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The Alamance Gleaner ? jij I ' ? - Vol LXV GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1939 No. 40 ? . ? WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE Soviet-U. S. Relations Strained By Molotov's Attack on FDR; Italy Protects Her Neutrality (EDITOR'S NOTE?When opinions sre expressed in these columns, they are those of the news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) * Released by Western Newspaper Union. -I EUROPE: Double Feature ? " All Hallow's -eve found every Eu ropean ear cocked, la Moscow, awaiting history-making utterances from Premier Viacheslav Molotov. Adolf Hitler , had 1,800,000 ' men poised at the front; so did- the allies. But war hung' ih abeyance, i For as Russia swung so wouJd the war, be cause every other European state had declared its status, neutral with leanings either toward Germany (like Italy and Hungary) or toward the allies. Stolen Thunder A few short hours before Molotov's speech, II *Duce Benito Mussolini pulled a coup that must have stunned his erstwhile colleague in Germany. Ousted was Propaganda Minister Dino Alfieri, close friend of Natidom's Propagandist Paul Joseph Goebbels. Ousted wire Fascist Secretary Achille Starace, close friend of Dep IL DUCE S STARACE Hit demotion . . . uty Fuehrer Rudolf Hess %nd the man who gave a signal for the Ital ian chamber's demonstration against France last winter; Gen. Alberto Pariani, friend of Hitler's CoL Gen. Walthet von Brauchitsch and author ot the Italian "blitzekrieg" plan for a German - Italian - Spanish drive against Franoe; Gen. Giuseppe Valle, friend of Field Marshal Her mann Goering. Replacing them* were middle-of-the-roaders like Mar shal Rodolfo Graziani, chief of staff. Retained were other favorites like Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Ci , ano (Mussolini's son-in-law) and Count Dino Grandi. In Paris there was a feeling the Rome-Berlin axis had broken down completely. London was also hap py, for a few hours earlier Italy's Ambassador Giuseppe Bastianini had made a strong anti-Communist speech. . In the Balkans it was thought Mussolini disapproved Rus sia's expansionist policy, especially since ? Duce did not even wait until Molotov spoke. But in Italy it was a simple indication that Mussolini had his ear to the ground; Italians wanted strict neutrality. Ominous Talk First allied reaction to Premier Mokrtov's speech was relief over his failure to declare a military al sf- ^pSgF '. ' RUSSIAN DEMANDS The Soviet mould five Finland fart of lwli> (II ? exchange far moving hack FiaeeUk frontier nonhwaat of I minered (SI; Rnteee menu (31 uUndt <4 5-ukari, Reghmd, lerentaeri and Tftonatri; mould leate land (4) at mouth of Fianitl, tmlf far moral betet: ask, far Finnith fart of Rybadu feainmle (SI. liance with the Reich, even though he did charge Britain and. France were warring not te preserve de mocTacy or restore Poland, bat to safeguard their world empires. But sober reflection made the allies wor ry about: Finland. Molotov revealed, much to the Finns' chagrin, the stalemat ed proposals which have occupied these two countries for the past month. Besides a mutual assistance pact, Russia wanted territorial ex changes (iee map J which Finland declared would "rob us of the chance of defending the independence . . . of our land." Germany. He said Nazi-Russian friendship was getting thicker. Next day it was revealed trade discus sions were going forward success fully. One report from Stockholm said Russian submarines would be given the Nazis in exchange for German merchant ships, providing a subtle way of staying "neutral." Poland. He said there can be no question of restoring Poland and that it was absurd to continue the war for that cause. Two days ear lier, Britain's Prime Minister Cham STALIN'S MOLOTOV ? ? ? stole his thunder. berlain had acknowledged Russia'! right of invasion to "protect" her blood brothers from Germany. Balkans. He gave no hint of ex pansion there, but shook a nasty finger at Turkey for signing mutual assistance pacts with the allies after shunning a treaty with the Soviet. United States. He precipitated a heated argument which observers thought might end with severance of Sovlet-U. S. diplomatic relations. Commenting on President Roose velt's earlier note expressing hope for continued amicable Finnish-Rus sian relations, Molotov said: "One finds it hard to reconcile that with the American policy of neutrality . . . One might (hink that matters are in better shape between the United States and . . . the Philip pines . . - than between die Soviet Union and Finland, which has long ago obtained both freedom and po litical independence . , 4ext day, while Massachusetts' i. John McCormack demanded from the