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Farley-Garner-Hull Alliance
Arises to Plague If kite House
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•lo M o p li W . I . ji B i n e —
E D I T O R S N O T E — W h e n opinion*
a r r e t pressed in th e to colum n* th ey
ore those ot th e n ew s s n s ly s t end not
n ecessa rily nt the new spaper.
If hite House
As chief of the W orks P ro g ress
ad m in istra tio n H a rry H opkins has
spen t m o re m oney th an any p re
vious U. S citizen, y e t th a t w as
precisely w hat F ra n k lin Roosevelt
hired h im to do. If th is job as fed
eral Santa Claus gave H a rry Hop
kins a bad n am e am ong co n se rv a
tive D em o crats and R epublicans,
the bad nam e grew b ig g er durin g
1933s electioneering. B ut th e c a m
paign ex p en d itu res co m m ittee of
T ex as' Sen. M orris S h ep ard found
H arry Hopkins g enerally blam eless
of using WPA funds for political
purposes.
C onsidered a sp en d th rifty scap e
grace, M r. Hopkins is to U. S. busi
ness w hat a public ex ecu tio n er is to
a pious ch u rch m an . With this re p
utation it is th erefo re considered
bad ta s te and bad political ju d g
m en t for P re sid e n t R oosevelt to
n am e M r. Hopkins se c re ta ry of
co m m erce.
R eg ard le ss of Gen.
“ Iro n p a n ts" Hugh S. Jo h n so n 's opin
ion th a t M r. H opkins will be the
regulations. Also recom m ended is
a fe d e ra l tra n sp o rta tio n c o u rt to
handle reo rg an izatio n plans.
In addition, the co m m ittee offered
four e th e r com plaints w hich could
be rem edied by legislation. It ask ed
rem o v al of re stric tio n s on R FC
loans to c a rrie rs , re p e a l of th e
long-and-short h aul ra te clau ses
(w hich p rev en ts ra ils from c h a rg
ing a low er ra te for a long h a u l
than for a sh o rt haul o v e r the sam e
route in the sam e d irectio n ), elim i
nation of low ra te s for g o v ern m en t
freight, and d iscontinuation of gov
ern m en t-o p erated b a rg e lines.
Briefly, c a rrie rs w ant less red
tap e and m ore efficient g o vernm ent
reg u latio n o v er th e ir in d u stry .
A gainst P re sid e n t R oosevelt's pro b
able ap p ro v a l of the g e n eral p ro
g ram . o b se rv e rs stack M ontana's
Sen. B urton K. W heeler, c h a irm a n
of the in te rsta te co m m erce co m m it
tee.
Chief com m ents to d a te com e
from P re sid e n t John J . P elley of
the A ssociation of A m erican R a il
roads, who calls the re p o rt “ the
m ost co m prehensive and c o n stru c
tive e v e r m a d e .” and P re sid e n t Al
ex a n d e r F. W hitney of the B ro th
erhood of R ailw ay T rain m en . The
W hitney opinion: “ It's ju st a n o th er
sm oke screen to tickle the public
chin.”
