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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER Vol. LXJV GRAHAM, U. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938 No. 34 Weekly News Review Germans 9 Poles , Hungarians Covet Part of Czech Nation By Joseph W. La Bine CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND HER MINORITIES DISTRIBUTION Foreign " After 20 years of peace ue were over taken by a violent crisis. Dynamic politi cal forces . . . from neighboring states threatened our lands . . . England and France, two democracies , informed us that arbitration could not solve the diffi culty . . . The government could do noth ing but accept the suggestion of the two powers . . . Nothing else remained , be cause we were alone." Thus, to her angry, downhearted populace, little Czechoslovakia ex plained why Sudeten borderlands were being ceded to Germany. Two days had passed since faithless Eng land and France had capitulated to Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler's de mand for immediate "release" of the 3,500,000 German Czechs whose protests have kept Europe in a dith er all summer. Further delay would bring invasion; it was the better part of valor to surrender. The terms : Predominantly German areas would be ceded immediately, while part German areas would be given a plebiscite. In return, Adolf Hitler would join in guaranteeing Czechoslovakia's future. ' But even while Europe began breathing easier, new troubles were brewing, mostly caused by the hope less conglomeration of nationalities from which the Czech nation was carved 20 years ago. (See Map.) The troubles: In Prague itself, democracy gave way to semi-dictatorship as Pre mier Milan Hodza's cabinet re signed, replaced by that of Gen. Jan Syrovy, one-eyed army chief. In Warsaw was heard a growing cry for "liberation" of 82,000 Poles in the Silesian Teschen belt which Poland lost to Czechoslovakia in 1920. In Budapest, Hungarians demand ed annexation of 700,000 Magyars in Czech territory contiguous to Hun gary. In Treviso, Italy, Premier Benito Mussolini decided treaties mean nothing in modern Europe, therefore urged complete split-up of Czecho slovakia to satisfy Czechs, Germans, Magyars, Poles, Ruthenjans, Slo vaks. Meanwhile, Britain's Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain and France's Premier Edouard Daladier ate crow. In Paris, a crisis threat ened in protest against the Franco British scheme whose stench almost paralleled that of the notorious Hoare-Laval plan for Ethiopia's par tition. Three cabinet members re signed. In London, where the "sell out" created equal protest, Neville Chamberlain had good reason to worry about his job. As the prime minister boarded his plane for Godesberg, Germany, and his second conference with Adolf Hitler in a week's time, there were some indications that Der Fuehrer might eventually reject the Sudeten settlement, might demand complete division of Czechoslovakia among Germany, Poland and Hungary. Only definite fact was that Ger many had bluffed her way into Eu rope's No. 1 position, relegating both France and England to the classifi cation of second-rate powers. Domestic New England had already weath ered three daxs of rain when trop ical storm warnings were posted on Florida's east coast. By midnight the hurricane was safely past Flori da, far at sea. Next morning Jack sonville warned North Carolina's capes, but high tides and wind had already spread the word. By noon the weather bureau at Washington ordered storm warnings posted from Atlantic City to Eastport, Me. By late afternoon the storm hit Long Island's fashionable West hampton with a 90-mile wind, a 40 foot tidal wave. Luxurious homes on the sand dunes were blown to sea and bodies were scattered for miles along the beach. The storm's full force had struck the Island from Mootauk down to Queens and Brook lyn. Roaring across Long Island sound, it brought flood, wind and Are to Connecticut in a night of horror that cost 930,000,000. At Providance, R. I., waves that broke 1,000 feet into the city left 25 feet of water in some streets. By the time it reached Massachusetts, four days of rain had already swollen rivers to flood stage. As only a hurricane can, it ripped northward into New Hamp shire and Vermont, thence across to Montreal where it took two more lives before playing out. Behind was a picture of amazing desolation that stretched across six states. Next day began the biggest re habilitation job since 1937's spring floods. With more than 400 dead, with property damage standing above $400,000,000, with thousands homeless, many communities were so hopelessly shattered they could not help themselves. To the rescue came the Red Cross, U. S. coast guard and WPA, while from Wash ington President Roosevelt ordered all federal agencies to give every possible assistance. Politict