ACES: Semitism Last October top film executives met Movie Czar Will Hays to dis- cuss how anti-Semitism might be checked insofar as it affects movie revenues. Last November Father Charles Coughlin made a radio speech tempering criticism of Ger- many's Jewish pogroms by com- menting that Communist persecu- tion of Christians was worse. Nazi sources, he said, had told him 56 of the 59 top men in Russia's Com- munist party were Jews. This spring came ‘‘Equality,” a magazine boasting prominent “Ary- ans’ on its editorial board and dedi- cated to combating anti-Semitism. At the same time Collier's maga- zine found there was at least enough talk about the subject to justify a popularized treatise by Harvard An- thropologist Earnest Hooton on the Jew's “highly evolved and special- ized characteristics of mind, tem- perament and personality.” Readers of the Hooton article found themselves realizing that Ger- many’s horrible pogroms have at GENERAL MOSELEY “How strange ...” least made America conscious that there is such a problem. This real- ization became the more acute when Texas’ Rep. Martin Dies brought his un-Americanism investi- gation committee back into session with the following unsavory allega- tions: Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Mose- ley, who retired from the army last autumn after throwing sharp shafts at the New Deal, is active nation-wide anti-Jewish organiza- tion. Moseley joined a drive financed by New York's Dudley Gil- bert, who sent “confidential reports" he received from a night club “wait- er’ to James Erwin Campbell, re- serve army captain of Owensboro, Ky. Campbell, in turn, issued re- ports to “key people” throughout the U. 8. Dies said Gilbert had no intention of stirring up race hatred but thought he was doing a *‘patri- otic service in anticipation of a rev- olution.” Sample Moseley statements re- ported by the Dies committee: (1) “The fact is that the most serious problem confronting Amer- ica today is just this problem of the Jew and how to get rid of his in- fluence definitely—locally, national- ly and internationally.” (2) “If the Jews bump me off be sure to see they get the credit for it from coast to coast. It will help our cause.” Notified of the charges, General Moseley abruptly closed his own private “‘un-Americanism’ investi. gation in California's Imperial val- ley and flew to Washington in an- swer to a Dies subpoena. His com- ment: ‘How strange that a patriot can discuss openly and frankly the problems involving Irish- men, Italians and Germans . . . but let him mention any internation al ‘isms’ or Zionism and their in- creasing control of America, then he is attacked on all sides . . , even his life may be threatened.” ITALY: Axis Breakup? In 1914 the homeland of Julius Caesar broke its triple alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary be- cause Trentino and Trieste were not forthcoming. Next year Italy went to war on the side of the Allies. European history has a way of re. peating itself; Benito Mussolini, who last year saw everything to gain in an alliance with Adolf Hitler, and who has just signed a 10-year “in- vincible' military pact with Ger- many, may well be floating helpless against a current he cannot buck. Plainly top-heavy, the Rome-Berlin axis nowadays gets most of its ora- torical support from Nazidom; though Mussolini chimes in, almost every speech indicates he would like peace with democracies. Left unspoken are the reasons he fears the man he calls friend. Reasons: (1) If Balkan Yugoslavia breaks up, the area inhabited by Slovenes is almost certain to be grabbed by Germany from its Austrian outpost, | | providing the Reich with an outlet to the Adriatic sea and thence to the Mediterranean. Much though Germany's friendship might be val- ued, Italy cannot afford to let Hitler become a Mediterranean power, (2) Italians dislike Russians, but both in heritage and ambition Adolf Hitler's nation is like Soviet Russia. An allied Berlin and Moscow would control Europe, a possibility which grows less remote as German-hating Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinov retires from office and both Hitler and Stalin cease shouting at one an- other. Such a pact would leave It- aly in the cold. (3) Strong though her Mediter- ranean position may be, Italy is still weaker than the combined fleets of France and Britain. Mussolini is also alarmed at recent Anglo- French gains in the Mediterranean, especially their pacts with Greece and Turkey. And though he counted on Spain as an ally against democ- racies, Mussolini finds Generalis- simo Francisco Franco hobnobbing too affectionately with Germany