| Show J WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH IF labine Us S scorns neutrality policy in sympathizing with finland russia moves against rumania in these columns they expressed EDITORS NOTE when opinions are and not necessarily of this newspaper are those of the news analyst Tte ati pT leased i by y western newspaper union w international tears for finland this month the communist par tys magazine in moscow agitators companion pointed out that president roosevelt is more and more siding eiding with the incendiaries of war var that american imperialists are dreaming of world mastery and that american business is sparing no effort to save european capitalism this jibe with the republican bartys ideas or with those of americas president though each was ivas fighting the other over an international inter international ter national red herring namely the 4 i THE map alap circulating in europe shows this to be the dit division ision of baltic and scandinavian nations planned by russia and germany ermany git alting ing the reich hall half of sweden correct U S attitude concerning kussial Rus kus sias invasion of finland the E G 0 P was obviously making a political issue of mr roo Roosevel sevel ts re lasal to recall laurence ambassador to moscow white house spokesmen argued plausibly that this be neutral but it made little difference everybody the president down was already siding with little finland so boldly that what few iso remained were alarmed the president publicly condemned dussias Rus sias aggression but indicated tio nothing thing would be gained gaine d by severing relations he next talked about it joint pan american declaration rebuffing the soviet which was merely a political move to offset republican criticism finally 0 he decided Fin lands december 15 war debt payment of ought to be turned over to and expended through the american red cross to purchase U S surplus commodities lor finland unabashed soviet russia was undoubtedly Eu ropes most generally disliked power but it mattered little to the belshe bolsheviks iks having refused to attend a league of nations meeting called by finland in protest over her invasion the soviet apparently could choose between quitting the league or being thrown out swe den mobilized against the menace in D e n marks parliament li ament all members walked out when a lone communist 14 got up to speak and a JP few minutes iw asca later latra prom at SANDLER anent nazi A sign member suggested that dillom diplomatic abic relations with the soviet be broken italian planes were rushed to the finns while fascist crowds hooted the reds but troops in the seventh devent h russian army continued to fight unabashed puzzled as was au all the world at how bow little finland could stage such a terrific defense meanwhile the diplomatic forecasters were busy Sw edens foreign eign minister R J sandler sandier who called the other scandinavian tor for ES a t te the news U imia joseph P kennedy U S ambassador bas to great britain B r etain arrived via transatlantic lipper clipper c for conferences which may help determine d e parts of the U S foreign to r policy at AI capone former chi chicago cago gang lord recently re released I 1 e aad from alcatraz was placed under the care of dr manfred S guttmacher prominent psychiatrist agrist fritz kuhn german american bunds fuehrer convicted of stealing his organizations funds was div given en 2 to 5 years at sing sing prison irene castle mclaughlin once an international dancing star dropped her suit to divorce her sports sportsman man husband maj frederic mclaughlin laughlin me eign ministers for a defense talk heard that nazi germany was demanding his resignation this gave credence to reports that the reich and russia planned to conquer both finland and sweden and divide them as shown on a map being circulated around eastern europe see map it if this was far fetched there was nothing unlikely about a russian drive into the balkans A knowing world which remembers how soviet mutual defense treaties have made estonia latvia and lithuania subservient to the kremlin and how finland found herself at war for refusing such a treaty was not surprised when Mos cows communist international suggested a similar treaty be consummated with rumania agriculture sell self sufficiency this winter to cut the federal deficit and still provide more for defense congress must save elsewhere early to see handwriting on the wall is the department men 0 of a agriculture alture which promptly announced a 50 per cent slash in cotton export subsidies but secretary henry A wallace will not stand idle and watch congress wreck his expensive farm program meeting at chicago the farm bureau federation tim heard mr wallace drop a few hints of what he has in mind the general plan to make the farm program self supporting to assure its permanency possible means include reenactment enactment re of processing taxes voided by the supreme court in 1936 the domestic allotment certificate plan and earmarking all custom receipts instead of only 30 per cent for payment of farm benefits most broadly hinted plan is a general manu W 4 L t i 8 7 federations ONEAL not NOE SO lo certain facture rs sales tax which he termed simply the farmers tariff groups like the millers national federation promptly called it a consumers sumerset sales tax on an essential food but that solve the problem either at least one major agri agricultural cultura figure the farm bureaus president edward oneal agreed with mr wallace in principal said he the farm program must be made self supporting because national prosperity is directly dependent on the welfare of the farmers farmer oneal was less certain of his constituents support on another point the reciprocal