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WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE Battle to Raise National Debt Makes New Taxes Impossible; Touchy Topic in Election Year (EDITOR'S NOTE?When opinions are expressed in these columns, they are those of thi# news analyst and not necessarily of this newspaper.) ? Released by Western Newspaper Union. __________ . .? ,i . : ; ?? - HARBISON .. fine." V EARLY Hit bott hopes ... KING ?. great interest.. WHITE HOUSE: Budget Next spring the national debt will reach its $45,000,000,000 legal limit. To circumvent the issue or force an increase through a hostile congress during an election year will provide such a test of political etiquette that the New Deal will have little stom ach for a tax-boosting campaign. If anything, . it will be sip art politics to slash expenditures. There were signs in late Novem ber that such attempts might be made. One by one, administration spokesmen purred for the press: Said Mississippi's Pat Harrison, chairman of the senate finance com mittee: "Receipts are showing up fine. The way they are coming in gladdens our hearts. If . . . we can cut down expenses some what, we may get along without ? tax bill." Said Utah's Sen. William King, fresh from a White House confer ence: ''The President evinced great interest in a policy that would pre vent large deficits." Next came White House Secretary Steve Early, who has been reborn EUROPE: Mad War Spies, parachutes and trade con versations made bigger news than actual warfare as Europe ended the third month of its strange war. And if any deduction could be drawn from this mad sequence of illogical activity on a hundred fronts, it was that Europe is already pretty sick of war, more and more convinced that nobody wins. The new "weapon" Adolf Hitler threatened during his speech at Dan zig took form in a new sea mine GEOBG ELSEB ' A Afctivm thrillm. parachuted from airplane*. Presum ably scores of these were dropped in the English channel, the parachutes dissolving. In one week they took a toll of 29 allied and neutral ves sels, Britain retaliating by strength ening its blockade against the Reich. This was not too smart, for London soon had the wrath of Netherlands, Belgium and Italy on her shoul ders. The allies were more successful in other branches of warfare. No one knew how many French-British planes had been lost, but 10 Nazi airships were allegedly shot down in two days' warfare over the West ern front. At sea the French de stroyer Siroco sank two German submarines within three days. While Berlin was genuinely wor ried by disorders in the Czech prov ince, where eight students had been purged, the Nazis were making the most of another disorder. Heinrich Himmier, chief of the feared Ce* tope, announced simultaneously that a German named Georg Elser and lately as a "spokesman." While Budget Director Harold D. Smith nodded his assent, Steve Early pointed out that the President is considering sharp economies next year. Other leaders hoped to trim the deficit to between $2,000,000,000 and $2,500,000,000. (Last fiscal year's deficit: $3,500,000,000.) Aside from all-important political considerations, prevailing whether the President sought a third term or tried to name his successor, there were some honestly promising fac tors in the picture. WPA rolls stood at 1,830,463 against 3,360,000 a year ago; business was better; tax in come, if the present rate of increase is maintained, would be $1,000,000, 000 higher next year. But there was a less pleasant side to the picture. National defense, which last year cost $1,500,000,000, may easily reach $3,000,000,000 this year and would thus wipe out the boost in tax receipts. Relief costs are predicted at $1,000,000,000 against $1,400,000,000 this year, a comparatively small cut. Summed up, the budget will probably hit a rough $9,000,000,000, which still fails to reverse the spending trend. two British intelligence officers, Mr. Best and Captain Stevens, had been arrested in connection with the Mu nich beer hall explosion which al most cost Hitler's life. Elser is charged with the crime, while the Britishers were said to have financed it. Direct leadership, say the Nazis, came from exiled Otto Strasser, pioneer Hitlerite who soon became his bitter foe. Britain kept its tongue in cheek throughout the affair, for Germany was obviously making the most of this detective thriller. Biggest mystery: Why should the British instigate a plot that would martyrize Hitler? German activity also had reper cussions