Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JO JOSEPH SE W 7 labine mid june ad adjournment ourn ment i n t fought OU by conar congressional b ess ional peace bloc 1 all summer session forecast EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they hey and not necessarily of this newspaper are those of the news analyst copyright 1939 CONGRESS three months to go co long congressional sessions handicap U S business but self esteem ing legislators also think their presence in washington helps stop an impulsive president from sticking his foot into Eu ropes pie when Alaba mas sen john bankhead offered a resolution scrapping controversial legislation to guarantee june 15 adjournment there were enough objections to constitute a very vocal peace bloc retorted texas sen tom connally congress ought to stay right here until all danger of involving the united states in war has disappeared no one can determine the question of war or peace but congress and I 1 know the people do not want war but war is only one of several major issues confronting a congress which did little during its first four months and which cannot hope to adjourn with anything like a good record before mid august problems and their status defense neutrality and armament are no I 1 issues of the no I 1 problem after weeks of tes testimony TEXAS TOM CONNALLY congress out to stay slay right here senate and house investigators seem compromised on the adain admin administrations 1 i stra cash and carry neut neutrality bality to permit arms sales to warr warring ing nations probable modifications 1 elimination of a clause forcing the president to invoke neutrality within 30 days 2 insertion of a clause permitting continued shipping to outskirts of a belligerents territory if outside the danger zone since england and france wo would ul d control the atlantic in wartime thus being enabled to pay cash and carry off U S arms the bill would subtly answer fuehrer hillers Hit lers snub of president roosevelt but japan hillers Hit lers friend could control the pacific which neutralizes the effect of neutrality defense attention focuses on aviation the president asking congress for to expand th the e ardys air corps and bolster panama canal fortifications meanwhile col charles A lindbergh has urged immediate expansion of aviation research facilities in which the U S now trails germany britain italy and france As a result congress will probably get requests for more aviation funds A third defense proposal 1 nevadas sen key pittman urges extension of the U S coastal boundary from three to twelve miles thereby facilitating resistance to an enemy blockade social security recommendations of the house ways and means committee headed by north carolinas rep robert L D doughton ou gaton 1 a top limit of w wages ages subject to payroll contributions for unemployment compensation 2 reduction of 3 per cent unemployment compensation tax in states which have built adequate reserve funds 3 payment of old age annuities starting in 1940 instead of 1942 4 liberalization of U S grants for aid to dependent children creating a contributory status 5 exemption from social security of students ts and nominally paid employees of nonprofit non profit organizations total estimated annual saving to industry and labor via the doughton program taxation adjournment b bound 0 u n d sen alben W barkley predicts t tax ax revision would necessitate an all summer session moreover says it will do business no particular good to be kept in suspense about new tax possibilities his forecast that the house will simply extend tend nuisance s a nce taxes and the undivided profits levy the latter expiring thi this S year and currently yielding abo about ut this brought retort fro from m mr doughton whose ways and means committee has not at abandoned hope of genet general al tax revision ion the problem p resident president rosevelt and his coh cohorts orta have agreci I not to shift 30 10 ad irm afe shoulders to small ones also that federal revenues cannot be reduced the only solution reshuffle taxes on big corporations po rations relief rebel democrats and all republicans are fighting the presidents 1940 relief budget of 1750 partly for economys sake and partly because the white house insists on keeping intact under several pending bills would be abolished and much of t the e relief load returned to states labor act modifications in the wag wagner act to pacify business were promised before the U S chamber of of commerce by braskas nebraskan Ne sen edmund burke by early may almost anost a month of committee hearings had netted nothing not already known 1 that A F of L and business oppose the present act 2 that C 1 I 0 favors it it railroads though it is a major economic problem which almost caused a national crisis last f tall a 11 until legislative reform promises stilled an amplo employer yer employee squabble rail rehabilitation is well buried in committee som some e think the iss issue ue may be compromised in the interest of a shorter session EUROPE appeasement again moons may come and go before the world knows exactly why russian foreign minister maxim litvinoff retired at the crucial moment of anglo french soviet solidarity conversations but there is every reason to believe french british treachery is responsible the argument russia sought an all embracing