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RUSSIA;
Cat and Mice
Six weeks after it started, the war
of 1939 had apparently been won by
Russia, a noncombatant. The soviet
held two-fifths of Poland and con-
trolled the little nations of Lithu-
ania, Latvia and Estonia whose Ger-
man populations were repatriated
by the Fatherland in what was Nazi-
dom’s most ignominious defeat. In
all these countries Russia won im-
portant naval bases (see map) which
gave her control of the Baltic sea
and constituted a direct threat
against Scandinavia. Lithuania, the
last to capitulate, even accepted a
part-Communist social order.
Finland was next, her delegation
opening consultations in Moscow
while the folks back home evacuat-
ed cities, strengthened the army and
& Bases Acquired by Russia
Bl Finish Bases Coveted
by Russia
RUSSIA IN THE BALTIC
Why fight to win a war?
prepared to fight demands for Soviet
bases on Hogland island and the
Aalands.
(There were signs of joint U. S.-Scan-
dinavian action to bloc Russian conquest
of Finland. In Moscow, U., S. Ambassador
Laurence A.
have expressed his government's
hope”
juriously peaceful relations between Rus
sia and Finland).
Germany's retreat from the Baltic
“earnest
with one hand, her ships sailed from
the White sea
tin, thus consummating a new trade
enemy.
If the British gloated over this
parent victory, they soon changed
their minds. Red army units in the
Caucasus mountains facing Persia
and Turkey were reinforced. The
Soviet looked hungrily at Afghanis-
tan, British-dominated, and the gate-
way to British India.
to this southerly threat,
rushed to initial a pact with Russia,
France and Britain the next day.
Net effect would be to neutralize the
eastern Mediterranean and the
Black sea, freeing Russia to do as
she pleases in the Baltic.
Observers agreed that if Germany
wants to destroy western democra-
cies, Herr Hitler's pact with Russia
has been a good start. But like the
wily cat who strikes while the mice
fight among themselves, shrewd Dic-
tator Josef Stalin may destroy a
lot of other things unless Europe's
war is stopped immediately.
AGRICULTURE:
Report Card
If U. 8S. corn supplies reach 110
per cent of normal,
quotas. For the past month corn
estimates have bobbed up and down,
mostly down on the strength of
drouth reports. But by early Octo-
ber enough returns were in to place
the estimate at 2,532,000,000 bushels.
Last year's record carryover was
546,000,000 bushels. Total: 3,078,-
000,000 bushels, which is about 48,
000,000 above the marketing quota
level. Still there would be no ref-
erendum, for on September 13 (the
specified date for determination) in-
dicated supplies were conveniently
below the level. But there was ev-
ery sign the department of agricul-
ture will ask big corn acreage re-
ductions next year, probably from
this season's 94,000,000 acres to
about 90,000,000, provided warring
Europe doesn’t buy too many hogs.
Other crop news:
4 Cotton: In the Carolinas it was
good, helped by heavy August rains
and a dry September, Louisiana
also had a good crop, but in Texas
and Oklahoma dry heat had stopped
development, caused premature
opening and attracted the weevil
scourge. Result: The department
of agriculture cut its September 1
crop estimate by 452,000 bales. New
estimate: 11,028,000 bales.
4 Wheat: Spring wheat estimate
was increased 4,000,000 bushels over
September 1 forecast. New esti-
mate: 189,000,000 bushels. Includ-
ing winter wheat there will be an
aggregate of 740,000,000 bushels, plus
254,000,000 carryover. Total: 994,-
000,000, of which about 700,000,000
will be needed domestically.
THE WAR:
From Rostrum:
Said France's Premier Daladier:
“If Hitler really wants a durable
peace it must be based on the se-
curity of nations, guaranteed recip-
rocally, without the danger of sur-
prises."
Chimed in Britain's Prime Minis-
ter Chamberlain: “It is for Ger-
many to make her choice . . . Eith-
er the Germans must give convine-
ing proof of the sincerity of their
desire for peace or we must
preserve our duty a
Said Adolf Hitler: “The decision
of peace or war lies with others.
We simply have a grave determina-
tion to fight.”
