Show weekly I 1 ekl I 1 news review I 1 british I 1 policy WY of Expediency 9 reverberates reverberated Rever berates around the I 1 ga globe 0 be i I 1 I 1 by joseph W lazin la bine e J international 14 As proprietor of the worlds world great est eat empire great britain assumes assur niss a I 1 right and obligation to be ringmaster ter ot of international diplomacy if U such a duty Is incumbent during peace it becomes more pres time of stress the year 1938 is one of stress and in november of 1938 great britain Is i still stythe the ringmaster butis jumping to the lash df at her owr own whip caught to the backwash backma sh of her own fatal conservatism she is desperately making an expensive peace with dictators and democracies alike A roundup of these e peace overtures tures with cause causi and effect wl with th reverberations and I 1 repercussions percus sioni that echo around ae the world looks something like the following GERMANY 0 november has become an I 1 international crisis month of more import than S september pt ember reason is that Sep septembers september timber czech german geiman crisis had immediate effect on only a comparative handful of central europeans ans but in november N germany has begun persecution of jews has moreover shown downright hostility toward au all christian denominations in general gemeril and to the catholic denomination in particular ti this treatment has aroused world alde ide resentment against chancellor adolf hitler and his italian friend Premier benito mussolini who uses similar tactics against world jewry it has also driver driven ghosts from the closet of britaina Brit ains prime minister neville chamberlain because he failed to get w a german germai n guarantee against jewish persecution when lie he negotiated the sellout tre treaty a ty at munich this autumn though christian great britain Is horrified by hillers Hit lers persecution I 1 it t dares not slap germanys germanas Germ anys face not only are british banks planning f I 1 71 r sar 7 0 iv I 1 1 I Y 1 11 I 1 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 11 I 1 4 1 I I 1 I 1 A k 1 t 1 k k I 1 1 1 I 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 0 kr 1 1 I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 I 1 11 I 1 i I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 4 V 11 I 1 SOUTH PIROW Hees he expressed pressed britaina Brit ains sympathy loans to nazi controlled industries but london must also exhibit sympathy with germanys germanas Germ anys colonial demands in africa during the heat of jewish persecution berlin was visited by oswald pirow minister ot of defense and industry tor for the union nion of south africa although colonial secretary malcolm macdonald has indicated great britain does not intend to surrender any colonies mr visit cari can only mean that the union of south africa fears hitler and wishes loretum to tore return tum germanys germanas Germ anys war lost colonies immediately BALKANS RUMANIA I 1 among uch such southeastern european I 1 no nations tin n a as rumania greece and turkey lies great britaina Brit ains last chance to resist german political caland and economic expansion pan sion and also to maintain a vestige t of international prestige although social minded london once shunned a Ru manias king carol tor for his bis love affair with ma maugda ada lupescu u daughter of a jewish junk dealer his recent visit visit to london with crown prince Michiel found english royalty royal tyl only too gladdo glad to court his favor this is because his bis friendship for great britain can stop hit lers southeastward bound steam roller if carol gets british export credit of about if great 1 britain agrees to buy rumanian oil and give five carol ii a large loan rumania will close closi its doors on germany following this same policy london must increase her sway in other balkan states also encouraging turkey and rumania to return war won lands to bulgaria which stands alone outside the bal kan in entente i tente and is easy prey for german economic expansion I 1 ITALY even while king carols visit was I 1 marking an effort to stop dictators smartly dressed lord perth visited then the italian allai foreign office in rome and presented his credentials to the kingoff king of italy and emper ethiopia this constituted buted formal british recognition of bf italis ethiopian conquest which is now denied led by only russia and the U S among great powers such recognition was a british capitulation and i a few hours later lord perth returned lt to the foreign office to initial the anglo italian friendship pact fact it wm was recalled that last spring prime minister chamberlain promised he be I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 would I 1 not invoke the pac pact aunill until Sp spain aint civil war had bad reached a settlement with a new rebel offensive lust just starting i on the eln ebro 0 that settlement has hardly been