military alliance with the two democracies moc meaning all three three must march if adolf hitler carried out his threat to occupy danzig in defiance of the poles but britain and france have never opposed german occupation of danzig indeed a growing appeasement bloc allegedly including prime minister chamberlain ber lain has hoped the reich would satisfy its thirst by taking danzig thus the broadest pact france and britain would offer russia was a series of unilateral guarantees to poland and rumania the soviet to aid only if the other two powers had already gone to the assistance of those countries hence it was obvious that anglo french offers were hesitant halfhearted half hearted and a product of necessity rather than desire maxim Litvin offs release was the answer litvinoff is part jew hated by ger germany any for his antinazi anti nazi and pro league of nations beliefs his successor 49 year old premier bolotoff Mo lotoff is a military minded no I 1 aide to joseph stalin thus the development paris and london fear most becomes becom es significantly antly possible A russo ger man alliance which would dominate all europe since dictator stalin recently charged capitalistic powers are trying to force germany and ru russia S sia into a needless war and S since trice hillers Hit lers latest speech lacked its ts usual strong attack on the soviet 1 ap I 1 r IVIO LOTOFF A change of policy too loo this possibility is the more important adding to democratic woe is the R notable success in neutralizing all scandinavia and the baltic states though denmark finland norway and sweden will probably refuse non aggression pacts as superfluous these c countries have given neutrality assurances and thus helped crack the encirclement ring which britain and france thought they had t thrown around the reich lith lithuanian banias neutrality was guaranteed at the time memel went back to germany and other tiny baltic states estonia and latvia are arc expected to fall in line in the balkans collapse of R russian english begot negotiations i actions would ae leave ave antinazi anti nazi rumania greece and turkey inse insecure cure probably forcing them into the german influence sphere of observers believe the outcome may now be german cu of danzig in occupation return for rit orial integrity territorial the reich guarantees to ou all n neighbors which is exactly what hitler offered in his reichstag speech BUSINESS chamber complains early this spring president roosevelt declined a bid to address the U S chamber of commerce convention ven tion knowing fuu full well his new deal would be hung in effigy the presidents idea was right after five days of speechmaking speech making during which new yorks new cealish rep sol bloom was booed bloed from the dinner ne r table because he said business men should be glad to pay taxes for the privilege of living in a free country the schism between white house and big business was wider than ever Key keynotes keynoted noted chamber president george H davis kansas city grain man it seems that the greatest A i 4 i GEORGE U H DAVIS Ditis diemont ions discord antagonism concern is to create divisions between groups to incite discord dis cord between management and w worker antagonism between haves and have nots bots 1 11 followed hugh S magill magi 11 of chicago president of the american federation of investors 1 I am convinced that the great body of prudent hardworking hard working men and women for whom I 1 would speak are refusing to put their dollars to work because they know from experience that when debts are incurred they must be paid if credit is to be maintained A good sample of several programs which chamberlen cham bermen will offer direct to congress stepping 0 ver over the president was the five point plan of chairman john W oleary of the executive committee 1 remove 1 uncertainties caused by superfluous government cont control rol 2 revise dissension creating labor laws 3 revise tax laws to follow the rule of revenue purposes rather than reform 4 stop needless spending to bring approach to a balanced budget 5 modify restrictive strict ive laws to restore flow of capital chamberlen Cham bermen presented t their h e i r plans to congress over the banquet table announced as the convention opened was a series of 26 dinners in which representatives of various branches of industry laid their complaints directly before well fed congressmen and senators PEOPLE latest chapter 41 most thoroughly bandied about international ter rumor the past two years has been that the duke and duchess of windsor would either return to england or visit the U S probably both latest chapter on leaving a paris showing of the american movie withering Wu Wil heights the duke was overheard to tell son james roosevelt well we will be seeing you in new york POLITICS parley farley forecast verified A master politician jim parley farley called the turn in 1938 when hopeless republicans carried but two states in the presidential election recently the master spoke again warning his democratic colleagues that 1940 will bring a hard fight and that no landslide m may ay be expected verification of the farley forecast came but a few days later when the american institute of public opinion headed by dr george t gallup polled the nation to discover vin r that 52 per cent expect republicans b to win in 1940 |