The Willamina times., February 13, 1941, Image 4

TIM ES. WILLAMINA. OREGON
WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS
Gems of Thought
By Edward C. Wayne
Threat of German Invasion of Britain
And Congressional Lease-Lend Debate
Present Grim Picture of War Situation;
Italians Continue to Fall Back in Africa
-------------------- 'R e le a s e d by W estern N e w s p a p e r U n i n n i
C R IS IS :
LABO R :
For Lease-Lend
Raises Its Head
The real crisis in the lease-lend
legislation found a well-defined pub­
lic response to the antagonistic ef­
forts of th e isolationists and the non­
interventionists.
The result?
The adm inistration
called big guns to the support of
the m easure, and predicted its
passage during the week beginning
M arch 3 The schedule called for
unlim ited debate in house and sen­
ate, but there w ere m any indica­
tions that this lim itation would bring
forth trem endous opposition in Re­
publican floor circles and in sen ate
com m ittees as well.
G enerally speaking, the public a t­
titude, as disclosed in num bers of
polls of sentim ent conducted by
new spapers throughout the country,
seem ed to be th a t the all-out aid
to Britain principle w as favorably
received.
The public, on the other hand,
seem ed to feel th a t there w as at
least a reasonable doubt w hether
the P resid en t should be given as
m uch and as d rastic pow er as the
original lease-lend d ra ft indicated.
This w as reflected even in the
sponsorship of the m easure, because
R epresentative Bloom (N. Y.) who
w as chairm an of the house foreign
relations com m ittee, scarcely put up
any opposition ag a in st th ree or four
m a jo r am endm ents, lim iting the
tim e for which the presidential pow­
e rs would be granted, declaring in
principle against convoys and other
item s in which the opposition found
fault with the bill.
This showed the adm inistration
forces to be in the unusual position
of fostering legislation of which they
do not approve them selves, at least
in part.
E ith er that, or they w ere “ shoot­
ing for the m oon,” and willing to
The dom estic labor situation be-
w eeks «
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£
“ on the ta p is” in W ashington.
P erh ap s the Allis-Chalm ers strik e
was the m ost serious, affecting as
it did not only th a t single industry,
but as A llis-Chalm ers w as m aking
p arts, it m ean t a serious hold-up all
along the line, p articu larly in planes
and tanks.
But the m ost strik in g labor devel­
opm ent of the w eek w as the s ta te ­
m ent issued by H enry F ord through
one of his in d u strial lieutenants.
Ford authorized this m an to say in
" T H E hum of the wind in the
treeto p s h as alw ays been
good m u sic to m e, an d th e face
of the fields has often com fort­
ed m e m o re th an th e faces of
m en .—Jo h n B urroughs.
The firm est friendships have
been form ed in m u tu al a d v e r­
sity ; as iron is m ost strongly
united by the fiercest flam e.—
Colton.
Public Places 'Censorship'
Upon Undesirable News
Opposing
(E h IT O K '8 N O T E — W hen opinion* « r e e x p r e ss e d In t h e s e co lu m n s, th ey
th o se of th e n e w s a n a ly st and not n e c e s s a r ily of th is n ew sp a p er.)
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THURSDAY, FEB. 13. 1941
Viewpoints
Dismissed
as
False;
Government Aims to Increase Trade
He uho embraces unity of soul by
subordinating animal instincts to
reason will be able to escape disso­
lution.—Lao Tze.
With Latin America.
By BAUKHAGE
National Farm and Home Hour Commentator.
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"
. D? C' Pres,
cut you off when you w ere praising 1
the G erm an s?”
Meanwhile I had been notified of J
w hat had happened and I explained, 1
truthfully th a t I had been cut off be- ,
cause I had reached the end of a '
period and th a t had I continued,
it would have interfered with a regu- ,
la r com m ercial p rogram . But did
m y N azi accuser believe? Did m y '
A m erican friends believe when I re ­
turned? Definitely not!
T hat is the censorship which is j
growing as the nation is stirred I
over the debate on the lend-lease
bill. And not only do pros and antis
defend th eir cause with p atrio tic fire
but each is ready to declare th a t !
the other who disagrees m u st be !
silenced for the good of the Repub- !
lie. T hat is the kind of individual !
censorship against which no protest,
how ever powerful, can prevail.
T here is nothing w hich m ak es
m en rich and stro n g b ut th a t
w hich th ey c a rry inside of
th em .—Jo h n Milton.
