Show weekly ne news ws analysis papal election el action thought retort against dictator interference by joseph W la bine J t EDITORS NOTE when opinions op latoni in depressed in ia ties these c columns tofy t h ey ao 10 in rf those of the news an boyst and cot necessarily u 0 of lh t he newspaper religion As eugenio cardinal kacem pacem pope plus pius XII was vatican secretary of 0 state and an an I 1 important m ine mediator alator ir in many a euro european squabble his HI two most notable achievements wire were 1 leadership W in the world war settlement attempt of pope benedict XV and 2 consummation 0 of f the concordat that Vr brought ought peace between the vatican and italy his I 1 POPE plus PIUS XII despite count ciano and ger germany man Y most difficult job was negotiating a treaty with protestant russia in 1929 a feat that won him the red cap of at cardinal when pietro gasparri retired in 1929 when pope plus XI died last february 9 secretary lofstate of state pacelli immediately became camerlengo interim chief of the roman catholic church until the college of cardinals co could uld name a successor internationally tio nally better known than any other potential candidate cardinal Us lis name was immediately bandied a bout about as the most likely successor this despite his confessed longing to lead the contemplative life of a monk despite rumors that his selection would be none i too welcome germany and ialy if cardinal pacelli kacew hid had never admitted m bitted anti dictator sentiments italian foreign minister count cianos newspaper paper II 11 lost no timi time pointing out that a pacelli appointment would be unwelcome in rome io germany another newspaper das schwarze korps chimed in at the vatican german ambassador carl ludwig diego von bergen told the college that his nation was assisting at the elaboration of a new world and that the papacy without doubt has an essential role though conceivably unrelated to these events cardinal Pa cellis elevation to the papacy might be in direct retaliation against two governments ern ments which sa saw fit to interfere with church aff affairs atri A further possibility lity is that the rome berlin axis erred diplomatically to such anex an extent that the college of cardinals felt obliged to appoint in an experienced statesman who could deal with herr hitler and signor signer mussolini europe britaina Brit ains chief reason for backing down st at munich was subie subsequent quent appeasements app easements have grown noticeably smaller as rearmament giai was sped in january prime minister chamberlain gave nary an inch at rome in february he openly announced plans to aid france in war land to win the new spain awai away from fascist domination shortly after general francos government i was recognized the army navy and air ministers stepped slipped before parliament to outline how their share of britaina Brit ains largest budget since the World war more than ODO will be spent how armi army navi navy and air expenses will mount is shown by the follow tog ing i estimated budgets compared with the current fiscal year 1939 1930 10 40 1938 39 army 5 32 navy aviation not mot included Include als Is some sup going tor for civilian defense bringing the total armament outlay to more than or more than the government will spend tor for al all other lother purposes combined specifically army standing at a new peace peacetime time high varlo various u s army units will be boosted by about during the tee coming fiscal year inari increases ases are are planned both at home and in colonies navy fearing german U boats english australian south african and hong kong ports will be secured against submarines and mine layers canada may purchase a naval flotilla leader to head its fleet of six destroyers six new motor torpedo boats are being snipped to hong kong plan planned ed construction 20 fast escort vessels two battleships ane one aircraft carrier tour four cruisers 16 destroyers 30 smaller craft aviation personnel will rise from to tour four times the 1934 total of by march 31 atonal a total of 1750 first line planes will be ready with production paced at a month against an estimated in germany within a year the air ministry expects 2840 first line planes civilian fifty million civilian gas masks maska toy gas helmets for babies and masks for children aye axe on the list some sandbags sandbars sand bags are on hand with ordered special electrical equipment is planned and crisis organization Is being coin completed der tag whose fear is responsible for forathis dorthis fori this preparation meanwhile remains at flirting distance points of potential trouble between france and italy over over mediterranean demands have grown more prominent italy has repatriated her nationals in france ousted french newspaper men won polish alle allegiance gianci away from france and hastened hasten cd mobilization one new garrison Is reportedly established at genoa only miles from nice meanwhile spain emerges in clear focus as the new center of Europ european pan balance anae T y jbf i relief I 1 everyone knows relief costs much more today than in 1929 everyone knows too 00 oo that president roose belts dream of an iati national onal annual income may mean little evera even if it does come t true ru e s since ince increased governmental c costs would eat up the profits how m much uch relief costs have gained how much national income has dropped is shown in reports