Show weekly news atinay is t paris londen woo franto franco L in weak bid to oust fascists fase idt S by joseph W aba ln bine EDITORS OTE NOTE when opinions are r la in these columns they are r those t h of the news analyst ina lyst t an bifid d not nece a harily ol of the newspaper spain germany and italy would not have aided rebel spain it if they had no aspirations in the iberian peninsula nor pre presumably su mably would rebel general francisco franco have accepted fasel fascist st aid if he did not expect to repay that favor these simple facts are being ignored by france F s i nce and Britain who w h 0 now hope cope to woo the rebels away away from their rome berlin connections to make a peace which would save the defeated loyalist cause it Is hoped thereby to end the war immediately giving general franco a partial victory when he could achieve a complete e victory through ma 10 j 4 ALZ 7 WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE shoemaker chicago chiago duly daily news a few more weeks fighting on the madrid valencia front the likelihood of a complete loyalist surrender is evidenced by an apparent breakdown in morale coupled with internal squabbling an army of government troops allowed itself to be routed out of 0 catalonia next day loyalist president manuel azana plumped for unconditional surrender while premier juan boasted he would continue fighting meanwhile in southeastern spain loyalist gen jose miaja was a virtual dictator in his own right both senors azana and whether he wanted to surrender or continue fighting was guess britain and france could hardly expect general franco to jump at a peace offer from such badly tattered 0 opposition but they di did d it wis was reliably reported that anglo french interests were offering to supply funds for reconstructing spam spain it franco would oust german and italian influence so anxious were the british that they sent a cruiser to carry rebel envoy to the loyalist island of minorca where a surrender was asked and won in return for these gestures general franco offered little to the two great european democracies who refused him recognition until all loyalist hope was gone his promise to remove foreign troops which does not necessarily mean mea removal of foreign influence expected daily is recall of the old bourbon dynasty dynas to throne probable ruler will be big sport loving prince jaime not a sufferer from haemophilia ophilia bleeding like so magi many bourbons highly grateful to the nian man who restored his throne prince jaime balme would be more than willing to let general franco rule as premier a la muss mussolini olini vatican within 18 days of a po popes pe 8 death the sacred college of cardinals C ardi nals must meet in rome to elect his successor locked in secret conclave at the vatican during late february and early march these princes of the roman catholic church will name a successor to the late pope plus XI attesting to the futility of prediction was the last election on february 6 1922 when plus only nina months a cardinal ardinal c aas was eleva elevated tid over the heads of many mahy more favored candidates candidate S favored candidate this time Is cardinal euginia eugenio pacelli Pa cellS lf papal secretary of state who serves as temporary pope during the interim between plus pius death and the election ot of his successor though he cop confesses a longing to lead the contemplative tive life of a monk cardinal facein has haj thi the excellent record of papal diplomat that qualifies him for the job of pope tn in a year like 1939 only stumbling ling block to cardinal Pa cellis election esthe is the growing belief that a non italian might make more headway ln in settling setti ing the current c ur european turmoil though the position traditionally goes to an italian it is recalled that in 1922 the spanish cardinal merry del val led early eaily balloting great britain last january 13 the br eign office received a mys mysterious merlou 1 ultimatum demon demanding ding withdraw at al of english troops from ireland within four days dayi three days dabs later bobbs bombs began eipl exploding throughout the vish isles and between subsequent explosions ai scotland yard was able to place r responsibility with the ille illegal gal irish republican army while first arrests were being made and special guards were assigned to the king ind and queen irish prime minister eamon de valera fo found nd occasion to regret the incident far froma from a terrorist mr do valera has won amazing concessions I 1 f for or ireland by using much gentler tactics than the extremist republican army advocates today ireland Is known as aa eire having become an independent state associated with the Dri british tish commonwealth only for certain minor purposes british 0 avei ve i lordship is gone except tor for tar far north ulster which is largely la english protestant as opposed to the irish catholicism ot of southern ire land main purpose behind the republican pu alican army is british withdrawal from ulster mr de valera also wants this but he believes in saner tactics while soothing londona Lon dons nerves by asking laws to crush the illegal army mr de valera probably found fo und himself blushing with embarrass ment when P T kelly an independent senator arose to regret that the ultimatum sent by the republican ar army my to the british foreign secretary had not been sent by the irish government beliel it 1 is paradoxical that this years anti antia a administration congress should be the first to admit that federal relief is a permanent fixture but this does not mean that the white house and capitol hill are agreed on how relief should be handled no sooner had the nation recovered from the shock of congress