Show washington parade Ny washington ashington D C june 1 from now to november there will be a feverish analyzing and interpretation pre tation of the various state primary elections most most of them delightfully light fully colored to aid and comfort the political party of the learned interpreter however the trend of thought of tae politicians and congressmen may be accurately gauged by anyone who watches the actions of the house and senate on measures the swift passage of the wage hour bill by the house is significant the senate may change it return it to the house and it may find itself back in the rules committees mit tees labyrinth from which it was forced out by a discharge petition just a few weeks ago courageous senators who are safe because they are not up for election this year may vote against it but members of the house will show no eagerness to go on record against it unless they are confident that a majority of their con constituents wib approve their action at the polls the european situation is held to be considerably improved by the firm stand taken by britain in support of france especially as it came at a time when italy ap patently parent ly felt that she had the up per hand in the italian french negotiations and seemed to be on the verge of issuing what amounted to an ultimatum to the french to keep out of the spanish civil war much has been made of the fact that our government has not lent autieri a ive dipko tic lipport sip por to the anglo frencha french action tion buethe but the truth is that any open announcement was superfluous because our foreign policy has m been d finitely definitely anti fascist and tacitly y in favor of jast the move made by france and great britain one of the more spectacular items which will undoubtedly be brought before the next congress is an investigation into the government handling of pass passenger plane disasters each time a series of air crashes fills the headlines interest in the situation grows and at the first lull in the passage of bills of major importance it will probably be brought to the fore A congressional investigation of the governments policy has long been planned and it is suggested that if and when it is made it may result in the creation of a cabinet post to deal with aeronautics and possibly all other forms of transportation por tation for it has become plain that dissatisfaction with the conduct of maritime affairs is al so growing to the point where our shipping interests can no longer be a minor activity of one of the already established departments |