Hal kalis
O bviously Italy has resen ted G e r
m a n y 's econom ic invasion of the
B alkan sta te s, for while the Rome-
1 B erlin ax is is h e r m ost im p o rtan t
, allian ce. Italy n ev e rth eless has
long-standing am b itio n s in Yugo-
^ S lavta. A lbania and H ungary. T h e re
fore c o rresp o n d en ts h ave w atched
with tongue in cheek while Ita ly 's
Count G alcazzo Ciano, foreign m in
is te r and son-in law of P re m ie r M us
solini. stre sse s his d ip lo m atic re la
tions w ith H ungary. While a p p a r
ently a tte m p tin g to d raw H ungary
into the R om e-B erlin ax is and the
Ita lo -G erm an -Jap an ese anti-com m u
n ist p a c t (a t exp en se ot the L eague
of N atio n s). C ount C iano is probably
m o re in te re ste d in m ak in g his B al
kan neighbors dep endencies of
Italy
Likew ise. R om e h as w atched with
In te re st Y ugo-Slavian P re m ie r Mi
lan S to y ad in o v itch 's victory ui the
D ecem ber g en eral election, w hich
p robably p av es the w ay for a Yugo
sla v ia n F a sc ist state. While C ount
C iano w orks on S toyadinovitch. th at
g en tlem an h as craw led into his
shell to w ait th e outcom e of P rim e
M inister N eville C h a m b e rla in 's J a n
u a ry co n feren ce w ith P re m ie r M us
solini. If M ussolini e m e rg e s v ic
torious. Y ugo-Slavia will probably
lead the B alk an s in a pro-Italian
Defense
The satisfactio n of U. S. speech-
m a k e rs from denouncing N azi G e r
m an y is equalled only by Nazi G e r
m a n y 's satisfactio n in m ak in g re
ply. Y et each o u tb u rst and re to rt
invites w ider ru p tu re of the alre a d y
stra in e d G erm an -A m erican diplo
m a tic relations, sta rte d d u rin g No
v em b er when each n ation w ithdrew
its a m b a ssa d o r over the Jew ish p e r
secution issue. R etu rn in g fro m E u
rope ju s t as p ro tests and rep lies
w ere c h a rg in g from B erlin to W ash
ington and back. Illinois' Sen. J .
H am ilton Lew is com m ented th a t the
U. S. m u st stop its “ h a te w a v e ”
ag a in st E u ro p ean d ictato rsh ip , m u st
in stead su b stitu te p eace thfough
conciliation and conference.
W hat p ro m p ted M r. L ew is' sta te
m e n t w as the re m a rk a week e a rlie r
by S e c re ta ry of the In te rio r H arold
POLITICIAN FA R L E Y
S. Ickes, to the effect th a t H enry
He uatched for a ueatheri one.
F o rd and Col. C harles A. L indbergh
should be a sh am ed to “ a c c e p t a
b est co m m erce se c re ta ry ever, po d eco ratio n a t th e h and of a b ru ta l
litical o b serv ers think th e ap point d ic ta to r (H itler), who with th e sam e
m en t foreshadow s a serious, p e rm a hand, is robbing and to rtu rin g thou
n ent rift betw een R ooseveltian sands of h u m an b ein g s." R esu lt w as
D em o crats (Hopkins. Solicitor G en a G e rm a n p ro te st, followed by the
e ra l Jackson. In te rio r S e c re ta ry sta te d e p a rtm e n t's re fu sa l to apolo-
Ickes. B rain T ru ste r C orcoran) and | gize. T his la tte r action w as con
m iddle-of-the-road D em o crats (Vice tra ste d w ith th e h a sty apology la st
P re sid e n t G a m e r, P o stm a ste r G en sp rin g when New Y ork’s M ayor Fi-
e ra l F arley . S e c re ta ry of S tate o rella L a G u a rd ia sim ila rly c u rsed
H ull).
N azidom . Its significance: T h a t the
A m onth ago. when H om er S. U. S. has decided to h andle Adolf
C um m ings re tire d as atto rn ey gen H itler w ith boxing gloves, not kid
e ral. C h airm an F a rle y w arn ed th a t gloves.
his potent political organization
Such a rev o lu tio n ary d iplom atic
would be sw ung to one side o r a n stand re q u ire s m ilita ry -n a v a l back-
other, depending on who w as nam ed
to succeed M r. C um m ings.
By
choosing Solicitor G en eral Bob Jack -
son. P re sid e n t R oosevelt would
show left-wing tendencies and th e re
by lose F a rle y support. As it h ap
pened. the co m m erce v acan cy ap
p e are d and w as filled before Mr.
R oosevelt got around to the a tto rn ey
generalship, so this post b ecam e
the w eath erv an e. M r. F a rle y ’s c u r
re n t opinion: T h a t P re sid e n t R oose
velt, by nam ing Mr. H opkins, is
boosting him for the presid en cy in
1940: th a t Bob Jack so n , th e a lte r
n ativ e for 1940. will be n am ed a t
torney g en eral; th a t som e New
D ealer, like M ichigan's ex-Gov.
