facto control would not benefit from tariff reductions on crude petroleum and miscellaneous agricultural products this brought two repercussions 1 observers wondered whether such recognition 0 of f germanys germanas Germ anys control over czechoslovakia and poland might not be a blunder 2 the 50 per cent tariff cut on crude oil imports meant arn among ong other things that mexico could seu sell us at a reduced tate late the oil she expropriated from U S companies loudest objector to the latin american trade expansion was fred brenckman legislative representative of the national grange who told that groups convention in peoria ill that ho he like the proposed argentine trade treaty a pact which would necessitate larger agricultural imports from that nation to offset moffiet larger exports from the U S said he it looks as it if wo we were going to buy argentine filand friendship at the cost of the american farmer miscellany no sabotage at bayonne N J government in vesti gators scoffed at sabotage rumors when a U S owned but pana ma registered tanker exploded to injure four persons quits C caa ai Balti baltimore mom brother john ca pone intimated that scarface Sear face ali adjust just released from prison pilson is humbled and ready to cry quits said john hes in a cheerful mood and hold a grudge igal against list anybody I 1 Y R rubens finale ol fl at miami the daughter mother and father of ruth marle marie rubens who figured two years ago in a fraudulent soviet passport case V FORSAKEN ruth aiu stay in U S S R learned their beir notorious relative had become ruth frieder boerger of the soviet union and probably neverow never will wW be heard of again in the V U S appeal 41 at south bend ind general 10 motors c corporation moved to appeal the conviction under cinder which GM and three affiliates were found guilty of violating the antitrust anti trust laws by co arcing dealers into using the financing cing plan |