Show ae 6 E COVERING UP DYNAMITE washington when cocky ex c champagne ham salesman joachim von summoned diplomats and the press to a gala presentation c of f the nazi white paper the other day it may have been that he was chiefly concerned with covering up some dynamite which the allies had discovered at that meeting claimed that germany went into norway because secret allied plans to penetrate scandinavia first had been discovered but the real truth as reported to official sources here was very different what actually happened was that s six ix or seven days before the invasion of norway french and british intelligence services got wind ot of a german plan to launch a whirlwind war about mid may this lightning war was to include the invasion of norway the invasion s ot of holland the occupation of greece by mussolini and an attack on the maginot line apparently the strategy was hatched at the famous hitler hatier mussolini conference at the brenner pass and was calculated to sweep the allies off their feet find nazi heap naturally when allied intelligence agents learned of this the first thing the british did was check into the situation in norway there thanks to british prodding the norwegian government which is a labor government ern ment uncovered certain high placed officers who were sympathetic to the nazis in some cases ready to go over to them so norway started to clean house naturally when the pro nazi nor were fired it tipped off the germans to the fact that the allies were in on their plot so they started into norway almost immediately there is no question that before the norwegian government had time to oust many of the inside plotters the british had prepared maps of 0 norway and had figured on the possibility lity of military operations there some of the more forceful in the chamberlain cabinet even wanted to do what accused them of planning going into norway first but chamberlain and a majority of the cabinet were against it this was about all the truth there was to the white paper ROOSEVELT DELEGATES several weeks before fast working gov ed rivers of georgia had officially fici ally lined up georgias delegates for a third term he made a trip to washington and reported to roosevelt that unofficially he had the georgia democrats in line ive followed your instructions mr president reported rivers and ive got all the georgia delegates bagged for your man at the convention but you know how cats are when you get lem em in a bag a scratching and a alawin and I 1 dont know when going to get out fine ed replied the president just keep hold ot of that bag however the governor of georgia was not as enthusiastic as the president doubtless doub bess uess also he was interested te in pinning him down on the third term he said well I 1 can hold lem em au all right mr president if im holding them for you but it if im holding them tor for someone else then they want to know about it so they can each get their cream ill let you know when the time comes ed replied the president meanwhile you just hold on to that bag note the above conversation is particularly significant because it represents the attitude ot of almost every democratic state boss including mayor hague of jersey city and mayor kelly of chicago they are for a third term lor for roosevelt but they dont guarantee to transfer their delegates to Roosevel ts fair haired boy especially it if he Is a new dealer JIM PARLEY FARLEY jim farley used to be one of the bitter targets for left wing new dealers but today it is just the opposite listen for instance to SEC commissioner leon henderson generally considered a left winger over at the mayflower the other day says leon the newsmen were taking pictures jim parley farley land and I 1 were there and they got a picture of us together somebody from the sidelines started kidding me about being a candidate so I 1 turned to jim and said lets join forces force jim and he said 0 K leon which end of the ticket do you want jim parley farley is a darn dam good man JOHNNY MOVES UP johnny roosevelt youngest and only merchant son of the I 1 president Pre has been promoted the filene department store in boston for which he be went to work several years ago as a stock boy has made him manager of a new beirich in winchester mass this thi is one of the most rock ribbed republican strongholds strong holds in new england out of a population of there are only registered democrats |