WEEKLY NEWS JOSEPH W. LaBINE Third Party ASHINGTON wiseacres see trouble ahead for the La- Guardia-Ickes-Murphy ‘‘third par- ty’’ movement which would pre- sumably draft President Roose- velt to run again, Reason: All third party movements have failed, the nearest thing to suc- cess coming in 1912 when Theo- dore Roosevelt started the Bull- Moose-Progressive movement aft- er losing the G. O. P. nomination. This campaign divided the opposi- tion (G. O. P.) and enabled Demo- cratic Woodrow Wilson to win. But this year the G. O. P. is united, and a third party would split the Democrats, thus aiding the Repub- lican cause, Reich Wrecks Germany's serious train wrecks are viewed as a good indication of the Reich's serious eco- nomic plight. Nazidom's railroad extension and repair program has suffered since 1936. Meanwhile Hitler's economic program placed new burdens on the rails, climaxed by heavy troop and ammunition movements since the war started. In the latest wrecks (nine in all since Septem- ber 1) there were 182 killed and 139 injured—all within a few hours. Tariff Walls State tariff walls which discrim- inate against out-of-state products are apt to fall in 1940 if the Council of State Governments goes through with its anticipated program. At least 43 of the states (all except Arizona, Idaho, Missouri, North Dakota and Washington) already have interstate co-operation com- missions which will begin holding sectional conferences, Dies Blunder Many in official Washington be- lieve the Dies committee erred grievously in waiting until the last minute before releasing its report on alleged Communist penetration in the Hollywood motion picture colony. Reason: The un-Ameri- canism hearings automatically end when congress convenes, mak- ing it impossible to hold a public airing of the charges. With or without foundation, there is bound to be a complaint that persons named in the report have no op- a portunity to defend 4 themselves. This will hurt the committee's drive for new funds. Davies’ Job Anti-Roosevelt forces are making political capital out ot the ap- pointment of Joseph E. Davies, former ambas- sador to Russia and Belgium who has just been named ‘‘special assistant’’ in the state department. The current story: Davies is married to Mrs. Marjorie Post Close Hutton, cereal heiress, who reportedly didn't like the leakness of Moscow when her husband was granted that ambas- sadorship for helping the Demo- cratic war chest. Apparently dis- appointed when Joseph Kennedy was named ambassador to Lon- don, Davies was given Belgium as a consolation prize. till dissatis- fied, says the story, he was brought back to Washington and given the new post in an effort to keep the Davies-Post interests in line for 1940's election. Even if the story is true, Davies’ knowledge of the European situation may neverthe- less prove helpful to the state de- partment. He has an intimate pic- ture of the Moscow situation. CONGRESS: Lineup for Battle Back to Washington each New Year's day scurry the nation's law- makers. This year they hope to scurry home again a few weeks lat- er, for 1940 is an election year and there are plenty of fences in need of patching. But as Franklin Roose- velt began working on his state-of- the-union and budget messages, and as Henry Wallace and Henry Mor- genthau carried their tax battle into the open, there was no sign that congress would be short lived. Main Rooseveltian aims are (1) retention of ail New Deal policies, including neutrality and the recipro- cal trade program; (2) appropria- tion of $550,000,000 which congress ““owes’’ the treasury for farm bene- fits which were approved but not provided for; (3) bigger defense program; (4) as little fighting as possible, to keep the New Deal's skeletons in the closet. But no ob- server expected a pink tea party on these issues: Agriculture. Formally announced was Henry Wallace's plan to siphon a minimum of $300,000,000 annually directly from consumers to help finance his farm program. Facts of the ‘“‘certificate plan’: Co-operating farmers would receive income cer- tificates valued at the difference be- tween the market price of the crop and the ‘parity price.” Processors and others buying crops would be required to buy the certificates, thus retiring them. This was a good scheme, except that Henry Mor- genthau's treasury complained about: Taxes. There is little hope that the President's 1940-41 budget can be balanced; even though new finance methods are found for agri- cultural benefits, other expenses will be on the up grade. Most U. S. business favors tax modification, and certainly the average congress- man dislikes to impose new levies in an election year. But the Presi- dent has indicated that new revenue sources will be left up to congress, thus washing his hands