reached FRANCE E though friendly withy groat great britain jain 1 7 france rance has bas its foreign policy has been following that of london what chatis it worse french finance could not bear the unprecedented expense of last septembers tem bers military preparations therefore thi the government has been crawling anto into its shell concerning itself more with domestic problems following its defeat at the treaty of munich its most pointed foreign 1 gesture has been a recognition of italis ethiopian victory but new I 1 troubles are looming from italis dire direction et ion following but i a few hours on the heels of the an anglo glo italian friendship accord having won won british acceptance of its foreign policy po llcy italy has turned to britaina Brit ains tone time alme closest ally francefort france for colonial demands the demands that france cedato cede to italy the djibouti addis ababa railroad land and i the port of djibouti in hi french Fren cli Soma liland I 1 and share with italy the control of the suez canal banal and administration estloa of tunisia not only are ari such su ch demands to acceptable to france but ut she now sees the fallacy of trying to appease the insatiable hunger of either germany or italy 4 R RUSSIA U 9 though the soviet paper hinves tia has urged closer russian cooperation 0 pe ration with the U S for breier preservation of world peace and though dictator josef stalin I 1 is a more interested te in his domestic development worldwide world wide expansion of communism no democracy ban i afford to disregard the ahe fact that russ Rus dussias sias la s political sympathies are more closely akin to those odger of germany manyard man yand and italy strengthened thene d by the munich pact germany must eventually fight russia or m make a ke peace with her it has bien been authoritatively reported reported that chancellor hitler has sent three peace peace offers to dictator stalin the late latest ot which suggests u a division of bf russian german spheres of interest this possibility carries dynamite for once moscow and berlin make I 1 peace there is nothing to prevent each of these tremendous powers from expanding at will i UNITED STATES 0 i at home the above internal international tlona developments have brought three P pertinent erti nent results 1 great britain has bai rushed to consummation m aaion her reciprocal trade agreement with the U S in which canada is also involved constituting a climax to secretary of state cordell hulls reciprocal trade program the agreement Is an important r effort to loosen and swell I 1 the flow of U S canadia baltish trade not voiced but tremendously evident is the tact that this treaty marks a new semi solidarity i among democracies as ai opposed 1 to i dictatorial ta nations 2 U S find indignation ignation over ger banys jewish persecution peri I 1 has hai found expression in the plan put forth by joseph P kennedy U S ambassador to great britain its essence worldwide world wide operation cooperation co for removal of germanys germanas Germ anys jews to north and south america I 1 I 1 1 I 1 i 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 1 1 Z I 1 1 1 I 1 e 1 I 1 Z 91 11 1 Z 1 1 I 1 S 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 f I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 VI 1 k 11 I 1 1 11 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 az I 1 I 1 W N aix I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 l 1 I 1 I 1 1 I I 1 11 A I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 t I 1 1 I 1 1 1 S ambassador KENNEDY for german jews a solution lution fo and parts of the british french and netherlands empires great britain would arrange land tor for new settle whiled leU S jewish and private groups would provide money BY S rather than accept french and russian bids for leadership in world peace movements president roosevelt has bai Invited 20 sister republics anthi in the Western Hemisphere to unite in a defense against european or asiatic aggression this new U S foreign policy is evidenced by 0 1 the presidents Vs outspoken denunciation of germany jewish persecution 2 his recall of hugh R Mil illson sori U US S ambassador to germany 3 his announcement of a multi billion dollar defense program to protect not only the V U S but all western hi hemisphere m nations 4 U S interest in the pan american conference opening december bat lima peru and 5 an apparent ef effort fortin in washington to io steer away from european en entanglements entangle ments other than those with france brit ain ainan arid dother other democracies 1 1 P I 1 labor shaggy john jofin L lewis has lost much prestige the latt last two years yeara because his committee for industrial organization initiated the wave of sit down strikes also because many rn lyof of C 1 I 0 s most outspoken members members were radicals opposition 1 flared up in time to defeat many C I 1 0 endorsed candidates inthe in the