Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine foreign policy holds S spotlight P in both houses of congress reciprocal trade act studied EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necess necessarily arity of this newspaper released by western newspaper union AT HOME ow Wi n WB eyes overseas foreign affairs superseded domestic p problems problems on the congressional calendar the senate foreign relations committee postponed again its consideration of a proposed arms embargo against japan while a subcommittee discussed the resolution of iolas sen guy gillette to invoke the neutrality act in asias war main reason for delayed action was the rumor that Britain and japan were about to sign a treaty which would give tokyo a free hand in in china provided japan keep hands off british possessions in the orient foreign policy discussions in the house centered around secretary of state cordell hulls reciprocal trade program pro program giam up for passage was a resolution continuing the state departments part ments trade treaty power but there was a strong G 0 P fight to restore the senates ratification right over such treaties both politics and the war entered into this question should the house adopt the resolution a virtual certainty tai nty secretary hulls presidential aspirations would be furthered moreover G 0 P hopeful robert taft senator from ohio was expected to defend his opponents program from the senate floor reason tafts have always opposed congressional participation in trade treaties how the state department feels about its program with regard to Eu ropes war was indicated at chicago where assistant secretary henry F grady addressed a for j V I 1 wa R mw 1 SECRETARY GRADY gradt the benefits of cooperation eign trade convention said he the results of the trade agreements programs have demonstrated the benefits of such cooperation shall we as a great neutral power continue to uphold the principles of economic cooperation or shall we renounce the cause under pressure from special interest groups other news from washington C emil chairman of told the house inquiry into the national labor relations board that NLRB had tried in nine separate cases to make refuse loans to companies accused of not conforming with the wagner labor act althe L the advisory council of the federal reserve system okayed oklyed a bill by delawarek Dela wares sen john townsend jr calling for repeal of the administrations trat ions foreign silver purchase program reasoning it is a direct subsidy to foreign governments which must be borne by U S taxpayers next day nevadas sen key pittman suggested that silver bullion should be coined to delay approach of the national debt limit his reasoning since the monetary price of silver is fixed by law at an ounce and since the treasury now pays about 35 cents an ounce on the world market the reserves could be turned to a good advantage 41 the house banking committee deferred its vote on senate approved legislation to boost the export import banks working capital by thus making available for nonmilitary non military purchases by ely inland finland r 41 L at madison wis it was indicated both senators arthur Vande riber 9 of michigan and robert taft of ohio would enter the april 2 presidential primaries to stop another G 0 P hopeful new yorks tom dewey ABROAD spreading warfare hard pressed finnish troops continued retreating on the isthmus where the russian invaders were pouring men and machines extravagantly into a mighty campaign against the mannerheimo Man line moscow claimed capture of koivisto western anchor citadel of the finnish defense system and guardian of the reds immediate objective Vii puri As a blizzard swept down to immobilize opposing armies armies for the time being the desperate finns called up men of 45 and 46 their last reserves if aid was coming from france and britain it took a long time to get there foreign minister viscount halifax told the house of cam mons that munitions were being sent to supplement the british volunteers passing in a ste steady stream through norway and sweden in scandinavia denmark remained aloof from complications apparently through a peculiar arrangement between britain and germany but norway and sweden had no such luck norway continued protesting brit ains action in raiding a german supply and prison ship the altmark within norwegian territorial waters about british prisoners of war were freed in the raid germany complaining that norway should have protected the altmark britain on the other hand wondered why norway had allowed the ship inside her territorial waters german wrath cooled when norway in 4 az 4 2 I 1 MINISTER CROSS were ivere not appreciated by italy dilated the incident might be turned over to the league of nations Sw edens position was even more delicate fearful lest a soviet victory in finland would place sweden next in line for i A russ huss invasion the stockholm government nevertheless hesitated to send aid for fear of angering dussias Rus sias partner in crime crime germany but it t was hard for the swedes to close their eyes when russian planes crossed the northern frontier and showered 40 bombs on pajala a town of population in the mediterranean britaina Brit ains disregard for scandinavian neutrality was also being felt by italy heretofore the recipient of many an allied favor but italy has consistently refused british french trade offers hence the a allies decided to apply blockade restrictions strict ions against italian purchases of german coal said ronald cross british minister of economic warfare A period has been arranged to enable italy to negotiate e to obtain its coal from other sour sources ces meaning england and this period will come to a an n end shortly another mediterranean state turkey prepared to insure balk balkan an neutrality with force said yeni sabah a authoritative ut horita tive newspaper turkey will will enter the war the day a fore foreign 1911 power mar marches ches into the balkans what happened the next nex t day looked bad for balkan peace As if acting on the turkish threat several hundred russian technical experts employed in istanbul industry got orders from moscow t to 0 hurry home meanwhile rumania rushed mobilization of men presumably surn ably to safeguard her province from a russian attack but equally important was germanys germanas Germ anys challenge of a rumanian ban on export of aviation gasoline RELIGION top of the world woi ad at lhasa in faraway far away tibet a six year old boy arrived from the tiny village of while buddhist priests nodded in approval he was dressed in red silk robes and given a gold crown then he was placed on a throne to 0 rei reign 9 n over the land at the to top of the world tibet As such young ling ing erh became dalai lama so called reincarnated civil and religious ruler who was reputedly born the moment his predecessor the thirteenth dalai lama died on december 17 1933 for six days lhasa celebrated t with abandon then settled down for three months of milder celebration most evident among those who came to pay tribute was the chinese delegation sent from hoping to establish better economic relations with its tibetan provin provinces ces purpose to open up new trade routes and tap vast mineral resources COMMERCE kim crisis several weeks ago the russian freighter kim caused a mild U S sensation docking at san francisco kim dumped a cargo of soviet gold bullion much to the consternation ster nation of congressmen who feared russia was trading the gold for munitions A couple of weeks later kim returned to the news probably verifying congressional fears at medicos cos pacific port of manzan luo she took aboard tons of copper which had been mined in the U S and sent to mexico for transshipment to vladivostok from there observers learned it will be carted across the trans siberian railroad to germany informed of this the commerce department expressed official doubts that such russian imports would get to germany nevertheless the department had to admit that 90 per cent of dussias Rus sias purchases here since last september have been essentials for war miscellany more alore power 41 lat at london the government announced a 20 year program costing to check industrial strife and economic deterioration in the british west indies L at new york surgeons fished with wires in the arteries of smith reavis noted associated press writer to remove a blood clot in in the abdomen |