in the Balkans. When Ru mania's cabinet rejected Nazi de mands tor a virtual monopoly on Rumanian oil and raw materials, Premier Constantin Argetoianu re signed. His successor, whose ap pointment was hailed as an allied victory, is George Tata rescue, for mer premier and a strong Franco phile. AGRICULTURE: Farm Vote In at least one man's opinion, IMO's presidential campaign will be won or lost in the (arm vote. Ad dressing the National Grange con vention in Peoria, Oregon's Repub lican Sen. Charles L. McNary (him self a potential candidate) outlined a three - point ________ program on which he said the G. O. P. could win: (1) Equal ize AAA ben efit pay ments. One weakness in the present plan, he maintained, i is its dis crimination SENATOR MeNABT H? W fM*. favoring a few commodities (wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco, and rice). , Four other products ranking ahead , of these in production are dairy, live , stock, poultry and eggs and hogs. (2) Repeal the reciprocal trade pact. Said Senator McNary: "While some industries may have profited by these agreements, It has been at the expense of products of the sofl." ' (1) Liberalize the public land pol icy to give the 14 land states a greater share of revenues from sale of forests and grazing on the pub lie dAFna'n Know your news? One hundred if perfect score; deduct 20 for ends ques tion you mia. Score of 60 or more it good. 1. Thf round object shown above has been the principal weapon in Europe's war. What is it? 2. Choice: Toledo's school chil dren made news because they: (a) refused to attend classes; (b) wens dismissed from classes un til January 1; (e) were deprived of books because the mayor charged their texts contained un American propaganda. 3. Kermit Roosevelt is the son of the late President Theodore Roosevelt. Why has he renounced his American citizenship? 4. Sammy Boy, a 16-year-old California dog, is listed in a tele phone directory and has been used for movies and advertising illustrations. How did be make news? 5. Owen D. Young and Gerald Swope, board chairman and pres ident of General Electric compa ny, made what important an nouncement? <Aruwert at bottom of column.) ASIA: Mr. Welles Complains Biggest actual news of Japan's war in China came from a suddenly developed front In southern Kwang si province fm map), where 40,000 Nipponese staged a blitzkrieg to sever China's rail connections with French Indo-China. Thus Tokyo hoped to starve the Chungking gov ernment into submission, expecting no protests either from Britain or France. Meanwhile Japan gloated over re ports that her puppet Chinese gov ernment, soon to be established un der former Chinese Premier Wang Ching-wei, will be recognized by It CHINA CHINA'S NFW V M Itft LINES V' \ FtOW^OUTH 7*S^?i -- ** MNK^II jjtfntH *~yo Lr1o"H (I M ps > ATTACK <\:I#@1J!?!L SOUTHERN CAMPAIGN The V. S. was harder to wits. aly and Germany. Even Britain, trying to make friend* in the Far East, was rumored about to capitu late. But Jap Premier Nobuyuki Abe realized Chinese resistance was not easily broken. Threatened he: "Ja pan will keep troops there until Chi na is entirely free from the Com munist menace." Another menace was the U. S. At Washington, Undersecretary of State told his press conference that Amer icans in China?especially at the Tientsin British concession?are be ing molested by the Jape. He also emphasized that the U. S. still In sists its citizens have every right to pursue their commercial enter prises in China. This looked bad for U. S.-Jap trade relations, which Tokyo hopes can be smoothed over before the present treaty is abrogated January X. Although Premier Abe hoped these relations "could be adjusted" before the deadline, it hardly looked like Washington was in the mood. LABOR: Eighth Wonder At Gillespie, 111., labor's rival C. L O. and A. F. of L. staged an eighth wonder of the world by co-operating in a coal mine dispute. Said A. P. of L.'t David Reed, without prece dent: "The time has ended when companies can play one labor or ganization against the other . . I 1 kA mine (B) to correct- The* earn dto mtoaed en til the Bret <rf Um year be catac the eeboole rmn out ot money. 