F ra n k M urphy, m ay get a S uprem e
c o u rt post. If this happens—and
the wind is now blowing in th a t d i
rection, F arle y , Hull, G arn e r, e t al
will bolt from the New Deal.
W hether the P re sid e n t d a re s to
thus b ite the h and th a t feeds him is
ADMIRAL BLOCH
doubtful.
Vice P re sid e n t G a m e r
Purposes, announced and otheru l i e .
c a rrie s trem endous p re stig e in the
South; J im F a rle y ru n s the m ost ing. L a st fall, when the E u ro p ean
trem en d o u s pow erhouse in U. S. h is th re a t first b ecam e im m in en t. P re s
to ry ; C ordell Hull is th e New D eal's ident R oosevelt fainted a t the d e sir
m o st p opular cab in e t m em b er, with ab ility of a tw o-ocean n avy to give
D em o crats and R epublicans alike. our E a ste rn se a c o a st the protection
If th ese m en bolt, th e re is a possi now enjoyed a t our b ack door. At
bility th a t e ith e r 69-year-old Mr. the sam e tim e he su g g ested the
G a rn e r or 67-year-old Mr. Hull will U. S. m ig h t e n larg e its defense p ro
head a p resid en tial tick et in 1940, g ram to en co m p a ss the e n tire W est
w ith F a rle y as running m ate.
ern h em isp h ere . As the new y e a r
sta rte d , the sta te d e p a rtm e n t’s stiff
Transportation
ened a ttitu d e and M r. R oo sev elt's
L a st au tu m n P re sid e n t Roose hints could be seen tak in g fo rm in
v e lt's ra ilro a d fact-finding c o m m it sm oke clouds over th e P a n a m a c a
tee ru led a g a in st a wage out to help nal.
so rely p ressed c a rrie rs on the
E a stw a rd from th e Pacific c a m e
grou n d th a t its benefits would be the e n tire fleet (e x cep t a sm a ll su b
only te m p o ra ry . B ut this did not m a rin e and d e stro y e r sq u ad ro n a t
m in im ize the p roblem of high oper H onolulu), led from th e b a ttle sh ip
atin g costs vs. low incom e, and the New M exico by A d m iral C laude O.
P re s id e n t ag reed to ask co n g res Bloch. Its in ten t: To stag e the first
sional co n sid eratio n for any r e A tlan tic n av a l m an eu v e rs since
a d ju s tm e n t p ro g ra m railw ay m a n 1934. and the second la rg e st in U. S.
ag em e n t and lab o r m ig h t offer.
histo ry . F ro m Ja n u a ry to M ay 140
T h erefo re, ju s t as congress p re c o m b a ta n t b o ats will play hide-and
p a re d to open, a six-m an co m m ittee seek frob B razil to C uba.
offered its plan, in d irectly laying
The announced p u rpose: “To a f
p a r t of the resp o n sib ility a t the ford the m ax im u m am o u n t of fleet
P re s id e n t’s own doorstep. The com train in g , tra in in g of personnel and
m itte e 's exp lan atio n of ra il tro u te sts of m a te ria l.” A dded, u n
b les: <1) g o v ern m en t’s fav o ritism announced pu rp o ses: (1) To focus
to co m p etito rs, such as b a rg e lines; U. S. atten tio n on n a v a l r e
(2) lack of cen tralized tra n sp o rta q u ire m e n ts while congress is d e
tion reg u latio n .
b ating a rm a m e n t a p p ro p ria tio n s;
T he re m e d y : R egulation of all (2) to stag e a show fo r the benefit
fo rm s of tra n sp o rta tio n by (1) the of an y am b itio u s E u ro p ean d ic ta to r
in te rs ta te c o m m erce com m ission, who m ig h t be w atching; (3) to c o u rt
w hich w ould fix ra te s, reg u la te se rv L atin-A m erican frien d sh ip by show
ices, v a lu a tio n and accounting; and ing how U ncle S am ’s battlew agona
(2) an in d ep en d e n t tran sp o rtatio n would p ro te c t South A m erica as
b o ard w hich w ould han d le all other well a s N orth A m erica.