november election and bythe by the time mr lewis organization opened its constitutional convent convention lo in pittsburgh a week creek lat later erthe the handwriting 9 wason was on the wall k C I 1 1 I 0 now n 0 w the congress of industrial du organization hasma has made deat at least two important bids for coni ser teiva autv yve 1 ej support i finite te convention has a adopt opte eda a resolution to preserve the sanctity of collective bargaining contracts thereby attempting to appease CI O hating employers second C I 1 VO 0 s much I 1 I 1 1 11 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 r 1 I 1 7 N M 54 1 1 I 1 t 77 77 irl j t N 4 I 1 I 1 13 i 1 I 1 1 4 1 11 I 1 I 1 40 0 j 1 I 1 1 V 1 I 1 q r I 1 I 1 2 1 t 1 31 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 91 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 l Z I 1 I 1 a P 11 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k aj I 1 i I 1 I 1 1 0 I 1 11 Z I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 q 1 1 I 1 P I 1 1 1 a 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 3 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 ALIEN HARRY BRIDGES even 1310 C la 10 became hostile publicized harry bridges alien west coast labor leader was was fig figuratively bounced from the convention when fiealt he attempted empt ed to secure official endorsement dors dor ement of so called radical political itic 2 views this was was mr bridges I 1 a second blow of thedac the day tor for at indianapolis di a demand for his deportation was issued simultaneously by stephen P F chadwick commander of the american legion no now w pe permanently organized C 1 I 0 i has his charted a finish fight with the older more conservative american ic an federation of labor the battle will not only be one of organization principle but lit it will also entail the future status of unorganized zed american workers tho though u gh C 1 I 0 boasts a simple and dimo democratic cratIc cons constitution ution observers I 1 I 1 checked the figures and found that five ave members of the executive board will speak tor for I 1 t the me members m hers C 1 I 0 will remain substantially stan bially under the thumb of mr lewis sidney hillman of the amalgamated clochin clothing g worl workers cers and philip murray of the steelworkers steel workers committee white house attorney general homer S cummings retirement from the roosevelt cabinet was not unexpected tor for the ahe 69 year old californian has often sought refuge from official washing ton the past 12 months though efforts have been made madeko to attach PC political significance to his bis move he is the first new deal cabinet anim member to retire voluntarily itis it Is understandable deesta that mr cummings should desire to return to private III law w practice but his retirement d does oes arouse speculation about abou other cabinet changes secretary of the navy claude A swanson has been ill and may be succeeded by assistant secretary charles edison madame secretary of labor frances afes perkins has lost the good graces of both C I 1 0 0 arid and A F of L and many observers predict her resignation n secretary of commerce daniel L roper though unpopular with bus business ineis has hai made it plain he will not resign meanwhile washington inet on wb whispers aspers say that harry hopkins hop kin administrator and defeated gov frank murphy are both consi considered derid alipo as po cabinet timber agriculture thi the 1938 farna arm program was mas not put into 0 effect until manyu many U S producers duc ershad had their crops under way this has been one explanation of its lailure failure and next yearn year the agriculture department plans to give tS the eplan plan its first complete test 11 details th the e program will involve minimum minim um bounties to operating cooperating co farmers include 36 cents it a pound jound on cotton 14 cents a bushel on corn 27 cents a bushel 0 on wheat 22 cents enrice on rice 3 cents on potatoes 3 a ton on peanuts co compared m j with this years acres program wlllie will be confined to about ODD acres in the hope of reducing surpluses biggest slash of all will come in wheat which was harvested this year from acres and which w would 0 uld be restricted to acres next year for soil conservation pay payments the government has a half billion dollars available with another i for price pr I 1 c e ida adjustment us t payments only catch to this pro program gromis is chiti that congress congress new republican minority may interfere politics to elect 8 diew new senators 81 house members and 13 new go governors in the November elections 11 S republicans 1 public pubic ans had to pile up a large total vote figures now available show abow that in 21 24 states the G 0 P had 15 per cent of the popular vote compared with per cent two years ag ago 0 not included include din in the 8 urvey survey thus far are southern states traditionally democratic 0 |