1. To become ? Brtttobcr. Rooeevett Brack art'* Washington Digest European War Doing More Damage To American Industry Than Good ' J \ :: - . ? .. Some Lines of Business Are Profiting, While Others Are Declining; Efforts to Boost Cotton Exports Fail; American Merchant Marine Affected. By WILLIAM BHUCKART WNV Service, National Preaa Bldg., Waahinfton, O. C. WASHINGTON.?Although our na tion is not mixed up in the European mess, and its people will not permit any administration to drag us in, it strikes me that the war on the other side of the Atlantic already has done a lot of things which ought to be reviewed. There has been much laughter about the "phoney" war and the "sitdown ftrike" of the enemy armies, because thus far there has been no real fighting. I do not propose to discuss that phase of the situation. There are some things which have happened and are happening here at home, however, that surely-are worthy of considera tion. When steel began to flash abroad, there were thousands, if not mil lions, of Americans who believed a conflict overseas would pull us out of the depression. Visions of ex ports amounting to millions of tons were seen by many of the unthink ing and misinformed persons. High er prices?it is hardly necessary to' recall how excited some folks got about the prospects of higher prices and there was talk about shortages and all of that sort of thing. There Was. the usual effort of a certain type of business interests to grab off extraordinary profits. Host of the price hysteria has collapsed and quite a few persons lost their shirts in the speculation to which they turned with the excitement of war talk. It is true that there are some in dustries which are profiting from the war. Some, but not viry many. Statistics are tiresome, but close ex amination of them does reveal, in this instance, how thoroughly spotty the anticipated war boom actually is. In my own appraisal of the situ ation, based on all of the facts I can obtain along with opinions of experts, I have come to the conclu sion that the war thus far has done our American business?agriculture, commerce and industry?more dam age than it has done good. That is to say, if it were possible to bal ance the increase due to the war against the further decline in other lines, the total business of the United States would show an actual loss. Airplane Manufacturer* And Rail Linee Benefited It can be pointed out, for example, that airplane manufacturer! are do ing a thriving business. They are selling airplanes for war purposes and they are selling them here, as well. Likewise, the official reports show how the industries producing airplane parts and equipment and certain other types of war material are rushing their products through to a finished state. The rail lines have benefited. Through a stretch of six consecu tive weeks, car loadings?an accu rate business barometer?have ex ceeded 800,000 cars for each seven day period, and then dropped off. In this case, car loadings have shown a vast bulk movement but one must examine the commodities hauled to calculate what conditions are. It Is to be noted that there were exceedingly heavy shipments of stuff usable in war included in the 800,000 total. A good deal of this had been ordered previously. It could not be sent out until the so called arms embargo was removed. Experts appear to believe that a large portion of the shipments may not be repeated. At least, not in such quantities. All of which is to say that shipments of normally do mestic products, consumer goods, must still be very much below per. The industrial conference board, a private organization which is quite accurate in its reports on business conditions and trends, said lately that our exports to Canada are due to fall with a dull thud. In 1888, { Canada acquired 68 per cent at all of the things abe Imported right I acroes the border in the United States. It is to be remembered, too, that about 40 per cent of all ex ports from the United States in oor ' mal years go to Canada What Hoe War Dane to American Merchant Marine? But the situation is changing rap idly. Canada is going industrial as rapidly as she can under the stress and strain of war. Being a part of the British empire, does any one think that the British war office is going to seek supplies in the United Slates that can be bought In Can ada? Obviously not. To show bow hss dtvdopcd hfT capacity to take care of empire require ment*, I believe It is necessary only to report th#t the' Canadian indus trial capacity was 67 per cent greater in 1937 than JO years ear lier, or in the midst of the World war. The World war started the trend in Canada; the present Euro pean wat has given it new impetus and the indications are that exports to Canada hereafter will continue to get smaller. And what has the war done to the American merchant marine? Our government has spent a good many hundred