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The Alamance Gleaner Vol. LXVI GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940 No. 4 WEEKLY NEWS ANALYSIS BY JOSEPH W. LaBlNE Foreign Policy Holds Spotlight In Both Houses of Congress; Reciprocal Trade Act Studied (EDITOR'S NOTE?When opinions are expressed in these columns, they - nre those of the news analyst mad not necessarily of this newspaper.) ___________ Released by Western Newspaper Union ___________ AT HOME: Eyes Overseas SECRETARY GRADY The benefit* of cooperation . ? ? Foreign affairs superseded do mestic problems on the congression al calendar. The senate foreign re lations committee postponed again its consideration of a proposed arms embargo against Japan, while a sub committee discussed the resolution of Iowa's Sen. Guy Gillette to in voke the neutrality act in Asia's war. Main reason for delayed ac tion was the rumor that Britain and Japan were about to sign a treaty which would give Tokyo a free hand in China, provided Japan keep hands off British possessions in the Orient. Foreign policy discussions in the house centered around Secretary of State Cordell Hull's reciprocal trade program. Up for passage was a resolution continuing the state de partment's trade treaty power, but there was a strong G. O. P. fight to restore the senate's ratification right over such treaties. Both politics and the war entered into this question. Should the house adopt the resolution (a virtual cer tainty), Secretary Hull's presiden tial aspirations would be furthered. Moreover, G. O. P. Hopeful Robert Taft, senator from Ohio, was ex pected to defend his opponent's pro gram from the senate floor. Rea son: Tafts have always opposed congressional participation in trade treaties. How the state department feels about its program with regard to .Europe's war was indicated at Chi cago, where Assistant Secretary Henry F. Grady addressed a for eign trade convention. Said he: "The results of the trade agree ments programs have demonstrat ed ... the benefits ... of such cooperation . . . Shall we, as a great neutral power, continue to up hold the principles of economic co operation ... or shall we renounce the cause under pressure from spe cial interest groups?" Other news from Washington: C Emil Shram, chairman of RFC, told the house inquiry into the Na tional Labor Relations board that NLRB had tried in nine separate cases to make RFC refuse loans to companies accused of not conform ing with the Wagner labor act C The advisory council of the fed eral reserve system okayed a bill by Delaware's Sen. John Townsend Jr., calling for repeal of the adminis tration's foreign silver purchase program. Reasoning: It is a direct subsidy to foreign governments which must be borne by U. S. tax payers. Next day Nevada's Sen. Key Pittman suggested that silver bullion should be coined to delay approach of the national debt limit. His reasoning: Since the monetary price of silver is fixed by law at $1.29 an ounce, and since the treas ury now pays about 35 cents an ounce on the world market, the re serves could be turned to a good advantage. 4 The bouse banking committee de ferred its vote on senate-approved legislation to boost the Export Import bank's working capital by $100,000,000, thus making $20,000,000 available for non-military purchases by Finland. C At Madison, Wis., it was indicated both Senators Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan and Robert Taft of Ohio would enter the April 2 presidential primaries to stop another G. O. P. hopeful, New York's Tom Dewey. ABROAD: Spreading Warfare MINISTER CROSS . . . were not appreciated by Italy. Hard-pressed Finnish troops con tinued retreating on the Karelian isthmus, where the Russian invad ers were pouring men and machines extravagantly into a mighty cam paign against the Mannerheim line. Moscow claimed capture of Koivis to, western anchor citadel of the Finnish defense system and guard ian of the Reds' immediate objec tive, Viipuri. As a blizzard swept down to immobilize opposing armies for the time being, the desperate Finns called up men of 45 and 46? their last reserves. If aid was coming from France and Britain, it took a long time to get there. Foreign Minister Vis count Halifax told the house of com mons that munitions were being sent to supplement the British vol unteers passing in a steady stream through Norway and Sweden. In Scandinavia Denmark remained aloof from