From such a hopeless deadlock
there seemed no alternative except
a fierce war. But the still, small
voices of peace began rising every-
where. In Germany it was the mys-
terious mobile radio station urging
that Hitlerism be discarded. In
France it was a few ‘‘defeatists"
who were promptly slapped into jail.
But in London it was little David
Lloyd George, World war prime
minister who only a week before had
startled commons by demanding
that Britain give careful considera-
tion to Hitler's peace offers. Argu-
ing that a collective pact among all
de-
pendent on the word of Herr Hit-
Lloyd George was rumored
leading a campaign against advo-
cates of "war at any price.”
Taking a cue from the earlier
counseled U. 8S. leadership
rad his throttled press give
then re-
help prevent
“bath of blood."
Europe's frightful
But the U.
NEWS OUIZ
ol h J 4
,
Know your news? One hundred is
a perfect score. Deduct 20 for each
question you miss. Anything about 60
is good.
1. The above fellow, once gov-
ernor of Kentucky, is shown tak-
ing an oath in Washington, What's
his name? What oath is he tak-
ing?
2. Al Capone, former Chicago
gang czar, is in the news now be-
cause: (x) he is taking piano
lessons at Terminal Island pris-
on, California; (b) he has become
a fruit grower at his Florida
home; (¢) he will be released
from prison next month,
3. His initials are Robert G. As
official executioner for five east-
ern states, he electrocuted Sacco
and Vanzetti and Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, kidnaper of the Lind-
bergh baby. What's his last
name? What happened to him?
4. Richard Gallogly is under life
sentence in Georgia, convicied of
a “thrill” murder in 1928. How
did he make news recently?
5. Charles A. Byrne is New Or-
leans district attorney. He re-
cently: (a) set a new record for
prosecutions, for which the gov-
ernor honored him; (b) was
charged with blocking a grand
Jury's investigation of alleged
graft and corruption; (¢) started
a racket-busting campaign simi-
lar to that of New York District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey.
(Answers at bottom of column.)
CONGRESS:
Talk Fest
Washington's important news was
not that the sen ate had refused 65
to 26 the resolution by New Hamp-
shire's Sen. Charles W. Tobey to
split the arms embargo repeal
issue away from the rest of the
pending neutrality bill. This was not
big news bec the administra-
| tion bill seemed a cinch to pass
| whenever the final vote came.
the fact
| that the issue of war vs. peace vs.
Biya
ause
| Much bigger news was
i
ng.
At the same time, other Briton
at the allies’ appar-
to wage war only on the
western front. Could anybody win
There was every
planned to open a
thrust on the western
fierce
fre nt. th us re-
tler had
ordered
off Nazi
Paris heard that Hit
summoned his generals,
them to clear the French
territory and to drive swiftly through
Belgium and Switzer] land in a great
ffensive. The first part of this or-
adiers were
wave against
“suicide squads’ of gren
thrust wave after
Strangely, many a Nazi
aim-—to capture prisoners and thus
get information.
At Sea
Fireside generals have long fought
the battle of warship vs. bomber.
Before October is out, the victor
Authoritative Ger-
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
This little man wanted peace.
man circles said Nazi planes had
dropped 10,bombs in a single raid
on British vessels blockading the
North sea. Since the allies wanted
no peace, the raids would continue,
Commented the official German
news agency: ‘The time of unqual-
ified British control of the seas is
gone forever.”
(At Amsterdam, Netherlands, a Dutch
seaman came home to announce he had
sailed from New York on the longmiss.
ing German luxury liner, Bremen, had
helped plow her Eros, cold Roden
seas while she flow the Soviet flag, and
helped dock her safely at Russia's Arctic
ocean port, Mur,
oy Spin amma n
MISSOURI'S CLARK
*Idiotic, moronic, unpatriotic . , *
neutrality had stirred an unprece-
dented free-for-all in congress and
elsewhere at a time when national
unity was the watchword. There
was angry speech-making, too much
of it, fraught with a bitterness that
might have made the U. 8S. look
slightly silly and indecisive in time
of crisis.
Missouri's Isolationist Bennett
Champ Clark took the senate floor
to maintain that the Tobey vote was
no test. He stayed to make a speech
on how the President's “‘limited
emergency’ proclamation has been
used for dictatorial, warlike moves.