All summer the U. S. has waited for Franklin Roosevelt to say yes or no regarding his third term can didacy. Only known facts were (1) that he would retire if a strongly liberal congress approved his legis lative program by 1940, and (2) that, having control over the Demo cratic party, he would then be able NEW YORK'S O'CONNOR Biggest fish in a summer's angling. to name his successor. Thus it was obvious why he strove to defeat such "obstructionist" senators as Iowa's Gillette, South Carolina's Smith, Maryland's Tydings and Georgia's George. But by last week, as primary sea son closed, the President's only ma jor success had been against New York's Rep. John J. O'Connor, de feated by administration-blessed James H. Fay, one-legged war vet eran. Though Representative O'Con nor won Republican nomination (he entered bcth tickets), Candidate Fay is a safe bet next November since he carries both American Labor party and Democratic endorsement. Since little John O'Connor was the biggest flsh Franklin Roosevelt has been able to hook in a summer's angling, at best his so-called "purg?" was only 25 per cent suc cessful. This means the President's program will not be completed by 1940, also that his tremendous per sonal popularity would bog down il he attempted to choose his suc cessor. Though he can win votes for himself, he cannot do it for oth ers. Apparently two choices remain open. Either Franklin Roosevelt will run for Democratic renomina tion or he will head a new third party, a step not considered unlikely in view of his recent promise to sup port liberals, whether Democratic or Republican. O In Massachusetts, ex-Gov. James M. Curley staged a comeback, won Democratic gubernatorial nomina tion over the incumbent. Gov. Charles F. Hurley. Opposing him next November will be 46-year-old Leverett Saltonstall, liberal Repub lican, who scored three times the vote at his three opponents com DBKL Business Foremost among American indus try's problem children are the rail roads, who jointly fell $180,000,000 short of earning fixed charges dur ing 1938's first six months, whose proposed IS per cent pay cut ($250, 000,000 a year) is met by labor's al legation of financial mismanage ment and overcapitalization. Last spring, almost simultaneous with the wage cut announcement, congress received rail legislation but tabled it on the insistence of Wisconsin's Sen. Robert M. LaFollette. Called for October 1 was a gen eral railroad strike which, under federal legislation, can be averted 30 days while a presidential fact finding committee deliberates 30 more days after its report is sub mitted. Though President Roosevelt plans to follow this procedure, he began thinking early in September in broader terms than a strike. To the White House were summoned three experts of rail management (Union Pacific's Carl Gray, Pennsyl vania's M. W. Clement, Southern Pacific's E. C. Norris) and three ex perts of rail labor (Railway Employ ees' B. M. Jewell, Firemen-Engine men Brotherhood's D. B. Robertson, Railway Labor Executives' George M. Harrison). Their job: To draft for next win ter's congress a long-range rehabili tation plan for the $26,000,000,000 in dustry, one-third of which is now bankrupt. Though the President ob viously hoped to avert a rail strike by promising legislation, though steadily increasing carloadings plus the prospect of business recovery gave promise of obviating a wage cut, labor remained adamant. At the committee's first session, its three experts told management's three ex perts that no legislation could be talked until wage cut demands were dropped. International Early in Depression it became ap parent that permanent recovery was a world-wide proposition. Thus, since 1931, each year has brought an International Management congress which woos international prosperity through means that have thus far failed to win international peace, namely, co-operation. To Washington for this year's con gress came 2,000 executives and management experts. But a fort night ago, after the first day's ses sion, it was plain that the weight of American delegates would change an impersonal discussion of business ills into a field day for protests against what U. S. industry consid ers its No. 1 foe, the New Deal. From France's Alex Brule came the simple analysis that most of management's problems are reduc ible to human problems. Germany's Dr. Gorg Seebauer was interested in "the social aspects of scientific management." But one U. S. speak er after another fotrnd reason to lay American business ills at the White House door. Samples: Johns-Manville's Lewis H. Brown: "Adding to the misunderstandings between business and government ... is our present confused state of mind . . . We are torn between con tradictions." Westinghouse's A. W. Robertson: "Management . . . must struggle to maintain the cause of free