Show WEEKLY NEWS NEWIS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH 10 IT labine labane lengthy congress in prospect despite peace overtures new tax measure faces fight EDITORS NOTE when opinions are expressed in these columns they are arc those of 0 the news analyst and not necessarily ol at this newspaper released hv by western newspaper M union CONGRESS keynote dear alben barkley settled down for six months in washington well be here until june he be told reporters but I 1 doubt it 11 there will be much new legislation there probably will be efforts to amend the wagner act and the wage hour law the reciprocal trade treaty program probably will cause the greatest controversy he told no lie there and president roosevelt knew it striking fast before the opposition had a chance to open its mouth the president keynoted keynotes key noted the second session of 0 the seventy sixth congress in a state ot of the union speech which attacked the destructive minefield mine field held of trade restrictions plumping tor for renew agn Z to r V g I 1 BARKLEY well be here until june al of his most favored nation program in which the administration not congress has the power to sign trade pacts he offered this defense 11 it is advisable to provide 41 at times of emergency some flexibility to make the general law ada adjustable to quickly changing conditions only one other concession did he want in 1940 0 because it Is an election t on year 1 I am asking the congress gr ss for army and navy increases which are based not on panic but on common sense conservation of resources protection of national health extension of social security and the merit system were also mentioned but in a moderate voice only out and out political dart was a crack at G 0 P hopeful tom dewey who recently accused the new deal of defeatism said the president to warble easy platitudes that if we will only go back to the ways that have failed everything will be all right is not courage next day congress got the budget items and total national defense work relief programs agricultural programs SOO public works and investments pensions retirements and assistance interest on the public debt 0 regular operating total this said the president was an estimated cut of from the current fiscal year while treasury receipts are expected to rise estimated net deficit for 1940 41 compared with this year but to further cut the deficit mr roosevelt recommended that his boost in defense costs be paid through new taxes commented loyal sen pat harrison from mississippi sis sippi its not easy to raise right off im not strong on this tax business rolling up its sleeves congress found the democrats enjoyed a three to one majority in the senate and a three to two lead in the ho house use major issues aside from the reci reciprocal ro trade act and national defense 1 whether to raise the national debt limit now nearing its legal peak 2 what to do about new tax proposal such as secretary of agriculture wallaces certificate plan in effect a processing tax to pay farm benefits 3 whether to amend the wagner labor relations act under fire from all sides 4 whether to continue martin dies un americanism committee communications wire merger herger western union maintains 2000 branch offices employing people postal telegraph its competitor has offices and employees plo thanks to air mail t telephone I 1 and radio western and P postal are both having financial troubles this month as a result came a paradox while trust buster thurman arnold was busy breaking up monopolies the much concerned federal communications commission recommended to congress that western and postal be allowed to consolidate international So something methin in the wind it was as big news in early january that hardy finnish troops had cut russians oil off from their base at salla had trapped another division near suomussalmi had cap aured a russian base at Aitta joki oki had repulsed countless shock troops on the isthmus had even blasted a red air base in estonia but the biggest news came from a little madrid newspaper called alcazar said its editorial finland land is is defending with its flesh and bravery the treasure of 0 occidental civilization fighting so bravely for independence she fights also tor for all christianity and it is inexplicable that after a long month of war she received tangible aid looking about them european observers wondered if the alcazar plea beings being answered they saw a series of potentially related moves M V X A PAUL lonesome in moscow Alo scow that might eventually lead to peace among the allies and germany and to a european attack driving the russian bear to his don den indications isolation home from moscow to london went ambassador sir william seeds to write a white paper on russo british relations gossip had it that his conversations with premier Mo bolotoff Molo lotoff toft had been stormy and that he be probably return also homeward bound was augusto rosso italian ambassador left in moscow uncomfortable and lonesome was french ambassador paul emile shakeup Sha keup the newspaper petit parisien reported from italy that germany was planning a drastic political reorganization to woo the allies it would include adolf hillers Hit lers becoming president succeeded to the by moderate herman goering Goerl ng purging of radicals like heinrich himmler joe goebbels and dr robert ley management of foreign affairs by a moderate like dr hans von mackensen ambassador to italy slackening of relations with russia and provisional recreation ot of poland and czechoslovakia czecho slovakia aid in an embarrassing spot germany announced she would wink at allied shipments ot of munitions to finland but could not tolerate troop movements thus it was obvious the reich would like to see her ally 11 russia driven back yet could not risk exposure to allied troops from the north sea western war following custom there was more horseplay than warfare the western front was a tomb but at buenos alres aires german sailors from the scuttled graf spee joined their enemies from british battleships in a night of revelry british preparations included a plan to call more men to the colors this year and a report that 20 freighters had been scuttled at the mouth 0 scapa flow purpose to prevent nazi U boats from entering the harbor and sinking i more ships like roat roal ouk oak |