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C PROHIBITION LOBBY ACTIVE Prohibition after being in the limbo limbo limbo lim lim- bo for eight years again has a potent potent potent po po- po- po tent lobby on on Capitol Hill The Women's Christian Temperance Union and other Dry organizations have launched their most intensive campaign since the one that put over the Eighteenth amendment during the last war And they are using the same tac tac- tics Congress is being barraged wi with h appeals to protect soldiers and sailors by prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages near military military military mili mili- tary reservations Simultaneously the heat is being put on state legislatures legislatures legislatures legis legis- to enact local option stat stat- utes The only thing new in the drive is its slogan This time its it's Defend the Defenders The Dry campaign is well organized organ organ- In the last few weeks thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of letters have poured in on congress Some are written on stationery but most are form letters signed by individuals obviously connected with Dry organ organ- FORE FOREIGN PROPAGANDA Postmaster General Frank Walker Walk Walk- er said nothing in his report to congress congress congress con con- gress but he has quietly taken steps to plug up the inflow of foreign propaganda via first-class first mail Postal officials were able to seize and burn 15 tons of illegal literature literature literature litera litera- ture under the authority that perI permits per- per mils mits inspection of second and third- third I class matter without a search war war- rant First-class First mail however is immune from direct investigation can be examined only on a search warrant Ordinarily this is a laborious pro But thanks to the mass of matter that was seized Walker found a way to simplify the job From the seized material were obtained obtained obtained ob ob- the names of hundreds of perI persons per per- I sons in all parts of the country who apparently are on Nazi Fascist and Japanese propaganda lists Henceforth under an order quietly quiet quiet- ly issued by Walker all foreign mail addressed to these individuals willbe will willbe willbe be subject to a search warrant examination examination examination exam exam- and if found illegal will be destroyed Note Walker Note Walker wants congress to require that both the senders and receivers receivers receivers re re- re- re of foreign propaganda register register register regis regis- ter their names A considerable portion of the literature seized advocated ad advocated ad- ad d- d violent overthrow of the I government Vice President Henry Wallace has engaged a speaking Spanish-speaking secretary secretary secretary secre secre- tary to help him practice his Span Span- ish Wallace wanted someone who would be available at any moment moment- in the office in the restaurant in inthe inthe inthe the handball court So he turned I down a handsome feminine applicant applicant I cant from the Mexican embassy took a man instead i I i ORATOR Genial Sen Arthur is isone isone isone one of the most effective orators in inthe inthe inthe the s senate nate His mind is alert and he has a command of phrases that makes the galleries lean forward to hear him Wh When he had delivered his major effort against the lend lease-lend bill he retired to the cloak room lit a cigar and leaned back in an upholstered chair One of his colleagues congratulated congratulated congratulated con con- him on the speech With a mischievous twinkle Van Van- denberg replied I could have delivered deliver delivered de de- liver livered d just as strong a speech on the other side Senatorial loungers looked up and added I III could recite 50 unanswerable reasons why the bill should be passed TENANT FARMERS The President is not losing sight of domestic problems in the welter of foreign affairs and affairs and recently kept his very precise undersecretary of state Sumner Welles waiting an hour while he threshed out a farm relief problem Representatives John Tolan of California and John Sparkman of Alabama had called to protest against a cut in farm rehabilitation rehabilitation rehabilitation re re- re- re habilitation loans a cut made by the budget bureau in the agriculture department department department de de- de- de I appropriation The conference was supposed to last 15 minutes but Roosevelt forgot forgot forgot for for- got all about the time became completely completely completely com com- engrossed in the economic shock to b be felt by tenant farmers and migrants after defense spending spending spending spend spend- ing has tapered off Meanwhile Welles cooled his heels in an nn outer office Finally the two congressmen emerged They were beaming beaming about about the Presidents President's promise to have the farm relief cut restored ROUND MERRY-GO-ROUND Able young Rep Charley Halleck j of Indiana who nominated Wendell Willkie at nt Philadelphia broke with him on the lend-lease lend bill voting against it Minnesota's husky Gov Harold Stassen is finding no support among friends of District Attorney Tom Dewey for his presidential ambi ambi- They claim Stassen had committed committed committed com com- himself to Dewey before the Philadelphia convention and nurse a grudge because of his flop to Willkie I |