millions tn building ships and In helping private ship ping companies to build ships. It has been a policy of subsidy. But about the same time our ships begin to attract attention on. the high aeas and in international trade, along comes new war conditions and our flag is forced to Stay out of the trade routes that produce the greatest revenue because traffic is heaviest. Of course, it (a a policy of the ad ministration that has brought this about. President Roosevelt has felt that adoption of a system of selling goods to belligerents upbn the docks of this country?come and get H, pay cash and carry H away in your own ships?is wise. Congress agreed with him. The same legislation provided that no ships flying the American flag may enter what is called combat zones. So, trade in our ships is confined to those nations not en gaged In warfare. It happens, how ever, that the three greatest buy era who use ships (since Canadian exports are largely by rail) are the three nations now fighting in Europe. Transfer of Ship Registry Raises Stink in Washington The latest development with re spect to the shipping industry is the effort of one of the great shipping companies to transfer the regis try of its ships to Panama?to fly the Panama flag. That action, of course, is like changing your own American citizenship and becoming the subject of another nation. It can be done under the law, biit it has raised quite a stink In Washington, because this course of set ion simply circumvents the so-called cash-and carry law. Under the Panama flag, those ships could sail into war zone ports which they cannot do as long as they fly the Stars and Stripes from their masthead. It does not mean a great deal, I believe, ex cept it shows the influence at the European war. (Incidentally, the fuss about those ships recalls how difficult it is to make a law that will not have loopholes in it or means of getting around it.) The war in the Far East has upset practically all trade relations between the United States and Japan and China. There is a quan tity of exports yet moving in that direction, but I am told by persons who know the facts that when that war is over, Japan will be without any money and her purchases in the United States will be next to nothing for years to come. Uar Cotton Export* Arm Continuing to Dodino We hare witnessed the epectacle of our secretary at agriculture seek ing to get our cotton or some other farm product into foreign markets by use at various forrha of cash pay ments to the producers. While he has been passing out checks, our exports have declined and are con tinuing to decline, and there is noth ing that can be done about it Other folks have learned to grow cotton and they are not going to stop. Wo cannot control them by a law saying a farmer must plant only so much, or that there must bo six million little pip mm I was asked recently tor my own opinion on the outlook for buskieas. My reply was that I disliked imH?| gloomy predictions. Polly anna stuff is much more pleasant On the other band. President Hoover tried hard to get prosperity to come around the corner, and he looked rather ridiculous when she stayed just around the comer through mare than nine years op to the present time. Secretary Hopkins, of the de partment of commerce, is trying now to induce the coy young woman to come around the same corner. His department has been '-g statements about bulges hi produc tion and in sales and in shipments But I could not read the figures fits same way the secretary mad thsm. Speaking of Sports Night Baseball, 'Fads' Hit by Yankee Chief By ROBERT McSHANE FDWARD G. BARROW, president ^ of the New York Yankees, in his latest communique from the base ball front, has evidenced complete disinterest in the many save-the game-from-oblivion suggestions made by various diamond messiahs. The president of the world cham pions seems quite well satisfied with things as they are. In fact, be re marked that "Outside of a couple of young pitchers, you can say I'm almost tempted to go along as is." Returning from a southern vaca tion, Barrow was emphatic in stat ing that he Is not interested in get ting Hank Green berg from Detroit, in night baseball for the Yankee stadium during the 1Mb season, in ?ther "fads" or in breaking up the Yankees or "selling 'em, either." Barrow believes the Yanks can win their fifth straight pennant with out making a single change. A lot of club owners, incidentally, go along with him on this belief. He does admit that the Yanks may have to bolster a bit here and