, WASHINGTON.—As em otions rise
b ere o v er, the d«bate °- A m erican
foreign policy and A m erica s role in
, confn ec‘lon w ith the E uropean w ar
censorship 18 se t‘
a stran g e so rt of censorshlP
tling down upon the nation. I can
feel it in the m ail which I receive
from listen ers to m y broadcasts.
It is not a governm ent censorship.
It h as nothing to do with com pany
rules an d regulations, it isn’t even
voluntary deletion on the p a rt of
w riters o r com m entators. It is a
censorship which the public itself
invokes and it is quite as effective
as the kind im posed by H err Goeb-
bels. I have encountered it before.
It is sim ply a flat refusal on the
p a rt of the individual to believe any­
thing he doesn’t w ant to. He puts
it into operation with a tw ist of the
dial when he h ears som ething he
doesn’t ag ree with on the radio or S e e k to I m p r o v e
by tossing the new spaper into the L a tin A m e r ic a n M a r k e t
corner when his eye catches a sen ti­
C'RO M A frica, China, Scotland,
“ Good fences m ake good neigh­
m en t of which he doesn’t approvd.
1 E n gland and F ra n c e com es th e
b o rs.”
But let m e give you some striking
cosm opolitan group d eco ratin g
I once quoted th a t line from a
exam ples of this “ audience” censor­ New E ngland poet to a D akota farm
th is new te a towel set. E ac h , busy
ship—of how the public will believe son and he flew into a rage. He
a t his own p a rtic u la r sp ecialty ,
only w hat it w ants to.
said it w as typical of the unneigh­ m ay be quickly sketched in outline
The Athenia was sunk while I w as borliness of the Yankees. Well, be­ on a d aily te a tow el sq u a re ; on
in Berlin. Shortly th ereafter, com ­ ing prairie-born m yself with a long
S unday’s tow el, the en tire group is
m en t of a high A m erican official line of New England ancestors I am
shown in festiv e attire.
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w as cabled to G erm an p apers. inclined to sit on th a t fence and look
This official in Washington had re ­ both w ays. P erh ap s we ought to
P a tte rn for the 7 clev er tea towels and
ferred to the “ torpedoing” of the say th a t there is nothing unneigh- two m atch in g panholders is Z9256, 15c.
ship with the im plication th a t the borly in a good fence so long as it Send o rd er to:
S ID N E Y H ILLM A N
N
azis did it. The G erm ans with has a gate.
Mr. Ford refused to ‘sit down' with him.
whom I spoke (people who couldn't
AUNT MARTHA
And Uncle Sam feels the sam e
his nam e th a t the F ord en terp rises have known any m ore about w hat w ay about the “ Good N eighbor”
Box 166-W
K ansas City, Mo.
would n ever yield to the govern- really happened than I did) w ere business as it applies to South A m er­
E nclose 15 cents for each p attern
m ent dem and th a t defense products astounded.
desired. P a tte rn No......................
ica. The farm ers on both sides of
be m an u factu red under union labor
“ E ven if we w anted to torpedo a the international fence, the Latin-
N am e ...................................................
conditions.
ship full of A m ericans," one of them A m erican farm ers and the North
A ddress ...........................
F o rd ’s rejo in d er w as th a t he said, “ we w ouldn't be quite dum b A m erican farm ers, while they a re
would never knuckle down to la b o r’s enough to do th a t when the la st thing all for unity, econom ically, political­
dem ands, th a t in stead he would we w ant is to get the U nited S tates ly and culturally, are a little w ary
lease his industries to the govern­ into w ar. If it w as torpedoed a t about com petition.
m ent at one dollar a y ear, and let all the British did it to get you in
T hat is why the d ep artm en t of (
on th eir side.”
the governm ent run them .
ag ricu ltu re talks so m uch about i
F o rd ag reed in principle w ith the
When I got back to the United “ com plem entary” or non-competi- !
necessity of A m erica arm in g in its S tates I found th a t it was accepted tive products in its program for de­
own defense, and with the principle w ithout argum ent th a t the G erm ans veloping trad e with L atin-A m erica, j
th at in defense work p atrio tism w as had done it.
We w ant to sell goods to South
the p rim a ry urg e, and profits had
To the best of m y knowledge it A m erica. We have lots of things I
Creomulsion relieves promptly be­
no p art.
has n ever yet been d eterm ined ju st they w ant. But in order to buy our j cause it goes right to the seat of the
trouble
to help loosen and expel
He th erefo re offered to give up his w hat happened to the Athenia.
goods they have to have A m erican j germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
industries, and let the governm ent
British F liers Interview ed.
to soothe aitZ heal raw, tender, in ­
dollars. They can get the dollars if
o p erate them u nder a non-profit a r ­
I ’ll give you ano th er exam ple. they can sell th eir goods to us. i flamed bronchial m u co u s m e m ­
branes.
