| Show Britain Buying Combat Planes in U. U S. S Hope Psycho Psycho- Psychological Psychological logical Effect on German People May Hasten Peace By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT ALLEN Few WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Few knew that Lord Riverdale co of Brit Brit- British British ish air defense was in Washington several days ago What Riverdale reported was that the French and British now have patched up their argument over strategy and the British have ac ac- accepted accepted ac- ac accepted the French thesis that in the thelast thelast thelast last analysis this war must be fought out in the air The factor which finally influenced this policy was the now recognized failure of the British blockade More and more German merchant ships have been slipping through As a result of all aU this Lord River- River Riverdale Riverdale Riverdale dale flew to Canada and the United States to arrange for the largest air air- airplane airplane airplane plane manufacturing campaign in inthe inthe inthe the history of the world In the United States alone Britain will buy combat planes Simultaneously the British are stepping up their own airplane pro pro- production production production now 1000 a month so that by March or April they will be turning out 2000 planes monthly One reason the British are particularly particularly particularly banking upon the American planes is because of their effect upon German psychology So far the German people have discounted any air offensive from the Allies However British government lead lead- leaders leaders leaders ers believe that not even the most efficient Nazi censors can keep from the German people the impact of 01 what the purchase of Ameri Ameri- American can planes will mean S e e eTHERE'S THERES THERE'S GOLD IN THEM GALS 9 J. J t xe Mrs bIrs Jock Ethel du Pont Doris Duke Whitney Cromwell Most interesting table at the Jack Jack- Jackson Jackson Jackson son day dinner was No 4 immedi immedi- immediately immediately immediately under President Roosevelt's nose and occupied by three of the wealthiest women in America They were Doris Duke Cromwell wife of the new minister to Canada and heiress of the vast Duke tobacco millions She is a contributor to the Roosevelt campaign fund Ethel duPont Roosevelt daughter- daughter law in-law of the President Her family owns the biggest munitions and chemical industry in the he world and controls the biggest automobile in in- industry General General Motors Mrs J Jock Whitney whose family owns part of Pan-American Pan airways and is one of the oldest of the First Sixty Families of America None over 30 years old together they have a finger in a sizeable amount of American wealth Yet they are great favorites with Roose Roose- velt And while Speaker Bankhead opined on the many liberal if not radical reforms of the New Deal these three looked very bored but very very beautiful S a 1 Florida Ship Canal Dynamic Senator Pepper of Florida Flor Flor- Florida Florida ida once again will bring the Florida ship canal before congress asking for action at this session Its proponents have a new argument argument argument ment and a new t y I money plan Their money plan has two alternatives One would be for forthe forthe forthe the federal gov gov- government government govi i to under under- underwrite underwrite underwrite write bonds of the Senator Pepper Florida ship canal authority The Theother Theother Theother other plan which plan which is preferred preferred- would be for to buy the bonds of the authority This could be done under existing powers of the Disclosed for the first time is the fact that last year a syndicate of British banks including the giant Midland bank offered to buy bonds of the canal to the total sum of sufficient to cover the entire cost of construction e e e Democratic Convention The Democratic national commit commit- committee tee meets on February 5 which is before the Republican national com com- committee committee committee meets That doesn't mean the Democrats have abandoned their determination to hold their convention after the Republicans However the Democratic strategy is not only to nominate after the G. G O. O P. P but even more Important to to force a Republican convention as late in the summer as possible The Democratic theory is the shorter the campaign the better |