of the social security board see graphs iut far more impressive were fati facts not shown in the report namely that a noticeable share of DIVIDENDS INTEREST CAPITAL INCOME 20 compensation TO EMPLOYEES 1929 INCOME relief c cost ost only 1 1 per cent or fis 48 BI shown by tiny my piece of pie DIVIDENDS INTEREST PITAL INCOME compensation TO EMPLOYEES 1938 INCOME relief cost SS 58 per cent ai or oO not including administrative costs since total income was smaller than ilion percentage for relief is actually larger than shown in pie national income came not from private initiative but from government aid for example even the total relief expense was included as was spent tor for war veteran payments Emer emergency genc y i 8 subsistence baym payments ants to farmers are also coun counted in darkening the picture still more are estimates that total relief costs would have mounted to instead of only had federal state and local administrative costs been included mor moreover cover since national income e was more than under the grow growth of relief cost over i this period was bigger than ma n shown V WOMEN 0 M E N in the news NADEJDA KON STAN widow of nikolai lenin early revolutionist leader and educational leader deedon died on her seventieth birthday at moscow JAPANS EMPRESS NA NAGAKO GARO gave birth to her seventh child a girl five days before her thirty sixth birthday AMERICAS MRS FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT resigned from the daughters odthe of the american revolution reportedly because that organization refused ing tons constitution ihan as a site for the recital by marian anderson negro contralto DUCHESS OF WINDSOR AMERICAS AMERICA 18 MRS CHARLES A LIND LINDBERGH BERGIt discovered to be neighbors in an exclusive parisian section just aust off the bois de boulogne tabor labor fortio for two years labors ul ill starred dove of peace has sought a resting place hovering over the battleground of john lewis congress for industrial organization and william greens american federation of labor this month for three reasons the dove hovers nearer earth but there Is still fio no indication that peace will come via mutual consent a more likely solution is victory far tor thea the A F kofl of L thanks to growing antic anti antl C 1 I 0 sentiment welling up since homer martin split the united automobile workers during january a ry the three indications of a showdown s how down I 1 supreme court the much cussed national labor relations board a allegedly I 1 proc pro C 1 0 was rebuffed in three supreme court decisions which effectively banned the sit down strike specifically the two major decisions ruled 1 that chi cagos cago sF fansteel a metallurgical corporation po ration could not be compelled to I 1 1 I ll 11 N DANIEL TOBIN the peacemaker eschewed peace rehire participants in the notorious 1937 sit down and 2 that NLRB has misruled mis ruled in charging a eveland cleveland CI firm with unfair labor practices for dealing with one set of organized workers after tailing falling to reach an agreement with another set since C 1 I 0 s most successful weapon has been discredited C 1 I 0 itself is thereby discredited but 1 ohn john lewis organization has al a ready attained a big measure of success so this effect is unimportant greater by far is the blow to prestige to be reflected in congress during the next few weeks wagner act C 1 I 0 has stood pat against amending the labor a act c t andreu and well it might since most NLRB decisions have been favorable clitee sentiment tor for change has come from A P F of L which lost prestige by NLRB decisions and employers who claim the act discriminates crimi nates against them adding its voice is the public which apparently dislikes the idea of giving NLRB jurisdiction which traditionally has belonged to the courts revision of the wagner act is the no 1 certainty C ertain ty of this years year a congress probably stripping NLRB of its power and aid establishing another tribunal more to the liking of conservative serva atlie tive elements how C 1 I 0 would suffer how A F of L would gain by this move Is strikingly obvious peace talks encouraged by court rulings and public sentiment A F r kofl of L could afford to accept president Roosevel roos e v alts ts current labors labor peace bid w with ith reservations ati ons hopi hope of the administration is that labors two factions will settle their di dispute in conference precluding a fiery congressional debate over wagner act changes but mr roosevelt had not counted on such independence hi as that piat 6 of f willi william am greenard Gre green enand and daniel tobina tobin A P F of L stalwarts stal warts appointed a delegate to the peace talks mr tobin refused to attend on n the excuse that he had h ad too much work A more logical reason is that mr tobin faledas famed as a peacemaker failed to see a chance for harmony it was re called that at last autumns houston ton A P r of L convention hiar he ar gued tor arbitration n provided provid edthe the points do not involve fundamental laws ot of the organizations 1 1 the same feeling of futility probably led mr green to demand that senate labor committee hearings on the act be continued not postponed until after the conference recognizing a go good od chance for con 1 gressional gress gres lonal victorya victory A F of LI alls probably willing I 1 to a junk the th e pe peace a c e talks and play every card while chui the time is ripe |