Show weekly news analysis papal election thought retort against dictator interference by Jose joseph plit W la bine EDITORS NOTE when opinions are M a expressed ap r ed PS in iff these INOT AM ColU columns y a they the y ire are those 01 ol 01 the 1 h ra 0 sews e w 11 1 a 1 analyst at and 1 not net 1 necessarily of 1 the he v e w p religion As eugenio cardinal pacelli pope pius XII was vatican se secretary cre tary ot of state and an important mediator in many a european squabble his two most notable achievements were 1 leadership in the world war settlement attempt of pope benedict XV and 2 consummation of the concordat that brought peace between the vatican and italy his t POPE PIUS XII despite count ciano and germany most difficult job was negotiating a treaty with protestant russia in 1929 a feat that won him the red cap of cardinal when pietro gasparri retired in 1929 when pope pius XI died last february 9 secretary of state pacelli immediately became camerlengo camer iengo interim chief of the roman catholic church until the college of cardinals could name a successor internationally tio nally better known than any other potential candidate cardinal lis name was immediately bandied about as the most likely successor this despite his confessed longing to lead the contemplative life of a monk despite rumors that his selection would be none too welcome by totalitarian German yand italy if cardinal pacelli had never admitted anti dictator sentiments italian foreign minister count cianos newspaper il II lost no time pointing out that a pacelli appointment would be unwelcome in rome in germany another newspaper das schwarze korps chimed in at the vatican german ambassador carl ludwig diego von bergen told the college that his nation was assisting at the elaboration of a new world t and that the papacy without doubt has an essential role though conceivably unrelated to these events cardinal Pa cellis elevation to the papacy might be in direct retaliation against two governments ern ments which saw fit to interfere with church affairs A further possibility lity is that the rome berlin axis erred diplomatically to such an extent that the college of cardinals felt obliged to appoint an experienced statesman who could deal with herr hitler and signor signer mussolini europe britaina Brit ains chief reason for backing down at munich was subsequent easements appeasements app have grown noticeably smaller as reah rearmament cament was sped in january prime minister chamberlain gave nary an inch at rome 1 in febuary february he openly announced plans to aid france in war and to win the new spain away from fascist domination shortly after general francos government was recognized the army navy and air ministers stepped before parliament to outline how their share of britaina Brit ains largest budget since the world w war ar more th than in will be e spent t how army navy and air expenses will mount is shown by the follow ing estimated budgets compared with the current fiscal year 2938 39 army navy aviation tl not included is some going for civilian defense bringing the total armament outlay to more than or more than the government will spend for all other purposes combined specifically army standing at a new peacetime peace time high various army units will be boosted by about during the coming fiscal year increases are planned both at home and in colonies navy fearing german U boats english australian south african and hong kong ports will be secured against submarines and mine layers layer s canada may purchase a naval flotilla leader to head its fleet of six destroyers six new motor torpedo boats are being shipped to hong kong planned construction 20 fast escort vessels two battleships one aircraft carrier four cruisers 16 destroyers 30 smaller craft aviation personnel will rise from to four times the 1934 total of by march 31 a total of 1750 first line planes will be ready with production paced at a month against an estimated in germany within a year the air ministry expects 2840 first line planes civilian fifty million civilian gas masks toy gas helmets for babies and masks for children are on the list some sandbags sandbars sand bags are on hand with ordered special electrical equipment is planned and crisis organization is being completed der tag whose fear is cespon responsible for this preparation meanwhile remains at fLir flirting tine 0 distance points of potential trouble between france and italy over mediterranean demands have grown more prominent italy has repatriated her nationals in france ousted french newspaper men won polish allegiance away from france and hastened mobilization one new garrison is reportedly established at genoa only miles from nice meanwhile spain emerges in clear focus as the new center of european balance relief everyone knows relief costs much more today than in 1929 everyone knows too that president roose belts dream of an oooo national annual income may mean little even if it does come true since increased governmental cos costs ts would eat up the profits how much relief costs have gained how much national income has dropped dropp ed is shown in reports of the social security board see graphs but far more impressive were facts fact not shown in the report namely that a noticeable share of DIVIDENDS INTEREST CAPITAL INCOME 20 compensation TO EMPLOYEES 1929 INCOME relief cost case only 1 per cent or W as shown by tiny piece of pie pe DIVIDENDS INTEREST CAPITAL INCOME compensation TO EMPLOYEES 1938 INC INCOME olIU relief cost 58 per cent I 1 or not to including administrative costs since total income smaller than 1929 s percentage for relief relict is actually ally larger than shown in pie national income came not from private rip initiative but from government aid for example even the total reli relief ef expense was included as was spent f for r war veteran payments emergency subsistence payments to farmers are also counted in darkening the picture still more are estimates that total relief costs would have mounted to instead of only ed had federal state and local administrative costs been included moreover since national income was more than 14 under the growth growth of relief cos cost t over this period was bigger than shown labor for two years labors ill starred dove of peace has sought a resting place hovering over the battleground of john lewis congress for industrial organization and william greens american federation of labor this month for three reasons the dove hovers nearer earth but there is still no indication that peace will come via mutual conse consent nt a more likely solution is victory for the A F of L thanks to growing antic anti C 1 I 0 sentiment welling up since homer martin split the united automobile workers during january the three indications of a showdown supreme court the much cussed national labor relations board allegedly proc pro C 1 I 0 was rebuffed in three supreme court decisions which effectively banned the sit down strike specifically the two major decisions ruled 1 that chi cagos fansteel metallurgical corporation po ration could not be compelled to DANIEL TOBIN the peacemaker eschewed peace rehire participants in the notorious 1937 sit down and 2 that NLRB has misruled mis ruled in charging a cleveland firm with unfair labor practices for dealing with one set of organized workers after failing to reach an agreement with another set f since C I 1 0 s most successful weapon has been discredited C I 1 0 itself is thereby discredited but john lewis organization has already attained a big measure of success so this effect is unimportant greater by far is the blow to prestige to be reflected in congress during the next few weeks wagner act C 1 I 0 has stood pat against amending the labor act and well it might since most NLRB decisions have been favorable chief sentiment for change has come from A F of L which lost prestige by NLRB decisions and employers who claim the act discriminates crimi nates against them adding its voice is the public which apparently dislikes the idea of giving NLRB jurisdiction which traditionally has belonged to the courts revision of the wagner act is the no I 1 certainty of this years congress probably stripping NLRB of its power and establishing another tribunal more to the liking of conservative serva tive elements how C 1 I 0 would suffer how A F of L would gain by this move is strikingly obvious peace talks encouraged by court rulings and public sentiment A F of L could afford to accept president Roosevel ts current labor peace bid with re reservations ons hope ope of the administration is t that hat labors two factions will settle their dispute in conference precluding a fiery congressional debate over wagner act changes but mr roosevelt had not counted on such independence as that of william green and daniel tobin A F of L stalwarts stal warts appointed a delegate to the peace talks mr tobin refused to attend on the excuse th that at he had too much work A more logical reason is t that hat mr tobin famed as a peacemaker failed to see a chance for harmony it was recalled that at last autumns houston A F of L convention he argued for arbitration provided the points do not involve fundamental laws of the organizations the same feeling of futility probably led mr green to demand that senate labor committee hearings on the wagner act be continued not postponed until after the conference recognizing a good chance for congressional gres siona I 1 victory A F of L is is probably willing t to 0 junk the peace talks and play eve every ry card while the time is ripe |