complications, apparently through a peculiar arrangement between Brit ain and Germany. But Norway and Sweden had no such luck. Norway continued protesting Brit ain's action in raiding a German supply and prison ship, the Altmark, within Norwegian territorial waters. About 300 British prisoners of war were fre^d in the raid, Germany complain mg that Norway should have protected the Altmark, Brit ain, on the other hand, wondered why Norway had allowed the ship inside her territorial waters. Ger man wrath cooled when Norway in dicated the incident might be turned over to the League of Nations. Sweden's position was even more delicate. Fearful lest a Soviet vic tory in Finland would place Sweden next in line for a Russ invasion, the Stockholm government nevertheless hesitated to send aid for fear of an gering Russia's partner in crime, Germany. But it was hard for the Swedes to close their eyes when Russian planes crossed the northern frontier and showered 411 bombs on Pajala, a town of 3,000 population. In the Mediterranean Britain's disregard for Scandina vian neutrality was also being felt by Italy, heretofore the recipient of many an allied favor. But Italy has consistently refused British French trade offers; hence the al lies decided to apply blockade re strictions against Italian purchases of German coal. Said Ronald Cross, British minister of economic war fare: "A period has been arranged to Onable Italy to negotiate to ob tain its coal from other sources (meaning England), and this period will come to an end shortly." Another Mediterranean state, Tur key, prepared to insure Balkan neu trality with force. Said Istanbul's Ytni Sabah. authoritative newspa per: "Turkey will enter the war the day a foreign power marches into the Balkans." What happened the next day looked bad for Balkan peace. As if acting on the Turkish threat, sev eral hundred Russian technical ex perts employed in Istanbul industry, got orders from Moscow to hurry home. Meanwhile, Rumania rushed mobilization of 1,000,000 men, pre sumably to safeguard her Beasa rabian province from a Russian at tack. But equally important was Germany's challenge at a Rumanian ban on export of aviation gasoline. I NEWS QUIZ Know your news? Answer all these questions and your score is 100. Do duct 20 for each question you miss. Score of 60 or above is average to ex cellent. Vn Atlantic ? Ocean (uhama a. \ . E.CAICOS Ssa*> -X. is. DOM?CAW JAMAICA Zfflaijp^t. HAITI V 1. Hap shows East Caicos is land in the Bahamas. Who lives there? I. Choice: The newly selected Democratic gubernatorial nomi nee in Louisiana is (a) Earl K. Long; (b) Sam Houston Jones; (II limn A. Noe; (d) Oliver Twist. 3. What happened to Cole Broth ers elrens wintering at Rochester, Ind.? 4. Choice: The king of Sweden, who IUAUC U V W ? by refusing military intervention in Finland, is pictured above. Bis name is (a) King Christian; (b) King Gustav; (c) King Haakon; (d) Emperor Jones. 5. True or False: V. S. trade with Japan has dropped sharply since the U. S. abrogated its trade treaty with the Tokyo gov ernment. News Quiz Answers 1. Nineteen Californians have just started life anew on the deserted Island. 2. (B) Is correct. Jones wrecked the Long machine. 3. It burned up. trapping and burning 150 jungle beasts. 4. (B) la correct. King Gustav feared Intervention would mean war with other powers in addition to Russia. 5. False: The decrease was small. Japan buying $231,405,000 In goods. Only two better customers were Canada and Britain. RELIGION: Top*>f~the-W orld At Lhasa, in far-away Tibet, a six-year-old boy arrived from the tiny village of Taerhssu. While Buddhist priests nodded in approval, he was dressed in red silk robes and given a gold crown. Then he was placed on a throne, to reign over the "land at the top of the world," Tibet. As such, young Ling Erh became dalai lama, so-called reincarnated civil and religious ruler who was reputedly born the moment his predecessor, the thirteenth da lai lama, died on December 17, 1933. For six days Lhasa celebrat ed with abandon, then settled down for three months of milder celebra tion. Most evident among those who came to pay tribute was the Chinese delegation sent from Chungking, hoping to establish better economic relations with Its Tibetan provinces. Purpose: To open up new trade routes and tap Tibet's vast mineral resources. COMMERCE: Kim Crisis Several weeks ago the Russian freighter Sun caused a mild U. S. sensation. Docking