independence pen dence in slashing from the relief deficiency bill than relief again popped into the headlines d emergency As president roosevelt signed the reduced deficiency appropriation he begged congress to restore the reason in my opinion an afi emergency now exists the president said alternatives are 1 to slash rel relievers relie lefers fers from the rolls by april 1 or 2 from to via week by week reductions from april 1 to july I 1 since each client presumably has it was contrary to human decency t to 0 leave from to A annei merleano mer leans stranded URA 1 the te house received a bill from virginias clifton A woodrum which would completely upset up et the administrations s relief apple appl cart c creating burk URA unemployment relief U ef administration the bills light ly camo camouflaged purpose is to give co congress complete voice over relief lief hamstringing ham stringing the white house stipulations 1 halving the presidents 1939 40 budgetary relief request of 2 abolishing and creating URA IURA which would report monthly to congress 3 providing for congressional allocation of relief funds to individual state agencies 4 giving the president a year to spend as he sees fit 5 attempting to divorce politics from relief off again on again created in 1933 Is soon to expire but secretary of the interior harold L icke has urged creation of a per m hi nt to prevent future de 1 SECRETARY ICKES off again on again gone again press pres lons says he I 1 american growth has been an off again afi on again gone again Fir finnagan we owe it to our people to protect them from born the strains and stresses of an an economic system which periodically has hurtled oft off the track A program of timed or balanced public works would act like a gyroscope for foi proof mr ickes pointed to allotments last june when the federal reserve index stood at 77 by october the index indek had risen to 97 and by november to Mis miscellany ceilan arg pa state rep john jeaker J baker proposed a 50 baby bonus tor foi needy moth mothers irs ll notto increase the po population but to malie make sure mothers can depend 6 en proper me medical diell attention in cleveland safety director eliot cesi ness claimed 80 per cent of serious traffic tra violations are committed by workers business As counsel for anaw a new york state I 1 legislative insurance ce committee tive charles eana evans hughes made a name for or himself in 1006 OOS uncovering what he thought to be irregularities the chief hughes tear fear that insurance company resources were so large as to make mak econs conservative erv atlie ie responsible management increasingly difficult thie the hughes remedy federal supervision of insurance investments since 1909 mr hughes has risen to the U S supreme court and may have changed his mind at leahti least nothing has been done dona about it and the vast insurance fund has quadrupled whereas mr hughes suggested limiting new fiew policies to a year per company some now write a year today there ard are worth ol 01 policies in effect and insurance investments cover acovera a surprisingly pris singly divide wide field samples government securities railroads farm mortgages and corporation securities 2 1 state county and city bonds it if this as business was worth investigating ti 23 years ago it is even more vulnerable today just started in washington Washing tonIs is a 12 month probe by the temporary national economic committee head headed edby by Wyo wyomma Wyom mg sen joseph C OlMa lioney and better known as the monopoly investigating vesti gating ca committee chiming in is william 0 douglas securities and exchange commission pertinent question marks include U 1 what influence insurance investments egerton exert on U S gonei money markets banks railroads etc chow 2 bow insurance executives are ch chosen osen 3 possibility of interlocking diorec borates between insurance firms and utilities though the monopoly committee has fi as often reiterated that it lvis is not h hunting witches and although mr douglas maintains he only wants to bring the hughes report up to date Y 1 I 1 CHARLES EVANS HUGHES the sins tins are now quadrupled there Is a good chance of new legislation providing federal regulation over all interstate insurance bustness business this would supplement state supervision now in effect adding to their their discomfort Is the demand by sen burton K wheeler that insurance companies take a greater hand band in helping reorganize U S railroads the wheeler charge that present insurance company negotiations with carriers feature repeated concessions to investment bankers at the expense of bondholders bond holders but it if tall rail aid presents as many obstacles les as insurance men C laim claim the probable solution 0 of this problem will not be b a federal whipping post tor for insurance companies but revision in the railroad reorganization statute treasury statutory limit of the U S public debt is isnow now which will be reached when and if congress approves president roose belts new budget debt about when congress con convened veried last month it was rumored the administration would ask to raise the debt limit another to congressional fiscal experts who questioned him about the U S financial outlook secretary of ct the treasury henry jr explained that it might be a good idea to raise the tha debt limit said lie he 1 I would not be worried to see it the debt go to another or which is the present budget and we are going td to have to ask congress it if you vote this money to increase the treas borrow tog ing power mulling over this ad vice congressmen decided the official request which will come from I 1 the white house may precipitate another feud between spenders and conservatives |