enter prise in a world threatened by too much regimentation." Soundest advice of all came from William Allen White, wizened editor of the Emporia (Kan.) Gazette, who tmr< EMPORIA'S EDITOR WHITE Capital a mi "just plain dumb spanked both capital and labor while ?peaking as a "representative of the public." Editor White to capital: "You were short-sighted (or not see ing that the eight-hour day was com ing . . . You had to fight it, every inch, and make the consuming pub lic think jgu were greedy . . . You were just dumb." Editor White to labor: "The prop er business of a labor union is to get higher wages, better hours and good shop conditions . . . But when labor en masse plunks its vote forita own (political) party, then the spirit of loyalty begins to obscure labor's ob jectives." Brmekart'a Washington IHg,-*/ Three Times in Row President's 'Purge' Attempts Prove Futile Roosevelt Unable to Transmit Personal Popularity to His Followers; Political Prestige Suffers Irreparable Dam age; Forced Realignment Seen Complete Flop. By WILLIAM BRUCKART WNU Service, National Preu Bldf., Waahiaftoa, D. C. WASHINGTON. ? There was quite a sermon, for me, in the telegram of -congratulations that Virginia's great leader, Sen. Carter Glass, sent to Senator George upon the occa sion of Senator George's victory in the attempted New Deal "purge" in Georgia. I don't know why that telegram was not mora widely print ed, but it was typically like Carter Glass, so cryptic, so full of mean ing, that I am going to reprint it here: "Senator Walter F. George, At lanta, Ga. "God bless you, Walter. Like wise, the sovereign State of Geor gia. "Signed. Carter Glass." To get its true meaning, one has to recall that Senator George was the third Democratic sena tor, in a row, who was openly opposed by President Roosevelt; the third marked to be "purged" from the Democratic party and the third in a row to be victorious over the President's ill-advised attempt to dominate voters of a state, and, in due course, the con gress of the United States, by personally picking the Democratic party nominees. Next, Ur. George had been sub jected to perhaps the strongest New Deal slap by the President, of any of the nine senators whom the Pres ident originally described as men behind the times. It will be re called how Mr. Roosevelt, with Sen ator George on the platform, spoke his blessing of United States Attor ney Camp at Barnesville, Ga., and announced his conclusion that Mr. George represented the past, not the future. It was on that occasion, too, that Mr. Roosevelt utt?red the now famous: "God bless you, Walter; I hope we will always be friends." The third feature to be remem bered is that Mr. George won, that former Governor Talmadge was second and that the New Deal can didate was third In the race, and that Mr. George's victory was so overwhelming that there was no | need for a run-off primary. President 's Prestige Has Suffered Heavy Damage Couple these facts with Senator Tydings' victory over Rep. David J. Lewis (or the Democratic senatorial nomination in Maryland, and Sen. "Cotton Ed" Smith's substantial margin over Governor Johnston in South Carolina, and it appears to me that several conclusions are proper and justifiable. Mr. Roosevelt went into South Carolina in behalf of Gov ernor Johnston and he went into Maryland to promise construction of several huge Chesapeake bay bridges and to point to the good qualities of Representative Lewis. Yet, the President's wishes were well ignored. The conclusions I have reached ? and I believe they will stand the qgost critical test ? are: 1. Mr. Roosevelt is unable to transmit to his followers the same personal popularity that he has en joyed since entering the White House. 3. His prestige as a political lead er, which undoubtedly was slipping to some extent before, has now suf fered irreparable damage. 3. The congress that will be elect ed in November will be the most independent, indeed, probably the most obstreperous, that the Presi dent has faced, and that spells trou ble in a big way. 4. There can be no discounting the influence that victories for the con servatives, like those won by Tyd ings, Smith and George, will have on the rest of the country in the November elections. It is an hon est statement, I believe, that there are numerous voters who have been wavering between the New Deal and the conservative school of thought, and a large percentage of them will turn to conservative candidate when they have a chance. They will be influenced strongly, and that fact worries the New Deal thinkers at the moment. ' Purge1 bat Step In Plan Of Political Realignment But there is yet another thought in this connection. I refer to the President's program tor a realign ment of political groups in this coun try. He has called for it; of that there to no obvious doubt The "purge" of the