ITALY'S COUNT CIANO
For I he rouse, or /or Italy?
m o v em en t; if he loses, the anxious
B alk an s will line up w ith W estern
d em o c ra c ie s.
F o r G re a t B ritain and F ra n c e , who
also covet B alkan frien d ship, a m es-
sia h h as a p p e a re d in G rig o re Ga-
fencu. 47-year-old W orld w a r flier
n am ed as R u m an ian foreign m in
iste r. Once an influential B u ch arest
n ew sp ap er m an. G afencu h as long
ad v o cated
clo ser
co-operation
am ong Y ugo-Slavia. H u n g ary and
B u lg aria, th e re b y a v e rtin g depend
ency on e ith e r G e rm an y or Italy.
Germany
Since G e rm a n policies beg an an
tagonizing w orld d em o cracies, the
obvious prediction h as m ain tain ed
th a t G e rm a n foreign tra d e would
suffer. It then follows th a t G e r
m an y m u st in c re a se h e r dom estic
production to b ecom e independent
of foreig n im ports. The difficulty of
th e ta sk w as first em p h asized in
la te N o v em b er when Col. von Schell
w as n a m e d “ g e n eral plenipotenti
a ry " of th e au tom obile in d u stry to
speed production and sta n d a rd iz a
tion. and in stitu te n e c e ssa ry eco
nom ic m e a su re s. A few d ay s la te r
Dr. K a rl L ange w as given sim ilar
pow ers o v er G e rm a n y 's m achine in
d u stry . N ext c a m e Dr. F ritz Todt
as “ g e n e ra l p le n ip o ten tiary ” in
c h a rg e of all ro ad building.
Such in d u stria l “ c z a rsh ip s” sm ell
am azin g ly like c o m m u n istic R us
sia 's c o m m isa r sy ste m , and the idea
w as p ro b ab ly b orrow ed from th at
good n eighbor. To give the en tire
sy ste m added im p etu s. D r. W alther
Funk, salesm an -lik e econom ics m in
iste r. has been n a m e d c z a r of all
G e rm a n in d u stry , with supervision
o v er H erren von Schell, L ange and
Todt.
A lw ays closely su p ervised, G e r
m an in d u stry will now feel official
d om ination even m o re severely.
How an a p p a re n tly com m unistic
m ethod of in d u stria l overlordship
will w ork in a n ation w hich still
su p p o rts p riv a te e n te rp rise , rem ain s
to be seen.
G e rm a n y 's foreign tra d e has suf
fered. In 1937 G e rm a n y built up a
fa v o rab le b alan c e of 3168,000,000. In
1938 th is w as w iped out and im ports
w ere $159,200,000 m o re than exports
Great Britain
A solidified e m p ire is th e U nitea
K ingdom ’s goal since N azi-F ascist
sta te s b eg an th re a te n in g h e r posi
tion. A m ong th e e m p ire 's w eakest
fe a tu re s is the strin g of m iscel
laneous possessions c e n te rin g in the
C arib b e a n sea, who individually and
collectively h av e thus fa r received
too little atten tio n from London.
One of them , J a m a ic a , recently
h e a rd ag itatio n for an nexation by
th e U. S. Still m o re re c en tly it w as
su g g ested th a t G re a t B ritain m ig h t
p ay its $4,000,000,000 w ar d ebt by
ced in g h e r C arib b ea n islands to
th e U. S.
B elated ly recognizing som e v alu
able p ro p e rty , London now proposes
to group all the W est Indies into a
new dom inion. Its co m posite p a rts:
B ritish H onduras, B a h a m a s, J a m a i
ca, L eew ard islands, W indw ard is
lands, B arb ad o s, T r.n id ad , B ritish
G uian a, K ingston, c e n tra lly located
c a p ita l of J a m a ic a , would be do
m inion h e a d q u a rte rs.
T he U nited K ingdom ’s new e m
p ire would include 2,000,000 people,
m ostly d e sc en d an ts of one-tim e N e
g ro slaves, who depend chiefly on
ag ric u ltu re . M ain tro u b le point the
p a st y e a r has been K ingston, w here
a ro y al Inv estig atin g com m ission
w as rec e n tly w elcom ed by a strik e
of g as w orkers, throw ing the en tire
city into d a rk n e ss.
