| Show WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS by edward C wayne defense funds Cons constitute titU te largest est item in 1712 billion dollar national B budget blockade on food for france Is efte lifted british win new victories over italians expressed in these columns column a they th EDITORS NOTE when opinions are br analyst and no not necessarily ot of this newsy newspaper p ap P er are those 0 ot I 1 the news released tinaa aa by we western stern newspaper union FIRM WORDS president speaks president roosevelt spoke to the new congress there were no weasel w words ads the president was grave H his IS speech was frank and fighting he said he would call on congress to give authority to provide billions of dollars worth of weapons needed by the embattled democracies of the world he warned appeasers appease rs and subversive elements that the government would use its sovereignty to save the government he admitted that the defense effort is lagging in some quarters and demanded sacrifices from business labor and agriculture england has been criticized at home and abroad for not making earlier a statement of its war aims aims president roosevelt covered this detail as far as the american effort goes he said america was seeking to protect the fundamentals on which this government was founded free speech a free press the right to worship as a persons conscience dictates and lastly freedom from want and freedom from fear the president made no aig light ht matter of the danger he said secret troops of the dictators already are among us he said as long as the aggressor nations maintain the initiative tia tive america is not safe hede dared whatever stands in the way of speed must give way to the national security it wa wag the most unique message ever delivered to a new congress usually presidents messages to new bodies go into lengthy and detailed recitals on a multitudinous amount of administrative complexities this me message asage dwelt on one subject defense and speed in defense two days later came the dents new budget message it called for a total expenditure of during the 1942 fiscal year beginning july 1 1941 this is the highest budget in history except the war year 1918 19 over 10 billions of this amount is to be used for U S defense spending the balance of non defense spending came to well over six billions a little less than this year more taxes will be needed said the presidents message to pay Z I 1 1 A SENATOR AUA ALPA B ADAMS of colorado is pictured here trying to balance the budget which was ivas read by clerks before the house and senate A member oj of the senate appropriations committee senator adams has a direct interest in 1712 billion dollar document these bills the public debt will pass the limit by june 30 this year and the president suggested removal of the debt limit almost was included to maintain agricultural aid at present level the item was cut to a drop of from this year propaganda new style before france fell the civil population was lulled into a false sense of security by assurances of the invincibility of the maginot line when germans cracked the lines the whole french nation went jittery and fled from anywhere to anywhere they believed all had been lost and in the resulting confusion all was lost european propaganda staffs quick to sense public reactions took a lesson the british immediately began giving their people the ugly facts peoples minds were conditioned to expect the worst when what happened half as bad as expected public morale rose when australian troops battered their way into bardia italian libya and took the first fortified town captured by british troops in the war mussolini could have silenced the bad news since all the italian press is controlled by him but even before british broadcasters could tell of their troops successes italian announcers noun cers were breaking the news to their own people and no ef effort fort was made to deny the loss was serious in fact for days italian minds had been conditioned to expect the loss there is belief in some excellent quarters that italian troops in bardia cut off from retreat tr eat and with little food and water were ordered to hold out at the sacrifice of their lives while this radio propaganda could be carried out at home boys from down under conversely there was no celebration in england although the british figuratively lifted their hats in in appreciation to the anzack who fought amid heat and sand in egypt anzack are australian and new A V 4 I 1 when the british forces entered bardia alter after routing that italian stronghold air gunner 11 II T brundidge 25 above was the lone american in their ranks he holds a civilian pilots license and has been recommended for an air force commission mission zealand troops who came half way round the world to answer En glands call just as their fathers had done in the world war officially they are members of the australian and new zealand army corps the anzack are one of the oddest armies in the world knowing little of the discipline quirks that govern many other bodies of troops the anzack do not salute the officers of their own army and certainly not the officers of any other including the british colonels are likely to be called by their first names even when addressed by privates captains and sergeants mingle with the utmost freedom all troops eat at the same table and wear the same uniform u the only difference being insignia of rank but any world war veteran will tell you that the anzack are one of the fight inest bunch of men ever to raise a gun for 20 days they had to stand outside the gates of bardia waiting the word to attack and growing more impatient by the hour when the signal came the city fell in less than 48 hours FOOD FOR EUROPE B britain relents american governmental pressure upon london has brought a change in blockade policy and will result in some food shipments being made to spain unoccupied france and finland U S authorities have been negotiating with the british for months to obtain a reversal of the order the british were afraid that any food reaching europe soon would be in the hands of the germans whom they accuse of stripping occupied occupied territory so as to increase rations at home the story told in france was repeated to american diplomats in france it is said there is a german waiting every time a chicken lays an egg besides it was pointed out to the U S agents that it is the duty of the conquering nation to feed the conquered and it was recalled that american and british sacrifices were necessary after the armistice in 19 1918 18 in order to get food into germany both occupied and unoccupied territory but american pressure continued and london unwilling to be stubborn with the nation to whom it i is looking to supply much of its munitions finally relented SEA WOLVES history repeats the german quota of three british ships sunk daily was raised to five as a sea raider appeared in the pacific to war on the british trade lines prisoners taken by the raider and later released said the captain of the german ship is count felix von luckner count von luckner led the british a merry chase in 1916 then he was supplied with an old sailing vessel by the german navy ran the blockade and left behind him a trail of sinking ships from the west coast of ireland to the south seas after the war count von luckner came to the united states he lectured to audiences that were dazzled with his good natured raillery he leased I ased a sailing ship and took the sons of wealthy parents on summer cruises for large fees he expressed disgust with the nazi government ern ment but the counts present audiences are not being dazzled they say he sank their ships without warning killing women and children that he huddled what prisoners he took in evil quarters with little food ever the gallant however he gave them a complaint book in which they entered all the complaints they wished to make about the ship he promised them the book would be for his personal attention but there was no indication he bothered after reading the complaints meanwhile there was a hint that american vessels might soon take over the pacific trade routes and release british vessels there for the more vital atlantic runs in areas closed to american ships under the neutrality act the idea was discussed at the outbreak of the war washington sources say the british vetoed it london sources say the proposal never got an answer from american shippers NEW DRAFT legion plan when next fall rolls around it has generally been expected president Hoo roosevelt sevelt will call for a new enrollment in the selective draft the idea behind this is to take care of those who have attained their awen ty first birthday since october 1940 and to exempt those who have passed their thirty sixth birthday the new enrollment would call for new drawing of numbers which might see some lifted to top positions who now are far down the list the american legion has come forward with a new plan it calls for enrollment in a new selective draft only of youths between the ages of 18 and 21 moreover it would be a permanent arrangement not like the present law which is operative only during the present threatening emergency it would call for compulsory military training of the nations youth as a matter of regular national policy miscellany C L death pursued four navy air corps members they with three others including two officers were riding in an amphibian plane in texas when caught in a storm the pilot to lighten his load ordered the five enlisted men to parachute to earth four landed safely one tore loose from his chute and fell to his death A naval court of i inquiry n was ordered to fly to the scene n e near big spring texas for an investigation vesti gation after the official proceedings ce the court flew toward san diego calif with the four enlisted men in the plane in a lonely california canyon the plane crashed eleven were killed including the four who had survived the ad adventure ventura in the other plane |