at San Fran cisco, Kim dumped a cargo of So viet gold bullion, much to the con sternation of congressmen who feared Russia was trading the gold for munitions. A couple of weeks later Kim returned to the news, prob ably verifying congressional fears. At Mexico's Pacific port of Manzan illo she took aboard 12,000 tons of copper which had been mined in the U. S. and sent to Mexico tor transshipment to Vladivostok. From there, observers learned, it will be carted across the Trans-Siberian railroad to Germany. Informed of this, the commerce department expressed official doubts that such Russian imports would get to Germany. Neverthe less, the department had to admit that 90 per cent of Russia's pur chases here since last September have been essentials for war. . MISCELLANY: More Power ft At London, the government' an nounced a 20-year program costing 980,000,000 to check industrial strife and economic deterioration in the British West India*, ft At New York surgeons "fished" with wires in the arteries of Smith Res vis, noted Associated Press writer, to remove a blood clot in the Bruckarfs Washington Digest Roosevelt Bandwagon Is Rolling, v And Party Foes Really Fear It Steam Roller Drive Is On for Third-Term Nomination apd Only President Himself Is in Position To Apply Brakes. By WILLIAM BBCCKART WNU Service, National Press Bldf Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON.?Some of the antl Roosevelt Democrats have begun to get frightened. It is no joke to say that they fear they may get run over by the Roosevelt bandwagon on its way to the third term. There is a real drive under way to give the Democratic nomination to Mr. Roosevelt, again, and anybody who laughs it off is just foolish. I am not saying in this dispatch that Mr. Roosevelt is sure to be nominated. I am not even convinced yet that he will run at all. The story this week deals, on the con trary, with the gigantic, steam-roll er type of effort that is being put ' forward by Mr. Roosevelt's support ers who are with him, right or wrong. The subject is discussed again only because there is nothing quite as live here in the national capital as the Roosevelt third-term movement. Mr. Roosevelt is the only person in a position to put on the brakes of this bandwagon. He has not done so. More than that, we are in formed from Hyde Park where he was spending a week-end at that time, that he would announce his I decision in his own time and not at a time to be determined by editors of newspapers. He was peevish about questions from reporters as to when an announcement would come; he was irked to the point where he declined even to wise crack about it, and that means he was much irked. In the meantime, many of the Roosevelt backers are in a tough spot. Some of his leaders around the halls of congress would like very much to have something to guide them. But they have had noth ing, and their feelings are rather drooping. One of the problems that is con fronting Democrats in the senate, particularly, has to do with votes they cast 12 or 13 years ago. It will be recalled how Senator La Follette, the Wisconsin progressive, conducted a scourge of President Calvin Coolidge. As I remember, Mr. Coolidge had announced that "I do not choose to run," but talk of drafting him for another term was continuing at a great pace. Mr. Coolidge stood by his decision that be regarded his tenure as having been two terms and was through. LaFollette's Senate Resolution On Presidential Third Terms' Under these circumstances, young Senator LaFollette, who did not like Mr. Coolidge any way, brought in a resolution expressing the sense of the senate as in opposition to the third term for any President. I be lieve I will print that text. It ought to be valuable reading matter. The resolution read: "Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate, that the precedent es tablished by Washington and other Presidents of the United States, in retiring from the Presidential office after their second term, has become by universal concurrence a part of the republican system of govern ment; and that any departure from this time honored custom would be unwise, unpatriotic and fraught with peril to our institutions." The chief reason why the resolu tion, so bitterly debated in 1928, is recalled is that there are about 20 senators who voted for the raoolo tion who still are members of the senate today. Some of them are among the main shouters for a Roosevelt