The Willamina times., February 02, 1939, Image 4

TIMES. WILLAMINA. OREGON
W e e k ly N e w s A n a ly sis-
B rue kart's W ashington Digest
THURSDAY. FEB. 2. 1939
B u st
Theory of Spending Ourselves Out
V. S. May Force Orient Peace
Of Depression Seen Unwise Course
Through Guam Defense Gossip
★ Pick o f the New Crop
— ------------------ B y J o s e p h W . l^i B in e —
------Ily V ir g in ia V a le —
E D IT O R 'S N O T E—When opinions * ' •
repressed in these cotuiaas. they t r t th e s e
ol the peers see Ip St. sod pot n e c e s s tiilr
of the peer sps pet.
Asia
On Decem ber 31. January 14 and
Jan u ary 19, respectively, the U. S.,
Britain and F rance w arned Japan
that they disliked her violation ol
China’s “ open door.” Nothing hap­
pened. So painful was the silence
that China’s Foreign M inister Wang
Chung-Hui finally suggested th at de­
m ocracies m ight be using the wrong
tactics. His proposal: To follow
these strong diplomatic notes with
form al proposals of settlem ent, even
unto actual term s.
® What Foreign M inister Wang for­
got is that neither the U. S. nor
F rance nor Britain yet feels obligat­
ed to beg for peace with Tokyo. But
if Jap a n would m ake the overture—.
And th at is precisely what the U. S.
state departm ent now seem s bent
on m aking Jap a n do.
As the crow flies, Guam lies 1,500
miles southeast of Tokyo. This 150-
out that congressional authorization
for rearm am en t is one thing, but
th at authorization is worthless with­
out appropriations.
Meanwhile the gam e of dem ocra­
cy vs. dictator becam e still more
b itter as Jap a n at once tightened
her belt and stuck out her tongue.
As the diet opened its new session
in Tokyo, P rem ier Kiichiro Hiranu-
m a announced (1) that w artim e con­
trol m easures would be placed on a
perm anent basis and (2) that Japan
has no alternative other than to
“ exterm inate those who fail to un­
derstand” h er aim in China.
Said Foreign M inister Hachiro
A rita: “ What Jap an desires is the
creation of a new order which is to
secure the perm anent peace of east
Asia, that is to say, the construc­
tion of a new east Asia upon an eth­
ical foundation wherein Japan, Man-
chukuo and China, while each pre­
serving her independence and indi­
viduality, will stand united and
linked together for active collabora
tion and m utual aid . .
★ Tone Takes U p N. V.
★ K errigan S till Fearing
Evidence in Congress of Definite Determinaton to Cut | F YOU don’t believe that
1 “ Motion pictures are your
Down on Appropriations; Sound Sense of American
best entertainment,” but that
People Always Finds Answer to National Problems.
only really good pictures can
come u n d er th a t h ead in g ,
you’ll be interested (I think)
By WILLIAM BRUCKART
in knowing which ones an ex­
WNU Service, National Press Bldg., Washington, I). C.
pert has selected as the best
WASHINGTON. — It always has? spending to restore prosperity, etc. of the new crop.
The expert Is W. G Van Schmu«.
been my conviction th at the Am eri­ It appears now, however, th at their
can people will find a sound answer days are num bered. I do not m ean mannging director of the Radio City
Mr.
to every national problem , if they that everything in the way of gov­ Music Hall, in New York.
are given ihe facts and the tim e to ernm ent cash sop is going to be Van Schmus is on a spot, always.
figure out what those facts m ean. thrown out of the window at once. Visitors to New York, as well as n a ­
They m ay be swayed tem porarily: I believe I can see, however, th at tives. troop tc his theater. He can t
they m ay be led or herded or th rea t­ curtailm ent of federal w aste has let them go away saying th at the
ened and these conditions m ay put begun; that the national belt is go­ show was good but why in the world
them in a wrong spot tem porarily, ing to be pulled tighter by a couple did he select that picture to go with
but I repeat that if they are given of notches and that, sooner or later, ‘ ushering in the new year with
time, the national conclusion, the even the beneficiaries of the federal
collective thinking, will be along cash will note the stigm a and “ Topper Tukes a Trip, co-starring
Constance Bennett and Roland
slacken their dem ands.
sound lines.
Young, he picked “ There s T hat
One
of
the
leaders
in
this
d
irec­
They are dem onstrating these
Woman Again.” (Mclvyn Douglas
things as a fact, again. There is tion has been Sen. H arry Byrd, the and Virgimu B ruce), to follow it.
Virginia
D
em
ocrat,
who
is
ju
st
as
no doubt about it. For five or six
Then “ Trade Winds,”
years, a considerable m ajority of hard boiled in preserving a sound M arch and Joan B ennett).
me
national
governm
ent
as
his
senior,
the nation’s citizenry was following
G erm any
G reat m an Votes," (John B arry ­
the
redoubtable
C
arter
Glass.
