| Show weekly news review 6 international Lawlessness 9 deplored by secretary hit hull uy ily joseph W balline international last week as neurotic europe jit and shivered adolf hitler led troops through unprecedented maneuvers in england there were signs that neville chamberlains ber lains kid glove policy toward germany and england was breaking down clown in shanghai japan made hold bold advances on the international settlement see below into such a troubled world stepped U S secretary of state cordell huu hull to deplore once again the tide of lawlessness A good maker of points statesman hull listed a sev en point international program to CORDELL HULL a narrow mental horizon accomplish this aim 1 economic reconstruction 2 adherence to international ter law 3 observance of treaties and their orderly modification when necessary 4 abstention from use of force 5 non n tion w with th other nations internal affairs 6 disarmament 7 collaboration tor for culture to america mr hulls speech bras was a warning that U S isolation is is no longer possible to european chancel lories it was intended to be a pep talk for internationalism but as comment drifted back home next day from london berlin paris rome and tokyo it appeared mr hull had only made his friends dearer made his enemies stronger berlin spoke of his narrow mental horizon rome called him idealistic and impracticable tokyo said his speech was a repetition of his idealistic diplomacy which contains nothing not included in recent pronouncements but from ally hungry paris and london came only praise two days later franklin roosevelt found occasion to make another official U S utterance on democracy vs dictatorship at Ont arios queens university where he got an honorary degree the president 1 extended the monroe doctrine to canada by promising that the people of the U S will not stand idly by if domination of canadian soil is threatened by another empire and 2 took a slap at hitler mussolini et al by remarking we cannot prevent our people from having an opinion in regard to wanton brutality undemocratic regimentation misery inflicted on helpless peoples to france this thi S was proof that the democracies of the world are standing together forein foreign last february 20 dapper anthony eden resigned as britaina Brit ains foreign secretary because he believe in consorting with dictators but prime minister neville chamberlain set out to make friends with adolf hitler and benito mussolini appointed as edens successor was viscount halifax next came conversations at berlin and rome a british italian friendship pact a plan to take foreigners out of the spanish war an avowal of peace from hitler until last fortnight neville chamberlain was a success at winning friends and influencing people but a few days later his house of cards collapsed italy began anti british propaganda despite her friendship agreement hitler massed men for war maneuvers despite his peace avowal generalissimo francisco franco rebel commander balked at eliminating foreign fighters presumably on advice from berlin and rome what was still more disheartening viscount halifax met secretly with opinionated anthony eden and was reported ready to resign some thought neville chamberlain might also resign placing weather beaten sir samuel hoare in line for the premiership 0 at cologne an antiaircraft anti aircraft gun was planted in front of the U S consulate barking every 20 minutes at an imaginary enemy in the sky throughout germany troop trains pulled reserves to the borders of france poland and Czecho czechoslovakia czechoslovak slova kia for adolf hillers Hit lers 15 day war maneuvers from many points foreign observers sent word of wholesale rebellion among workers drafted for state tasks nowhere was this nazi show of power more keenly felt than in little czechoslovakia where troops were secretly mobilized to forestall a sudden invasion move by germany meanwhile En glands lord runciman made little progress in his mission to settle the scrap between loyal czechs czecho and pro nazi germans As negotiations tiati ons reached an impasse su aeten ernst kundt warned the government that the gap is unbridgeable 0 fortnight ago chinese nationalists in shanghai celebrated the first anniversary ot of japans invasion by raising flags and waging guerrilla warfare result was an invasion of shanghais Shan ghais international settlement by jap secret service agents who were promptly spanked and sent home last week two french soldiers were seized and taken to the japanese embassy where they were held despite protests though shanghai itself now lives peacefully under tokyo rule the foreign owned international settlement houses chinese still loyal to generalissimo chiang kai sh shek ek shanghai diplomats feared that japan might attempt to seize the settlement a move that would se send nd U S great britain and france into an outraged uproar meanwhile tokyo tightened its belt once more taking more economy measures to speed up the war in in china bankow long sought objective jec tive still remained miles away from war weary nipponese business last week secretary of state cordell hull reported satisfactory progress with his reciprocal trade treaty program whereby the U S becomes most favored nation with a host of governments then came a stumbling block thrown in his path not by a foreign power but by mr hulls next door neighbor secretary of agriculture henry wallace in all the world there ther e are wheat surpluses of million bushels of this the U S has million canada million easily the biggest competitors in wheat export business north americas good neighbors have made price cutting moves against each other to sell a major part of the million bushels the world export market