| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH JOSEM W labine battle to raise national debt makes new taxes impossible touchy topic in election year EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper released by western newspaper union N 41 01 HARRISON EARLY KING fine his boss hopes great interest 7 WHITE HOUSE budget next spring the national debt will reach its legal limit to circumvent the issue or force an increase through a hostile bostil e congress during an election year will provide such a test of political etiquette that the new deal will have little stomach for a tax boosting campaign if anything it will be smart politics to slash expenditures there were signs in late november that such attempts might be made one by one administration spokesmen purred for the press said is pat harrison chairman of the senate finance corn committee receipts are showing up fine the way they are coming in A gladdens our hearts it if we carr can cut down expenses somewhat we may get along without a tax bill said sen william king fresh from a white house conference the president evinced great interest in a policy that would prevent large deficits next came white house secretary steve early who has been reborn EUROPE mad war spies parachutes and trade conversations made bigger news than actual warfare as europe ended the third month of its strange war and if any deduction could be drawn from this mad sequence of illogical activity on a hundred fronts it was that europe is already pretty sick of war more and more convinced that nobody wins the new weapon adolf hitler threatened during his speech at danzig took form in a new sea mine fa 1 77 7 1 iv I 1 4 xi amz M 0 A y aai a f GEORG ELSER A detective thriller parachuted from airplanes presumably scores of these were dropped in the english channel the parachutes dissolving in one week they took a toll of 25 allied and neutral vessels britain retaliating by strengthening its blockade against the reich this was not too smart for london soon had the wrath of netherlands belgium and italy on her shoulders the allies were more successful in other branches of warfare no one knew how many french british planes had been lost but 20 nazi airships were allegedly shot down in two days warfare over the western front at sea the french destroyer sank two german submarines within three days while berlin was genuinely worried by disorders in the czech province where eight students had been purged the nazis were making the most of another disorder heinrich himmler chief of the feared gestapo announced simultaneously that a german named georg elser and lately as a spokesman while budget director harold D smith nodded his assent steve early pointed out that the president is considering sharp economies next year other leaders h hoped to trim the deficit to between and last fiscal years year s deficit aside from all important political considerations prevailing whether the president sought a third term or tried to name his successor there were some honestly promising factors in the picture rolls stood at against a year ago business was better tax in income if the present rate of increase is is maintained would be higher next year but there was a less pleasant side to the picture national defense which last year cost may easily reach this year and would thus wipe out the boost in tax receipts relief costs are predicted at against this year a comparatively small cut summed up the budget will probably hit a rough which still fails to reverse the spending trend two british intelligence officers mr best and captain stevens had been arrested in connection with the munich beer hall explosion which almost cost hillers Hit lers life elser is charged with the crime while the Britis hers were said to have financed it direct leadership say the nazis came from exiled otto strasser pioneer who soon became his bitter foe britain kept its tongue in cheek throng throughout hou t the affair for germany was obviously making the most of this detective thriller biggest mystery why should the british instigate a plot that would mar tyrice hitler german activity also had repercussions cus in the balkans when ru manias cabinet rejected nazi demands for a virtual monopoly on rumanian oil and raw materials premier premier constantin resigned his successor whose appointment was hailed as an allied victory is george Tata rescue former premier and a strong francophile agriculture faa farm M vote in at lea least st one mans opinion presidential campaign will b be won or lost in the farm v vote ote addressing the national grange convention in peoria Or egons republican sen charles L mcnary himself a potential candidate outlined a three point program 0 on n which he X 1 said the G PW 0 P could win 1 equalize W A AAA benefit payments W one one weakness in the present 9 plant plan he 11 4 in maintained is its discrimination SENATOR alefary he had points favoring a few commodities wheat cotton corn tobacco and rice four other products ranking ahead of these in production are dai dairy ry live stock poultry and eggs and hogs 2 repeal it the he reciprocal trade pact said senator mcnary while some industries may have profited by these agree agreements ments it has been at the expense of products of the soil 3 liberalize the public land policy to give the 14 land st states ates a greater share of revenues fro from M sale of forests and grazing domain on the public ASIA mr welles complains i biggest actual news of japans war in in china came from a suddenly developed front in southern kwang si province see map where nipponese staged a blitzkrieg to sever chinas cainas rail connections with french indochina indo china thus tokyo hoped to starve the government into submission expecting ho no protests either from britain or france meanwhile japan gloated over reports that her puppet chinese government ern ment soon to be established under former chinese premier wang ching wei willbe will be recognized by it f F C H N A I 1 i i chuck f I 1 I 1 CHINA 1 JW 1 I 1 9 2 LIFE L FROM SOUTH I 1 11 e 7 0 1 fr CH INDO J PS CHINA AT ACK am HERE SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN the U S was harder to win aly and germany even britain trying to make friends in the far east was rumored about to capitulate but jap premier nobuyuki abe realized e chinese resistance was not easily broken threatened he japan will keep troops there until chi chin na is entirely free from the communist menace another menace was the U S at washington undersecretary of state told his press conference that americans icons in china especially at the british concession are being molested by the japs he also emphasized that the U S still insists its citizens have every right to pursue their commercial enterprises in china this looked bad for U S jap trade relations which tokyo hopes can be smoothed over before the present treaty is abrogated january 26 although premier abe hoped these relations could be adjusted before the deadline it hard hardly ly looked like washington was in the mood LABOR eighth wonder at gillespie ill labors rival C 1 I 0 and A F of L staged an eighth wonder of the world by operating cooperating co in in a coal mine dispute said A F kofl of L is s david reed without pr precedent cei the time t me has ended when when companies can play one labor organization against the other |