Gun««
Dr. H jalm ar Horace Greeley the theory of spending ourselves out Through thick and thin. Senator more, Virginia W eidler).
the depression. It was an un­
Din,” (Cary G rant. Victor McLag-
Schacht gained a good world nam e of
Byrd
has
been
attacking
the
spend­
by rescuing the G erm an m ark dur­ sound course, obviously, but money ing policies, calling attention to the len, Dougins F airbanks J r .) , Made
-Pacific
m ade to do a lot of talking as
ing post-war inflation. He has head­ was
dangers of an increasing national for Each O ther." (co-starring Car-
ed the Reichsbank ever since, money in billions of dollars will debt and the certainty th at the coun­ ! ole Lom bard and Jam es S tew art),
switching over to Nazidom despite talk. Lately, however, hardy A m er­ try as a whole m ust b ear the b ur­ ■•Love Affair,” (with Irene Dunne
thinking has been carrying the
,°^T0KYO
its unorthodox policies of self-suf­ ican
den of added taxation. He did this and C harles Boyer), and “ Stage
ficiency w’hich are diam etrically m ajority back to norm al under­ the while adm inistration sh arp ­ i Coach” (with Claire Trevor, John
1 5 0 0 Ml. waKE
opposed to recognized economic and standing, and the influence of spend­ shooters were firing one broadside Wayen, Andy Devine, John C arra-
ing by the federal governm ent is
\
ISLAND
political principles. Though G er­
I dine, end Louise P la tt).
after another at his head or hide.
P H IL L IP IN E
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•
m any’s finances have suffered sagging, distinctly.
Each film is scheduled for a
The other night, Senator Byrd got
Notwithstanding the statem ents,
through foreign trade losses. Doctor
week’s run. The theater «ccomnio-
on
the
radio
and
told
the
country
Schacht w as m iraculously able to re­ frequently heard from Republican
dutes an audience of m ore thun o . ikjo
store a m easure of economic pros­ sources, that “ you can t beat Santa again what was happening. He had persons; the picture is shown five
C laus,” or the variation that “ you ; some new facts and figures about tim es n day. It has to be good,
perity.
But this has been a personal vic­ can’t beat $4,000.000.000,” there is ' the situation. The Virginian asked you see!
tory, won not through Nazi m erits plenty of evidence to show th at there some ra th e r pertinent questions, I
_ “ ,~ “
but through Schacht friendship. Be­ is quite a definite determ ination to too, about the situation in England.
F ranchot Tone bobs up all over
He
pointed
out
th
at
England
has
not
cause he held such a good nam e. quit th at sort of thing. T hat is,
New York these days; leaving Hol­
Doctor Schacht was able to travel there is a determ ination in most been running deficit after deficit and lywood certainly didn't m ean leav­
that,
as
a
m
atter
of
cold
fact,
while
places
outside
of
the
so-called
inner
in select foreign circles where Nazis
ing the limelight. He is appearing
THE ISLAND OF GUAM
H itler,
Goering
and
Goebbels circle of New Dealers. Especially the United States was adding m ore ' on the stage in a new play, doing a
Mr. Lippmann staled the cate.
than
$21.000,000.000
to
its
national
,
is
this
true
in
the
halls
of
congress
would not be accepted. R esult: He
rquare-m ile tra c t has belonged to wangled m any a foreign trade con­ where, unless there is an ea rth ­ debt. England was balancing its
the U. S. since 1898, lately becom ­ cession, especially from England. quake, m any im portant steps will budget and m aking some headway
ing a potentially im portant base for The belief th at he m ay have been be taken by senators and rep re­ in reducing its national debt.
Pacific com m ercial aviation. But wolfish despite his sheep’s clothing sentatives in the direction of sound­ S ta te s T a k e H e e d a n d
since Jap a n began flashing her is further illustrated by the Schacht er governm ent finance. The old and
fangs G uam has become even m ore plan for disposing of G erm an Jews, fam iliar Am erican tra its of initia­ S ta r t C u ttin g E x p e n se s
tive, of saving, of living within one s
im portant as an outpost to protect
There are other things happening
income, are coming to the surface besides the Byrd attacks and the ;
A m erica’s back door. The need for
very rapidly and the restoration of congressional action on relief appro- ;
such an outpost is illustrated by J a ­
p an 's illegal fortification of nearby,
these tra its to places of respecta­ priations to indicate the growing
m andated Caroline and M arianne
bility in Am erican life is being re­ strength of those who believe spend­
flected on capitol hill in Washington. ing borrowed money has been, and
islands.
