WASHINGTON. — Obviously, offi-
cial Washington, as indeed the whole
world, has been watching what has
been going on in Europe in the last
few weeks. They have been watch-
ing with more uneasiness, more gen-
uine fear, how Hitler has been ex-
panding the Reich, seizing, crush-
ing, stealing, new territory, subju-
gating new peoples, as his insane
ambition leads him on and on. Those
charged with official responsibility
have watched because there can be
no mistake about the dangers in-
map of the world.
Our government has had the cour-
age to speak out, through its depart-
ment of state.
action in overpowering the peoples
a dastardly thing. There was noth-
have left no doubt in the minds of
other nations, however, that we, as
a people, are angry about what Hit-
ler has done. But again: we can do
nothing more than protest, because
the United States has no business
going to war over some other
tion's troubles.
But while our state department
has been getting on record with its
disgust, and there has been a great
to-do about strengthening our
would break out and
selfish elements in congress
been foiling correction of our great-
est weakness. President Roosevelt
construction of new battle boats and
has moved strongly for production
of equipment, guns, and the like,
Strategic War Materials
That Must Be Developed
But with all of this hullabaloo, we
have not heard nor seen any plans
for development of our national de-
posits of raw materials which are
used in the stock pile of war re-
sources. It might not be so impor-
tant were it not a fact that a score
or more of these materials have to
be imported. I regret the necessity
for being so bold, but it is proper
to say that our war and navy de-
partments have advanced not a sin-
gle program, or even a thought, as
to how this nation could gain cer-
tain raw materials if we were to be
importation of them.
The war department has prepared
a list of some of these ‘‘strategic
war materials’ and it has ted
some of the most important, such
as nickel, tin, manganese, rubber,
etc. That is as far as it has gone.
It is true, and the swivel
officers will stress the fact, that con-
gress passed a law a few years back
that was designed to
American production of these essen-
tials. It was called, popularly, the
buy-American act. It even went so
far as to afford authority for pay-
ment of premiums, up to 25 per
cent above foreign quotations, in or-
der that American capital would go
to work here on those essentials.
But has anything resulted from it?
The records answer, no.
A congressional
chair
duction in the United St:
war essentials.
will do the work, but even Chairman
May is doubtful of its success. He
is doubtful because, as he said, when
the bureaucrats in
want to encourage domestic produc-
tion, they simply sit in their chairs
and swing their feet back and forth.
Officials Unwilling to
Learn From Other Nations
Those fellows in the executive de-
partments apparently are unwilling
to learn from other nations either.
I came into possession of a docu-
ment, for example, that made a con-
fidential report to the national emer-
gency council more than a year ago.
It told that the British government
had stored in warehouses enough
nickel and tin for a three years
supply to be used by industries man-
ufacturing war materials. This was
done by the British government, not-
withstanding the fact that London is
the seat of the great International
Nickel corporation which owns the
largest nickel mines in the world
and does 88 per cent of the world’s
trade in nickel. The British thought
it was wise to have the essential ma-
terial available, when and if needed,
and it had that conviction even with
the largest nickel mine known now
located on British territory at Suds-
worth, Ontario, Canada.
Further, according to that report,
the British were unwilling to leave
the maifi nickel refinery on United
States soil. It was moved to a Ca-
nadian spot where, according to
the report, it would be “out of dis-
tance of any long range guns.” The
British royal commission which
made the study added that while
they and the United States are
friendly and none can see any rea-
son for that friendship ever to be
disturbed, ‘‘no man can forecast the
future.”
‘“The shortage of nickel,” said the
report, “might be a weakness suf-
ficient to determine the issue of a
war.”
I discussed this question of war
essentials with various members of
the house—Representative Murdock
of Arizona, Representative Francis
Case of South Dakota, Representa-
tive Scrugham of Nevada, among
others. To a man they said that the
will of congress was being thwarted
encourage American industry. Mr,
for instance, a former
governor of his state and a mining
man, told how the bureau of mines
1ad reported there was no worth-
while nickel deposits in Alaska. The
same agency has found no reason
to encourage American capital to
develop manganese deposits in the
Mr. Case has been
trying to get congressional action on
measures to get some use of the
always selfish corporate interests,
no further ahead than the
point of their red noses, have stalled
the programs.