of the entire matter, As for agriculture, con- servative Henry Morgenthau com- plained the certificate plan is really an “invisible” tax, pointing out that 63.1 per cent of all U. S. taxes are already paid by consumers. National Debt. Raising this above the present $45,000,000,000 limit is one way of circumventing new taxes. Mr. Morgenthau, comment- ing that the debt is already within $3,000,000,000 of that mark, says he'll simply quit writing checks when he strikes the limit. Defense. Though he expected lit tle opposition to his proposed in- crease in national defense expendi- tures, the President got a hint of the battle to come when Ohio's G. O. P. Sen. Robert Taft, himself a presidential aspirant, warned against a “national defense spree.” Trade Program. Under heavy G, O. P. fire, Secretary of State Cor- dell Hull's reciprocal trade program comes up for renewal this session, Both Mr. Hull and the President have vowed a last-ditch defense on this matter, which could easily pro- duce a long and heated session. Im- portance: An administration defeat would mean that congress favors Re- publican high tariffs, giving the G. 0. P. an important foothold for 1940 in the important farm areas. Labor Act. Recent hearings be- fore the house committee investigat- ing the National Labor Relations board will probably result in de- mands for revision of the act. Un- savory things were said about NLRB, especially those allegations of C. I. O. favoritism. Business and A. F. of L. are both demanding reforms. RELIGION: Peace Drive A marked theological flutter fol- lowed President Roosevelt's appoint- ment of Myron C. Taylor, former U. 8S. Steel head, as his “personal representative’ to the Vatican. Well- timed at the Christmastide, the Pres- ident’'s message to Pope Pius XII, Dr. George Buttrick of the Federal Council of Churches and Rabbi Cy- rus Adler, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary, sought to unite world spiritual forces in a peace drive, Said Dr. Buttrick: “We share the President's confidence that men DR. BUTTRICK Shared the President's confidence, and women in every land have a basic faith in God and therefore in human brotherhood, and that even in the present chaos . . . they are preparing a better day.” Down in Atlanta, Baptist Rev. Louie D. Newton questioned the move, asking (1) if Taylor's salary is to be paid by the govern- ment; (2) if congress has passed such an enabling act; (3) if Taylor will consider the Vatican a reli- gious or political body; (4) if the President has a right to send him. Next day White House Secretary Steve Early announced the -‘U, 8. has no intention of according the Vatican the diplomatic recognition which was withdrawn in 1867, but pointed out that the President has a right to name an “ambassador without portfolio’’ with the same privileges as those enjoyed recently by Norman H. Davis, who acted as European trouble shooter, THE Ww ARS: In the North Already a queer war in which sol- diers wear ghostly white robes and travel on skis, the Finnish-Russian conflict took on a new note: Finns sent their night patrols across frozen lakes on ice skates. Next day their field guns blasted holes in the ice as Russians began crossing, Soviet troops drowning like rats. General- ly speaking, battalions of 600 supe- rior Finnish soldiers were holding off Russian divisions of 18,000 men, all the way from Petsamo on the north to the Karelian isthmus on the south. But a month of such humiliation Josef Stalin. While the chuckled over their success in pene- trating Soviet soil almost to Leningrad-Murmansk railroad, the Kremlin was reported throwing 300,- 000 fresh men into the fray under a new command. The officers were said to be Joe Stalin's ‘‘personal friends,’”’ who now have their choice of winning or being personal friends no longer. In the West Said a French communique: “There was nothing important to re- port . " Said a German communique “With the exception of weak enemy artillery fire, the day was quiet.” DISASTER: Turkish Quake At Geneva, other pe and n gists found awry, indicating in the vi- Russia. A few word leaked out of An- Turkey. From the north, where Turkey borders the Black sea, came news of a major catas- trophe in which upwards of 10,000 had probably died. PEOPLE: Royal Speech London nts, se their seismographs an earthquake y of hours later kara, any ismol somewnere cinit southern ate the largest bu in history, Emperor Hirohito hailed an “Improve- in for- eignrela- tions, yet in- dicated his army should make the most of Eu- rope’'s war “With the outbreak of disturbances in Europe, the . .. situa- tion has be- come extremely complicated. You must therefore make a close study of conditions . and direct your efforts to expand the national pow- er so the conviction of the empire