Show weekly news analysis cong congress aress S speeds V S defense Oka bill Billy plan big ships by it joseph W la bine J EDITORS wh e n pinions of an pressed la columbi colum u anas ni aey they art jr those than ol of the la mews analyst lad and ot necessarily ol of thi cho newspaper defense on january 1 1936 japan scrapped her 6 5 5 3 naval treaty with the US U S and britain subsequently an arms arms race started on both land and sea precipitated each time der fuehrer or n duce made an aggressive gres sive step i in the U IS S even loudmouthed loud mouthed congressmen were loathe to think of defense in terms of actual invasion until self right bous germany swiped czecho fakla and memel two weeks later congress got down to talking cases passing an unprecedented army appropriations bill in jig time after war talk like this in the senate oklahoman Okla homas thomas every nation must be ready every moment to defend itself king the only possible danger is from japan and i japan is beating her head against a stone wall in china even I 1 if I 1 ger 4 f al SENATOR LUNDEEN he fie favored bitter technique many should defeat england I 1 the slightest idea that would endanger us indians In dianas minton BI inton germany might obtain bermuda or part of canada minnesotan Min lundeen Lund cen then let the united states seize bermuda and britaina Brit ains west indian possessions to force payment of her war debts andrew jackson set a precedent in collecting a debt from france by threatening to seize french territory in this hemisphere In dianas minton that would be adopting the technique of hitler having boosted army funds over the current years appropriation congress had next to consider navy havy news from the white house admitting japans secret naval program was one reason president roosevelt approved two ton super super battleships to cost each bigger than any yet conceived and capable of squeezing through the panama canal with two feet to spare on either side one good reason by showing that the U S is able to out arm any other nation japan might be forced back into a limitation treaty present U S strength includes 15 ca capital P ital ships one nearing obsolescence soles c ence cence ranging from to tons six more are authorized britain has 15 capital ships in the same category plus the 42 ton hood and nine other boats underway last japanese report in 1936 showed 10 capital ships none over tons and three under construction vague rumors since then indicate about five new super dread of excessive ton nage treaty or not both britain and the U S feel obligated to maintain a 5 5 3 ratio even though the worlds third largest sea power sets the pace agriculture though the house approved an agriculture a appropriations bill of which is tor for soil conservation benefit payments the measure was wai far pore more significant for two exclusions 1 parity not included in the presidents original budget but tossed in id anyway was a grant for parity payments but no financing was pro provided aided vided and the house seemed economy bent R rather ath than resort to unpopular processing tax taxes esthe the I 1 house voted against parity winning disfavor dl of the potent farm farm bloc and a victory forthe tor the president who insists extra budgetary needs neds must be met with definite taxation agriculture leaders hoped the senate would restore parity parit Y even so an embarras embarrassing situa situation tion apparently lay ahead with no money glum dirt farmers saw only one way to pay off the government loans on which they h have v e pledged bushels of wh wheat t the way to default making the U S the worlds largest wheat 0 owner ner 2 cotton another rejected amendment called for to develop domestic markets and subsidize foreign exports this bously referred to the plan president roosevelt bio broached ached a few hours earlier 1 to spend between now and august I 1 by paying producers a bale on bales for releasing their govern ment held loan cotton for sale on the world market though the 1039 1939 crop will otherwise swell govern ment held surpluses to bales congressional economy apparently won said virginias rep clifton woodrum we might as well repeal the budget and the accounting act and let pandemonium and chaos reign meanwhile far in the future southern cotton farmers saw relief in the revolutionary cotton developed at texas A M colleges experimental college said to produce an overlarge over large oll oil rich seed without detracting from th the e grade of the lint the new product made farmers wonder if cotton be raised exclusively for oil whose price is fairly constant transportation among other things U S railroads blame high taxes bad bustness business and unfair competition from other media tor for their present plight labor blames the railroads themselves most people blame a mixture of geographical economic and political factors in which every blodys hands are partially a soiled 0 fled when railroading reached a crisis last autumn and cong congressional al aid became imperative a flock of f panaceas arose ranging from the hastings postal izing plan to the substantial bills of burton K wheeler and Cali fornias clarence clarenca F lea both management and labor pressed their particular cases and after two months of haggling the issue seemed little nearer a 60 solution the latest voice Is that of jose joseph ph B eastman interstate commerce t commissioner EASTMAN A guidino hand commissioner who told the house interstate commerce committee that the government must at least assume leadership and apply some form of compulsion whether mr eastmann East mans will bethe be the guiding hand remains to be seen but his comments were at least clarifying