Show weekly news analysis V U S reacts to european war as shipments crowd wharves by joseph W la ila bine basic EDITORS NOTE NOT EWhen when opinions jr re expressed in ia these columns they th e y ro r those of the i news analyst and sot R ot 37 necessarily of this newspaper DOMESTIC U so S the war major fear of congressmen who opposed the neutrality act last october was that its practical effect was to favor britain and france who control the seas meanwhile shutting off U S munitions supplies to germany released by the state department at years end were substantiating figures in november first month of neutrality neutral itys ts operation era tion france received export licenses covering in munitions exports britain germany none meanwhile new york port officials felt tor for the first time the press of war shipments bedded down in the foreign trade zone on staten island were bombers trucks trench X I 1 I 1 I 1 Z V PLANE FOR BRITAIN trench diggers too diggers corned beef and miscellaneous war exports valued at all awaiting empty allied freighters to carry them across the sub marine infested atlantic items 60 fast lockheed reconnaissance bombers their bodies painted a dark brown and camouflaged with weird strivings pings 1500 studebaker trucks and 1000 white trucks the vanguard of to be sent to the war zone within the next two months wired to many of them were crates carrying machine gun mountings and spare parts 13 trench diggers costing each and destined for the western front to be followed soon by more at washington the annual report of Int interior brior secretary harold ickes focused attention ofa americas need for conserving conserving her natural resources which he said were threatened by efforts to breakdown am conservation programs in an attempt to reap quick war profits what specific attempts he had in mind secretary ickes did not sty say but it is well known that army and navy departments rife rits have ordered strict conserva dionot domestic dome sources of certain I 1 strategic materials ESPIONAGE dies to I urphy much maligned during the two years lil bis committee has investigated un americanism congressman martin dies of texas has nevertheless managed to stir up trouble tor for communist earl browder nazi fritz kuhn alien harry bridges and many a lesser figure for months the administration would not operate cooperate co but finally the justice department swooped down on earl browder indicting inducting indic ting him on false passport charges this month attorney general frank murphy begins operating cooperating co so completely that martin dies is shoved to the background opened in washington was a special grand jury probe to study direct evidence of planned sabotage by representatives of foreign governments in U S auto airplane and munitions factories at the same time frank murphy began probing activities using the income tax passport and foreign agent laws as his weapons THE WARS in the west where christmas left oft off a violent blizzard began to stop all operations on the western front sidelights C britain expecting real war in the spring ordered 2000 more men prepared for army service C L in paris le petit parisien published a report from italy that adolf hitler was ready to quit as chancellor and purge his more radical nazis to convince the allies to make peace fl L only sea activity was vie the decision of germanys germanas Germ anys freighter tacoma to accept interment at montevideo harbor rather than face capture by british ships waiting outside the harbor in the north attack and repulse tactics continued featuring the war var between finland and russia the soviet suffering bitter losses on all fronts from petsamo to the Xa rellan isthmus main reason as ai usual was cold weather an illy ally of the me skillful finns most gruesome grue story near it was learned the ahe outnumbered finns lied had surrounded rus dussias sias entire division waited wailed three weeks in bitter cold while the soviet supply lines broke down then attacked to find the russi russians ans so weak and frozen they could hardly move trapped werd were most mosi of the men thou sands of them already dead far from an optimist Fin lands president kyosti kallio knew such luck hold out As new waves of red troops were rushed to the front he appealed for foreign volunteers CONGRESS quiz two months ago only a few americans realized that Cordell hulls reciprocal cipro cal trade act comes up tor for congressional renewal this year today that issue ranks no I 1 on the agenda threatening to inject itself into presidential campaign the question should america subscribe to hull low tariff policies 1 ies or G 0 P high tariffs at least three opponents of the hull idea two of them democrats spoke their minds as congress un locked its oratorical floodgates flood gates new yorks G 0 P rep daniel reed need charged joseph davies had been brought back from his brussels ambassadorial bassa dorial post to serve as super lobbyist for cordell hull south dakotas sen W 3 bulow keynoted keynotes key noted opinion in his chamber by indicating it so much the act itself he BURKE A 4 realistic view opposed what counted was that the seriate should ratify each treaty most josf realistic attitude was that of Ne braskas sen edward R burke he favored the long range view that taking down tariff walls would eventually benefit all countries but declared abric agric agriculture alture in some states is so depressed it would require at least a few feg years to get it back on its feet what most senators want is a chance for some old fashioned logrolling hence observers thought the trade act would be renewed only if congressional ratification is included other issues ren pensions unexpectedly injected was a campaign sponsored by poorer states to make the U S take a bigger share of pension costs under law the U S matches states dollar for dollar up to 20 per month agriculture henry wallace polished off his certificate plan to dyphon annually from consumers to finance the farm program farmers would get income certificates valued at the differential between market price and parity FOREPART FORECAST rUn ilAl rumors behind world headlines new job alonce C once U S ambassador to italy and an official of at the state depart ment since woodrow wilsons Wil sons administration bre ck c k en e n ridge long is consid c 0 n s i dered the best bet to io su succeed c joseph E davies daves as ambassador to belgium um 1 4 D davies avies his has already taken over mo most of longs LONG present duties to fo brussels as head of the special depart department departie me nt for repatriation tria tion of