Pleads for Money to
Develop Mineral Resources
Mr. Murdock, also a mining man,
made a plea on the floor of the
house the other day for congress to
provide some money enabling real-
istic procedure with respect to
our unknown and undeveloped metal
resources—so that we would know
son.
“Since my school boy days,”
economic resources. I believe we
have been and are overlooking that
corner of our country.
ought
we
I feel that we
to develop those
ought to
them."
Mr. Murdock’'s statement causes
me to ask the question: since it is
our national policy (at present, at
least) to spend billions of dollars
under the guise of making work, why
not designate some few of the mil-
ons for worthwhile national devel-
pment?
leference was made the other day
to testimony given two vears
before the senate finance con
tee. I looked it up and found
the late Francis P. then
president of the chemical founda-
tiort, had caused an investigation to
be made of Alaskan metal
sources. The report brought in by
a Wisconsin university professor,
who did the searching and digging
on the ground, makes one wonder
what undercurrent of influence has
prevented the development of metal
claims, such as nickel and tin, up
there. Very few of the national leg-
islators knew of the testimony.
resources;
know more about
ago
that
nas
Garvan,
re-
Buying for Reserves Would
In my conversations among Rocky
Mountain congressmen, I could not
avoid the conclusion that capital
funds held in the United States will
not be put to work on such things
without some encouragement from
I know that
and senators
They believe
that a commitment {fo buy for re-
serves, if made by the federal gov-
ernment, would start brand new in-
dustries going in many, many parts
of the United States. All of the while,
however, we have the bureau of
mines and the war department sit-
ting back and making it hard for
Americans to develop America.
This whole situation would be hard-
ly worth analyzing were it not for
the facts: 1. The federal government
is spending billions for defense,
along with other billions that are
being wasted, and, 2. It is a measure
of safety to have all, or as much
as possible, of the things we would
need, in event of war, where they
can be handled by Americans for
Americans. And it is more impor-
tant, too, because numerous reports
have reached Washington in the
last year to the effect that German,
or Belgian or British capitalists
have been making overtures to hold-
ers of American mining claims for
operating leases on properties that
yield such things as essential war
metals. It is my belief that sooner
or later congress will learn that the
bureaucracy, which it created, has
wasted too much time; it will learn
that foreigners own all of the metal
resources here—and we will be buy-
ing back the finished material at
the prices foreign monopoly cares
to establish—just as we are now buy-
ing nickel.
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Lace, Color
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’ : : is
ORTUNATE indeed is the bride-
to-be who is planning a lovely
spring wedding, in that fashion is
not setting down arbitrary rules in
the matter of bridal array but rath-
er is encouraging fancy-free indi-
vidual choices.
‘his departure from stereotyped
traditional dress is particularly evi-
denced in the matter of color. The
prospective bride who has secretly
cherished the idea of an eye-appeal-
fhg subtle tint for her nuptial gown
and veil instead of traditional white,
will have the joy of finding that
dreams do come true.
A very success
on the part of de
bride and
color or,
il color technique
gners robes the
her maids in the same
as the case may be, in
different intensity of the same color.
A suggestion along this line is pale
pink satin for the jing gown
with bridesmaids’ bouffant dresses
of sheerest net in a trifle deeper
tone. The bride either wears white
orchids or carries roses in the pink
of her gown, while the attendants’
flowers are of deeper hue.
As to the siyling of the gowns,
sentiment runs high in favor of full-
skirted types with quaint, fitted bod-
hiplength basque effects
There is a pronounced flair this
spring for exquisitely sheer weaves
for both bride and such as
marquisette, mousseline de soie, or
nets of sheerest type
As to lace for the wedding gown
it is ever a favorite the more so
this spring in that enthusiasm for
lace is general throughout all
fashiondom. The gown pictured fits
he springtime wedding scene
wed
ices or
maids,
80
into
Gypsy Dress Late
Caprice of Fashion
Stripes and plaids in taffeta, in
silk crepe, in printed linens in thin
wools in glamorous cottons are sell-
ing as fast as the yards and yards
it requires for a full-at-the-hem skirt
can be measured off. These skirts
are usually gathered in peasant.
wise at the waistline. To be sure
a blouse is inevitable and what a
story of charm and romance the
new blouses do tell! Together skirt
and blouse are providing the big
sensation in the spring pageantry
of fashion.