to his own exclusion. Franco hobnobs also with French, Swiss and Dutch bankers, seeking a reconstruction loan neither Italy nor Germany can give. So far as Mussolini is con- cerned, the Iberian peninsula is a bigger question mark today than one year ago. (4) Several times the past year Italy has risked war to help Hitler, first in Austria, next in Sudetenland, next in Czecho-Slovakia, then in Me- mel. Each time the home folks wondered what Italy would get in return, and after one solid year of such risks they have received noth- ing but barren Albania. If Hitler marches into Danzig and drags It- aly into a futile war, Il Duce will risk internal blowup. Such are possible reasons why French Ambassador Andre Fran- cois-Poncet met Italian Foreign Min- ister Galeazzo Ciano in Rome re- cently for amicable discussion on French-Italian trouble points. Since modern treaties apparently mean nothing, there is a good chance Italy might junk her new German pact for a settlement with France and Britain. Britain's reluctance to sign a treaty with Russia might be founded on the hope that Germany and the Soviet would get together, thereby alienating Italy, BUSINESS: Competition Wanted Under NRA the price levels being enforced to a point where competing bidders usu. ally found their individually arrived. at quotations identical. NRA was invalidated identical quo- tations have often continued, pro- viding Trust Buster Thurman Ar- nold, assistant attorney general, THURMAN ARNOLD *. . . just getting started . . ” with what he terms prima facie evi- dence of collusion. That a government which five years ago fostered collusion now fights it may seem inconsistent, yet a return to orthodox business philos- ophy has again made men believe that competition is the life of trade. Up before the house appropriations sub-committee, Trust Buster Arnold explained the justice department will need $520,000 more next fiscal year simply to carry on an anti- trust campaign which—after 40 years—‘‘is just getting started.” . No violent campaign is planned, Mr. Arnold explained, but five re- gional offices will be opened (New York, Atlanta, Chicago, Oklahoma City, San Francisco) and such na- tion-wide investigations as that of the oil industry will be co-ordinated, With individual actions at Madison, Wis., New York and on the Pacific coast, Mr. Arnold's oil inquiry will center on whether producers must not divest themselves of control of the retail filling stations, a prac. tice he charges is collusive in that it holds up prices, stifling competi. tion. Mr. Arnold on oil: "My point is that either we are going to have competition in the oil industry or if that is impossible it has got to go to congress for regulation—one of the two.” Freedom? “The law is the logical outcome of Germany's view, voiced ever since the outbreak of the Spanish war, that fight. ing there is something which concerns only Spaniards.” Such was the Berlin foreign of- fice’s comment on February 18, 1937, when the Reich passed a law which forbade German citizens to enter Spanish territory and partici- pate in Generalissimo Francisco Franco's war against Premier Juan Negrin. In May of 1939, t%0 months after the war ended, with 14,000 Ger- man “‘volunteers'’ just coming home from Spain, Germany got around to repealing the law. It Europe thought this situation just a bit humorous, it could view FRANCISCO FRANCO What price dignity? with alarm another chapter of Ger- man-Spanish relations now being written. In Madrid, while Franco forces announced all German and Italian arms used during the war (bombers, pursuit planes, heavy ar- tillery, tanks, trucks, technical equipment) would be retained, a committee of 12 German tradesmen was en route from Berlin to nego- tiate an economic and financial treaty with Spain. Heading the group was Dr. Hel muth Wohltat who negotiated the treaty with Rumania last March. Observers thought Wohltat treaty- making had reached the pattern stage, for Spain will be treated just about the way Rumania was. Reich contractors will build roads, rail ways, fortifications and other mili- tary establishments for the new Spain, More vital, however, is the general provision for exchange of Spanish raw materials (especially ores and foodstuffs) for German fin. ished products. Thus will Spain be drawn positively into the Rome- Berlin orbit, While this was going on, Dictator Franco reviewed his much-post- poned “‘victory'' parade, then spoke as if his nation were free from Ger- many and Italy: *‘We want a great Spain, but we place our dignity We shall not tolerate ty because it would be useless.” AGRICULTURE: Trouble Ahead This spring the