Tell your druggist to sell you
rangem ent, producing w hatev er vi­ While I w as in G erm any I had a Many of the things they would like j
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un­
tal m a teria ls w ere wished for.
chance to interview the first th ree to sell us we already have—especial­
derstanding you must like the way it
The only governm ent an sw er to British airm en shot down in raids ly ag ricu ltu ral products.
quickly allays the cough or you are
this w as to refuse F ord a co n tract over G erm an te rrito ry . To be p er­
Therefore certain questions ad- i to have your money back.
on which his organization had been fectly fra n k I found them , even the dressed to the d ep artm en t of ag ri­
low bidder.
two who w ere laid up with injuries, culture are pertinent. H ere they ; for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis
Basis of the dispute had been ex trem ely satisfied with their tre a t­ are aiung with the official answ ers:
F o rd ’s refu sal to sit down with Sid­ m ent. N aturally they had a good
P rincipal Im ports.
ney H illm an, lab o r chief of the n a­ deal of attention being “ firsts.” And
All in Silence
W
hat
are
principal ag ricu l­
tional defense, and to find som e pian in those days the feeling w asn ’t so tu ral products the
A scolding wife ca n say endless
w;e now im port from '
by which the F ord in terests could bitter.
disconcerting things, and she h its
Latin A m erica?
o p erate in the defense schem e—se t­
I did rep o rt the factu al things they
“ O ur ag ricu ltu ral im ports from ■ or m isses; b u t a silent w om an
tling the labor difficulty once and told m e—I interview ed them w ith no Latin A m erica are of two g en eral ' say s ev ery th in g .—H. G. W ells.
for all.
G erm an s present and we all spoke ty p es,” say s the office of foreign :
Labor, as personified by the C.I.O, freely.
ag ricu ltu ral relations.
had set as its m a jo r objective for
Help to Relieve Distress
B ut did the British public believe
(1) “ C om plem entary or non-com- !
1941 the organization of the F ord it?
petitive ag ricu ltu ral products, con- !
plants.
I should say not. An Internation­ sisting for the m ost p a rt of coffee, 1
This objective seem ed to m ean al News Service d isp atch from Lon­ cocoa, bananas, sisal, henequen.
only one thing—abandonm ent of the don to A m erican p ap ers the next special types of wool, spices, essen- i
PERIODIC
F ord plants—of th e ir com plete di­ day quoted “ diplom atic circles as tial (volatile) oils, and tag u a nuts. i
vorcem ent from national defense being concerned” an d stating th a t Such products are norm ally im port- ,
contracts.
“ one spokesm an labeled the b road­ ed to m eet the whole of our re- ■
T ry Lydia E. P ln k h a i./s V egetable
C om pound to help relieve m o n th ly
ca st an obvious fak e.”
quirem ents since they a re not pro­
ITALY:
p a in , h e a d a c h e s , b a c k a c h e a n d
But no E nglishm an at th at point duced at hom e.”
ALSO calm Irritab le nerves d u e to
m o n th ly fu n ctio n al disturbances.
In Africa
w anted to believe w h at those boys
(2) “ S upplem entary or com peti­
P in k h am 's Com pound is sim ply
m arvelous to help build u p resist­
These
The African cam paign of the B rit­ said about their tre a tm e n t or th eir tive ag ricu ltu ral products.
ance
a g a in st distress of "difficult
ish forces against the troops of Mus­ personal feelings tow ard th eir cap- include cane sugar, vegetable oil­
days.” F am ous for over 60 years!
tors.
H
undreds
of th o u san d s of girls a n d
seeds, ca ttle hides, unm anufactured
solini continued to be a victorious
wom en rep o rt rem arkable ben efits.
B roadcast Cut Off.
tobacco, m e at products, vegetables
one, despite the fact th at it w as re ­
»W O R TH TRYING!
The th ird experience w as the m ost and vegetable preparations, dutiable
ported that the Nazi air force had
wool, goat and kid skins, and lin-
given considerable aid to the F ascist am using.
legions.
I w as broadcasting from Berlin I seed, to m ention the m ore impor-
K indness Reconciles
In succession one port on the Medi­ and I w anted to get over the idea ta n t.”