third term, and it strikes me that the laugh is on them, this time. Some of the number, how ever, can show a most consistent record as a result of the vote they cast 12 years ago. Tydings of Mary land, Smith of South Carolina, Har rison of Mississippi or King of Utah, Glass of Virginia or Wheeler of Mon tana?each of these can propAly op pose a third term for Mr. Roose velt because they voted against an other term for Mr. Coolidge. Supporters of 1928 R?olation Arm Now 'On the Spot" But Just where will the boys land who voted against a third term in the 1928 resolution and now are shout ing the loudest for Mr. Roosevelt. Among these is Sen ator Barkley of Kentucky, the Dem ocratic leader and Roosevelt spokes man in the senate; Wagner of New York, who has pushed more of the Roosevelt social legislation through congress than any other man and has been a Roosevelt right-or wrong supporter, and there is the great popper-offer, Senator McKel lar of Tennessee. Senator Pittman of Nevada, president pro tempore of the senate, the Roosevelt leader in foreign policy surely will not find it easy to explain his support of Mr. Roosevelt; that is, it will be more difficult for him to stick by the President on a third term issue than it will be for Sen. Walter George of Georgia to oppose a third term. Senator George was among those to be purged, in the 1938 elec tions, it will be recalled. In connection with the heavy artil lery that is blasting away to bring about a third term nomination for the President, there is much talk in Washington that links his current "peace offensive" with politics. I do not regard this as sound. It may not be denied that a strong effort towards establishment of peace in Europe, if successful, or only par tially successful, would produce sup port in undreamed of character for Mr. Roosevelt. Sea. Berkley President'm Peace Efforts Seam* Devoid of Politic* At the moment, however, I repeat I do not place too much faith in the talk that the Presi dent is doinf these things purely tor political purpose. He has named My ron C. Taylor, tor mer United States Steel corporation president, as his personal represent ative to the Vati can. Mr. Taylor will work with the pope in whatever way is possible in promo tinn of npiirA Next after that came the appoint ment of Sumner Welles, undersec retary of state, to go a mission to England, Prance, Italy and Germa ny. The nature of Mr. Welles' mis sion has not been clarified beyond the fact that he is to gather infor mation wherever he can find it with respect to methods of an approach to peace among the belligerents. If one couples the dizzy activity of the Roosevelt third-termers in a dozen states with the "peace offen sive" and combine the two with the vast machine built up by patron age and billions of federal expendi tures?if one thinks of the scene in that light, it is not difficult to recog nize why some of the old timers are fearful of being hurt by the Roosevelt bandwagon. There is against that proposition, however, the known determination of many important leaders to oppose a third term to the limit of physical endurance. Many times, of course, Washington is the worst place in the world froqi which to appraise public sentiment, but when astute warhorses?fellows who have battled for votes time after time on the hustings?say that a third term for Mr. Roosevelt will destroy the Dem ocratic party definitely and finally, you have something that approxi mates the fervor of religious war fare. Those fellows will not taks their licking lying down. Myroo C. Tsjtor Grantland Blee T OS ANGELES.?"It may be a long time," Ty Cobb told me the other day, "before anyone breaks up that Yankee pennant mn?v?Vi THpv still have too much all around stuff, any where and every where you look?I mean pitching and catching, infield and outfield, offense and defense, power and speed. "I know there to a feeling here and there that after four years of success a team to sure to start slimline. But H 10 happens that moat of the Yan kees are you* men and young play ers?Gordon, DiMatrio, RoHe, Kel ler, and several of the pitchers? they are a young team. "It might be different if the Red Sox could dig up better pitching. But few on the outside understand today just how hard it is to good pitching?to locate any good pitchers not already in big league harness. They are scarcer than they ever were. Coming On "In addition to the present Yankee team, everyone knows about the