bureau of agricul- tural economics forecast a July 1 wheat supply of 1,018,900,000 bush- els, only 2,100,000 bushels short of the figure where farmers must vote on acreage quotas for next year. Dry weather in spring wheatlands cut crop prospects, however, and by mid-May Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace was able to avoid an embarrassing election-year acre- age referendum by cutting the July 1 estimate to only 974.000,000 bush- els. A further help: In 1940 farm- ers can plant 62,000,000 acres to wheat, 7,000,000 more than this year. A week after this announcement, however, it appeared the adminis. tration’s farm program is bound for another bogging down, another year like miserable 1934 and 1938. Care- fully ecking weather bureau re- ports, Mr. Wallace found early May rainfall in the wheat belt was far below normal, with drouth spread- already heavy. Percentages of nor- mal rainfall thus far: ka, 50; Kansas, 74; Montana, 55. Though on the average far better than 1934, a drouth committee who will aid farmers if the worst comes. Trend How the wind is blowing . . . JOBS-0Of 100 universities and colleges surveyed by Minneapolis’ Northwestern National Life In- surance company, 63 find greater demand for graduates than a year ago. STAMPS-Coin-operated mail boxes which weigh letters, stamp them and drop them into a de- pository for collection, are being installed at New York. POWER--Of 1,670,000,000 Amer- ican horsepower, 92.7 per cent constitutes transportation horse- power, installed exclusively to move people and goods, FOOD-U. 8. bureau of dairy industry scientists have perfected a new food article with two sur- plus products-—skim milk and cull potatoes. These, with a little salt added, are made into wafers, chips, sticks or croutons, and oven dried to crispness. President Wades Into Political WASHINGTON.—When 1 was a «id on the farm, my father used to warn me against getting too close to the big saw that was used to cut up wood for our kitchen stove— the old buzz saw, it was called. He was right. It could have done to me exactly what it did to logs of oak or hickory. Many times since those days, I have thought of the wisdom of those warnings as ap- plied to other acts of life. And, the other day, I thought of how much trouble President Roosevelt could have avoided if only his advisors had guided him away from the buzz saw of Argentine canned corned beef. the President and to his advisors instructed the secretary of the navy gentine Co-operatives, Inc., for use As a the form of an offset for the griev- affair has already cost Mr. Roose- Many are saying, indeed, preme court of the United States. All of the facts ought to be stated clearly for the reason that none now can foretell how widespread prairie fire will be. Obviously, the Republicans will use it as ammuni- tion in their warfare, and in all probability quite a large segment of old line Democrats are laughing the beef case will do to their pet hates, the New Dealers surrounding the President. Facts of Argentine Briefly, the facts are these: Pursuant to law, the secretary of the navy called for offers to sell of The law says agencies must plies, including 48,000 pounds canned corned beef. that government garded as able to fulfill the require- ments of the navy. There is, how- ever, another law that says, in sub- stance, the government must award he contracts to a firm of citizens of ucts be made from the United States ~provided they are equal to or bet. product and that the price is not too much higher than the foreign bid. icy, the American standard of living So, there is, first—quality The bids on corned beef reached the navy offices. Argentine Co- operatives, Inc., offered to sell the cents a pound, from the United States was approx- In addi- imports of beef-—placed by con- this country. But the navy would not have to pay that tariff duty. Thus, the real cost to the navy would be that much less. Navy officers felt there was con- In the course of the consid- the department of state learned of the situation, and Secre- You see, with United States rela- ment. It has’ been necessary to pro- hibit importations of fresh beef from the Argentine because there is so much foot and mouth disease in the vast reaches of Argentine graz- ing areas. It has even become nec- essary to forbid the Argentine gov- ernment to bring in steaks for use in its government pavillion at the New York World's fair. That did not leave a good taste in the mouth of the Argentine people. Mr, Hull was anxious to make a peace offer of some kind or another. President Became Tangled Up With the Buzz Saw And it is to be remembered, too, that