house floor that Ambas sador Laurence Steinhardt be re called from Moscow,, the President dug from his files an exchange of notes sHth Soviet President Michael Kalinin last April, when Kalinin ' cabled an unsolicited "expression of 1 profound sympathy" with the Presi- | dent's efforts to safeguard peace. This cable had come one (My after Mr. Roosevelt sent peace picas to Dictators Hit]er and Mussolini. Thus the U. S. put Kalinin on record as supporting the President's peace ef forts in contrast to Mnlo toe's decla ration. Suggested White House Sec retary Steve Early i "It would seem that he (Molotov) bad the embargo in'mind rather than (that lie termed the President's moral support at Finland." fUaupmligkled. Iks neutrality kill suiklil its assy through Ike fcmi which ?Med 2T to 171 for leading it SS coo defmif instructions. Omo instruction: To repeat ike emu embargo, by a vote of 243 to III. Thtu congress expected lo get sal of town i mm tilt airly. Brittxin hitilei4 the repeal; Nsssdom wot enraged. One sud denly discovered danger of cash end carry it that the allies will indeed kery mere arms but still cast other imports from the V. SJ Western Front Abandoning purely defensive posi tions, German "shock troops" stormed the French frontier at scat tared points as murky weather gave way to sunshine. Fears grew that Belgium and the Netherlands might 1 t_ ... ,1 - ,g D? invaaea. Know your news? One hundred points if you can answer all these. De duct 20 for each complete question you miss. You can't boast about a score of 40 or under. 1. Aviation Newi : (a) Who are Clyde Schlieper and Wes Carroll, shown above, and why are they so tired?; (b) What was the in tended destination of a nonstop flight that left New York, and did it succeed? Z. What happened to Mrs. Homer Stout, Oklahoma farm wife who tried the "freesing" treatment for cancer? S. True or false: The Mexican revolutionary party has asked for return of oil lands expropriated from American-owned com panies. ? 4. Choice: Sen. James Mem of New York introduced a billqiro posing that $139,064,004 be set aside by the treasury for small loans to: (a) business Arms; (b) distraught farmers; (e) munici pally owned power plants; (d) "little theater" groups. 5. True or false: No food ration ing will be needed in Britain dur ing the winter. (Answer! at bottom of column.) POLITICS: Candidate-o f-the- W eek Rooseveltian third-term talk, which took a back seat in early days rf the war crisis, loomed again in San Francisco when Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace boomed the President for re-election. Next day Secretary Steve Early made it clear that Franklin Roosevelt want ed no boom, and Iowa's Sen. Guy Gillette left , a White House confer ence where the President had re portedly asked that Iowa's delega tion to next year's convention go unpledged. The deduction: That Mr. Roosevelt will not seek re-elec tion, and certainly wants the mat ter hushed for the present. But Henry Wallace had started the political pot boiling again. Into the Republican picture jumped Oregon's Sen. Charles McNary, who tenta tively consented to run. Into the Democratic picture jumped a brand new name, Montana's Sen. Burton ' K. Wheeler. Writing California's Gov. Cuth bert Olson to protest a meeting of "progressive leaders" scheduled Itltl fgr,I iiOiiSI'-A * > SENATOR WHEELER AND WIFE PUnty ?/ friend?. next month in Salt Lake City, C. I. O.'a John Lewie gave, among other reaeona: "The alight to Senator Wheeler and other great liberals of the west, who have not been con sulted . . Lewis apparently considered the meeting (some of whose participants may be violating the Hatch "no politics" act) as a third-term boom. Certainly it was made clear that Sen ator Wheeler should be consulted in any future "liberal" discussions about 1M0. Washington observers, realizing that Lewis support may be a kiss of death to any political aspirations the senator may enter tain, nevertheless admitted he has A. F. of L. bacfckig and plenty at Friends in the senate. L (a) Scbliepar and Carroll ara an durance fllera who stayed up atx haura more than 30 dart over Lane Baa eh, Calif. That ! why they're ttred; <h> The deattnatlon wa? Lima. Para, bat Btrht ended In Ecuador. I She died when 'thawed oat." bat phyetctaae eatd canoe ad death waa rup ture of a bile duct, and that cancer treatment bad probably bean annranaful. t ralae. Parly haa demanded that laade be seized permanently. ?. (a) la aomct. L Palae. Rattan cardo win be dtatrO Brncharfg Washington Digit Investigation of Un-American Activities in U. S. Bearing Fruit Gives New Perspective on Foreign Influences at Work in Our Midst; Shows How Our Citizens Are Used To Promote Ends of Dictatorship. By WILLIAM BRUCKART~ WNU Service, NaUonal Press