Show LA tiN New Orleans La BRITISH AWARE VARE OF CONGRESS Although the average will be amazed if is not elected to a fourth term recent weeks have seen the British press and public far more aware of the possibility of Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican victory When Governor Dewey began his I recent speaking tour tour- he rated about lone one paragraph per speech in most I London papers with an editorial tending to deprecate the GOP standI stand stand- ard Enthusiastic Republican I Representative Karl of South I Dakota remarked that when he arrived arrived ar ar- arrived ar- ar rived rived in London early in September Septem Septem- ber he needed a magn magnifying ying glass to find any reference to Dewey Dewey Dewey-al- al always ways referred to by the British as Governor Tom Dewey However the challengers challenger's space inthe in inthe inthe the London press gradually increased increased in in- creased during September culminating ing in double-column double headlines on the front pages the night after his Oklahoma City speech Chatting one day with a member of Df the British House of Commons Congressman was asked about Deweys Dewey's chances He replied that he thought they were excellent and nd that verv well TO O into the White Ho House next year ear Th The member of parliament off guard answered What a pity mentioned the incident la later ater cr to Churchill's minister of information information in in- in- in formation Brendan Bracken who apologized I thought we had them better trained than that S D A D T T A. A 1 J CONGRESS An important result of ot the U. U S. S political uncertainty is the determination determination deter deter- on the part of the British government to work with this country country country coun coun- try on the legislative as well as the executive level The British are becoming becoming be be- coming oming more and more aware of the importance of the American congress congress congress con con- gress admit they should never have overlooked it after they saw the trouncing Wilson got after the last armistice While observing the British Parliament Parliament am ament nt heard a speech by Lord Braithwaite author of a recent recent recent re re- re- re cent bill inviting American congressmen congressmen congressmen con con- gressmen to England as official guests call for much closer relations relations relations rela rela- between parliament and con con- gress Our international friendship said Lord Braithwaite cannot be permitted to depend on the slender reed of affection between two individuals individuals indi indi- separated by a mighty ocean GOOD NEIGHBORS PROVIDE COFFEE The backstage story in regard to the near threat of coffee rationing is that the Good Neighbor policy paid dividends last month BrazilIan Brazilian Brazil Brazil- ian friendship enabled us to avert either coffee rationing or a coffee rise in price The American housewife housewife house house- I wife will be in between now and Christmas because of the Good Neighbor policy U. U S S. S retail coffee prices here have been frozen since December 1941 but the cost of producing coffee in Brazil Colombia Salvador and Venezuela has not Growers there have been clamoring for higher prices The governments of these four countries have been under constant pressure from powerful coffee interests interests interests inter inter- ests to get better prices in the United States In general the growers grow grow- growers I ers of Venezuela Colombia and Salvador Salvador Salvador Sal Sal- vador have had partial support from their governments but the Brazilian government has refused to press for higher prices As a result growers have been tapering off ofT in their acceptance of orders from the U. U S. S A. A Gambling on an early end of the war they decided to build up stocks for immediate sale to England England Eng Eng- land Sweden France and Spain Coffee will keep in the bean for as long as five to ten years This refusal of growers to accept new orders led the War Var Food Administration Ad Ad- ministration tion to recommend rationing rationing ration ration- ing to OPA Administrator Chester Bowles last summer Bowles opposed opposed op op- op- op posed rationing then though agreeing agreeing agree agree- ing with Boss Marvin Jones that we should not raise the price of coffee S S BAGS A MONTH I When brilliant Brazilian minister of finance Souza Closta was in Washington last July he I guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed us a minimum of bags of Brazilian coffee for each of the I four tour months from September through December Costa promised I extra large shipments from Brazil risking the extreme anger of Brazilian Brazilian Brazil Brazil- Brazilian ian growers in the interest of U U. S S. S friendship Meanwhile the administration i found itself unable to buy coffee for delivery y even next year The Brazilian Brazilian Brazilian Brazil- Brazil ian guarantee is only for the remainder remainder re re- re- re of this year and the American Ameri- Ameri can people drink more than tha 1000 bags a month it has been point point- ed d 1 out It was at this point that Marvin Jones ones and Chester Bowles l to a assistant Pres Jimmy went Byrnes with Nith their problem Byrnes advised Immediate rationing He knew that the threat of renewed would cause plenty of rationing the coffee growers worry among ong |