americans living abroad goering trouble C L the london daily herald reports on good authority that adolt adolf hit lers no 1 aid field marshal her mann goering has fallen in disfavor and is living at his shooting chalet at planning a comeback campaign 94 on his own terms it neutrality observers expect wholesale attempts to transfer U S owned passenger and freight ships to registry of european neutrals following the maritime commissions approval of a deal whereby eight U S lines ships are sold to a norwegian company tor for operation between new york and liverpool purpose of transfer to escape ban imposed im posed by U S neutrality law e resignation ot of dr al alan an roy dafoe as a guardian of the famous dionne quintuplets quintuple ts may pave the way for their return home ot of the patents parents mr and mrs oliva dionne st strategy d L both republicans and democrats the latter in self defense will probably concentrate their major 1940 presidential campaign in the midwestern states normally a G 0 P stronghold for this reason leaders of both parties are urging chicago as convention city tragedy C university of Ne braskas dr J E weaver predicts that the most ruinous drouth in history will strike the middle western dust bowl next year already dry the dust bowl received only temporary relief from light snows protest fl 49 agricultural business interests are planning a campaign to demand that the farm credit administration be remove removed d from the hands of secretary of agriculture henry wallace on charges that his recently ex control over will result in loosened credit restrictions thus endangering the investments of stockholders price these to be purchased by processors taxes henry no not only opposed the certificate plan as a consumer tax in disguise but pointed out the consumer already pays 61 per cent of the taxes A bigger issue whether to raise taxes or hike the national debt limit which reaches its ceiling next year defense while the president planned an enlarged defense p program ro two republicans chios 01 sen robert A taft and william borah warned against it WHITE HOUSE appointments As congress opened P resident president roosevelt asked confirmation of his two most recent appointees C charles edison assistant secretary of the navy since january 1937 and acting head of the department since last summer chosen for full C L daniel W bell former acting budget director named undersecretary of tile the treasury ra PEOPLE 41 2 0 W fr royal speech 1 r C k opening a parliament which must appropriate the largest budget in japans history emperor hirohito hailed an im improvement p r 0 v e in foreign relations yet indicated his army should make the most 0 of f eu ropes war with the outbreak of disturbances HIROHITO in europe improvement the situation has become extremely complicated you must therefore make a close study of conditions and direct your efforts to expand the national power so the conviction of the empire may be realized I told you so e L announcing a 20 year contract tor for sale of bonneville wash dams power to the aluminum company of am america e r I 1 c a secretary of interior harold ickes called it a A tactual factual answer to those skeptics skeptic s who claim there is no 10 real demand for power from 9 government overn ment plants on the ICKES C columbia 0 I 1 if m b I 1 a factual answer to river it was revealed alcoa aicha plans a plant at vancouver costing several million dollars no communist at washington harvard law schools dean james M landis reported he had found harry bridges west coast C 1 I 0 leader is not a communist thus closing the deportation hearing at which dean landis officiated ASIA army in the saddle U S business men in china were cold to japans announcement that foreign shipping in the yangtze river would soon be resumed this new concession would probably mean little indeed it might never come to pass it if the U S refuses a new trade treaty when the present japanese pact expires january 28 26 but there was a growing opinion among occidentals dentals in the orient that their biggest enemy was not the japanese government of premier nobuyuki awa IN hwat A w know your news perfect score is deduct 20 points for each question you miss score of 80 is excellent 60 average 40 poor 20 dont tell anyone BULGARIA RUSSIA VV blacks ij ON sea 1 arrow points to section of turkey very much in the news re bently why j 2 the former ethel dup n and her husband were injured a virginia auto crash her married name 3 ex president herbert hoover heads a relief agency which has sent more than to aid the citizens of if what country 4 choice pope rius pius XII in set a modern precedent by visiting a the western front b his birthplace c the italian king 5 name the former U S ambassador bas to belgium who has just been named special assistant in the state department at washington answers at bottom of column abe but rather the powerful army therefore it would be smart to play ball with premier abe tor for hi his s cabinet must fall inthe if the trade talks tail fail this would place the hostile army in command leaving U S business men stranded some hint of the situation was dropped in washington where japanese ambassador kensuke horinouchi intimated that already his government must seek the approval of army officers in china before granting the U S any new concessions TREND suppression freedom of speech and press suffered three times in two days C L at cambridge mass the city council voted to ban the words lenin and leningrad from all printed matter in the city but the mayor refused to sign the measure C at chicago president james C petrillo of the local musicians demanded that two twos productions george whites fcc dais and the man ian who came to dinner delete references to john L lewis head of A F of L s arch foe the C 1 I 0 fl C at mexico city the chamber of deputies voted to exclude all religion and religious instruction florb schools EDUCATION bequest ranking high among the worlds educational institutions is the university of chicago which on december 1 reported in its permanent fund by the time another month had passed president robert hobert maynard hutchins was able to report a neat gain items from the estate of the gatej aate T clara abbott frog fro e rockefeller foundation 3 buu property from albert D lasker from the estate of the late orson C wells news aws quiz as w ea 2 1 an earthquake followed by a blizzard killed at least there 2 mrs franklin D roosevelt jr 3 finland 4 C Is correct it was the first visit ot of a pope to a temporal prince in more than 70 years 5 joseph E davies I 1 released by western newspaper union |