Bldg., Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. ? The long, and sometimes wearisome. Investigation by the special house committee on un-American activities, headed by Rep. Martin Dies of Texas, has be gun to bear fruit. It is not yet clear whether all of the fruit will be good. But there surely is reason to believe that, even with some of that fruit slightly decayed, a great deal has been accomplished that will be helpful in retaining America for Americans. I have a feeling that when the committee's work finally is brought to a close, most of us will have a new perspective on the foreign in fluences that have been at work in our midst. We will know more about the "isms" that have been transported to our shores and spread among us under organization names that are designed wholly to conceal the purposes of a controlling clique which gains its strength and its mon ey, to a considerable extent, from foreign lands. For another thing, it is now evi dent that whatever else the Dies committee has done, it has disclosed how thoroughly easy it is for a few rat-eyed, scheming foreigners to feed upon American resources and use our citizens to promote the ends of dictatorship. Moreover, the testi mony thus far taken has shown how these weasels operate, the methods they use. The testimony has brought out the fact again that one of the simplest things in the world is to "organize" Americans. Some vague promises, delivered with oratorical fervor; ci tation of some wrongs and theories for correcting them, stated only in generalities, and a group of active organizers, working for pay?that is what you have to have to "organize" in the United States. And the trag edy of it is that thousands of indi viduals will part with coin "for this great movement," or that one, with out knowing that the leaders are using the membership only for what ever crooked purposes will serve their own interests. Activities of Nazis and Communists in U. S. Revealed The committee has been attacked, threatened. Even President Roose velt characterized some of its oper ations as a "a sordid procedure." Members of the (roups whose his tory and purposes have been laid bare have shouted their heads oil about "unfairness," and "injustice." But I repeat, the Dies committee has served a useful purpose and the public should remember that the stuck pig squeals the loudest. Let us look back over the rec ord. It shows that the "German American Bund" is a tool of the Nazi leaders, if not directly at the German government. It shows that communists have been and are op erating in countless "cells" in the United States, and because of the record the committee made. Earl Browder. the boas communist in the United States, is under indictment charged with haviflg forged pass ports that enabled him to make frequent trips to Russia without the facts being known. It shows also that there are numerous organiza tions in this country which are sim ply the cats paw of the communist party of Russia. It appears there la more scandal, more evidence of violation of law, yet to come. Largely, because of the committee's exposures there prob ably will be prosecutions of various foreigners or officials of so-cslled American organizations because they have failed to comply with our law. They have not registered with the department df state showing their connections with foreign gov ernments or foreign groups. In addition to all of these, the committee has made a ghastly ex pose of communists within the of fices of our own government. It published the names of M3 persons, on the government payroll, who are members of the American League for Peace and Democracy, with the assertion that part of them, at least, were avowed communists. Publication of Names Considered Crave Mistake Publication of the list stirred offi cial Washington. It was an action that was undoubtedly a grave mis take, because anyone can examine the list and find "victims" of the racketeering organizers ? persons who were misled, persona who be lieved they were serving a sincerely fine purpose. Many of them are likely to lose their jobs in the gov ernment?minor clerks, messengers, stenographers?because of their al leged connection with an outfit whose motives, unknown to most of the members, were designed to de stroy our form of government. It was about this action that Pres ident Roosevelt '~*e, although it has been known for months that he had little respect for the Dies com mittee program. Chairman Dies un doubtedly deserves censure for pub lication of the entire list. Common, ordinary horse sense ought to have shown him and his committee that only a comparatively small number of those people were "guilty." It would have been so easy to have rooted out the real crooks and no one could have had sympathy for