‘
Official Washington thinks Jap an
is, unwise. Word has come through
O p p o s itio n to P h ilo s o p h y
is using outlaw tactics in h er.C h i­
to Washington of the action of sev­
nese invasion, her illegal fortifica­
O f S p e n d in g B re a k s L oose
eral governors who are insisting
tions and—of less im portance to tne
that their states avoid getting into
It
will
be
recalled
how
the
oppo­
U. S.—by threatening to fish Rus­
the hole. Governor Cochran of Ne­
nents
of
President
Roosevelt's
phi­
sian w aters whether Moscow ap­
braska, a D em ocrat, and Governor
losophy
of
spending
showed
their
proves or not.
When President
B ricker of Ohio, a Republican, each
m
ettle
in
the
house
of
rep
resen
ta­
Roosevelt’s $552,000,000 em ergency
tives when that body voted to cut has put their respective state legisla­
defense program reached congress,
$150,000,000 off of the deficiency re­ tu res on notice that expenditures are
an item of $44,000,000 was listed for
FRANCHOT TONE
lief appropriation. Mr. Roosevelt to be pared to the bone. T here are
naval air and subm arine bases. Now
asked for $875,090,000. The cut was others who could be nam ed, but
this has been boosted to $65,000,000,
accom plished despite some hair- from the information we have here bit of radio work, and recently
and $5,000,000 of the sum would be
raising stories from official sources in Washington, Governors Cochran shared honors with Abe Lym an and
authorized at G uam for deepening
in the adm inistration th at elim ina­ and B ricker are the outstanding ex­ Dick Foran as a celebrity at the
the harbor, m aking landing fields
first of the International Casino’s
tion of any of the requested funds am ples.
and enlarging m arine barracks.
I “ Sunday Night Inform ais," dedicat­
would
m
ean
suffering,
m
aybe
s
ta
r­
It
m
ight
be
said
th
at
these
refer
This drew from Jap a n exactly the
vation, m aybe quick death, for only to states and not to national ed to celeb rities.,
protest Washington expected and
many thousands of persons.
policies. Very well. No state ex­
wanted. When Tokyo objected th at
When J. M. Kerrigan arrived in
G uam ’s fortification would be an ag­
Well, the house m em bers (or a ecutive could get away with such a
m ajority of them ) did not believe program unless he had the back­ Hollywood eight years ago he said
gressive move, the White House
com m ented that Columnist W alter
those stories, and thus they m ade a ing of a m ajority of his own peo­ that he'd stay long enough to play
GERMANY’S WALTHER FUNK
Lippm ann’s rem arks just about fit­
sta rt
a t cutting
governm ental ple. If they believe th at way about the film role he'd been engaged for
If ill Ur. Schacht become a salesman?
ted the picture: “ Congress should
spending. They gave an indication state affairs, there is no reason to and then he’d go back to Ireland.
authorize the fortification of Guam, whereby dem ocracies would agree at the sam e tim e th at there m ust be think they will take a contrary view He was then one of the Abbey play­
and then the state departm ent to stim ulate consumption of Nazi a general revision of the federal concerning the national treasury and ers. He’s still in Hollywood, <a
governm ent’s m achinery for relief funds which it m ust borrow to role in “The Great Man Votes” was
should invite the Japanese to dis­ exports.
the most recent bait), and still
cuss the question under Article XIX
But Doctor Schacht has been sum- , of the unemployed. During the de­ spend.
thinks that, as soon as he can get
of the Washington treaty (nine-pow­ m arily dism issed as Reichsbank I bate and in the corridors, one heard
away, he’ll go back to Ireland.
er pact guaranteeing China’s open president, a sudden coup which ob­ frequent expressions th at congress ‘P u m p P r im in g ’ G ifts to
door). In this discussion we could servers can interpret in either of J had appropriated last year the funds S ta te s F o rce T h e m to B o rro w
Edw ard Small is in favor of giv­
say to the Japanese if they do not two w ays:
the adm inistration thought necessa­
F u rth er, nearly all of the federal
wish Guam to be fortified they
Pro-Schacht.
Because of the ry to m aintain relief until the end appropriations for “ pump prim ing,” ing new people a chance in his pic­
tures. It was he who brought R obert
m ight return to the treaty by dis­ unique confidence foreigners place of next June. But profligate spend­
m antling fortifications in the m an­ in Doctor Schacht, R eichsfuehrer , ing had used up the money and the when granted to states or lesser Donat to this country to appear in
jurisdictions, a re offered on condi­
dated islands.”