Sugar Cane Harvesting Is Modernized
WHO’S
S ta j
NEWS
WEEK
By LEM UEL F. PARTON
V EW
YORK
R eginald D enny.
^ ' the one-tim e professional boxer
w ho b ecam e a m otion p ictu re sta r,
develops his toy airp lan e hobby into
a business. He
R o b o t P la n e s Is nn|5, up , ,„ie
E x -P u g D e n n y ’s o f s i x r o b o t
H o b b y -B u s in e s s
10 Uncl*
Sam . to be used
in a rm y ex p e rim e n ts next su m m er.
T hey a re expected to be c u rtain -
c a lle rs for la rg e r and m o re b u si
ness-like robots, flying w ithout pi
lots. guided by rad io beam s. d u s tu i|
TNT on in tru d ers.
R eginald Demiv will be re
m em b ered as the acto r extolled
a d ecade o r so ago as “ the typi
cal. w holesom e young A m eri
c a n ." T hen he turned out to be
an E n glishm an, a flier and m a
chine-gunner in the B ritish royal
a ir fo rre In the w ar. A light
co m edian, h r had two absorbing
In terests—his screen an tic s and
w hat seem ed at the tim e a juve
nile ab so rp tio n with m in ia tu re
a irp la n e s. F ro m the la tte r, he
developed som e ideas about ra
dio-controlled planes. H r e sta b
lished the R eginald Denny In
d u strie s. w ith J a m e s B lackton,
an ex p erien ced technician, as
m a n a g e r. He is m aking a sm all
“ flying to rp ed o .” designed (or
flying in sw a rm s, with no pilot,
and w ith land-control of the
bom b-dropping as well as guid
an ce. W hen com pleted the U nit
ed S ta te s will get it.
He ra n aw ay from school a t the
ag e of 16 to play for C h arles F roh-
m a n a t the Duke of Y ork's th e a te r.
His first fe a tu re d role w as in the
“ M erry W idow ." Then he becam e
a professional boxer, la te r cham pion
of the Second co rp s of the royal air
force.
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X ’ ELSON T JOHNSON, am b assa-
dor to C hina, com ing hom e by
a side door as J a p a n slam s the open
door, p robably will have in his hip
pocket a copy of
A S c h o la r a n d the " A n a le c ts”
G a g s t e r —T h a t ’s f C o n f u c i u s .
P re tty J e a n e tte P eltier, U ajun m iss of th r Bayou T cchr In the E van geline co u n try . L ouisiana, helps her
fath e r get his su g a r can e to the w arehouse. In sh a rp c o n tra st to the old m an n er of h arv estin g cane Is the
new T hom son m achlue. S crew s stra ig h te n the can e so th a t ro tatin g knives r a n lop off the lops. It then
r u ts th r can e with a three-inch sp aced blade saw a t Its bottom . The tops of the cane a re sent through the
chute. T h r h a rv e s te r cu ts about 20 Ions per hour.
Officials Find Victims of Careless Sportsmen
E n v o * y J o h n s o n baA
r" n8 pos^ bly
Alice in Won
d e rla n d .” w hich he also packs
aro u n d w ith him , it is his fav o rite
read in g .
L ike H enry R. C u rran , deputy
m a y o r of New York, he believes
th a t public activ ities and a tti
tudes should be infused w ith hu
m or.
M ore than any other
A m erican , h r h as been su ccess
ful in tra n sla tin g our best an
thology of pullm an c a r gags to
th e C hinese.
Follow ing the
la b y rin th of Confucius and Lao
T ie , he finds a unique ap p ro ach
to the C hinese m ind and has
been one of our m ost successful
a m b a s sa d o rs . B ut. back hom e,
he is sh a rp , ex act, s ta tistic a l
and
thoroughly
occidental,
am ong w hich a ttrib u te s is a line
of up-and-com ing C h am b er of
C o m m erce o rato ry . He lives in
tw o w orlds.