senator* marked for political destruction was one of the early steps. So, it is significant that Mr. Roosevelt's early maneuver in the direction of a forced realign ment has succeeded to the extent of a complete flop. The thing that started out to be a beautiful swan like dive became a belly-buster, much to the chagrin of the great thinkers who surround the Presi dent and give him such poor politi cal advice. There will be a condition in the next congress that will be worthy of watching. Surely, no one will ex pect Tydings and Smith and George and Clark of Missouri and six or eight other senators to go out of their way to support a Roosevelt program in which they may not believe. House members nearly always keep in close touch with the sena tors of their respective states, par ticularly if they are of the same po litical faith. They will take encour agement from the forthrightnees of their seniors and, quite naturally, will be bolder and more outspoken. It will be much more difficult for Democratic Leader Rayburn to bold his majority together in the house of representatives because of this new-found courage and, in some cases, resentment. All of which leads into a third phase. Few Presidents have been able to withstand bushwhacking from Capitol Hill It confronts Mr. Roosevelt to an unparalleled degree because of the "purge." Thus, a fur ther analysis seems to offer evi dence, at least a hint, that Mr. Roosevelt's control of the Demo cratic party may be broken. If it is not now an accomplished fact, I see no reason to expect that the President can control the Democrat ic national convention of 1940. That, after all, is one of the things at stake in the President's ill-starred "purge" attempts. Some Heads May Fall; New Spokesmen Appear In consequence of these things, I have an idea that there will be many, many moves made during the next session and in the session just before the 1940 convention de signed to take the Democratic party out of the hands of the Roosevelt advisers. I think you will see dele gates being groomed here and there, 18 months before they are to be formally chosen. I believe also that state political bosses will be come quite active next summer as they watch which way the wind blows. Some will guess wrong, some right. Some political heads will fall and new spokesmen will appear on the scene. All of these things, I predict, will happen, barring one thing. That one thing is war. If there is a gen eral European war on the horizon, then we may expect a different course of political events in the United States. What I am about to say, now, is not said in discredit of the Presi dent It is merely voicing a fact in politics. If there be a general war abroad, and, more particularly, if American relations become involved in it, then Mr. Roosevelt unquestion ably will appeal for solidarity at public opinion, for unanimous sup port for the government of the na tion. His spokesmen and henchmen will be busy as bees showing him to be the only man for the job, the only man capable of saving the na tion. That happened in Woodrow Wilson's time and it has happened in every other war, and it will hap pen again. Political Diffraction Of Rootooolt Threatened I know that Mr. Rooacvelt la no more anxioua to have the United State! become involved in wax than you or I. He realizes ita coat in blood, aa well aa the diaarrange ment of world economic* that fol lows. And if war comes, he natural ly will want a united nation back of him. But, coldly and abstractly, I repeat that war conditions are the only set of circumstances that I see now which may prevent a thorough going movement on Capitol Hill for the political destruction at Mr. Roosevelt. When I say, political de struction, I do not mean to imply, or to hint that op?onenta o t the Pres ident within his own party want to sand him to oblivion. They will seek? thay at* seeking, now? to da throne him in every way except aa titular head at the party. ? Speaking of Sportt ? Old Quarrel Reason for Frisch Fall By HERB ROGERS THE real *<017 behind Fraatte FrUeh'i exit as leader el the famous "Gas-Boose" fane, mast colorful team la baseball history, is tald by observers close to Cardi nal affairs. It all harka back to the spring of '37 when Frisch is said to have urged the trading of Leo "Lippy" Durocher, captain of his team. There had never been any love lost FRANK IK FRISCB between the two, and on May S. just before the game with the Giants, they quarreled publicly. Frisch noted that Durocher was not taking batting practice, and spotting him talking to friends in the stands, called him in. "If you're too big tor this bal etab," yelled Frisch. "go get a tnm for St. Leais." Lippy Bred ap to his aame la the fiaeney of his retort. He (bushed oat the kun bat there was no lesseatog to the had htoed betweea Urn aad his Hanger. Fateful Trade Branch Rickey, general