Mr. Roosevelt has been striving to knit North and South American nations together under his good a AB Be By gesture some 3 Besides all of these, there is Mr, Hull's reciprocal trade treaty pol- icy that needs bolstering every pow and then. There was little mention of this phase; yet it seems reason- able to assume that it was in the back of the official mind. The question was put on Mr. Roosevelt's desk. He decided that the contract should be given the Argentines. That happened about the middle of April. There was no flurry about the matter then be- cause few persons knew of the transaction. Eventually, however, information about the award leaked out and somebody asked Mr. Roose- velt in a press meeting whether it was true. That was where Mr, Roosevelt really became tangled up with the buzz saw. Now, it is well to know that Mr. Roosevelt likes to talk. He also in- sists on telling the news writers all about a given situation—if he talks at all about it. He is decidedly fair that way. He talked at great length about the problem and the was numerous headlines which read something like this: “President Roosevelt Orders Navy to Buy Ar- gentine Canned Beef—Foreign Prod- uct Found Cheaper and Superior in Quality, President Says.” Within a few short weeks, Mr. Roosevelt's political hands were torn and bleeding. He was being ridiculed because he frequently re- need for helping “our undernour- There were The New Deal lead- could do nothing about it. The representatives and senators from the cattle country were denouncing his action and one whole day was occupied in the house of representatives where the Presi- dent's political body was torn limb from limb, The heat of the battle became so great that the house committee on appropriations which happened then in Congress appropriations bill took action. It included in that bill, a prohibition happening again. They were shout- “The idea, feeding our navy men on Argentine beef,” etc. Ob- the prohibitory clause was accepted by the house and the senate and it will be the law of the land. This heat came of two causes. the cattle business is none They pro- To go outside of the United States was It was the principle of the the resentment engendered by Mr. Roosevelt's statement that Argen- tine beef is a better quality—well, you speak your own piece about it. Up With Original Statement Subsequently, Mr. Roosevelt the statement that is superior Argentine in quality. He tice is to can better cuts of beef | meat in that part of the world. But the explanation never has caught up with the original statement, and it never will, When this attempted explanation came from the White House, I heard an old time political battler at the | capitol observe: | “That is mistake No. 2. One of | the first rules in politics is ‘never | make a statement that you have to | explain.’ If you do, your explana- i tion will get you into trouble. It | is better never to explain anything." Yet, in fairness, it must be ob- served that the price ia the United States and the price the government must pay, therefore, results from a combination of circumstances. Our national policy for years has been to encourage what we adver. tise as the American standard of living. To that end, congress has passed laws, many of them. The Waish-Healy act, for example, says that the government may not buy from any manufacturer who does not comply with stated require- ments as to hours and wages for work. There is the so-called fair labor standards act--the wage and hour law-for another. Fifty more could be named. Nor do I wish my- self to be placed in the position of condemning all of them. I poipt to them merely as causes for the situ- ation in which Argentina underbid our own folks because most of our people on relief live better than the employed workers in South Amer- ica. It serves, moreover, as an il lustration and a proof that most so-called statesmen advocate na- tional policy and national laws with out knowing where or when or how they may have to eat their own words. . (Raleased by Western Newspaper Union.) Are Oh So Practical! NOMEWHAT formal, you can wear it smartly for shel 80 that A ping and runabout, is the wid shouldered dress with buttons the scalloped bodice and braid used to give the effect of a bolero. The circular skirt has a swing to it, it's a dress you'll thoroughly enjoy all summer long. Indispensable Slacks Suit. If you're planning to have immer suit is an indispensable par acation wardrobe, This includes a topper with front ie | ® ” nen @ asas % | or gab- Is for re- nate ; % yard rn 15 for the Jarbara rer Pattern iy. 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