them. But the others were just vic tims and ought to have been treated as such. In other words, this bad mistake by the Dies committee has done much to nullify the good it has dooe, otherwise. I am hopeful that the department of justice will be forced into the po sition where the real leaders, be hind the scenes, will be kicked out of their government jobs from which they have been promoting destruc tion. But leniency is called for with respect to those other stupid, but sincere, individuals who make up the majority of the list. Their only blame is that they were so gulli ble that they did not attempt to find out who was behind the "great movement" Operation* Art Directed From Moecow and Berlin But how did the Ruaaian "Comin tern" operate to get into theae vari ous organizations and promote ita nefarious schemes toward world revolution in a so-called intelligent race of people here? The processes, according to the testimony by Browder and others before the committee, were very simple. The American Communist party sends delegates to the Com munist Internationale in Moecow. Decisions are made by the Moscow group. Browder explained that the delegates came back with these de cisions and policies but he described them as oniy "voluntary agree ments" between the Americans and Russians. The Americans were not "compelled" to observe the Russian made rules ee follow Russian-made orders, according to Browder. But the head-communist in this country was squeezed into a corner by com mittee questions and Anally ex plained that H was "customary" for American members of the party to "part company" with the group when they failed or refused to agree with the imported schemes. And thus voluntary action wkh forced ac tion. directed from Moecow, as far aa I can understand wards. C?Mmttud Information ' AoatiobU to Ftntgrnm But to get back to the Oiat com mittee list of alleged communists, or fellow travelers, within the gov ernment Itself. Those of ?s who have been in constant contact with individuals in various official capac ities recognize the dangers that are inherent la their situations. I, for one, am genuinely fearful of them. Any government worker comes into possession of vast quantities of high ly confidential information. It is in formation that belongs to you and to me and to others, because we are compelled by law to supply to the government all records and facts which the government reeks. I believe, therefore, it does not take' a vivid Imagination to see how such information can ba used de structively by one of the rats who secretly owes allegiance to the So viet or the Nazis or to the Fascists, of Italy. America long has pro ceeded upon faith. If that faith is breached between Individuals, our laws and our courts arc available for correction, for damages, for en forcement of rights. But what, I ask. are any of us going to do when, within the offices of the government itself, there are concealed men and women who descend below the level of common thieves and secretly sup ply facts about our nation to for eigners whose purpoee Is to destroy usT Who knows but that this sort of thing goes on within our army and our navy? Speaking of Sports Season Opens On All-America Grid Selections By ROBERT McSHANE FROM Maine to California, from 1 North Dakota to Texas, publicity tympanies are beating out the glo ries of this year's crop of potential All-America football players. The' publicity department of any large college to a high-powered, smoothly organised affair, and the choicest grist for its mill to a possi ble All-America candidate. Natur ally, that Paol Bnnyan of the grid iron brings beneleial publicity to his college. Local and state pa pers baek the drfre to see his name engraved on the roil of honor. Stu dents grow enthusiastic, alamnl swell with pride and the school reaps the publicity harvest. Until 1924 the dictator of AO America selections was Walter Camp, whose findings were featured by Collier's. Today the picture has changed. Scores of authorities, both real and self-designated, claim the right to name an All-America team. Since Camp's time, however, no selection to looked upon as official. Spalding's Official Football Guide, the football bible of American col leges, does not publish a team choice. And there's a good reason for that. A truly just, representative All America team today verges on the ? ^???? Here's Ken bfuillt, Loulsl ua SUte university's itar pan re ceiver, all decked oat la a baseball eateber's regalia. Too nay not Hko It, bat still it's publicity. impossible. Football is being plhyed at approximately 690 colleges, and len than 10 per cent of those schools have been represented on All-Amer ica teams. Neglected Heroes Figuring tensely we dad that be tween Ire aad six hundred colleges have