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Show IS1 1$ & ROBERT AU.BN U. S. AND THE WAR WASHINGTON. A group of farm 'leaders went to the White House to urge Roosevelt to support the Jones bill, which would cut interest rates on government farm loans. And while they got the President's support, sup-port, they also got an earful on another an-other subject why the U. S. will not get involved in the European war. . The discussion began when one of the farmers asked Roosevelt whether wheth-er propaganda and the loss of foreign for-eign markets would affect U. S. neutrality. This brought an emphatic em-phatic negative from the President. "I don't think the American people will lose their heads to the exteurt ol being drawn into the European conflict," he said in effect. ef-fect. "It is true that the emotions of people can be quickly aroused, but reason and logic always triumph in the end. That's why our demo--cratic lorm of government has sur-wived sur-wived so long. "Take, for example, the arms em-'bargo em-'bargo fight There was a lot of talk from certain elements during that controversy, that if we lifted the embargo it would drag us into the war. Weil, all that talk has died down and you don't hear it any more. There was no truth in it and it evaporated. "The same happened during the debate over extending the reciprocal recipro-cal trade treaties. There was a lot of unfounded talk then, but it has .all "blown over unless political opportunists op-portunists inject the issue into this year's campaign." "What about the Nazi invasion of Denmark and Norway?" asked another an-other of the farm visitors. "Will that endanger our neutrality?" Again Roosevelt shook his head. ""As Jong," he replied, "as we keep a level head, our feet on the ground and maintain a liberal government, we have nothing to worry about." i Bombing Bill White. ; President Roosevelt scored a neat one on his old friend William Allen White, the sage of Emporia, Kan., during his off-the-record session ses-sion with the newspaper editors edi-tors recently at the White House. Incidentally, the remark was a clue to what Roosevelt thinks is the chief danger dan-ger to the United States Nazi William Allen forces in Latin White America. The President was talking about the war and the question of national defense, especially as it applied lo the Western hemisphere. To illustrate his point, he turned suddenly sud-denly to Mr. White, who was sitting in the group before him. "For instance, Bill White may "think he's a lot safer in Kansas than I am up in Hyde Park, N. Y.," said the President, "but he isn't." He went on to explain that if enemy bombers were to seek out Hyde Park they would have a long way to fly across the Atlantic. But if they wanted to bomb Bill White in Kansas, it was relatively easy for them to fly up from Mexico where enemy air bases could be established. Under the Dome. One of the most inspiring sights in our democratic government is to see the President of the United States address a joint session of congress. These gatherings include not only the President and members mem-bers of the house and senate, but also cabinet members, Supreme court justices, forcitrn diplomats, members of the President's family, plus social and political leaders all seated in the house of representatives. represen-tatives. But sonic members of congress heave a sih of relief when these sessions are adjourned. What they know, though others do not, is that the roof covering the house chamber cham-ber is in danger of caving in some day and wiping out the nation's political leaders. Furthermore, the roof of the senate sen-ate chamber is supported by similar simi-lar materials, and architects have recommended that it be replaced. Serious-minded Horace D. Rouzer, assistant architect of the Capitol, solemnly warned members of the senate appropriations committee recently re-cently that "in some instances the pins should not be stressed over 12,000 pounds, but computations show stresses up to around 75.000 pounds per sqiuiro im'h." He was I referring to the roof on the senate j side of the Capitol. ... MERr.Y-Gfl HOUND j Members of the German embas- j '. apparently none too enthusiastic i Dver Hitler's treatment of private property, are buying up quantities ; )f silver plate at U. S. jewelry I stores. This is one investment they can keep with less danger of Nazi :onfiscation . . . One member of he German embassy staff confided it dinner the other night that he vas yorried over Germany's loss f ships, because now perhaps Hit-er Hit-er wouldn't have enough ships lo and troops in England. |