Show weekly news review deview Ger germans germains maits poles hungarians Hung arians covet part of 01 czech nation by joseph W la bine I 1 A C of RACIAL minorities 9 alm aft ca 0 3 CM M POLES W 0 13 Z A 41 A T H V A 11 y czechoslovakia AND HER minorities distribution foreign after 20 years of peace we etere oler taken by a violent crisis dynamic political forces from brorn neighboring states slates threatened our lands england and france two democracies informed us its that arbitration could riot not solve the difficulty the government could do nothing but accept the suggestion of the two pointers nothing else remained because we were alone thus to her angry downhearted populace little czechoslovakia explained why borderlands were being ceded to germany two tx vo days had passed since faithless england and france had capitulated to fuehrer adolf hillers Hit lers demand for immediate release of the german czechs czecho whose protests have kept europe in a dither all summer further delay would bring invasion it was the better part of valor to surrender the terms predominantly german areas would be ceded immediately while part german areas would be given a plebiscite in return adolf hitler would join in guaranteeing czechoslovakian future but even while europe began breathing easier new troubles were brewing mostly caused by the hopeless conglomeration of nationalities from which the czech nation was carved 20 years ago see slap the troubles in prague itself democracy gave way to semi dictatorship as premier milan hodyas cabinet resigned replaced by that of gen jan one eyed army chief meanwhile blood splattered throughout sudetia eudetia as czech troops quelled nazi riots in warsaw was heard a growing cry for liberation of poles in the beschen belt which poland lost to czechoslovakia in 1920 in ill buda budapest est hungarians Hungki Hung arians and demand ed annexation of magyars magyari in czech territory contiguous to hungary in treviso italy premier benito musso mussolini lin I 1 decided treaties mean nothing in modern europe therefore urged complete split up of czechoslovakia to satisfy czechs czecho germans magyars magyari Magy ars poles Ruthen ians meanwhile britaina Brit ains prime minister neville chamberlain and frances premier edouard deladier Da ladier ate crow in paris a crisis threatened in protest against the franco british scheme whose stench almost paralleled that of the notorious hoare laval plan for ethiopians partition three cabinet members resigned in london where the sellout created equal protest neville chamberlain had good reason to worry about his job As the prime minister boarded his plane for Go desberg germany and his second conference with adolf hitler in a weeks time there were some indications that der fuehrer might eventually reject the settlement might demand complete division of czechoslovakia among germany poland and hungary only definite fact was that germany had bluffed her way into eu ropes no 1 position relegating both france and england to the classification of second rate powers domestic new england had already weathered three days of rain when tropical storm warnings were posted on Flo east coast by midnight the hurricane was safely past florida far at sea next morning jacksonville warned north carolinas capes but high tides and wind had already spread the word by noon the weather bureau at washington ordered storm warnings posted from atlantic city to eastport East port me by late afternoon the storm hit long islands fashionable west a 90 mile wind a 40 foot tidal wave luxurious homes on the sand dunes were blown to sea and bodies were scattered for miles along the beach the storms full force had struck the island from montauk down to queens and brooklyn roaring across long island sound it brought flood wind and fire to connecticut in a night of horror that cost at providence R I 1 waves that broke 1000 feet into the city left 25 feet of water in some streets st neets ets by the time it reached massachusetts our days of rain had already swollen rivers to flood stage As only a hurricane can it ripped northward into new hampshire ham P and vermont thence acro across ss to montreal where it took two more lives before playing out behind was of amazing desolation that stretched across six states next day began the biggest re habilitation job since spring floods with more than dead with property damage standing above with thousands homeless many communities were so hopelessly shattered they could not help themselves to the rescue came the red cross U S coa coast st guard and while from washington president roosevelt ordered all federal agencies to give every possible assistance 0 shortly alter after midnight southern pacifica chicago bound californian pulled onto a siding at tortuga calif making way for the los angeles bound argonaut though brakeman eric L jacobson threw the switch argonaut thundered through crashed headon head on into the californian to kill 12 injure told that he had opened a closed switch brakeman jacobson became hysterical shrieked over and over im not crazy but I 1 dont know why I 1 did it politics all summer the U S has waited for franklin roosevelt to say yes or no regarding his third term candidacy only known facts were 1 that he would retire if a strongly liberal congress approved his legislative program by 1940 and 2 that having control over the democratic party he would then be able to name his successor thus it was obvious why he strove to defeat such obstructionist senators as iolas gillette south carolinas smith rylands Ma tydings and georgias george but by last week as primary season closed the presidents only ma 1 1 1 1 1 1 M NEW YORKS OCONNOR biggest fish fh in a summers angling jor success had been against new yorks rep john