Show weekly ekly news analysis nazi argentine trade plans plaits threaten Aine american rican program by joseph W la bine EDITORS NOTE when opinions ions are r expressed pr sf in these att columns cour nm tiey they are r those os of the if news bew analyst and not necessarily of cf the newspaper trade high pressure international sales salesmanship manship runs counter to the reciprocal trade program 7 of U S secretary of state cordell hull devoted to the cause of low tariffs and most favored nation pacts secretary hulls idealistic and honet honest efforts must compete with such devices as the german barter plan and a series of multicolored multi colored trade ideas which emerge annually from congress halls this month mr hull saw his beloved program threatened on several fronts argentine of all south american governments that at buenos aires is least friendly with the U S at limas pan american conference argentina spoiled president roose belts continental solidarity declaration la by charging that the d disgraceful s policy of dollar imperi imperialism al was still rampant but the real roots of this dislike are commonplace mon place things like hoof and mouth disease drouth and depression an agreement was reached in 1935 providing for U S import of cattle from argentine sections not infected with hoof and mouth disease but congress failed to ratify it in 1937 drouth and temporary U S prosperity forced heavy imports from argentina this business dropped with a thud in recession far faster than argentina curtailed her imports from the U S result has been a trade unbalance and subsequent strengthening of argentine exchange control against the U S encouraged by germanys germanas Germ anys increasing willingness to swap machinery for argentine foodstuffs this sen sentiment timen t reached a climax with argentinas Argen tinas declara K S ARMOURS PRESIDENT CABELL ile he didn dian t leant german harmonicas harmo nicas tion that imports from the U S must be reduced to the level of 1935 36 faced with a 4 40 0 per cent slash in exports secretary hull may be forced to dangle juicy trade plums before argentinas Argen tinas eyes seriously endangering the rest of his reciprocal program germany barter trade like nazi germanys germanas Germ anys is allowed in the U S provided it does not interfere with the most favored nation plan but artificial currency devices like german payment for U S goods with trade marks good only for purchase of nazi goods are taboo mid february found U S lard prices low and likely to drop still more when the spring hog run starts meanwhile germany hungered for fats putting two and two together german trade experts began contacting midwest packers to swap lard for machinery though the reich apparently progressed on two deals most packers turned their backs uninterested recalled was the experience of one firm which arranged a swap deal with germany several years ago only to find itself burdened with several thousand nazi harmonicas harmo nicas typical was the comment of R H cabell president of armour and company who dismissed the bid by simply stating that the big packing houses are not interested in in bartering but in the sale of products products at market rates next day packers were pleased to note that lard d futures were selling up but mr hull could not fail to note that the nazi program had made a mite of progress in his bailiwick agriculture crux of the cost of production farm bill now before congress is that domestically consumed p products r shall have a minimum price all surpluses would be dumped abroad for whatever they would bring whatever the bills merits mr hull presumably regards it as an artificial trade barrier in the field of agricultural trade which would be reflected in other branches of commerce if cost cosmot of production fails the state department must still hurdle a second new farm measure which would extend government 10 loans ans on three major crops cotton wheat corn equivalent to throe fourths the parity price an amount higher than the current market price farmers would then be expected to turn their crops over to the gov emment tor for the loan price domestically consumed products would sell at not ae less Ss than the loan price with surpluses the U S would attempt to recapture its lost foreign markets significance sig though world economic satisfaction must be a prelude to permanent world peace an important principle in the hull program each nation seeks to further its own admittedly selfish interest with self preservation as a justification still to come is the showdown in which nations will decide whether world problems will be settled via economic treaties at the expense of selfish aims or via force at another kind of expense orelain im d how the ivind is blotting MOVIES historically taboo motion pictures may now be shown in vermont on the sabbath under local option KNEES no clothing which exposed the knees could be worn in in provincetown Province town mass under an ordinance which was passed then withdrawn because no record was kept of the vote vole POKER U S card manufacturers report more women now play poker also that it may supplant bridge as no I 1 card game MEDICINE james B conant harvard president recommends one eight year course to replace two current four year courses for physicians defense last december president roose belts arms expansion program had more foes than friends in the still t to convene seventy sixth congress two months later it had more friends thanks to clever white house publicity maneuvers and a lot of saber rattling in europe the house passed to 15 an administration bill to spend extra on defense the next two years same day great britain voted about more for arms chief features are boosting the arm ardys Ys aviation force to first line planes and making the panama canal impregnable certain of passage was the vinson naval expansion bill to spend on naval air and submarine bases but there was little unity in this new strength