Hitler m ay believe him more useful professional relievers had returned tion th at the state, or city or county, "The Count of Monte Cristo,” and
recently he m ade Louis H ayw ard a
P resident Roosevelt has rem ained a s an international salesm an than a , for m ore. Some of the debate was
free of the controversy by pointing banker. Since he is to rem ain in quite acrim onious and various m ust put up an equal am ount. In sta r in “The Duke of West P oint.”
hundreds
of
cases
in
the
last
six
the cabinet (without portfolio) there charges were hurled th at the relief years, this policy has resulted in ] In his cu rren t production, "King of
are rum ors he will attem pt to peddle officials had tried again to “ buy” states or lesser subdivisions of gov­ the T urf,” starrin g Adolphe Men-
Jew s and exports abroad, m ean­ the election, th at being why the ernm ent being forced to borrow on jou, it's 15-year-old Roger Daniel
who gets the big break. With radio
while speeding up the return of war- I funds ran short.
its own bonds in order to get hold of and stage tem pting movie s ta rs to
TELEVISION—British Broad­
lost G erm an colonies.
Im m ediately after the house was the federal cash. The result: new
casting corporation, celebrating
Anti-Schacht.
His successor to through with the relief bill, the op­ debt. It becomes clear, therefore, lose interest in motion picture­
the second anniversary of televi­
the bank presidency is Dr. Walther ponents of spending in the senate that if the state executives insist on m aking, it’s n wise producer, who
sion, announces 10 000 picture re ­
Funk, econom ics m inister who I started after the appropriation. reduced expenditures, they fire un­ can spot talent and cultivate it—
ceivers are now being used in
cham pions the Reich’s b arter trade : There w ere m any in th at body who likely to accept these federal gifts and put it under contract!
By the way, in “ The Duke of West
England.
principle. This theory differs as . wanted to appropriate only for two because of the probable added debt
MONEY—Idle credit resources
j P oint” you'll see some old-tim ers—
night and day from U. S. Secretary ' m onths, proposing th at in the mean- burden.
Mary M acLaren, William Bakewell
of federal reserve bank m em bers
of State Cordell Hull’s reciprocal i tim e there should be a brand new
Another thing likely to happen in ' and Kenneth H arlan.
have reached an all-time record
trade system , and Doctor Funk's ap- I relief setup devised.
some of the states is added taxes.
high of $3.560,000,000.
pointmeqg indicates G erm any will
O DDS A N D ENDS — Joun Fontaine
DROUTH — The Southwest’s
The state legislatures are due for
continue to expand her foreign trade B e g in n in g O n ly F o r e ta s te
an awakening as to the actual con­ 1 run claim to be one p ir l in a thousand;
“ dust bowl” is in its best condi­
along unorthodox b arte r lines.
O f W h a t Is C o m in g
tion since 1932 with 13,(52,118
dition of their state finances. Some the east o f “ Gunpii I h n " numbers about
But an even g reater fear of G er­
While
it
seem
s
th
at
a
cut
of
S150,-
acres planted to cover crops and
m ay dodge it this year, but facts 1,000, and she’s the lone female in it
m an bondholders is inflation. Long
. . . G abriel lle a tte r has a p riia te tele­
090,000—which
is
about
one-fifth
the
only 2,664,000 acres expected to
will have to be faced. When new phone
a foe of excessive borrowing, Doctor
number, but this host of “ II e, the
be subject to wind erosion this
Schacht saw his financial sugges­ am ount asked — represents som e­ taxes come, what a howl there will 1‘eople” pices it to so many friends that
y ea r.
tions abandoned tim e and again last thing substantial, this beginning is be! That howl will be heard in con­ it m ip hl as w ell be in the plum book
CONVENT—Henceforth
gov­
year as the Austrian anschluss, only a foretaste of what is com ­ gress, too, both concerning state , , . In m «ml Abner frequ en tly tele­
ernm ent troops m ay be billetted I Czech crisis and Sudeten acquisition ing. The spenders have had their and county and city taxes on the one phone form er neiphliors in Arkansas in
to keep the rip h l coral inflections
in the prem ises of Austrian con­
drew G erm any deeper into the red. innings for five or six years, or hand and national taxes on the other order
fo r tlic ir radio w ork . . . Itic h a rd H im ­
vents.
T hat inflation is coming m ay be in­ since Mr. R cosevelt’s “ economy hand. It appears to m e th at taxes ber's commitment» fo r this year in ­
ARMY_C urrent increases m
dicated by the fact that 1938 saw a c t” of 1933 was abandoned as a will prove to be the best antidote clude three d ifle re n l proprams on the
the U. S. arm y will boost the n a­
currency circulation rise 20 per pattern of governm ent. They have for the poison of borrowing to spend three diffe re nt networks fo r three dif-
tion from tenth to eighth ranking
i feren l soonsors.
cent, bank clearings 50 per cent and used various nam es and descrip­ that can be found.
tions, such as “ pum p prim ing” and
<4 Western Newspaper Union.
C Western Newspaper Union.
in world m ilitary forces.
bank deposits, 15 per cent.
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