there, but only after winning five straight Bis-day weeks, night baseball and post-season play-offs or major learue Shaugnessy play-oils, were rapidly disposed of by Proxy Bar row. He pointed out that gate re ceipts for baseball have increased 1M per cent in the past M years. Why, then, he asked, go in for any new-fangled ideas? The game has prospered through regularity and dignity. Lighting a Fad? He has little fondness for either night baseball or the day-ofl. "The idea of a six-day playing schedule EDWABD G. BARROW , , ha* nothing particular to recwn mend it?night baseball is a fad and upsetting to the players, the umpires and to the newspapers, not to men tion club officials." ^ThelrfeUow-townsmesuthe Giants, ljn^Sodgsr* have had with atght ball, pies the (act that their ewe fell considerably last year, hare made the Giants see the Ught Yanks Can Wait The Giants broke down when they saw the Dodgers' attendance figures. That club played to more than a million customers, and more than 300,000 of them were counted in the seven night games played in Ebbets Add. In cash that amounted to $270,000?exactly 370,000 reasons why Master William Terry decided to play ball under the maid as. Terry was the Giants' strongest holdout against night ball. Horace Stone ham, the president, ten Bendy, vice president and treasurer, were believed to have been in favor of the innovation. Bsrrew int pressed by tte aeees sity ml lasfiMng a Hghtiag system. Other ball ehibs stay hay* te reaact t^arttteiai deiri^UiroM^tn baaabaU teams la the game's Ma> ^itah(<Aia>tiM&t|lfilq3 to^jSer?elBb? Mated If, as is thought in soma quar ters, night ball is fust a fad, then the Yanks' management wfflt have saved a suitcase full of money. BUt Mr. Barrow weald de weD te riaie was r?Idrnd a mace tad teak after eM DebMa first rtnhwgy. at the right rim. - Sport Shorts npHE Cincinnati Reds sank man *? than $190,000 Into new player* last season, spent $100,000 gaining control of the Birmingham Southern association team, and paid $40,000 for Vince DiMag gio . . . Ellsworth Vinea, batter known as a tennis player, is making good in golt He is a one handicap player in Califor nia and recently fired a four-under par 08 in a Pasa dena tournament recently . . . Horses sired by Man O'War have Ellsworth ThN won mora than $3JX?,000 for their owners . . . Mel He in, New York Giants' center, is playing Ms ninth season in National yen football, four seasons short at the record established by George Traftoo of die Chicago Bears . . . Neutral observers declare that Ohio State has the best bunch of block ers the Western conference has seen in 19 years... Bert Bell, who doesn't seem able to make the Philadelphia Eagles win, declares coaching It the most overemphasised profession. "With material you Win, without it you don't That's all there is to it," he says... Oscar Stanage oi the 1911 Tigers holds the record far actors by a catcher in one stent He was responsible far 4L The Violent Vols Dixieland football enthusiasts are calling Major Bob Neyland of Tennessee university the greatest coach sine* Knute Rockne. At* they're terming this year's Vofcm teers the best team in the pcood history of the school. The IBM Veto were a great fast ball team. It sited ap TH saints against It to defeat 1* straight ex ponents. beating Oklahoma, Big Stat ehaaasiens. 17 te t, la the On* BnwL This year's record is equally im pressive. Jock Sutherland, former Pittsburgh coach, saw the Vela whip Alabama and described them as the nearest thing to a "perfect team" he ever saw. tire years, Tennessee teasas mite ad perfect records by the autrgta af only one heartbreaking gaaae. The seven year record was marred by This year, though T?nai. ansa's schedule wasn't as tough as most of the nation's outstanding teams, no one will deny the Vols the glory that is theirs. BOWLING Made Easy By WED PAY crm l< tto t*M * -M mHm ?* >..H? l.mtm *m4 D*r ? UOwtrnkm. I I I I TOW TO HOLD THE wait. II There are several styles ml each has its asm champions. One good thought to keep in mind, horn ever, is to do things as aatnrafay as possible. Try to make each ingm do some work in the delivery. The "non-working" fingers dhould be spread slightly so they can aid in carrying, delivering and fcnpart aHspm to the ban. PtsLUos wM | determine your natural grip. The thamb may be Inserted to any Keep in mind that the Mutt at a hook ball rests in the principle od loM|B thun/n bolt not grip ball too t gM y . iT, . - jf / . !?-. f ldtgM
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