Show weekly beekly news analysis papal election thought retort against dictator interference by joseph W la bine EDITORS NOTE whet when opinions a r e pressed expressed in these columns they are re those t so of the news analyst a lyst and ad not necess only of the news paper religion As eugenio eugenia cardinal pacelli ll pope plus pius XII was vatican secretary of state and an important mediator in many man Y a european squabble his two most notable achievements were 1 leadership in the world war settlement attempt ol of pope benedict XV and 2 consummation of 0 the concordat that brought peace between the vatican an and I 1 italy his k POPE PIUS XH despite count ciano and germany most difficult job was negotiating a treaty with protestant russia in 1929 a teat feat that won him the red cap of cardinal when pietro gasparri retired in 1929 when pope pius XI died last february 9 secretary of state pacelli immediately became camerlengo interim chief of the roman catholic church until the college of cardinals could n a successor internationally tio nally better known than any other potential candidate cardinal lis name was immediately bandied about as the most likely successor this despite his confessed longing to lead the contemplative life of tr a monk despite rumors that his se lection would be none too welcome by totalitarian germany and italy if cardinal pacelli had never admitted antl anti dictator sentiments italian foreign minister count cianos newspaper II if Tele grato lost no time pointing out that a pacelli appointment would be unwelcome in rome in german germany y another new newspaper r das schwarze korps chimed in at the vatican german ambassador carl ludwig diego von bergen told the college that his nation was assisting at the elaboration of a new world and that the papacy without doubt has an er essential sen role though conceivably unrelated to these events cardinal Pa cellis elevation to the papacy might be in direct retaliation against two governments ern ments which saw fit to interfere with church affairs A further possibility lity is that the rome berlin axis erred diplomatically to such an extent that the college of cardinals card mals felt obliged to appoint an experienced statesman who could deal with herr hitler and signor signer mussolini europe britaina Brit ains chief reason tor for backing down at munich was subsequent appeasements app easements have grown noticeably smaller as rearmament was sped in january prime minister chamberlain gave nary an inch at rome in february he be openly announced plans to aid france in war and to win the new spain away from fascist domination shortly after general francos government was recognized the army navy and air ministers stepped before parliament to outline how their share of britaina Brit ains largest budget since the world war more than will be spent how army navy and a air ir expenses will mount is shown by the follow ins ing estimated budgets compared with the current fiscal year 1939 ab 1383 1939 army navy aviation 1 ODO not included Is some going for civilian defense bringing the total armament outlay to more than or more than alt the government will spend for all other purposes combined specifically army standing at a new peace pell peacetime e time high various army units will be boosted by about during the coming fiscal year increases are planned both at home and in colonies navy fearing german U boats english australian south african and hong kong ports will be secured against submarines and mine layers canada may purchase a naval flotilla leader to head its fleet of six destroyers six new motor torpedo boats are being shipped to hong kong planned construction 20 fast escort vessels two battleships one aircraft carrier four cruisers sers 16 destroyers 30 smaller craft aviation personnel will rise from to tour four times the 1934 total of by march 31 a total of 1750 first line planes will be ready with production pace paced d at a month against an estimated in germany within a year the air ministry expects 2840 first line planes civilian fifty million civilian gas masks toy gas helmets tor for babies and masks tor for children are on the list some sandbags sandbars sand bags are on hand with ordered special electrical equipment is planned and crisis organization is being completed der tag whose fear is responsible tor for this preparation meanwhile remains at flirting distance points of potential trouble between france and italy over mediterranean demands have grown more prominent italy has repatriated her nationals in france ousted french news newspaper pa men won polish allegiance away from france and hastened mobilization one new garrison Is reportedly established at genoa only miles from nice meanwhile spain emerges in clear focus as the new center of european balance relief everyone knows relief costs much more today than in 1929 everyone knows too that president roose belts dream of an national annual income may mean little liitle even it if it does come true since increased governmental costs would eat up the profits how much relief costs have gained how much national income has dropped is is shown in reports ot of the social cecur security ity board see graphs but far more impressive were facts not shown in the report namely that a noticeable share of DIVIDENDS INTEREST 44 CAPITA INCOME PE 4 0 20 C 0 N sal C ON TO EMPLOYEES 1929 INCOME beliel cost only 1 per cent or 48 as shown by tiny piece of pie DIVIDENDS INTEREST CAPITAL 6 2 INCOME compensation TO employees 1938 INCOME arclie cost 56 58 per cent or not including administrative costs since total income was sr smaller antler than percentage for relief is actually larger than shown in pie pic national income came not from private initiative but from government aid for example even the total relief expense was included as was spent tor for war veteran payments emergency subsistence payments to farmers are also counted in darkening the picture still more are estimates that total relief costs would have mounted to instead of only had federal state and local administrative costs been included moreover since cc national income was more than a under IMs the growth of relief cost over this period was bigger than shown labor for two years labors ill starred dove of peace has sought a resting place hovering over the battleground of john lewis congress tor for industrial organization and william greens american federation of labor this month for three reasons the dove hovers nearer earth but there is still no indication that peace will come via mutual consent a more likely solution is victory tor for the A F of L thanks to grawi growing antic anti C 1 I 0 sentiment welling up since homer martin split the united automobile workers during january the three indications of a showdown supreme court the much cussed national labor relations board allegedly proc pro C 1 I 0 was rebuffed in three supreme court decisions which aich effectively banned the sit down strike specifically the two major decisions ruled 1 that chi cagos fansteel metallurgical corporation po ration could riot not be compelled to DANIEL TOBIN the peacemaker eschewed esche iced peace rehire participants in the notorious 1937 sit down and 2 that NLRB has misruled mis ruled in charging a cleveland firm with unfair labor practices for dealing with one set of organized workers after failing to reach an agreement with another set since C 1 I 0 s most successful weapon has been discredited C 1 I 0 itself ks Is thereby discredited but john lewis organization has already attained a big measure of success so this effect is unimportant greater by tar far is the blow to prestige to be reflected in congress during the next few weeks wagner act C 1 I 0 has stood pat against amending the labor act and well it might since most NLRB decisions have been favorable chief sentiment for change has come from A F of L which lost prestige by NLRB decisions and employers who claim the act discriminates crimi nates against them addin adding 9 its voice is the public which apparently dislikes the idea of gi giving ving NLRB jurisdiction which traditionally has belonged to the courts revision vi ion of the wagner act is the no 1 I certainty of this years congress probably stripping NLRB 0 of f its power and establishing another tribunal more to the liking of conservative serva tive elements how C 1 I 0 would suffer how A F of L would gain by this move is strikingly obvious peace talks encouraged by court rulings and public sentiment A F of L could afford to accept P president resi Roosevel ts current labor peace bid with reservations hope of the administration is that labors two factions will settle their dispute in conference precluding a fiery congressional debate over wagner act changes but mr roosevelt had not counted on such independence as that of william green and daniel tobin A F of L stalwarts stal warts appointed a delegate to the peace talks mr air tobin refused to attend on the excuse that he had too much work A more logical reason is that mr tobin tamed famed as a peacemaker failed to see a chance tor for harmony it was recalled that at last autumns houston A F of L convention he argued for arbitration provided the points do not involve fundamental laws of the organizations tiona the same feeling of futility probably led mr green to demand that senate senata labor committee hearings on the tha wagner act be continued not postponed until after the conference recognizing a good chance for congressional victory A F of L is probably willing to junk the pence peace talks and play every card while the time Is ripe |