Case in point: Placing the Panama
canal under military control, an ac-
tion Senator Clark said was valid
only when the U.
war, or when war is imminent,
son next attracted the senator. Mr.
Johnson had said the U. 8. army is
Commented Mr. Clark:
judgment no more idiotic, moronic,
P made . .
tion in the U. S. with the situation
in Poland . . .
mind is beneath contempt.”
Next came Nebraska's Repealist
revolution for Germany and urging
“short of
money."
supplying men
News Quiz Answers
1. He Is A, B. ("Happy") Chandler,
who resigned as governor to succeed
" late . Marvel M. Logan.
(¢) Is correct. Capone is expected
to y * freed by November 19.
3. Robert G. Elliott. He died.
4. By walking out of prison, kin,
orig. and Ty o HR gb
stice."
8. (b) Is correct. Impeachment pro.
ceedings have been filed against him.
Of European Mess’;
WNU Service,
WASHINGTON.—While the sena-
tors continue drooling out thousands
of words concerning the proposed
repeal of the arms embargo, any
observer can hardly fail to note the
same theme song in all of the
speeches: we must keep out of Eu-
rope’s war. The senators, and the
representatives, too, seize upon ev-
ery opportun ity to tell the nation—
either from the capitol or any other
rostrum-that it is a war on the oth-
er side of the Atlantic and that we
must remain out of it.
President Roosevelt's every state-
ment, and they have been coming
with the frequency of rain in
tropics, projects the same com
mand. He says he hates
wants to keep the country at peace.
His subordinates throughout the gov-
ernment—every one with a title
ficient to draw
or fo a camp meeting
the doves of peace to coo with
softest tones. leyond Washington,
also, the theme song is be ing i cked
up and repeated by every in«
who can gain acces
war
wy gf
Sui
-are causing
8 10 a rad 10 mi
crophone or gather a dozen listeners
in one room.
It's a wonderful
{ 8 country where
peace,
But the same cbserver rambl
around Was gton and hearing the
theme song of peace cannot fail to
note also a war psychology, an
alarmist point of view. It is a view
that is being propagated from Wash-
ington, and there can be n stake
about it. And, so, I rise to ask why
all of these war plans are coupled
with the theme song of pe
in every sec of the nati
ernment those plans are
ward as though we were
have a declaration of
of the newly fixed Th
of Nove
ember 23.
Why All These War Plans
When Nation Is for Peace?
thing to live in
everyone
0 mai
tion
dangers of war; nor ought any per-
son make light of serious considera-
tion of war plans. 1 certainly
not intend to treat the ma in a
hum vein, but 1 repeat the
question: why all of these war plans
when the nation
favor of peace?
Let me down some
things that have happened
here and ma: ybe it wil
I have become pi uzied;
The other day I was in the navy
department. There, hanging in a
cuous place, was a sign
“Beware of
other warnin
notes, struck me that female
spies are no more dangerous now
than at any time in the last 50 years,
and 1 observed to a navy officer
that
our military secrets, they would
wait until now
about them.
President Roosevelt announced a
few days ago that he intended to
add something like 75,000 men to the
army, in accordance with discre-
tionary authority granted by the
last congress, and that during 1940
he expected to increase the army
to its full authorized strength of
250,000 men.
Shortly after making known this
decision, the President issued or-
ders to the war department, direct-
ing construction of a series of new
barracks and cantonments. These
are to house the new army person-
nel. But congress has given no au-
thority for that, nor has it appropri-
ated money to be expended for that
construction. Mr. Roosevelt called
attention to this lack of authority,
and explained that he believed there
was no intention on the part of con-
gress not to provide living quarters
for the new soldiers. So, he is go-
ing ahead without that authority. He
will ask congress to legalize his ac-
tion when it meets in regular ses-
sion next January. Before making
known his intention to proceed, how-
ever, the President discussed the
question with Comptroller General
Brown, and the Comptroller General
suggested that he be not requested to
give a “formal opinion’ on the Pres-
ident’'s right tc carry out the pro-
gram,
Navy yards throughout the coun-
try have been closed to visitors.
For the first time in years, the
capitol building is under police reg-
ulations as rigid as war time.
Again, Why the Paradox of
Peace Songs and War Plans?