may be realized . . .” I-Told-Yon-So ¢ Announcing a 20-year contract for sale of Bonneville (Was dam's power to the Aluminum Combany of America, Secretary of Interior Har- old Ickes called 8 “a factual an- swer to those skeptics who claim there is no real de- mand for power” from government plants on the Columbia river. It was revealed Alcoa plans a plant at Van- couver costing several million dol- lars. ASIA: Army in the Saddle U. cold to Japan's announcement that foreign shipping in the Yangtze river would soon be resumed. concession would probably little; to pass if the U. S. refuses a new trade treaty when the present Jap- anese pact expires January 26. But there was a growing opinion among Occidentals in the Orient that their dget ment’’ HIROHITO “Improvement . . ICKES “Factual answer . . mean government of Premier Nobuyuki Abe, but rather the powerful army. Therefore it would be smart to play ball with Premier Abe, for his cab- inet must fall if the trade talks fail. This would place the hostile army in command, leaving U. S. business men stranded. Some hint of the sit- uation was dropped in Washington where Japanese Ambassador Ken- suke Horinouchi intimated that al- ready his government must seek the approval of army officers in China before granting the U. S. any new concessions, — “ NEA At Philadelphia died Henry L Doherty, multi-millionaire public utilities executive and oil man, who left school at the age of 12 to work for the Columbus (O.) gas company. At Sacramento, Son James Roosevelt and two other Los An- geles men filed articles of in- corporation for Globe Produc tions, Inc., a motion picture and radio firm, —DOLL. AR " (KE RS Small Services Keep Clients Well Satisfied By GEORGE T. EAGER direct tomers. An old lady recently stood She was afraid to cross bewildered by the heavy traffic. A big truck came by. the old lady, would stop other traffic and tioned to her to cross. ning the cident to her son and recalled the name on the truck. “I'm glad you told me this,’”’ said her son, ‘‘those people are going to get an order for a large amount of cement which I am plac- ing tomo rrow."’ One of the rail- roads leading out of New York takes passengers to its main ter- minal by busses which leave vari- ous ticket offices in the city. An important gov rernment official, hav- ing bought his ticket, had left the ticket office intendi ng to meet the bus at a corner some twenty blocks He ha Waiting at this corner for a few minutes when a young man stepped up to him and said, ‘I overheard someone give you wrong direct 8. The does not stop here but one block east. Y 1 have time to make your train. When ti had away. d been the bus ou still ' ent of the rail negotia nt offic jal i that this ade him a road tions e presid some important with this same governn two years later, he four one little incident had m loyal friend of the road. THERE'S GOLD IN WINDOWS ae display manager for a chain of drug stores who has devoted his business life to making windows pay a profit, has discovered some interest- ing facts about displays The value of a window is determined by the number and character of people who pass. About 10 per cent of the population of a town or city will pass a window of reasonably good location in a day. In other words, such a window in a town of 10,000 will have about 1,000 pass- ersby per day or 7,000 per week. Properly used window space is worth 20 per cent to 50 per cent In warm weather about five peo. street for every four who use the It takes the person window those who ly remain longer 30 seconds. therefore be built around interest Window displays are important attention than the left, tised in local newspapers. There are more than 500 brands of tooth- pastes but a dozen well advertised brands represent 80 per cent of the total toothpaste business. {Bell Syndicate-—~WNU Service.) Convict Becomes Expert In ‘Grafting’ Technique SACRAMENTO, CALIF.-Jack Essary, inmate of the state pris- on here, is making a name for himself in horticulture, and graft ing especially. His new technique of producing plants from cuttings has attract. ed wide attention. Unable to ob- tain the chemical “Harmondin A,” used to treat the severed ends of cuttings, he discovered the same results are obtained by searing with a hot iron. He has perfected the grafting of tomato plants, which ordinarily do not reproduce from cuttings. He has also succeeded in producing dahlias from seeds instead of bulbs, thereby reducing planting costs 20 per cent. ——————— BORNOANDWN = POR BLUE AND WHITE WITH AlL AND a RAW EDGES cloth or prot | ric. It ottor bits of soft clot ind i8 a fascina ing toy for or to sell bazaars. ule paper int THIS pon ny psy Be made inch squares; attern ti : clions Cut proje sewed. 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