H arsh n ess will alien ate a bosom
to
m
y
A
m
erican
listen
ers
th
a
t
while
How
does
the
d
ep
artm
en
t
of
agri-
te rran e an after an o th er had fallen
friend, an d kindness reconcile a
to G eneral W avell's m en—S alum , I w as well treated I w as under cen- cu ltu re propose to increase trad e be­ deadly foe.
sorship
and
th
at
if
I
d
ep
arted
from
tw een the United S tates and Latin
B ardia, Tobruk and D erna. In Libya,
none but Bengasi rem ained to be my censored text I would probably A m erica?
be cut off. So 1 said this:
conquered.
“ By developing in Latin A m erica
“ It is v ery m uch as if I w ere in for United S tates consum ption the
All the cities previously cap tu red ,
som e of them cities only by cour­ the office of a m an whose whole fu­ tropical and sem i-tropical products
tesy, for they w ere only a few huts tu re is suddenly a t stak e, still he is which are not com petitive with our
fyùckty
huddled together and a sm all group kind and courteous to me. He of­ ag ric u ltu re.”
L IQ U ID
Does Latin A m erican co-operation
of em bryo w harfs, had been on flat fers m e his hospitality. He le t's m e
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land. In passing D erna the British use his ty p ew riter an d now he m ean increased im ports into the
S A LV E
NOSE O BO M
w ere moving on the cap ital of Cvre- pushes his busy telephone acro ss United S tates of supplem entary or
C O U C H DR O P S
naica, and w ere stepping into a the desk to m e io let m e talk to you, com petitive ag ricu ltu ral products?
“ No, th a t is not the «aim of the
m ore m ountainous te rrito ry , the so- right before h im .”
And right th ere I w as cut off the d e p a rtm e n t's p ro g ram .”
called G reen M ountains of Libya,
MORE FOB YOUR
W hat a re the com plem entary or
w here a force of 50.000 Italian s w ere air. The A m erican listen ers knew
w hat I w as driving a t and im m e­ non-com petitive products of Latin
determ ined to hold out to the last.
• Head the advertisements.
diately su rm ised th a t the G erm an s
m erica, the im ports of which can
They are more than a selling
The sam e com bination of land a t­ had cut m e off because I w as c riti­ A
be increased?
tack, backed up by a ir force and cizing the censorship. But a few
aid for business. They form
They consist of crude- rubber,
navy shelling from n av al cra ft at days a fte r the event I w as sum ­
an educational system which
sea. w as being used by G eneral moned to the G erm an foreign of­ cinchona b ark from which quinine
is making Americans the best-
is m ade, ab a ca or m anila fiber, valu­
W ave» in the final phase of the
educated buyers in the world.
Libyan cam paign. T here w as every fice ano questioned at length by a able for the m aking of ropes for the
The advertisement, are part
navy, rotenone-bearing plants ex ­
belief th at with the ca p tu re of Ben- highly suspicious underling.
oi an economic syrtem which
"Why," he asked haughtily, “did trem ely valuable for insecticidal
.
cam paign would end
la Siring Americans more
the National Broadcasting Company purposes.
Relief At Last
For Your Cough
CREOMULSION
R E P . SOL BLOOM
Scarcely any opposition.
give and take in order to reach their
m ain objective—of the passage of a
bill which would in effect repeal the
Johnson act forbidding loans to bel­
ligerents who had not paid their
World w ar debts.
IN V A S IO N :
Threat Near
As
the
lease-lend
argum ent
reached its zenith, predictions th at
E ngland w as nearing the critical
period in the B attle For Britain
w ere legion. L indbergh had set the
m ost gloomy picture, figuring that
B ritain could never w ithstand the
onslaught.
One could figure which side of the
lease-lend battle the predictor w as
on by the d arkness of the picture he
painted. Knox and Stim son predict­
ed a crisis, but gave few details
and little soothsaying as to w hat
would be the outcom e.
But those opposed to the lease-
lend proposal varied widely in w hat
they saw in the fu tu re 's cry sta l ball.
Most gloomy of all w as Von Wie­
gand. who in a dispatch date-lined
Shanghai, purported to report what
G erm an and Ja p an e se authorities
believed w as about to occur.
Six weeks would tell the tale, said
Von Wiegand. He envisioned 247 di­
visions of trained m en, 15,01)0 p a ra ­
chutists. a score of tank divisions,
descending on E ngland, and H earst
p ap ers printed an ' ‘a r tis t's concep­
tion” of the "Blitz on B ritain,” which
would te a r London into shreds—long
before A m erican aid could swing the
balance.
E very authority who discussed
blitzkrieg on London talked of poison i
kas—new form s, lethal gas for !
gS’ m , , k " h as
bci'n
provided
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