You will recall how on several oc-
casions the President has made pub-
lic statements about war dangers
near our shores. First, he told his
press conference one day that two
submarines had been sighted, one
off the Atlantic coast and the other
off the shores of the state of Wash.
ington. There was that announce-
' ment also about the German gun.
boat that was meandering around
| somewhere in the Caribbean sea.
| Finally, Stephen Early, the Presi
atter
TOUS
set of the
1 clear why
which
Spies,”
some
not
to try to find out
Washington, D. C.
dent's press secretary, disclosed
that the head of the German navy
had sent a warning that an Ameri-
can ship-—the Iroquois, was to be
sunk. The German word, accord-
ing to Mr. Early, was that the Brit-
ish were going to sink that ship
which was loaded with American
refugees from the war zone; and
hen they would blame the Germans
for doing it. The purpose of all of
this was to inflame American public
opinion against the Nazis, so it was
officially stated.
Now, 1 would have no way of
knowing Whether the U-boats were
actua sighted and whether they
were Germ an or British or our own.
Nor would I know anything about
man-o-war th at was re-
lly
aters. Likewise,
warning was somethi
not know about Jut ti
things, among many others
prompted the general discuss
i ee
American wi
the Iroquois
quiry as to parac
e songs and war plans.
Board Causes Speculation
Now, I can me sound judg-
ment in the sion to withhold
the report by the
newly established industrial mobili-
zation board which was headed by
Edward R. Stettinius, one of the
powess in the United States Steel
corporation. That group of men, who
sure ly could be trusted to be in favor
ring the United States if
an be trusted to be patriot-
made a careful analysis of
ources of the country
for war pur-
ed that the board
vised, or
war
See sot
deci
anyone
ral plans and re
ewed, m of the
rtment programs for war sup-
is. Roosevelt deem ved
ake t} Be ind-
31i¢ With that, surely, no
lisagree.
quite a difference be-
sort of findings that rep-
1 conclusions as those
could contribute and
ion that is ob-
inable Every concerning the
of and guns and
airy lanes Rand there is a ,Sificienet,
between ths an-
st rev
at les
any
ine-
‘
orm
ned
sort py info rmat
day
anic ships
iat and
about Ube
Just here the
oats.
facts of the mobiliza-
smissal ought to be
led. The members of the
or some of them with whom
lked, believed they had been
asked by the Pre do a con-
tinuing They felt that they
ing of a permanent
available at the call of the
Whatev er their belief
, it turned out that they
Those industrialists,
pay and paying
their own expenses, had been known
as conservatives. Any Sonsvative
hinker is a dangerous individual t
a men as the Corcoran- Von
group of presidential advisers. No
sooner had they started work, than
it was bruited about in various quar-
ters that these men were going to
scuttle the New Deal. The “inner
circle,” a gang that came from ob-
livion into power and will eventually
go back to oblivion, did not over-
look a bet in spreading their gospel
that the industrialists were out to
wreck everything for which Mr.
Roosevelt stood.
Can Easily Get Into War if
Psychology of War Continues
The rumors concerning the activi-
ties of the members of the mobiliza-
tion board spread rapidly and grew
in number. It is made to appear
that the sponsors got to Mr, Roose-
velt with their propaganda. In any
event, something happened with the
suddenness of a rabbit jumping from
a lair of weeds. Mr. Roosevelt an-
nounced in his press conference one |
afternoon that the mobilization
board would make its report and |
would be dissolved. That would not |
have been a startling announcement |
except that none of the members of |
the board, nor the general staff offi- |
cers of the war department who
were working with the board, had
any previous knowledge that their
work was ended. !
I have not attempted In this dis- |
cussion to report all of the little in-
cidents that have come along to ex-
cite curiosity. It is not to be forgot-
ten that the congress was called into
extraordinary session to act on the
President's request for repeal of the
arms embargo. Many persons saw
no need for the extra session. And
the passage of three weeks of debate
on the question whether to keep the
embargo against export of arms or
repeal it has shown, as far as I am
concerned, that it really does not mat-
ter which side wins. The United
States is not going to get into war
any more quickly by keeping the
embargo than it will by repealing |
that mooted section. But it can get |
into war very easily, embargo or no
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howev
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embargo, if this psychology of war
is continued from Washington,
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