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Show A Good Suggestion Relations with Japan enter a critical and somewhat dangerous stage with the abrogation of the commercial treaty of 1919 under which both nations agreed to extend ex-tend and in turn received, commercial com-mercial treatment equal to that extended to others nations. There is pending in Congress a bill to put into effect an embargo on trade with Japan. Considerable popular sentiment supports this Irastic proposal. The wiser course, however, it eems is to follow the suggestion advanced recently that Congress jive the State Department dis-ret'onary dis-ret'onary authority to restrict or in trade with Japan. This will v e ma' decision in regards to e on to protect American rights " ,"th the State Department which u n position to decide wisely how and when the power will be USThe occasion may arise when those throughly informed about developments in the Far East, which means tho ofteJs pf the rovonimcnt will bpcomo convinced convinc-ed that an embargo should be put into effect, on the other hand, the cvclopmer.t of negotiations and (he attitude of japan may encourage en-courage them to think that our rights can be maintained without such drastic action. In either event, the State Department will have power to act. I: s.iould be understood that Congress, in bestowing discretionary discretion-ary pev er upon the State Dapart-; ment, tacitly approves the dras-tric dras-tric course if in the opinion of uur d olomatic officals it is, or ,eco;ii:s, necessary or advisable. from states east of Colorado, and not later than March 7, 1940 if received from Colorado and States westward. Except for the substitution of ee-tam experience for education, Applicants must have completed a 4-year college course in electrical electri-cal or communications engineering, engineer-ing, Certain experience is necessity neces-sity ior tiie inspector grade. Applications must not have passed pass-ed their forty-fifth birthday. Full information may be obtained ob-tained from the Secretary of the United States Civil Service board of. exam.ners at the post office or customhouse in any city which has a post office of the first o second class, or from the United States Civil Service Cimmission, Washington, D. C. |