closely allied to rearmament is the problem of U S military alliances with other democracies moc since the threat that inspired american rearmament is the same threat that makes france and britain jittery after a california air cras revealed U S manufacturers were selling military planes to france after president roosevelt denied telling a senate military affairs committee that U S frontiers are in france the white house congress foreign policy debate came out in full bloom questions 1 shall the U S keep its foreign policy secret 2 Is president roosevelt risking involvement in in war through secret international deals after a weeks debate there presumably s were no longer any secrets about either the french deal or the administrations foreign policy actual cause of the rumpus was apparently patently ly removed but not congressional resentment thundered Cali fornias sen hiram johnson no epithets applied to senators or newspapers will relieve the situation of its secrecy there is resentment among dihe the administration that anybody should ask the facts but if there I 1 arwil 0 IN y SENATOR JOHNSON tie lie resented white house resentment comes a war it will not be fought by the president alone facts themselves are startling faced with U S military orders under the new defense bill plane manufacturers already have their hands full with th export orders starting parting wit with h 2500 in 1938 1936 plane exports have roughly ro doubted doubled an nuary dually approximating this 18 year in inthe the past freight eight months 1200 an fn france fr and britain llave have ordered dered ships 1113 chief congressional ann wonder is is which orders will get precedence U S or foreign me while ro 1 aircraft firms are reluctant luc mean tant an to naj ex p ad their plants to satisfy prod u action allt requirements weme which be e 0 only t temporary emp may europe in modern europe no n month m anth is complete without its crisis janu arys crisis was prime minister neville Chambe chamberlains rains visit to rome februarys was the fall of barcelona and its decisive implications in march the crisis will again center on spain if three signs mean anything 1 germany and italy have helped insurgents win their ahelf battle thus tar far france and england siding with loyalists because they were anti fascist today with loyalists on the run britain has granted de facto recognition to gen francisco Francis cb francos insurgents encouraging france to fall in line obviously a policy of expediency ency the anglo fre french rich overture is accompanied by financial offers to help rebuild spain in wooing franco paris and london will positively arouse the he rome ome ber berlin n axis to new wrath 2 combined bombin ed british home hom e fleets will maneuver around gibraltar in march just as germany completes its most thorough mobilization since last autumns much feared troop concentration meanwhile italy is doubling its garrison in libya adjoining frances african tunisia as an admitted step in retaliation against reputedly increased tunisian garrisons 3 closer conformation of anglo french policy is seen in londona Lon dons declaration to help paris in event of war also in britaina Brit ains de facto recognition of insurgent spain while awaiting official french action such parallel policies coupled with the bold boid british decision to spend more on armament illustrate how Eu ropes two degen JOSE MIAJA his against moc are drawing closer together and preparing to meet the next totalitarian demands probably these demands will be italian te territorial ari claims against france corning coming immediately after the spanish war meanwhile that war has gone merrily on its way as gen jose miaja finds himself practically the boss of loyalist civil and military branches with an estimated unenthusiastic soldiers under his command general miaja recently heard that his friend general franco was about to charge against valencia and madrid with men labor in washington john L lewis could peek at the calendar for march realizing it probably held the fate of his congress for industrial organization at the core of trouble is united automobile workers of america torn during january when president homer martin simultaneously resigned and was booted from C 1 I 0 s executive board reason U A W underlings thought mr martin was conniving for personal control of ford motor companas comp anys heretofore independent labor vote while mr martin thought C 1 I 0 was turning communistic now split in two factions U A W opens a pro martin convention in detroit during early march and an anti martin parley in cleveland march 27 first victory was scored by the martin faction when property of U A W s plymouth local detroit was pulled from court custody and returned to martin cohorts still pending is a replevin suit instituted by anti martinates to rumors that he might lead U A W into alliance with william greens american federation of labor mr martin answered with an emphatic negative daily winning public support from such lewis henchmen as sidney hillman and philip murray mr martin stan stands d s a good chant chance e of emerging not only as undisputed head of U A wt W but as leader in a C 1 I 0 conservative movement people in M moscow 0 SCOW secretary earl browder of the american coan communist u n 1 st P party arty hailed president roose roosevelt v e 1 t cubas col fulgencio batista and medicos cos president lazaro cardenas as opponents of fascism to 0 breaking a bottle of charri champagne dedicate an a at new yorks world fair swimmer eleanor holm bolin was cut by hying flying glass 9 0 one hundred and two ye years ars old banker edmund J reardon of cambridge mass celebrated his birthday by staying away from the office 0 having too many other response res abilities bih bili ties president walter S gifford of the american telephone and telegraph company will resign as a director of the united states steel corporation 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