A fter his g rad u atio n from G eorge
W ashington university, Mr. Johnson
m ix ed w ith the Indians of the South
w est. picked up Indian d ialects with
re m a rk a b le facility, th ereb y discov
e rin g his linguistic gifts. T h at sent
him to C hina as a stu d en t in te rp re t
e r in 1906. In the F a r E a st, he has
occupied m an y im p o rta n t posts and
is a fo rm e r a ss ista n t s e c re ta ry of
s ta te . He finds the C hinese hav e a
lot m o re hu m o r than the Ja p a n e se .
th re e y e a rs ago th a t
I T the WAS head about
of the G e rm a n N ational
In s titu te jot P h y sics denounced the
“ d eb ased Jew ish a to m ." and p ro m
ised to d eliv er
G r o u p A i m s to to the R eich an
K e e p Scientific u ntainted “ Ar-
In q u iryF re e
yan ' atom . U n
d e r the b an n er
of “ The P ra g m a tic and D ogm atic
S p irit in P h y sic s,” th is scientific
revolution h as been adv an ced by
th e Nazi sa v an ts, and a t la st A m er
ican sc ie n tists m obilize a g a in s t it.
D r. F ra n z Boas, 80-year-old G e r
m an-born A m erican anthropologist,
h ead s a c o m m ittee of eig h t d istin
guished sc ien tists in publishing a
m an ifesto , signed by 1,284 of th e ir
colleagues, le a d e rs in all b ran ch es
of science throughout A m erica.
T hey “ defend the rig h t of scien tists
to speak the tru th as they u n d e r
sta n d it."
D r. B oas spent about 55 y e a rs
studying long heads and round
h eads, but w as sty m ied by the
sq u a re h ead s. " If the world goes
c razy , w hat can we d o ?” he
said , resig n in g from C olum bia
u n iv ersity two y ears ago.
He cam e to this co u n try to a tten d
th e C hicago W orld's fa ir in 1893,
a fte r an A rctic expedition w hich had
launched h is c a re e r as an a n th ro
pologist. He re m a in e d to coach v ir
tually all g re a t A m erican an th ro
pologists and to becom e a w orld a u
th o rity in linguistics, p rim itiv e m e n
ta lity , folklore, ethnology an d senil
ity. The old G erm an y honored him .
T he new G erm an y m a d e an extra-
sp ecial bonfire of his books.
• C onsolidat'd News F s a tu re s.
WN U S kpv I c s .
H arry A rm strong, left, m em b er of th r New Je rse y hoard of lisb and g a m e co m m issio n ers, lo g r th rr with
D eputy G am e W arden M. M. B arrlen of T renton, a re shown a nu m b er of d o rs and d eer shot in one day near
P asa d e n a . N. J . All of these w ere killed Illegally and abandoned in th r woods by h u n lrrs.
BR-R-R, IT S COM)
A sudden m idw est cold w ave
didn I i al<h th is ni »vlmy unpre-
p ared . He foiled the w intry bias a
w ith a m ak esh ift stove and a couple
o gunny sac s.
e a so a r *
couple of » w ra tr rs to nls rn s rm b lc .
()m* Hit—No Runs— No Errors
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T e a m m a te s on the baseb all field and hunting com panions in the field
>M> Koy John<i0n |rfti v r t r r a n ro a c h
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C ab s. and L a rry
F re m h onr
|h e tr a n i.„ p lt, hpn>. Thpy arP
, w |w ,m. r , hot
5 Dn S an ta C a ta lin a island, w here the Cubs hold th eir pre season train in g ,
INVENTOR
French Family Wins 20.000 Francs
P ro fesso r P e te r K apltza, retain ed
by the Soviet govern m en t, h a s p e r
fected a new m ethod of liquefying
g ases, only a few d e ta ils of w hich
a re known. His d isco v ery will have
g re a t scientific an d Industrial Im
p o rtan ce.
A prize of 20,#06 fra n c s w as aw ard ed A drlen-Jules S andrln of B ourg
L a H eine, F ra n c e , for th eir la rg e fam ily . T he w inners of the U ognarq-
J a y p rise a re seen h ere with 11 of th e ir 12 children.