trade program which comes up for congressional renewal next term though he called it the best approach yet made to solve the foreign trade problem thereby agreeing with secretary of state cordell hull mr air oneal thereby got many a dirty look from farmers who believe the program is undermining am americas e ricas agricultural independence dence THE WAR squeeze play so dun dull was western front warfare that both britain and C germany were reported shipping planes to aid the beleaguered beleaguer ed finns see international Si ti meanwhile britain france and other anti russian members of the league of nations sought that nations expulse expulsion on when the league met to hear why finland like to be invaded for a time it seemed that neville chamberlains battle against hitlerism was being held in abeyance pending outcome of F finnish nn eh hostilities a possibility that became more mor e plausible when older classes of 0 both french and G german e aman troops were de mobilized but this was only part of the plan the allies were fighting an economic war and their most potent weapon was only then being sharpened the weapon had two edges french british fleets were ordered to seize all german exports wherever they might be found thus cutting off the richs supply of foreign exchange the other edge A plan for allied purchase of all exportable surpluses of germanys germanas Germ anys neighbors at prices ill the e reich heich was unable to pay after a few days of this german economists were not a shamed ashamed to admit the blockade was beginning to pinch only rumania under sudden n pre pressure sure from rus russia ia refused to cut her sales to F the re reich ic 11 BUSINESS pledge after two days of denouncing the new deal in convention speeches the national association of manufacturers rs adopted a plat platform of american industry which was notable first because it was a consensus of U S industrial leadership and second because it was only mildly critical of the new deal points 1 to labor the association pledged the highest income possible a healthful environment ness and accident protection 2 on collective bargaining a defense of the workers right to choose his own union scattered ered with mild criticism of the national labor act 3 to consumers a pledge to seek greater value of products 4 to investors clear reports of stockholders and maintenance of a sufficiently strong stron c capital structure POLITICS dewey bendoff sendoff overnight america learned it had a potential presidential candidate to oppose franklin roosevelt should he seek a third term next year at P rl iceton N J a gallup poll was released showing new yorks york s district attorney tom dewey trailing 46 per cent to 54 per cent in a mythical race with the president significantly most support came from low income and relief classes but it was equally significant ant that the president had more strength than in a similar trial heat last may carefully avoiding premature commitments the gallup summary warned that anything can happen between now and election not too enthusiastic was the national reception to tom deweys deleys opening campaign speech at minneapolis hinging his entire argument on a forgotten and unimportant comment that our industrial du plant is built candidate dewey challenged shall it be said that new america is matured and completed and overbuilt and incapable of further expansion and new achievements I 1 say no with resentment and anger wisely he left unsaid any opinions on how he would solve problems of agriculture labor business finance and unemployment but observers hoped he would not be silent too long ASIA blunder and pressure busily scattering diplomatic onslaughts ts in every direction the japanese government found its new order program for the orient obstructed ted by two 1 wang ching wei popular candidate for puppet chinese ruler who blunderingly blasted peace talks with the U S by printing four anti ameri can articles in his newspaper 2 old marshal wu pei fu chinas cainas Ch inas only honest war lord and probably ly the japanese governments real candidate for puppet marshal wu upset plan the most he died evidently deciding to make the most of wangs bangs blunder tokyo forfeited the american friendship she had made by agreeing to pay U S claims for property damage in in china using pressure tactics the foreign office indicated displeasure over increased american naval strength in the pacific indicating that japan may wax friendly with russia unless the U S changes its tune RELIEF hunger in ohio toledos To ledos schools were closed and relievers relie fers lived on limited rations dayton and akron also felt the pinch in cleveland where mt were even deprived of the white flour and apples formerly given them somebody noticed that garbage collections were smaller part par t t K ZI if MAYOR BURTON ohio s unhappiest man of this problem was dumped in the lap of 0 gov john W bricker wh who promptly dumped it right back when new yorks mayor fiorella laguardia asked him to take care of the starving people the governor suggested that he clean up his own back yard in washington administrator F C harrington denied the governors governor S accusation that Clev elands acute problem is due at least in part to political manipulation of the most unhappy man in ohio was Clev elands mayor harold H burton who got a blunt refusal when he asked the governor to ca call a special legislative session to deal with the relief problem cm the final blow came when his city council demanded that he restore full relief im mediately immediately to single e persons and childless couples who were cut off of so that children might eat at moaned the mayor it if anyone can tell me where to get the money id like to know |