manager of the Cardinals, liked Durocher I and wanted to keep him. But dur- I | ing the IP37 World Series in New | York he made the deal with the ! Brooklyn Dodgers. Rickey called ! in Frisch and said: "Well, I've jast traded Durocher as you wanted." He handed him a paper showing : that (or Lippy the Cards had re- j ceived Infielders Joe Stripp and Jim I Bucher, Outfielder Johnny Cooney and Pitcher Roy Henshaw. Frisch read the list, then ex- 1 claimed: "Didn't you get a short- j stop?" "In didn't ask Be to get yw a shortstop," said Rickey grimly. "All yea asked me was to get rid at I Daroeber. Tea go out aad get aae ?r play short yourself." Frisch is said never to have re covered from the blow and to have I blamed Rickey for the absence of i any suitable successor to the bril- j liant Durocher. And Rickey is said to have fretted all summer far the same rmoa. watching the Cards tos? game after game with misfits at short. St. Lawks sports writers said that Daa Gat te ridge. playing the short field, had cost th? team a round dosea defeats se far with his wild throws. Bad Durocher stayed at short, they said, the team would have beea to the ! pennant fight, battling with the Pi- { rates. Cabs aad Reds. Friach's career as a player ended last spring when he took himself off the active list, leaving a record of 3,311 games for baseball tyros to shoot at. He holds many World Series records. In the eight urhich saw him perform, always as a star, he got Sfi hits, far in excess of any other player in history. He woo the record of the most singles ever made by one man in the classics, 45; the most two- base hits, 10, and averaged -ISO for the eight aeries. New 41, Frisch reached a peak salary af SIS.fififi. His baseball ca reer started at the age of 19. wkts ha came to the Giants direct from Ferdham college, where he had starred at seeoad base as well as to football. Jeha McGraw, manager af the GiaaU. had a special liking far the fiercely competitive young play, er, aad to 1K1, two years after he Joined the teaas. Installed hia as the regaiar second baaeasaa. a spot where McGraw always bad a star. Frisch never hit lower than .337 in hi* six years with McGraw. A bitter dispute with McGraw at the height of the 1938 season lad Frisch to quit the club and return home tor ? time. McGraw said that ha had svariookad it. bat that Da6ambar whan Branch Rickey offered Urn Bornsby, McGraw swapped Frisch. Year's Best Amateur A MATE l' B athletics' 1 1 woman at the year wiB known seen after November 1. will be an athlete ef who. by his or her a competitor and by influence aa an a ma tear, to advance the caase ef i . ship during the year IMS. Five hundred sports writers and athletic leaders from all sections of the country will serve on the board to select the outstanding athlete of 1338, and the winner will receive the annual James E. Sullivan trophy. In the past members at the board made their choice on athletic abil ity and popularity which often came from wide newspaper publicity. This year the board is asked not to vote on athletic ability only, as acts at sportsmanship, excellence at per formance. qualities at character and leadership, force at \ and high ideals at amatei as important as athletir making the Former winners at the award iochide Bobby Budge and Glen Morris. Grand Old Man Speaking at awards far ? tag athletes, there ewght laarei wreath Car at If you've never beard ef Idas Curtss it's became he's never sought the spotlight. No other naa has had the intimate and wide ann exation with leading amateur aad professional athletes that Pinlw has had. For years he ha bees tile referee of the 1 Top U. S. Swimmer Ralph Flanagan of the Miami 1 more pool has agam been accented the title of America's mil ilnnling swimmer. Hie choice was by the All-American board ming which, aided by a RALPH FLANAGAN of best aquatic experts in the coun try, annually selects its star team. This year there are a few new names on the list, bat Flanagan is again an easy winner. He took the honors in the 330, 440, HO and ooa mile freestyle events. Here and There Pop Warner is starting his forty fourth year as a coach . . . Detroit is the only team in the American league which never has Hnishsd ?> eighth place . . . Every evening during pre-eeaaoa football training the Princeton team knocks off for a session of musical entertainment. The purpose, says Coach Tad Wie man, is to aid the digestive system through rest and to provide good comradeship after scrapping tor team positions all day . . . Southern California's Trojans are claiming that this is their year on the Pacific Coast ... The fish story season has arrived in Sault Ste. Marie, On tario. Jack. Breckenridge, veteran lumberman, reports ha ran oat at bait while Ashing in the Sault ship canal, so he pot a piece of chewing
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