number of star junior Yankees com ing up from the Yankee farms. These will be good enough to re place any open gap. Several of them are good enough now. "The club's hardest job should be replacing Bill Dickey when BUI de cides it is time to step out. This will be no easy job, but Bill isn't stepping out yet?not by several years. He has a good aid in Bosar also." "Why was it that old-time pen nant winning clubs began to crack up after two or three good years?" I asked Ty. "The Tigers began fading after three straight. Neither the old Cubs nor old Athletics could make it four straight either." "We had more all-around opposi tion then," Ty said. "And we nev er had the younger replacements ready when some of our veterans began slipping. We had no such quantity of talent on hand. You can't And a single weak spot in the Yankees. And maybe they have more ambition, as a team, than some of the others had. From what I understand the Yankees keep in ] just as good physical shape as any college, football team. That helps a lot, when you are headed for any long stretch." About Young Keller CHARLIE KELLER There is a good chance that young Charlie Keller of the Yankees will be one of the 1M0 sensations?out there giving Red-Sox Williams a tough scrap for the sophomore hon ors. "I've never seen an athlete work harder er train harder than Keller does," one ef his mates from the University of Maryland told me. "Charlie Keller ased to get up early ?ad da UTertl mile* of road work whea he was ia eoliefe. Nodiiai coaM make him break traialag. He aras keea to learn aad his nataral re srdlaatien was amazing. We tg ured then he was going a loot way." One of the most unusual features of Keller's ability is the tremendous strength of his hands and forearms. "Tea almost have to have strong hands aad strong forearms," Keller said, "when yoa start m Wring It eews at the age of eight. There's nothing like milking to baild ay hand Keller is now one of the game's most powerful hitters. He may not keep pace with Ted Williams in this respect, hut he won't be far away. He can use a little more polishing in his outfield play, but this is sure to come tram a young star so will ing to learn his trade. . . . ? -i.4 , ..?k< Speafa"# ?f Sport. New Intere Awakened Heavy Ran By ROBERT McSHAN (Released by Western Newspaper ? AKTURO GODOT \ATHEN Iron-jawed Arturo ( *v Chilean white hope, we 15-round route with Heavy Champion Joe Louis, he did than carve a niche in boxing of fame for himself. He rev distinctly waning interest in th game. Prise tght patrons have growing more and more apa Heavyweight championship gi SIM,MS or less are indieat) their lack of interest. They I burning desire to see a on? never in doubt. Fight fans n that theirs was the eppertM see one of history's greatest pious in action. Bat they re too, that chances were very fe they weald see mere than t three rounds of fighting. Godoy surprised the world his game, courageous stand. I the fight by a clear?but not whelming?margin. Two a judges, as you remember. Louis 10 rounds, Godoy five third Judge gave Godoy 10 r Louis five. Those closest to theiport almost unanimous in forecss knockout by the champion, gave Godoy a chance to ?? than six or seven rounds. Ti did is history. That he pav? way for more profitable title fights is just as certain, fighters have the same chane long as the public knorws it, fights will be well patronised. Lsuis Is as laager IwtoJO Gedey msteh wss the "wi fight 1 ever feagh*." The Laa (onad Godoy sa his foot sad in* the fight st the ead of IS I Jsek Reper. He wss a est baled fighter, trytog to solve orthodox style. He failed. Always a Chance In failing he injected new! his profession. How that toe knows Joe isn't alleuprwne start the turnstiles clicking celerated speed agam ? k each time that there's a chai Brown Bomber may end up canvas. Where there's there's hope. There's no question but tea) a^gresMlghteT? As tor Wa ?*?? to. Godoy His next opponent will Ha Paycheck. He sbould wtot inside of six rounds. Payeai jtand up and box, and t?u what Louis appreciates. I fight with Braddock. L? measure his foe and watt opportunity to send his rig! to its mark. ^"togh^LJT^rHJk, ghe'wtonMtt prsattsed a I Tommy Farr and Tony ua still possibilities. Jp went the limit with the cto Galen to made life very ta the chwiTe'tost'he might <k only with more force. I ptoZ* W Jrsehto, ass* ^naa the ehessiA
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