Victorian Hair-Dos
Bring New Bonnets
With the revival of Victorian hair-
dos there comes a group of bonnets
including an open or cabriolet style
often trimmed with plain taffeta rib-
bons, with matching gloves; small-
er shapes covering the top of the
head and tied under the chin,
trimmed with veils having embroid-
ered borders; and coal-scuitlie bon-
nets jutting forward, in fine straws
or white pique.
Beige Suits Spiked
With Vivid Shades
Paris dressmaker strategy with
beige suits is to dose them a-plenty
with vivid color, such as red,
and such pastels, The color comes
in the blouse, hat, gloves, and other
details.
Or they put a beige jacket with a
brown or black skirt, and throw in
a brilliant blouse and accessories in
a third color.
New Gowns Flouncy
Rows of flounces form some
the newest evening skirts,
them a minaret silhouette.
of
giving
with queenly grace. Its artful soft
styling brings skirt fullness to the
front in latest approved manner. Its
form-fitting midriff accents a slen-
der waistline as is required of fash-
jons today. The heart-shaped neck-
line and the high shouldered full-
at-top long fitted sleeves are signifi-
cant styling details.
No matter how entrancing her
gown, a bride fails at looking her
prettiest if her headdress and veil
do not flatter. Here again is fash-
jon indulgent to the spring bride, in
that the new fantasies of tulle and
flowers and lace include every pos-
sible type, suited to every individu-
ality. Best of all, in the modern way
of doing things there is no fuss or
flurry at the last moment to get the
veil pinned into shape by nervous
unskilled fingers, for that has been
taken iva by spe-
cialists. All that is required of the
bride-to- is to her milliner
into confidence long before
py day or the consulting adh
the wedding bureau where you
supposed to come and ask questi
as establ nowadays in all high-
pe-
ingenue
if it
be a simple inexpensive piece or a
most elaborate one let your needs
known and by some magi ’
before your very eyes,
various types of headdress
n the little inset
are typical new trends such as are
available in shops and specialty de-
partments that cater to seekers of
bridal array.
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take
are
ns,
routhful
riod type,
headdress, or a stately coronet,
Call for Plaids
Among the
definite im-
pressions con-
veyed by ap-
parel collec-
tions in lead-
ing couturier
handsome plaid wools made up into
designers especially favor huge
plaids. Per example, Creed designs
a multi-color plaid coat with very
unusual pockets to replace the hand-
bag as you see here pictured. The
tailored sailor by Rose Valois tunes
smartly to the chic of this handsome
coat. If it is a jacket suit that claims
your interest consider it in terms of
ADVENTUROUS
AMERICANS
By
Elmo Scott Watson
Unlucky North Pole Seeker
N OCTOBER 25, 1933, an auto-
mobile in Washington,
struck down and killed a 71-year-old
man who, for 20 years, had defied
the numerous pitfalls of death in
the frozen North and who once just
missed sharing in the honors or of
discovering the North pole. He was
Evelyn B. Baldwin.
Jaldwin first went
Arctic circle in 1893
gist with Capt. Robert Peary’s sec-
ond expedition to Greenland. On a
previous expedition. Perry found
what he thought was a ‘“‘royal road
to the pole,” via Independence bay.
Baldwin suggested that a better
route lay through Kane basin. But
Peary decided otherwise. Ironical-
ly enough, when Peary did make his
successful dash to the pole, several
years later it was by the very route
which Baldwin had suggested.
In 1897 Baldwin was en route to
accompany the famous Andree bal-
loon expedition to find the pole when
Andree, suddenly favored by good
weather, decided to start, without
waiting the arrival of Baldwin's
ship next day. On July 11, il
fated Andree sailed away, never to
be heard of again until 1930 when a
party of Norwegian explorers found
his skeleton.
this
beyond the
meteorolo-
as
he
narrow
t daunt
i
escape from
Baldwin. In
in command of
! expedition which
reached th n ‘‘farthest north”
of 81 degrees and 30 seconds be-
fore turning back. Baldwin then set
off with several companions and dis-
covered new land, named Graham
Bell land.
In 1901 he made his supreme at-
tempt to reach the pole with the
Baldwin-Ziegler expedition. It failed
because his supply ship did not ar-
rive in time and only good luck pre-
vented the entire party from perish-
ing. Before he could finance an-
other expedition Peary discovered
the pole and Baldwin's career as an
explorer ended.