J oconnor defeated by administration blessed james H fay one legged war veteran though representative oconnor won republican nomination he entered both tickets candidate fay is is a safe bet next november since he carries both american labor party and democratic endorsement since little john oconnor was the biggest fish franklin roosevelt has been able to hook in a summers angling at best his so called 64 purge was only 25 per cent successful cess ful this means the presidents program will not be completed by 1940 also that his tremendous personal popularity would bog down if he attempted to choose his successor though he can win votes for himself he cannot do it for others apparently two choices remain open either franklin roosevelt will run for democratic or he will head a new third thi rd party a step not considered unlikely in view of his recent promise to support liberals whether democratic or 0 in massachusetts ex gov james M curley cur le y staged a comeback won democratic D M c r a tic gubernatorial nomination over the incumbent gov charles F hurley opposing him next november will be 46 year old leverett liberal republican who scored three times the vote of his three opponents combined 9 41 in wisconsin where popular gov go V phillip F lafollette could be beaten only by a democratic republican fusion ticket against the powerful progressive party novembers gubernatorial race will again find three candidates governor lafollette democratic robert rob ert henry republican julius P heil most interest will center in the senatorial campaign where democratic sen F ryan dully duffy must face republican alexander wiley and progressive herman L ekern currently lieutenant governor business foremost among american indus arys problem children are the railroads who jointly fell oooo short of earning fixed charges during first six months whose proposed 15 per cent pay cut a year is met by labors allegation of financial mismanagement and overcapitalization last spring almost simultaneous with the wage cut announcement congress received rail legislation but tabled it on the insistence of ins sen robert M lafollette who argued that pay cuts and government aid do not go together I 1 called for october 1 was a general railroad strike which under federal legislation can be averted 30 days while a presidential fact finding committee deliberates 30 more days after its report is submitted though president roosevelt plans to follow this procedure he began thinking early in september in broader terms than a strike to I 1 the white house were summoned I 1 three experts of rail management union pacifica carl gray pennsyl M W clement southern pacifica E C norris morris and three experts of rail labor railway employees B M jewell firemen engine men brotherhoods Brothe D B robertson railway labor executives george M harrison their job to draft for next winters congress a long range rehabilitation plan for the industry one third of which is now bankrupt though the president obviously hoped to avert a rail strike by promising legislation though steadily increasing plus the pro of business recovery gave promise of obviating a w wage age cut labor remained adamant at the committees first session its three experts told managements three experts that no legislation could be talked until wage cut demands were dropped international early in depression it became apparent that permanent recovery was a worldwide world wide proposition thus since 1931 each year has brought an international management congress which woos international prosperity through means that have thus far failed to win international peace namely operation cooperation co to washington for this years congress came 2000 executives and management experts but a fortnight ago after the first days session sion it was plain that the weight of american delegates would change an impersonal discussion of business ills into a field day for protests against what U S industry considers its no 1 foe the new deal from frances alex brule came the simple analysis that most of managements problems are reducible to human problems germanys germanas Germ anys dr gorg seebauer was interested in the social aspects of scientific management but one U S speaker after another found reason to lay american business ills at the white house door samples johns manviller lewis H brown adding to the misunderstandings between business and government is our present confused state of mind we are torn between contradictions tra dictions houses A W robertson management must struggle to maintain the cause of free enterprise in in a world threatened by too much regimentation labors complaint came from robert J watt U S workers delegate to the international labor office my message to management is that you can have discipline and responsibility within unions as soon as you stop waging war against them and give your workers a chance to develop their own patterns of discipline and responsibility s soundest advice of all came from william allen alien white wizened editor of the emporia kan gazette who A EDITOR WHITE capital just plain dumb spanked both capital and lab labor or while speaking as a representative of the public editor white to capital you were shortsighted short sighted for not seeing that the eight hour day was coming you had to fight it every inch and make the consuming public think you were greedy you were just dumb editor white to labor the proper business of a labor union is to get higher wages better hours and good shop conditions but when labor en masse plunks its vo vote te for its own political party then the spir spirit it of loyalty begins to obscure labors objectives jec tives next day secretary of commerce daniel C roper promised less P government interference with business |