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I With the return of ot the President to Washington from his triumphant journey to South America tho the policies poll poll- dies cies which will govern his second Administration are beginning to take In the abs nce of any public statement by the President a great grent great I IdEal deal of or the talk about what he Intends In- In 1 tends todo must be a accepted c pt d as puro pur pure 1 speculation It has always been dif dif- dif j to o road rend tho Presidents President's mind and probably not until he lie delivers his annual message to Congress on January 5 will there be any cut clear-cut I definition of his program In general however th the best beat informed in informed in- in formed Washington opinion Is i that his aim will be to find ways of In Increasing In- In creasing ing the production and distri distri- distribution of or commodities at the same time Increasing the general wage level and shortening the working hours in industry and without permitting permUting permitting per per- mUting too high high a a. proportion of or corporate incomes to be distributed as profits to capital In other words the Administrations Administration's Administrations Administration's tion's purpose will likely be to so 0 o control and regulate business as to toI I Ins insure it s u UTe r e a wider vider distribution of or wealth That objective which if reached would mean practically the abolition of poverty and economic distress is isone isone one with which even the Administrations Administration's Administrations Administration's Adminis Adminis- vigorous vIg opponents are heartily h in accord Such differences In opinion as may arise will be asto as asto asto to whether the methods proposed will accomplish that objective The Pro Pro Pro-ident ident is believed to havo como comb around to the tho view that low p commodity prices dont don't necessarily mean low wages It is expected that ho he will not encourage an any organization tion of oC business s s which has for Its purpose the maintenance of high prices and large profits The aim is rather expected e to be the stimulation tion of f mass product ion methods methode which have han proved so 80 In Inmany Inmany many industries in reducing red prices to the consumer while at the same time lime increasing wages wag 8 to tJ the men engaged in production I lore Here and Abroad brond There is no qU question that Pr esl- esl dent Roosevelt's prestige both bOoth politically poli poll and in the public mind has I been greatly Increased by his I pec-ches pec an and his re reception in South America The way has been cleared I It is believed here for something I complete solidarity of the Western estern Hemisphere I Beyond doubt the nations b bo- bo I tween the Atlantic and the Pacific are wholeheartedly rt diy r for tor i c closer r Gt international international inter inter- r I national relations among themselves t cooking toward lasting peace acc and closer coser trade tr tend and diplomatic Dela nela- lions dons Now Naw that uncensored reports of I what is going on In S Spain are be beginning ginning be ginning to come out it appears that what started as a civil war has bogun bogun hogun bo- bo I gun to take on serious international aspects positive evidence that RusI Rus- Rus I j sia is supplying ng tanks and other I munitions if It war to the tho Communist I government forces in Spain and that Italy and probably also Germany Germany Germany Ger- Ger many have hav been both j munitions and men to the Fa Fascist rebels has reached the State DeI De De- I These seem to presage a conflict which may map easily involve all of Europe The Tho situation is complicated d moreover by the British Cabinet I crises the outcome of which may mayI I have a decisive effect upon England's England's Eng lands land's relations anden and even en upon the integrity of the British BrItish British Bri BrI- tish Empire therefore Is watching European affairs moro more clO closely ely than ever er before It seems quite probable that one of the most Important problems presented pre pre- to tho tiro new Congress for its Ita early consideration will be tho the revision revision revision re re- vision and strengthening of our neutrality laws As an evidence of at the delicacy of or orthe the international situation the State Department has ha's Issued orders orders to the iho entire diplomatic and consular corps that hereafter no member of these services es may marry a foreigner with without without out tho State Departments Department's consent Nearly American diplomatic and consular officials have married foreigners foreigners for for- eigners In the past four Cour or OT five yearn yeara eara The purpose ot of the regulation Is 13 Isto isto to prevent the development of too sympathetic an international point of view on the part of the men who Continued on OD last page this Week In DC D.C. D Washington Continued from page vage one are sent abroad to represent the theUn Un United tod States n rn foreign countries They Thoy must have no relation relationships which could possibly keep them from dealing with every every situation n viewpoint American from a strictly Tho Thin Present ont indications in are that tho the new Congress wll w be he organized with the E Southern Democrats in w incomplete complete control The Tho battle battlo for the in which the tho North ann and I East are aro lined up behind Congressman Congress CI man OConnor O'Connor of Now New York against the tho Sou Southern thorn Democratic wing of tho the party part which appears tobe to tobe tobe be solidly behind c a aSam Sam Rayburn of Texas cems at ut I this time timo bo tiC be most likely a victory for Rayburn As Washington views the labor situation It seems to be getting Iut i ut of hand Most serious of or all of ofa tha a increasing l g number of strikes is 15 that of the sailors and longshoremen longshore longshore- men on both coasts One Ono of the early acts acta of oC tho the new Congress may be tho establishment of a Maritime Mediation 13 c B-c-ard and ard with rather broad authority to take com corn command maud mand of cf this situation and use whatever whatever whatever what what- ever force may be necessary to prevent prevent pre pre- vent interference with th seagoing com corn commerce commerce merce pending the adjustment o of disputes between workers and ship 1 0 owners own n ne e 15 There is no pea peace o in sight between he the two taro major factions of organized organize d dla lab la labor jT n the American Federation and the fhe Committee for Industrial Organization Or Or- The Department of Lab Labor r is al almost almost almost al- al most in despair at the failure elf it its thus far to avert or to settie settie settle set set- tie tle the strikes in the glass industry tho the rubber industry and various ether industries tho the effect of which has b been en to slaw slow up production o of commodities for Cor which the d demand m is increasing |