Show j WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS By Edward C. Wayne Washington Experts See War Crisis In Europe and Asia Within 90 Days As Hitler German U. S. and Ford Clash on Labor Policy NOTE When opinion are In these Cher re those of the newe analyst and not necessarily of this I by Western Newspaper 60 TO 90 i Crisis Will Come In where bets can be obtained on almost the odds ore 55 to 45 that the United States will be at war with Japan within 60 to 90 Peace is on the short The view is shared by competent Whether there will be actual armed conflict probably will depend on what happens during this The predictions are being made not by prophets but on careful analysis of mili geographical and economic Those most apprehensive in the capital are concerned with adoption of the lend-lease bill which would give President Roosevelt full powers to place the nation on an all-out war They believe Japan is a full partner of the Axis and will act on orders from They believe that within 60 to 90 days Hitler will order the full force of his powerful attack let loose on Britain and they are doubtful of the They fear the United States will be faced with an enemy on the Atlantic and the Pacific at the same For America the chief immediate political factor is the pact among Germany and signed last The pact provides for co-operative action if either of the others is involved in a These officials believe the treaty Is an outright offensive alliance aimed at the U. just as Nazi spokesmen said at the In Tokyo those immediately concerned are seeking full powers for the cabinet headed by Premier Prince who is pledged to the world In both countries it is the ent desire on the part of leaders to i prepare public opinion for the worst so that there will be no outcry which would force modification of the Crisis Year President Roosevelt's birthday Is I a holiday in but not for the same In Germany it is celebrated as the birthday of the Nazi acquisition of Annually Hitler makes a This year was no But his speech bade the German people to mark the year 1941 as an exception He promised it would be the victory He said the attack on Britain was that it would come without fail in and he warned that no aid from the United States would be permit ted to reach Every ship carrying help to Brit- I he would be no matter what its no matter if it was convoyed or Also in the theater of C The British continued to make headway in besieging Ben- the last main port held by the j Italians and threatening to extend their lines to the border of French C In East Africa they also battered their way Into The Italians retreated in An Italian army of there was said to be j in a bad C. German Big Berthas were firing I from the French channel porta Into Whereas before the pro-j toppled into the Dover now they were reported to reach 10 miles WAR Senators Hear Report When Wendell Willkie decided to go to England to for the progress of the there was sarcasm in some It was said the nominee intended to the rumors of war in Willkie he saw and hurried Hardly had he arrived in London when an announcement was made that he would reduce the length of his stay in order to report home Even after another 48 hours was cut from the schedule at the of State Secretary Hull who asked him to testify before the committee considering the lend-lease Willkie's speed on the journey over and back seems almost a rebuke to the isolationists who have emphasized how far away England really is But there was more sarcasm for Willkie's It came now from Republican The national convention of Young meeting in Des heard a resolution which condemned the party leader for his support of the bilL The resolution was not It met with displeasure at the hands of many stalwarts who believed Willkie's position in support of the administration policy should not be criticized at this A few days in the Pennsylvania state Republican committee itself went on record as favoring the aims of the lend-lease bill and requesting the state's Republican congressmen to vote for Some GOP were not One declared by supporting the Roosevelt foreign was a to the For Defense The war department announced I award to the Fargo Motor company of Detroit of a contract for At the same time it let it be known that the Ford Motor company was low bidder but that their estimate was thrown out because Ford refused to agree to labor policy The specifications of the contract called for observance of the labor policy statement adopted by the defense commission last Through this part of the specification the Ford bid had drawn a line in red blocking it The refusal of Ford to observe the provisions of the bidding is not the first difference between the company and the nor is it the first business the firm has The automobile manufacturer held out against the and the government stopped buying Ford In Pennsylvania the state also cancelled an order then for several million Last fall Ford refused to accept a defense commission contract for airplane engines because the material was scheduled to be shared with Great Supporters of the most recent action within the government declared I that it was wrong to award defense j contracts to a manufacturer who I has been held guilty of Wagner act A Ford spokesman asserted that while the manufacturer would re-fuse to make defense material requiring compliance with the he was willing to make any material possible without any profit to |