* * »
Tenderfoot Triumph
F EVER Americans deserved the
title ‘“‘tenderfeet,” it was the
band of emigrants, led by John Bid-
well, left Missouri in May,
1841, for the West. They had heard
of the riches of California but knew
nothing about the country they must
cross to gain their promised land.
Once they reached the Great Salt
lake, they believed they could float
down rivers that were supposed to
flow to the Pacific. So they took a
big supply of tools to build boats
when needed.
Guided by Thomas itzpatrick,
the fur trader, and ather De
Smedt, the missionary, they reached
South pass in Wyoming safely.
Then, despite warnings against try-
ing to cross the desert of the Cen-
tral basin, they turned off from the
Oregon trail and headed south-
west,
Soon they were in a bewildering
country of salt plains. Food and
water supplies ran low. Cruel mi-
rages lured them on. But some-
how they managed to survive and
reach the Humboldt river in Ne-
vada. They followed it to the Hum-
boldt Sink and turned south to the
Carson river. By the time they
reached the Walker river they were
forced to kill the last of their oxen.
Six weary months after leaving
Missouri they reached the rich San
Joaquin valley. Theirs had been an
epic journey. For the success of
the Bidwell expedition pointed the
way for the first thin trickle of
emigration to California that began
soon afterwards and reached its
high tide in the Golden Days of "49.
Bad Boy of the Mayflower
MONG the Pilgrim Fathers who
came over on the Mayflower
was John Billington, accompanied
by his wife and two sons, Francis
and John Jr. Early in that historic
voyage young John disgraced him-
self. While playing in the family's
cabin with his father's fowling
piece, he fired the weapon close to
an open keg of powder. “Only the
Lord's mercy saved the ship and
the entire company from being
blown to pieced,” writes a pious
historian of those days.
After the Pilgrims had settled
Plymouth, young Johnny got into
another scrape. He wandered off
into the woods one day by himself.
When he failed to return, a party
After a
s second
which
F
F
that he was in an Indian village 20
His mother shed tears of grati-
tude when friendly Indians brought
were ‘sorely vexed” because he had
put them to all this bother. No
doubt, he came by his trouble-mak-
ing honestly for his father was that
kind of man. In fact, John Billing.
Hanging Draperies
| Over French Doors
By RUTH WYETH SPEARS
6 | NEED
friend's
some help, my
said over the
telephone. ving room dra-
peries are I am bursting
with pride over them, but I don’t
know how to hang the ones for the
French doors.”
“Yes, 1 want to cover the door
frame at the sides, but I can’t cov-
er much of the door because it
must open and shut without inter-
fering with the draperies. 1 did
voice
“The li
inished,
the door
indows
want
to match the ones at the w
100."
Her voice
couraged
just too many
be solved. they all
solved. The sketch shows
how it was done. The cur
was placed on hooks nea
of the door frame and
good 7 inches over
side
dis-
were
trailed off In a
tone as if ti
3ut were
exactly
1in rod
of the doc
tains were sewed to rings.
they were in place, they cove
the !
door
each
both hooks and
the
doors to be opened.
NOTE: These curtains
and had a pleated
in Mrs. Spears’
or the Home Decor
8, Novelties and
Iso full of practi-
ideas that will
ur Spring and
Books are 25
cents each; if you order both
books, leaflet on how to make Rag
Rugs is included FREE; Address
Mrs. Spears, 210 S. Desplaines St.,
Chicago, Ill.
(SAFETY TALKS )
‘Pedestrian Faults’
THE National Safety counci
charged pedestrians
for traffic accidents that k
large share of
500 persons in
the resp
1037. Of thi
15,400 were pede
In “Accident F
cal review of 183
said: “Many pedestriz show ut-
ter lack of caution in their use of
streets and highv . Combined
state reports for 1937 show that in
67 per cent of all fatal pedestrian
accidents the either
was viols } OF Was
acting in afe man-
ner.
trian fa
cent of the
destrian
s pedes-
69 per
such
failure to
drunken
walking with instead of
affic on rural highways,
crossing streets in the middle of a
block as ‘pedestrian faults.”
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Truth and Hypocrisy
Truth speaks too low, hypocri-
sy too loud.—Dryden,
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