Show french dampen nazi hopes for rebirth as red check by BAUKHAGE news analyst and commentator service 1816 1616 eye street NW washington D C the ghost of adolph hitler reported to have been executing a little clog dance of 0 joy on Eu ropes political rubble heap like the one he performed ater after signing the armistice of defeated feared fr france nce li Is probably not quite so cheerful today his prediction of c chaos a or communism mu cism in europe a wishful aares mols le ie deluge hit a baukhage setback tor for the second time when the sturdy middle of the road frenchman got behind the middle of the road republican catholic P party arty and defea defeated t ed the communists u fists just as an earlier vote kill killed ed the constitution which h the reds wan wanted t ed because hitler knew his greatest hope for a nazi rebirth was a communistic muni germany his spirit probably rejoiced when the iron curtain went down on germanys germanas Germ anys eastern frontiers and one of dussias Rus sias border countries after another were bulldozed into one party leftist front rule with france turned communist germany would be an island in a red sea and would soon have to take on protective coloring it was assumed the next step ac according cordin 9 to hillers Hit lers hope was the reaction to now tor for the first time since V VE E day france seems to have shaken off her carmine shackles before the recent election some quarters were predicting that it if the french middle class and peasants could not get rid of the left wing domination with ballots they would try it with bullets the left wingers themselves were warning of a reactionary revolution and as late as the spring of nf this year dire warnings were being sounded seeks unity against class war donald B robinson former civil a affairs officer in france wt wrote ate in the april mercury magazine that in no nation of north northwestern vestern E europe ure a are there such distrust and loathing between classes and grou groups Ps as in prance france today the bitter dis sention which has driven general de into retirement and constantly threatens the precarious equilibrium maintained by the left c coalition 0 ali tion Is rooted in implacable h hate ate between the moderates cen krists and rightists on the one hand and the communists on the other 11 this situation complicated the allies problems in regard to germany however with france now staggering to her feet there Is a chance for or more harmony among the western allies and it Is possible that germany with proper controls and minus a huge slice ot of the rich mineral land of the in french hands may have her three zones sufficiently united to begin to support herself to start to pay some of her bills with the consumer goods that her neighbor nations want from her and cant get anywhere else the results of the french elections are particularly gratifying from the standpoint of the western allies because they appear to have established a degree of harmony among the more conservative french elements without revealing a reactionary trend the triumphant popular republican movement had bad a platform which according to french authorities went beyond the political field to take a moral stand the platform stressed the need tor for re enforcing unity among the newcomers the right wing elements of the socialist party made up ot of members of the old resistance and all those opposing the efforts by the communists to incite class hatred at the same time the disavowed all connection with the radical socialists who despite their name are considered too conservative serva tive by many members of the resistance who formerly had joined in a common front with the communists ts the election results may mean a change in russian policy for in spite of themselves the western allies lies have been forca to take unified action it if an action at all was to be taken it is possible that russia was merely stalling hoping to establish her influence in eu rope including france now that this strategy has failed in regard r d tc to france she may be ba more cooperative 0 either that or res resign I 1 agn herself to taking an allied western bloc and liking it special interests deluge washington the lobby barometer of the pres ent congress has run up a pressure record this session which Is probably an all time high never in the history of 0 the capital have there been more pressure groups operating as the listings under associations in the classi classified fled section of the washington telephone directory testify the associations fill 14 columns and very few are n not 0 t interested in some kind of legislation pending or prospective and interested enough to have an office in the capital or a at t least a telephone number there are a lot more with offices under the hats of their representatives representative S which prefer to remain anonymous to the public alphabetically speaking the american automobile asso association clatl on leads the list and the zionists and george zook conclude it one newcomer has nudged itself right up to second place the am vets one of the 26 veterans organizations izat ions listed including the american legion and the buck privates association as examples of the old and the new alcoholics anonymous appear not so anonymous this time there Is the association of 0 university professors fes sors and right next door the university women which makes it congenial there are bakers b bankers a members ot of the bar and no relation bottlers of carbonated beverages the antis are present four of them antl anti cigarette alliance antl anti defamation Defa matlon league anti ant poll tax committee comm attee and of course the league to balance the liquor dealers and the distillers institute further on down the page certain happier combinations suggest themselves take the national caterers cateress Cater ers and sandwich makers association and the mayonnaise and salad dressing manufacturers who together symbolize a fine old american institution there is specialization in lobbying too dont think the national association of ornamental bonfe nonferrous metals manufacturers lets the national association of ornamental metal manufacturers tend to their r special needs and when it comes to boxes you cannot put them all al in one pile ile either the weatherproof corrugated variety the weatherproof weather poof fiber containers and the plain fiber boxers each hoe their own row not to mention though you had better if you are a congressman unless you want to fill one of their products the ordinary national wooden box association press gets gels its t A azerbaijani Z erbar ions mixed up U P tt if the citizens of 0 the persian province of azerbaijan in whose desires for or independence the soviets have showed such a tender interest ot of late ever read american per periodicals lodl they may have been considerably surprised to learn from several recent articles that their country is rich in oil fields information to this effect would have startled an oil expert friend of mine who has spent considerable time in that country il if he known his geography better than the writers of the articles he knew what I 1 until he told me that there are rich belas of oil in azerbaijan all right but that it Is a different azerbaijan many m miles iles away where baku is located but then how many Az azarbal erbal jankans or americans know there is a buffalo in wyoming where buffaloes ought to be as well as one on the shores of lake erie S sees ces Demo democratic cat ic victory in fall As the senators took a hitch in their togas on the ides of oa may this election year the popular prediction tor for the of november was a retention of democratic control of the house of representatives and a loss of only five or six democratic seats in the upper chamber this at least a hardened soothsayer could venture to say provided he whisper it too loudly said soothsayer 1 might add always hedged to the extent of adding As of today |