never had aa All-America foot ball player. It's )ust a bit far-fete bed to assume that those schools haven't had players worthy of the honor. Sense at them certainly have had stand oat performers who deserved the rating. Among their well-drilled numbers are boond to be agnate of theee picked, bat in the narrowing down praters assay am nsglsstsd kstaaaa at the comparative ante portuici of iclwf. That's where the college publicity office enters into the scheme of things. Their Job is to build up any promising candidate. His name must be known from coast to coast The larger schools get the breaks when All-America select tone are made. It ia only natural that a brighter light is focused on them during the season. Untold thousands of fans eagerly await the outcome of a lfhmesota-Notre Dame game and watch the individual perform ances. How many of those fans know what's happening at Jooss ?ilia State Teachers college? Power in Names That deeaa't mesa, of course, that the small college fails to produce Its share ef what should be Afl-AaMrtea players. It dees mean that those petsutlsl gridirsa greats are neg lected, except lee ally, bataeaa an toe faw people knew ef them as are interested In them. All this is ae reflection en the men who select All-America teases. They are usaaDy conscientious and as careful as possible In thatr se lections. But sa analysis of the situation mbtaihei the value of picking 11 man as the best players ef the cattce. There am tee maay teams and too maay players. Regardless of the obvious unfair ness, the average fan Would not dis pense with All-America selections He wants his players rewarded. He hoped hb Judgment will be vindi jSd hope stm sprinBT eternal b Sport Shorts T OUISVILLE set an American L sociation record by making in errors this season, on* nfers than St. Paul in 1838 . . . Detroit, Kick., will stage the azuhial American Bowling congress on 40 alteye start iof March 7. Six inidbt tan of bowling pins, coating been ordered j . . Only siik times in The Boston Brava* did it in Wit, the Tanks the other fee in 1827, 1828, 1832, 1938 and 1839 .., Man O'War and Sun Bri- S.I.W1. ar are the only thor oughbreds who have sired horses that have won more than $2,000,000 . . . Jack Blackburn, Joe Lott ie' trainer, has earned more in live years in his present capacity than he did in 24 years of ring battling . . . Hank Reese, veteran cen- Mas O* W?? ter of the Philadel phia Edgles of the NattooaM*o? ball league, has played the gamn for IS years . . . 'Indiana griddns con sume 11 gallons of milk at eadh eve ning meal . . . Approximate^ t,790 alumni have won varsity letters in aU sports at Illinois . . . Johnny Maltsch, Marquette halfback, bakes a good cake. During the off season he works in his father's bakery in Milwaukee. Water Bugs 1 . J rjESPITE the fact that Sr Mai ^ colm CampbeU, Britfchsptsed boat king, established a new World's record of 141.74 miles per hour In his Bluebird, Amerifcart Inboard drivers had a successful seaaod of shattering records for leas powerful boat classes. 1 ' . I An official recapitulation AMI that Jack' Cooper, Ksassh Ctty grandfather,, chalked a the fastest speedboat mark in AhAUl' wa ters with aa 87.485 m.p.h. Jomftey tjzzssxrjz&s: trial. The oldster also set e ffislamis competitive standard of SS.4M. Chauncey Hamlin Jr., IWMa raised the tve-mile record to ffilTi Zalmon G. Simmons established a distance record for the Gold Cup, or 12-liter class, of 68.24 ro.p.h. 1 The country's two other leading inboard classes, 139 abd *1,. also saw record breakers. Among the '135 boats, John L. Hyde of Wash ington traveled 87.479 for 4 telle trial, and 92.173 for the ftvwmije competition. Racer Arao Apel, Vent nor, N. J., ran the 91 one-mile mark up to 92.894 and the flve-mile Com petitive standard up to 48 381. Gridiron Topnotchers Thu tuariesw ? toiim of arsMw Imturmt ouuuodtnt /oothoU! Mto ert from tchooit throughout M aw turn. Wotek iheir rocordt during die One of the brightest stars In south ern football history is George "Bad News" Cafego, Held general for the George, a Scarbro, W, Vs., boy. was named on many AH-Alabklea teams and was a unanimous choice A price notion nirrTnjj tn? 1938 football sen ton. The logic at that choice was evidenced this year by his con sistently great play against such teams as Alabama. It was ? strong Alabama team thai re moved Fordham from this jrear'a national spotlight. But that Alabama team vent down U to 0 when they met Tennessee. Last^ycar Catena's powerful Me ??S Suit Be aTerared*tjTyanla far tt^Ulii eaa^etert U eat at IS paseas. On Ms wide haaldsts reals mecb ef lS^JSii??JS?Sl Cafago, though a |MwerM, rugged youth. wp:ths only 170 pounds. But bia backers claim he's 170 miaila
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