after attacking the ap apparent a ri nt r reluctance leluc tance c e to consolidate con or co coordinate co ordinate ardite as wasteful practices and after refusing to recognize any benefits from greater freedom to increase rates the member outlined a a few high points for rail recovery 1 the government should give concessions iri in taxation tand and relief in connection with grade crossing elimination ind and reconstruction of bridges over navigable waters 2 elimination of rate concessions to the govern government mint would save about albear aau 3 all important forms of transportation por tation should rece receive lve equal find and I 1 impartial reaul regulation all on preferably under direction while the house sped passage of a bill to facilitate voluntary rail reorganizations mr eastman pointed out that creation of a new reorganization court would delay rather than facilitate matters matter his alternative give charge of reorganization duties people douglas fa fairbanks li banks ex movie star has been ordered to return refunded by the U S on income tax payments in 1927 28 29 europe euro few observers doubt that adoll adolf elmr Hit 1 lers ambition is restoration 0 of f the prewar pre war hapsburg and hohen 1 ellern zollern empires Most agree also that his next step will be capture of the free city of danzig now under league control and the adjacent corridor which li Is polands bolands Po lands only outlet to the battle baltic sea that germany any win will get these concessions without a fight Is further evident because danzig is already 90 per cent bent nazi poland moreover I 1 apparently parent ly zes her futile position and is ready t to 0 move in into the german orbit rath rather er than join a french british huss alliance perm permitting I 1 t soviet troops to cross clogs her soil though german Anibas ambassador kans hans voi von moltke has assured po DANZIG baltic sea UI H IA EAST PRUSSIA GEW GERMANY N ND CORRIDOR DANZIG AND POLISH CORRIDOR next on bitters list land of germanys germanas Germ anys good intentions na nazi zi press notes like these sound bu suspiciously like the start of another campaign field marshal Goe Goerl rings eisener national i polish attacks 0 on n germans in pole territory are an intolerable strain on the german polish treaty of friendship democracies pull the strings string sl similar allegations regarding german minorities nori ties preceded recent nazi invasions in austria and czechoslovakia czecho slovakia deutsche the paper advised poles to continue collaborating with germany and not to listen to foreign sirens lest the results not be advantageous the foreign sirens are obviously france and britain whose failure to back up protection promises the past year will undoubtedly force poland to seek german mercy labor the unhappy plight of U S employer employee relations may be due eit herto 1 the wagner labor relations act or 2 american federation of labors battle with congress of industrial organizations like an impatient school teacher both congress and the white house have resolved to end this squabble the white house by sponsoring A F of LC L C 1 I 0 peace talks congress by amending the wagner act when april 11 was chosen starting date tor for senate committee hearings on wagner amendments labor peace talks were in full bloom but so strong are the work ingmans feelings about the proposed changes that many a peace advocate thought hearings might have been delayed until labors warring factions either make up or draw swords to amend the wagner act congress can pick from tour four sets of proposals P asals all opposed by C 1 I 0 three of them submitted by coherent factions with special interests 1 by massachusetts sen david I 1 walsh obviously favored by A F of L which opposes all other proposals curtail the national labor relations boards power to invalidate e union contracts require NLRB elections by craft rather than by industrial du dju units permit amplo employer yer petitions for elections permit appeals appeal in representation cases 2 by Ne braskas sen edward R burke and supported by the potent strike weary national association of manufacturers Manufacture manufacturers ri require that NLRB have representative from labor management and land the public outlaw deduction of union dues from pay envelopes outlaw coer coercion 1011 by either employ employers ers or unions union es a code of unfair labor practices tor for unions as well as em players pl forbid strikes unless a majority j of 0 employees approve require all unior union officials to be V U S CHI citizens f permit trani transfer fir of unfair labor practice charges from NLRB to federal district court 3 by Or egons sen rufus hol hoi man to split duties administrative and power would be vested in a labor relations commissioner final decisions would be made by anine aa nine member labor appeals board 4 by Kentuck ys sen M M logan supported by the national grange and other farm groups to extend i exemption of agricultural s workers under be hc wagner aatto act to processors and ana packers of farm produce figured by new yorks rep hep bruce bauce barton that the stock market usually gains when ihm president roosevelt goes fishing or vacationing usually falls when he goes on a speaking tour 6 willed by the late chicago jew harris goldman that his 32 year old congregational daughter will receive one seventh of his bis aed aed alfrom at from to it if she inar marries in the jewish faith within a ai I 1 y year ear that otherwise she will receive only 5 i scheduled for congressional ap p ro i val the highly controversial governmental ern em mental reorganization bin bill co compromised M to remove most of last years objection |