Show weekly news analysis sharper world power lineup results from Russ Finn clash by joseph W la labine bine EDITORS NOTE wien when opinions ominio ar tie expressed in these columns tier they are those of tie the sews news analyst sad and not necessarily of the newspaper international finlandia Fin landia dussias Rus sias invasion of finland provided the first authentic touch of fierce conflict which observers have hav e seen in the european cat and dog fight which started september 1 carnage was spreading but so was peace talk because most of the civilized world except germany and japan was outspoken in its denunciation of soviet aggression plucky even though pathetically outnumbered the finns surprised most military experts by stalemate ing th the e enemy along a mile front off hango one russian destroyer was sunk and two others badly damaged by coastal batteries te pt 3 B j 1 e es 1 w v ay w asi A IX CA RUSSIAN WEAPON top photo shows how soviet troops are bedded down in wing compartments over site of attack they are parachuted below to the ground while civilians fled bomb wrecked Helsing fors hardy soldiers fought off the soviet advance in the north they even drove the invader from snowbound snow bound petsamo after the russians had taken that city with a new weapon soldiers dropped by parachute there was no hope for negotiation nor did finland expect to hold out very long foreign minister vaino tanner appealed to the world for effective help as well as sympathy later he tried to reopen AA v 7 h A bf jan Fin lands idol and world famed composer denied by telephone from his home in hel sing fors outskirts that he was dead a bomb victim harold D jacobs ex washing ton newsman was made stooge wage hour administrator until congress will okay an army man tor for the job col philip fleming of st paul mrs franklin D roosevelt showed up for the third day at un americanism committee hearings watching texas rep martin dies hunt communists in the american youth congress attorney general frank murphy refused A F of L s request that unions be exempted fro from m antitrust anti trust laws thereby avoiding implication in the current inquiry y of df building industry irregularities king george VI of britain braved a rough channel crossing to join his army on the western front negotiations with moscow through the S swedish minister there but only a few hours earlier the soviet had made its own peace with a puppet democratic republic of finland finally in desperation finland appealed to the league of nations embarrassment for three years the frightened league has played dead whenever a political question was broached last spring secretary general joseph A C agenol ignored Al banias protest during the italian invasion and a recently scheduled meeting to hear polands bolands Po lands protest over her russian german invasion was politely called off for fear of embarrassing the kremlin reason rus sias ivan haisky is league president this time the league had its last chance to retain international respect secretary agenol dispatched the finnish protest under pressure from france and britain who saw a chance of forcing russia to show her hand this hope was dashed when russia announced she would not attend the meeting nor did any observer expect the lesser neutral nations to support either side in this controversy instead the peace seekers looked to italy a non leaguer and japan whose foreign policy since september 1 has been as coherent as the gibberish of a mongolian idiot officially fici ally the italian government was sphinx like but there was ro PO doubt about the feelings of a mob of uniformed fascists who cheered before romes finnish legation and hooted before the soviet embassy though moving softly the fine italian hand was seen encouraging formation of an anticommunist anti communist bloc in the balkan states where the soviet bear will positively strike next germany was silent and with good reason to denounce the reds after adolt adolf hillers Hit lers great show of friendship with moscow would mean either 1 the repudiation of der fuehrer and a subsequent admission that the allies are right or 2 a simultaneous war on two fronts against two hostile enemies russia on the east and the allies on the west but a good sign of the average nazis sentiments was the pro finnish demonstration in Hun garys parliament how about japan britain believed the recent jap russian truce had paved the way for Fin lands invasion but shanghai and tokyo observers thought otherwise said an anonymous jap army major it is a good lesson it proves what we have always suspected that russia cannot be trusted japan italy and russia were obviously the nations to be watched but no one could accurately predict their moves the other war thousands of older french soldiers were released from the western front as the allies settled on their new strategy fighting germany with sea power and economics instead of land offensives there was no great show of sea power although the disastrous allied shipping losses from germanys germanas Germ anys magnetic mines had apparently been stopped british aviators bombed Heli goland the north sea naval base claiming they had scored direct hits on several warships but the biggest news was the new allied blockade on all german exports designed to strangle the sources of foreign exchange in the middle of this strange warfare the vatican dropped an even stranger though prom promising is ing note pope pius XII suggested the warring nations declare a christmas truce american reaction thoroughly startled when russia ignored his plea that civilian bombings be avoided in the soviet fin nish invasion president roosevelt issued an unprecedented statement despite efforts made to solve the dispute by peaceful methods one power has chosen to resort to arms this silenced spiteful critics who hoped to capitalize by pointing out how the president had erred in recognizing zing russia back in 1933 but it silence new yorks com eunist daily worker whose front page editorial accused the U S of provoking war against russia by using finland as a pawn next the president asked manufacturers rs and exporters of planes to remember the unprovoked bombing and machine gunning of civilian pop Z V Z X LEAGUES last Lasi chance ions from the air before negotiating any more contracts with the soviet not content with this moral embargo many a congressional leader began yelling for severance severance of diplomatic relations with russia first among them was texas red baiting rep martin dies sen william borah on the other hand felt the U S can best serve the cause of peace by making every reasonable effort to maintain normal relations with all warring nations comment from britaina Brit ains publicity wise george bernard shaw finland would probably not have refused