Show VIA as IN aw L E N V S FIRMS PAY AXIS POWERS washington while the senate is preparing to enact the lend bease 11 bill ll ca committing ini nitting this country to vast for gr great at britain certain american firms are paying out nun deeds of dollars in monthly to germany and italy which funds a are re being used to fight both the united states and britain this secret axis aid is being delivered in the form of royalty payments m e n t s 0 on n i industrial n d u st r i al f formulas 0 r m ulas trademarks m a r k s c copyrights 0 p y r ig h t s a and n d p patents a tents T the h e money is paid in dollars and is f s deposited d e to german and italian accounts in new york banks the justice department which has 1 conducted a secret investigation has uncovered these interesting facts 1 that the royalty payments are now running around a month of which germany gets at least 80 per cent 2 that a considerable portion of the money was used by germany last year to buy U S goods for delivery to latin american buyers to make good on contracts that germany confidently had signed after the fall of france but was unable unakie to fill all because of the unshaken british blockade 3 that nazi and fascist agents have drawn on the funds to finance racial and anti defense propaganda in this country also anti american propaganda in south america 4 that while U S firms fork over their tribute in dollars such royalties as germany and italy pay are in the form of blocked marks and export lira that is money that can be spent only in germany or italy actually the money levy is a secondary consideration what really worries the authorities is how much vital military production information these royalty agreements betray to the axis since most royalties on patents are paid according to the number of units sold it should be a simple matter for the axis to obtain detailed figures on types and rate of now flow of important materials to the U S army and navy and to britain last year the justice department part ment cracked down on bausch and lomb when it discovered that under a secret royalty agreement the firm supplied the german licensor with a detailed accounting of certain instruments delivered to the navy willkie RATES CHURCHILL OVER F D wendell willkie went all out for the presidents lend lease bill but personally he like mr roosevelt any better than before willkie made this clear to friends following his conference at the white house winston churchill he indicated had it all over roosevelt in ability and personality was much simpler and more direct in manner there anyone in america quite like churchill willkie said he was the most congenial companion ive met in a very long time he ha has s a gay buoyancy that is incomparable willkie also told his friends that he had absolutely no intention of taking a job under roosevelt the president offered me anything he said and I 1 hope he because ill turn it do down wn one thing I 1 dont want is an appointive poin tive office if war should come I 1 will enlist in the armed forces but im not taking a government job willkie is still undecided wh what at he W will il I 1 do but is leaning toward a return to law he has been offered a number of lucrative positions one carrying a salary of a year 0 a NEW FARM BOARD after many years of supporting the new deal farm program in the powerful farm bureau federation wants to set up a new government farm agency which it would largely dominate in backstage congressional conversations the farm leaders have pr proposed that the AAA the soil conservation service and the farm security administration be taken away from the department of agriculture an and d be made a completely separate agency then they want a five man board to run these important bureaus naturally they expect to have a goodly representation of members on that board so far vice president henry wallace and secretary of agriculture are vigorously opposed so also is the president note herbert hoover established a famous farm board to buy wheat it was a mess MERRY GO ROUND elder statesman ex senator king of utah is being promoted by friends to become a commissioner of the district of columbia although hampered by having its 0 offices scattered in six widely separated buildings the immigration bureau is mailing out receipts a day to registered aliens pennsylvania republican chiefs WM not have to ask sen jim davis t wice twice to be their candidate for governor next year he is is panting for the chance according to the catholic clo the penitentes penitent lo 10 p na qa manos the PL penitent miteno brothers her society of flagellants flagel lants which 1 among the spanish bathol catholics trial les of 0 K mexico and colorado a and n among the nati natives ves avid and halt balf kit n bleds dian the discipline consists consi iti flagellation carrying 01 heavy binding individuals la to a cro carmn 4 hours tying the limbs to C crosia au t 01 prevent sa s1 circulation of blood and other the bodily torture acal of as a means of tion of sin tin |