Show WEEKLY ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W labine second season of ism probe has rough tumble beginning H undred hundred witnesses to come EDITORS NO NOT EWhen when opinions are expressed in these columns they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper I 1 released by western newspaper union J DOMESTIC U un n dearly beloved by congressional investigating committees are the hot days of a washington summer when the slightest ruffle of news m makes akas national headlines into this scene last summer came a new figure texas rep martin dies with his loud but bu tn not accurate committee investigating vesti gating un americanism this summer martin dies came back with a new committee and a new appropriation at its first session the committee gave reporters a story as newsy as last years accusation cusa tion that shirley temple was a communist up to the witness stand strode german american bandmaster Bund master FUEHRER KUHN chos a liar fritz kuhn after hearing his life story Alaba mas rep joe starnes made made so bold as to ask fuehrer kuhn if his organization intended to establish a nazi government in the U S an absolute lie a flat be lie shouted kuhn flaming with anger joe starnes jumped to his feet shoving ing reporters and photographers photograph drs aside he strode toward the witness crying dont call me a liar when capitol policemen had put an end to these fighting words the committee committe e got down to more serious work with calm deliberation ili illinois rep noah mason drew enough information from the witness to make german american distasteful when men faced with the accusation cusa tion that his bund is a moneymaking racket based on the credulity of 0 the american people kuhn countered by listing these strange objectives 1 to unite the ger man american element 2 to fight communism 3 to give the german e element I 1 e ment political background the committee also learned fuehrer kuhn had visited hitler in 1936 had given him tor for winter relief and had worn a nazi uniform in a berlin parade his brother is a berlin supreme court justice his bund dun a followers whose records have been destroyed are pledged to defend the good name of the mother country germany most americans reading about martin dies newest revelations agreed the committee had made a good start still on the docket however was a list of some witnesses whom agents have rounded up since last february observers hoped this summers investigation follow last years pattern a forum for un burdening grudges RELIEF wages up A key provision of this years relief appropriation was that wages should be juggled to prevent any more geography ical variation than the difference diHe rence in living costs necessitated for the south where labor is cheaper this meant a raise for the north it meant wage cuts fo for r big cities it meant elimination of the 10 per cent differential up or down which was allowed for local conditions cast into three regions south northland nort north hand fand west new wage scales were announced by commissioner F C harrington region no I 1 wage range 39 30 to sa p 90 per month connecticut delaware dist district ri ct ot of columbia illinois indiana iowa maine maryland kansas massachusetts michigan minnesota missouri missour nebraska new hampshire new jersey je arsey new york north dakota 0 ohio hlo pennsylvania rhode rhod island south dakota vermont west virginia wisconsin co ansin region no 2 wage range 44 20 to 94 SO per month AT arizona izona california colorado idaho montana nevada new mexico oregon utah washington wyoming I 1 region no 3 wage range 31 20 to 31 90 per month Ala alabama baina arkansas florida georgia kentucky louisiana north carolina oklahoma south carolina Ter tennessee texas virginia net result of the changes observers figured will be to raise the national monthly average from 53 to W in the me south rural wages will jump from 28 26 to 35 in rural areas and from 40 to in big cities ARMY before the battle at the second battle of manassas in 1862 famed stonewall jackson sent his men a raiding general popes headquarters they returned with everything but the general himself manassas again made headlines this month when the regular U S army units duplicated stonewall jacksons strategy captured a brigadier generals outpost and advanced toward washington against defending national guards men this was the first phase of spectacular military maneuvers unmatched in U S peacetime the second phase began at plattsburg Platts burg N Y where national guards men and regulars began their battle this invader piercing from the north to meet the invader coming up through manassas bigger than either battle however was the realism of Platts burgs commander gen hugh A drum night before the war began stern jawed general drum assembled officers on the parade ground to present a few facts publicly scorned was the suggestion that his troops fight at paper strength i e with imaginary arm armament m nt th the e army hopes some day to see secure ur e the general demanded a campaign of reality to bring horns home the ac actualities tu of our state of preparedness only in tanks he said is the army up to strength other deficiencies manpower 77 per cent machine guns 67 per cent trucks 83 auto matic mati rifles 57 said he 1 I do not int intend end to be little the advantages of s speed peed but mobility off the battled battlefield cannot compensate for inefficiency in the conduct of a fight foht what we need to learn is how to fight BUSINESS oil A simple law of economics is that prices drop as surpluses increase no exception is crude oil which chic h in one week dropped a rough 30 cents a barrel major reason thought oilmen was the rapid recent exploitation of new 0 oil pools in il illinois lin of s which operate full blast without production restrictions enforced by other states in the continental mid area meeting in oklahoma city the interstate oil compact commission decided to let each state handle the problem in its own way five states texas oklahoma nevi net mexico kansas and arkansas found a way production was stopped fr 15 days |