Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine I 1 battle to raise national debt makes new taxes impossible touchy topic in election year EDITORS NOTE 11 when ben opinions are express expressed eq in these columns they are those ot of the news analyst and not necessarily ot of this newspaper released byar by western estern newspaper union 3 N 4 3 HARRISON EARLY KING t fine his boss hopes great interest WHITE HOUSE budget next spring the national debt will reach its legal limit to circumvent the issue or force an increase through a hostile congress during an election year will provide such a test of political etiquette that the new deal will have little stomach for a tax boosting campaign if anything it will be smart politics to slash expenditures there were signs in late november that such attempts might be made one by one administration spokesmen purred for the press said is pat harrison chairman of the senate finance committee receipts are showing up fine the way they are coming in gladdens our hearts if we can cut down expenses somewhat we may get along without a tax bill said sen william king fresh from a white house conference the president evinced great interest in a policy that would prevent large deficits next came white house secretary steve early who has been reborn EUROPE mad war spies parachutes and trade conversations made bigger news than actual warfare as europe ended the third month of its strange war and if any deduction could be drawn from this mad sequence of illogical activity on a hundred fronts it was that europe is already pretty sick of war more and more convinced that nobody wins the new weapon wea pore adolf hitler threatened during his speech at danzig took form in a new sea mine mine F GEORG ELSER A detective thriller parachuted from airplanes presumably scores of these were dropped in the english channel the parachutes dissolving in one week they took a toll of 25 allied and neutral vessels britain retaliating by strengthening its blockade against the reich this was not too smart for london soon had the wrath of netherlands belgium and italy on her shoulders N f aberi e 4 aa senator carter glass of virginia told reporters 1 I know of no 10 man better qualified for the presidency than john N X garner or harry byrd his colleague from virginia wilhelm ex kaiser of germany narrowly missed injury when a sudden windstorm uprooted a tree one r minute after he had passed the spot tom ex kansas city boss now in leavenworth for evading income taxes was d denied eni ed parole mohandas gandhi indian leader demanded freed freedom om for his followers before india will aid britain in the war louis taber was reelected elected re master of the national grange as its convention closed at peoria chief resolution to force suspension of the U S reciprocal trade program lately as a spokesman while budget director harold D smith nodded his assent steve early pointed out that the president is considering sharp economies next year other leaders hoped to trim the deficit to between and last fiscal years deficit aside from all important political considerations prevailing whether the president sought a third term or tried to name his successor there were some honestly promising factors in the picture rolls stood at against a year ago business was better tack tax income if the present rate of increase is maintained would be higher next year but there was a less pleasant side to the picture national defense which last year cost may easily reach this year and would thus wipe out the boost in tax receipts relief costs are predicted at against this year yeah 1 a comparatively small cut summed up the budget will probably hit a rough which still fails to reverse the spending trend the allies were more successful in other othar branches of warfare no one knew how many french british planes had been lost but 20 nazi airships were allegedly shot down in two days warfare over the western front at sea the french destroyer sank two german submarines within three days while berlin was genuinely worried by disorders in the czech province where eight students had been purged the nazis were making the most of another disorder heinrich himmler chief of the feared tapo lapo announced simultaneously that a german named georg elser and two british intelligence officers mr best and captain stevens had been arrested in connection with the munich beer hall explosion which almost cost hillers Hit lers life elser is charged with the crime while the Britis hers were said to have financed it direct leadership say the nazis came from exiled otto strasser pioneer who soon became his bitter foe britain kept its tongue in cheek check throughout the affair for germany was obviously making the most of this detective thriller biggest mystery why should the british instigate a plot that would hitler german activity also had repercussions cus in the balkans when ru manias cabinet rejected nazi demands for a virtual monopoly on rumanian oil and raw materials premier constantin resigned his successor whose appointment was hailed as an allied victory is george Tata rescue former premier and a strong francophile agriculture farm vote in at least one mans opinion op m 1 on presidential campaign w will ill be won or lost in the farm vote addressing the national grange convention in peoria Or egons republican sen charles L mcnary himself a potential candidate outlined a three point program on which he said the G 0 P could win 1 equalize AAA benefit payments one weakness in the present plan he ban y al maintained SENATOR mcnary IS its dis crimination ile he had points point favoring a few commodities wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice four other products ranking head ahead a 0 of f these in production are dai dairy ry live tock stock s poultry and eggs and hogs 2 repeal the reciprocal trade pact said senator M mcnary canary while some industries may have by these agreements agreement st it has profited been at th the e soil expense of products of the 3 liberalize the public land policy to give the 14 land states a greater share of revenues from sale sal e of forests and razing grazing g on the pub 1 lie lic domain ASIA mr welles complains biggest actual news of japans war in china came from a budde suddenly aly developed front in southern kwa kwang ngsi si province see map where nipponese staged a blit blitzkrieg krieg to sever chinas cainas rail connections with french indochina indo china thus tokyo hoped to starve the government erdmen t into submission expecting no protests either from britain or france both these nations had their hands full at home nanning where the supply route was to be cut held out valiantly and hopelessly against the invader meanwhile japan gloated over reports that her puppet chinese government ern ment soon to be established under former chinese premier wang ching wei will be recognized by it C H I 1 N A t V C HN A N LINE FROM SOUTH nanning arash me I 1 w SURMA ENCK H NA al 1 SIA SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN the U S aas harder to um win aly and germany even britain trying to make friends in the far east was rumored about to capitulate but jap premier nobuyuki abe realized chinese resistance was not easily broken threatened he japan will keep troops there until china is entirely free from the communist menace another menace was the U S at washington undersecretary of state told his press conference that americans in china especially at the british concession are being molested by the japs he also emphasized that the U S still insists its citizens have every right t to pursue their commercial enterprises in china regardless of japans highly touted ne new w order this looked looked bad fo for r U S jap trade relations which tokyo hopes can be smoothed over before the present treaty is abrogated january 26 although premier abe hoped these relations could be adjusted before the deadline it hardly looked like washington was in a mood to talk business miscellany eighth wonder fonder at gillespie ill labors rival C 1 I 0 and A F of L staged an eighth wonder of the world by operating cooperating co in a coal mine dispute said A F of L s david reed heed without precedent the time has ended when companies can play one labor oi organization against the other is corn 41 L also at washington secretary of agriculture henry wallace announced corn loans at 57 cents a bushel 70 per cent of estimated 82 cent parity price forecast that more than last years bushels will be placed under seal through the new program |