Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine dussias Rus sias ouster from league Is empty victory for finland because geneva Is powerless EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this ne newspaper shaper Me released leased by western spa per union they figured in the battle of nations fir JOSEPHA VENOL secretary general of the league he called the special session at Fin lands behest he it after the little baltic nation was invaded by russia Pur purpose poe to win league condemnation of russia rumia possibly her expulsion and the support of other league nations for finland s cause when the assembly agreed unanimously to offer ruma its iti mediation services agenol extended the bid to Alo moscow scow KARL EARL league assembly president and representative senta tive of norway norn ay he lips lias among leading pro finnish workers u ho argued for dussias Rus sias expulsion following receipt of message rudolphe freyre ar rutine delegate threatened to leate leaie the league unless this action aas taken final ly such a resolution was passed and the council adopted it agenol was ordered to give the sot sol let iet its walking papers TEE WARS western front strangers are present said prime minister chamberlain and 15 reporters were ousted from the gallery A few minutes later the house of commons began its first secret session cession since the world war subject organization of supplies for the persecution of war there was probably a lot of explaining pla ining to do first lord of the admiralty winston churchill was probably asked why germanys germanas Germ anys bremen was allowed to sl sap P through the blockade and reach 1 i ao A BREMEN why mr churchill hamburg homeward bound from Mur mansk the admiralty had announced a british submarine had sighted the bremen bud bat did not attack because it would have broken international law germany scoffed at this report but jailed failed to tell why llie die bremen was called home so suddenly from th the alleged solely safety of a rus rui own kon port sir john simon probably had to explain why britain and france had merged their economic structure into what english financiers called I 1 premier of russia he replied bluntly by referring agenol to on an earlier sot iet mes sage which said russia considered finland s appeal unfounded that ruts rouia a did riot not consider herself at cuvir uki aith finland that moscow evoi to maintaining peaceful relations with the soviet sotiel sponsored finnish peoples government that the regular helsinki government no longer had authority j iod JAKOB russian ambassador to france and delegate to the league he packed his bogs bags and left genera cener silently chile the forces of democracy cheered but observers wondered about the wisdom of this gesture would not Rus dussias sias s ouster draw the krem lin closer to lo berlin and tokyo thereby cementing the pro war forces and spreading the conflict moreover More Alore oter had the defunct league gained on anything thing an unbreakable combination of financial power but aside from these matters the allies could be fairly well pleased with the wars progress I 1 day after germany had announced her war aim was military destruction of the enemy three british cruisers sent the nazi raider admiral graf spec limping into the harbor of montevideo uruguay with 36 dead after a 14 hour turin running 1 n 9 fight same day however this g gain a in W was as offset when the british destroyer duchess collided with another warship and went down with men intensified warfare was also seen on the western front where nazi raiders provided a mysterious touch by attacking at night wearing black hoods and cloaks northern front russia could not blame little finland tor for the loss of her steamer Indi nagi girka arta which went down off the coast of faraway far away japan with a loss of probably lives but the kremlin did pout that Fin lands white clad ski units were using bandit tactics in sudden attacks wrote one war correspondent to his moscow paper the enemy does lot not enga engage age in open battle hid hidden den under del r white hilte robes they suddenly dart from the woods to shoot at our advancing units then in all haste they run frequently taking off their boots to ski only in their stockings finally after 14 days of ignominious defeat the russians reportedly rushed up men and 1000 airplanes to bisect little finland whose troops were slaughtering hundreds of reds each day disabling tanks and capturing light artillery pieces britain announced she would send war materials to ald ad the helsinki government ahle italy continued sending planes and pilots BUSINESS asphyxiation ever since its passage the 1935 public utility holding company act has been fought tooth and nail by americas no I 1 holding company associated gas and electric company last year a senate investigating committee was outsmarted in its sensational search for mysterious 1 H C hopson associated gas guiding spirit meanwhile the firm fought henry Morgen thaus treasury de department P artmont over a tax dispute but several months ago agreed to pay crux of the holding com company pany act is death a sentence clause for or integration of all utility providing systems geographically and economically no this month its long argument apparently lost associated gas asphyxiated asphyxia ted itself resigned because of ill health was president J 1 I mange replaced by roger J whiteford said the new chief it it is my purpose to g give ive my attention at once to simplification of the corporate system integration or consolidation of its properties and adjustment of the voting power WHITE HOUSE trade pact at his press conference president roosevelt nosed his ship of state smack into a brewing storm that will break soon after congress convenes he agreed with secretary cordell hull that the reciprocal trade treaty act should be renewed in in 1940 though the act has been attacked by most republicans many democrats and a growing body of farmers mr roosevelt said it has resulted in many american export gains the president also fl L received a message from finnish president kyosti kallio thanking him for his sympathy toward finland the president announced the red cross is sending for finnish aid meanwhile the finns were negotiating to buy gas masks here C joined Cali fornias rep H jerry voorhis in attacking the dies un americanism committee of which voorhis is a member for the undemocratic way in which it released a report charging 13 consumer organizations with communist activities tivi ties the report said voorhis was purely and simply the opinion of J R matthews committee research director who released it be fore other committeemen knew it was being prepared fl named 12 new rear admirals for the navy C e attended the white house diplomatic reception where assembled the washington envoys of warring finland and russia germany and france japan and china THE NEUTRALS flight from rome in non warring european nations news was made by C dussias Rus sias ambassador to italy nicolai nicola i Gor elchin who arrived in rome just as soviet troops reached the finnish frontier and left abruptly for home without waiting to present his credentials reason uniformed young fascists have stormed romes russian embassy daily protesting the finnish invasion C italis editor virginio gayda who hinted how britain might woo and win his nations support said he italy must have certain free exits all of which dardanelles Darda nelles suez and gibralter are now controlled by britain 41 an explosion in Ru manias cellulose plant at Zar nesti killing go 80 injuring following quick on the heels of train wrecks and oil plant fires the incident was blamed on foreign agents who are pressing rumania from all sides LABOR NLRB probe introduced before the house committee investigating the national labor relations board was evidence designed to show NLRB is badly in need of a housecleaning house cleaning chief protestor was the boards dr william leiserson whose charges of bias on the part of fellow board members edwin L smith and warren madden were interspersed with revelations from the boards correspondence spon dence files conservative probably favoring the american federa tion tiomi of labor against C 1 I M 0 AA 0 dr leiserson has been a m minority non operative cooperative co member evidence on 4 this and other points 4 C L dr lelit leiserson it tried U to f force orce re LEISERSON moval boval of the Non cooperative e board secretary nathan witt charging he lacked impartiality ful he occasionally declined to par in in board decisions where upon the other members lecorn mended disciplinary action fl one such case involved the pres identa son in law seattle john boettiger who complained 0 a board ruling but expressed th hope that Leiser sons failure to par indicated a change of pol icy 41 elinore herrick regional director for new york pro protester prote teste that two of witts assistants hai ha conducted an investigation in her ol of fice in a manner one might expect from the russian 0 G P U bu not from fellow administrators 0 an agency of the american govern ment |