needs this year what secretary wallace suggested last week was an understanding on wheat export policy with the canadian government which has pegged no I 1 wheat ata minimum minima of 81 cents a bushel and agreed to absorb losses connected with export business after he reaches an agreement secretary wallace hopes to make a similar provision for U S exports subsidy money to come from customs receipts determined to dispose of at least million bushels on the export market this year secretary wallace might easily disrupt the reciprocal trade treaty by underbidding under bidding nations now operating under agreements with secretary hull politics this year more than ever state primary campaigns have brought complaints of dirty poker in kentucky both sen albert alben barkley and gov A B happy chandler were accused of misusing federal and state funds to influence voters investigating such charges last week sen morris Sh eppards committee on campaign expenditures found a particularly juicy morsel uncovered in pennsyl pennsylvania v ania were letters carrying sen joseph F guf feys signature urging work I 1 N pennsylvanian PENNSYL GUFFEY ile arole too many letters ers to contribute to campaign chests ches ts of gov george A earle running for the senate senat e and C alvin jones running for governor section of the U S criminal code forbids solicitation by a federal officeholder of political funds from any person receiving federal compensation vehemently de denying nying the charge senator guffey Guf feys s secretary nevertheless sped word across the atlantic to his boss who is touring europe 0 in wyoming a quiet primary gov leslie A miller naming nels 11 II smith is as his republican opponent next november also was Wyo only representative paul R greever who will face frank 0 horton personal friend of herbert hoover crime in september 1934 the body of a headless woman was washed ashore on Clev elands lake erie front door the next three and one halt half years produced nine more hea headless adless bodies seven ol of them men two of them women in each case clues were maddeningly absent always the same mutilation and ca cleavage bavage of bodies always the papers and bo boxes es into which the pieces were packed always the hopelessness of identification fi I 1 last week rummaging around a lake front dump police stumbled ori on an eleventh victim headless like the rest four hours of patient examination brought no clues A few hours later crowds swarmed over the dump uncovered a twelfth torso both were women one may have been a negro As police continued to seek the mad butcher of kingsbury run they knew only that he was a surgically skilled maniac who a apparently P par has no other motive except a fiendish desire to dissect human bodies sports in new yorks madison square garden fight fans saw dusky henry armstrong enter a boxing ring wearing two crowns world featherweight world welterweight in another corner sat lou ambers wearing one crown world work I 1 lightweight for 15 rounds they fought at terrific pace as henry armstrong clearly held the edge in the fifth ambers dropped under a crushing right in the sixth he dropped again under a fusillade of rights but in the thirteenth he fought armstrong to a standstill at fights end henry armstrong armstron 9 left the ring wearing three crowns instead of two the first man in boxing history to hold three titles at one time but from the audience came jeers boos catcalls cat calls straw hats cigar butts and pop bottles domestic 1 I am quite confident that he is superior a in n learning and ability to anyone else available and that his character is equal to his gifts lie ile has been a dear friend of mine for many years but I 1 am confident that the judgment I 1 express is not the child but the parent of my affection thus in 1932 wrote the late beloved justice oliver wendell holmes regarding Harv ards felix frankfurter whom he wanted appointed to the massachusetts supreme court but famed jurist frankfurter declined the offer and ir an 0 00 5 mcw 4 41 1 FELIX frankfurter ile is superior in learning justice holmes died so did another great liberal justice benjamin cardozo to fill justice cardozos Cardo zos post was a job confronting franklin roose velt last week since the court already has a liberal majority he would not find it necessary to consider that factor some thought a westerner should have the job for reasons of geographical distribution others thought it should go to a jew or catholic for religious reasons though no appointment was expected before congress reconvenes pro frankfurter sentiment was growing rapidly in washington first to climb the bandwagon was braskas nebraskan Ne sen george norris most observers thought felix frankfurter would make a good addition to the high court army last week as adolf hitler paraded his manpower before the world and En glands leslie hore balisha began streamlining great britaina Brit ains army many an american wondered about his own national defense to their surprise investigators ti learned that U S army officials are placing an accent on youth are moreover tightening efficiency fici ency strings new regulations require periodic reports on major generals and officers below that grade and because a score of majors and brigadier generals reach retirement age this year a wholesale f fling ing of upper ranks is in progress but to maj gen george var van H horn orn moseley atten attending ding third army maneuvers at camp bullis texas officers were only part of the problem said he the no I 1 problem facing the united states today from a military standpoint is manpower which is the worst in our history there are five reasons in in this order graft crime health illiteracy and venereal disease |