the russian offer had she been acting in her own interests but russia believes that finland thinks she has the backing of america and other western powers meanwhile the finnish legation in washington announced calmly that its ever prompt war debt payment of will be made as due this month COMMERCE rough sledding only through broad international trade said british premier neville chamberlain a few weeks ago can peace be assured in washington secretary of state cordell hull echoed his words because he needed that argument to defend his reciprocal trade program since europe went to war the U S has rushed to make treaties with south american nations whose old world trade outlets have been cut off the joker has been that south americas export surpluses which she would exchange for U S manufactured products cannot be imported here without damaging domestic markets of american farmers one principle of the reciprocal trade program is that a low tariff concession granted any nation is immediately accorded all other lands which hold treaties hence it if the program keeps expanding critics fear all U S tariff walls will be broken down our self sufficiency will be destroyed and the U S will become dependent on foreign sources opened in washington were hearings on a pact with chile which would reduce tariffs on copper and beans among other things since the reciprocal treaty act comes up for renewal before congress next session it was noteworthy that three good democratic senators colorados johnson Ari zonas hayden and dark clark protested said johnson the trade program persecutes and undermines domestic enterprise permits greater infiltration of foreign goods trades off american jobs replaces amer ican taxpayers with foreign producers who pay no taxes here even making allowance for any sectional interest these senators might have it was pretty certain the trade act will have rough sledding in congress COURTS labor defeat painful to 57 corporations individuals and organizations was the supreme courts decision upholding a justice department antitrust anti trust suit the decision held them liable to prosecution ec ution charged with fixing milk prices controlling supply and suppressing competition in the chicago area most pained however was labor reason one defendant is the milk wagon drivers union thus is assistant attorney general thurman arnold freed to prosecute organized labor in his investigation ti of building trades a probe which was opposed by A F of L s president william green on the ground that unions are exempted from such antitrust anti trust prosecution by the clayton act but labors fear goes deeper than that if the justice department is upheld against labor unions in its building trades conspiracy case the unions can be prosecuted in restraint of trade every time they can call a strike POLITICS norris advice not until the jackson day dinners january 8 it if not later is president roosevelt expected to say yes or no on the third term issue early this month while washington correspondents did their I 1 best to trip up the dent on a commitment y Y braskas nebraskan Ne sage old sen geor george e norris r 1 s ga gave v e the e white house some advice NORRIS say nothing no other leader until a commitment is unavoidable his reasoning the president is the ideal leader of the common man and if he should be eliminated from the scene now no other leader could unite the progressive people in a fight against a united reactionary enemy the progressive element would be divided into groups which would go down to defeat in a convention where the united opposition might succeed in nominating a reactionary other political news 41 ex president herbert hoover led a republican effort tomake cam campaign fodder out of the white houses reluctance to break its diplomatic ties with russia said he contrasting the present problem with the administrations severe sanctions against nazi germany why all this tenderness toward russia 01 ol fl A gallup poll maintained that 41 per cent of the nation thinks business would be better under a republican president TREASURY surprise contrary to popular conception secretary of the treasury henry revealed in washington that the U S debt limit is not reasoning the 1917 law authorized the treasury to bor 44 11 K know now your newsy news one hundred is is perfect score and deduct 20 for each question you miss any score below 60 to be bragged about A 4 IL 1 1 this man Is eating breakfast who is he and what important political step did he recently take 2 in new york george romeo borneo lowther III whose wooing of eileen juliet herrick was opposed by her parents obtained a court order and a 10 day truce after which he was supposed to be free to marry the girl did he 3 princess louise of england daughter of the late queen victoria made news in what way 4 what swept across the philippines A a diphtheria epidemic B a typhoon C a spirit of independence 5 petsamo Pet samo in northern finland site of a fierce finnish rus sian battle has a temperate climate even though its inside the arctic circle why answers at bottom of column row more than the then owed this left the treasury to play with mr reasoned with the debt standing at he had borrowed a half billion more through the sale of 2 per cent 9 to 11 year bonds he also added the debt created automatically in connection with previous sales of baby bonds how long his would last mr would not say but observers believed of it may be needed tor for the current fiscal year requiring a decision on whether to increase the limit levy new taxes or cut down expenses the president has decided to leave it up to congress in line with his plan to make the next session as controversial non as possible meanwhile the U S chamber of commerce threw cold water on all three alternatives what is needed said the chamber is drastic overhaul of congress taxing and spending procedure so as to tighten up its control ol of the purse strings miscellany ouster dragged from his office and fired because gov E D rivers said he was using the prestige of his office to further his political ambitions georgias highway commissioner W linton miller began fighting for reinstatement terminal C L at kansas city tour four railway companies santa santafe fe burlington rock island ani an I 1 missouri pacific planned to spend on a new produce terminal making the city a midwestern w market center JW e za W ais az i 2 dixi A it tavy I 1 S I 1 W S S ww 1 tom dewey new york district attorney t who announced his 1940 G 0 0 rv P presidential candidacy 2 no though legally free juliet claimed she was still held captive 3 she died 4 B H is correct it was the worst hurricane there since 1908 5 the gulf stream which originates in the caribbean sea some miles away Y 1 J lRe released leased by western newspaper union |