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T!!H A!/[
GENERAL
HUGHS.
JOHNSON
Washington, D C.
MUST W!\ MAltKHTS
It is a!) right by Pan-American
conferences and unions, to create as
much good-wit! as possible, but let's
not kid ourselves into any reliance
on them or into heavy commitments
on our side.
The plainest [esson of this war is
that dependence on any kind of col-
tective security among nations is
madness. Each nation will follow
the path of its individual interest
and its former friends must take
care of themselves—regardless of
treaties or alliances.
There is nothing new about this.
George Washington said it almost a
century and a half ago.
It had been proved many times
then.
Never has it been so clearly
proved as in the past seven years.
The fall of the little central Euro- j
pean nations of the cordon sanitaire,
which vainly relied on France, as
she vainly relied on them, proved !
it no less clearly than the fall of
France and the deadly peril of Brit-
ain—among the strongest nations on
earth.
In a military, economic and racial
sense, the strength and the ties that
bound England. Norway, Denmark,
Holland and Belgium were many !
times greater than any Pan-Ameri-
can union could possibly be.
The recorded stability and respon-
sibility of those nations were far ,
better than those of any Latin-Amer- !
ican country. Yet that community j
of interest proved a rope of sand. ,
Of course, the principle of our :
policy is to allay actual jealousy
and ill-feeling to the south of us. to
procure naval and air bases absolute-
ly necessary to our defense and to
make it harder for any sudden !
Nazi-engineered eruption in a South
American country to surprise us
with an axis-country in this hemi-
sphere. O. K., but let's not deceive
ourselves on its value or give away
our body, soul and breeches in the
process.
When this war is over, the busi-
ness of this world has got to pro-
ceed. If we are not going back to
the Glacial age, international com-
merce must continue. While Eng-
land has a sporting chance to de-
fend herself and her empire, there
is going to be a new industrial situa-
tion in Europe. It may not be the
dream of Napoleon (by force) or
Briand (by agreement)—a United
States of Europe on our model. But
it will be a great industrial group-
ing no longer frozen into a honey-
comb of water-tight trade compart-
ments by tariff barriers.
It needs markets and it needs
raw materials—especially such food-
stuffs as South America and this i
country produces in vast surplus. Is
it our policy to prevent this exchange
of merchandise—cither by some vast
cartel through which we buy the
mountainous surplus of South Amer-
ican meat and grain and add to our
own unmanageable abundance, or
by diplomatic or naval quarantine? ,
Something that points in that direc-
tion has been suggested for the Ha-
vana conference. We must not rely
on any military promises of that
conference. We must not there en-
gage to underwrite the exports of
this hemisphere.
Our job on the military and naval
side is to get too strong for any-
body to dare to intimidate us on
the economic side. The economic
side is not to intimidate or subsi-
dize others. It is to win and hold
markets in the only way it can be ^
done permanently and soundly—by
producing better goods and services
at lower prices.
The outlines of this proposed
$2,000,000,000 cartel system are not
yet clear but they seem to be a
new boondoggling futility so vast as
to make all the other magnificent
squandering put together look like a '
poor piker's penny ante.
TWO WAY OOCTRIXK
An editorial In the Washington
Post emphasized that the Monroe
Doctrine is a two-way street.
The forgotten part is: "In wars
of European powers relating to
themselves we have never taken any
part nor docs it comport with our
policy to do so . . . our policy in
regard to Europe . . . remains the
same, which is not to interfere in the
internal concerns of any of its pow-
ers; to consider the government de }
facto as the legitimate government [
to us."
This is much too often forgotten, j
Tise "military expert" Major Eliot i
has now joined our "military ex-}
pert" secretary of war in insisting !
that we make our harbors bases for ;
the British fleet.
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Precc&s Hritain Blitzkrieg'
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\t.TO. THXAS
FARM
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Sprang BuM's Eye.
THE CAMPAIGN:
Chtragomg.s-on
This was the Democratic conven-
tion's lead-ofl message: "I (Senator
Barkley) and other close friends of
the President, have long known that
he has no wish to be a candidate
again. We know, too, that in no
way whatsoever has he exerted any
influence in the selection of the del-
egates, or upon the opinions of del-
egates in this convention.
"Tonight, at the specific request
and authorization of the President,
I am making this simple fact
clear to this convention. The Presi-
dent has never had, and has not to-
day. any desire or purpose to con-
tinue in the office of President, to
be a candidate for that office, or to
be nominated by the convention for
that office. He wishes in all ear-
nestness and sincerity, to make it
clear that all of the delegates to this
convention are free to vote for any
candidate. That is the message I
deliver to you tonight from the Pres-
ident of the United States, by author-
ity of his word."
Some 22,500 men and women,
packed into the Chicago stadium,
heard the presidential message. It
was a turning point, probably, in
American history. For the conven-
tion the next day nominated Presi-
dent Roosevelt for a third term. No
man had ever before received this
honor. A day later, Henry Wallace,
secretary of agriculture, was nomi-
nated vice president virtually at the
request of the President. The con-
vention indicated the issues would
be foreign affairs and the utilities,
principally.
Wendell Wilikie in the meantime
warned the Democrats. He said he
didn't want to hear any more about
the Insult scandal, and indicated
that he was tired of wisecracks
about public utilities. It was true
that some Democrats had been whis-
pering at a great rate along those
lines. Wilikie was a bad man to
try and smear, for he is peppy, pep-
pery, and given to rough, biting in-
vective. But Wilikie did agree with
the Democrat Bankhead, in con-
demning the speculative orgies of
the 1920s. Willkiesaid, too, thathe
liked to protect the investments of
the people against the assaults of
their governments. This all emanat-
ed from Willkie's vacation haunt at
Colorado Springs, as did a state-
ment that he welcomed the third
term issue presented by Roosevelt.
What price "party"? Wendell
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...iHtheneits
Of course, this would be war. To
excuse it as "undeclared war" or
"undercover war" is to adopt the
very poisonous deceit we so lately
condemned in Spain and China and
other unfortunate lands.
Why should we rush to war with
many ot the controlling strategic de-
velopments still unknown? The tide
of battle may turn eastward. Rus-
sia may collide with either Japan or
Germany. The British navy is still
so superior that it doesn't need ours
—we have no army or equipment to
send.
King 2og of Albania, his tiny
crown prince Skander, and his half-
American Queen Geraldine, plus
Zog'ssisters three, were planning to
come to the United States, that new
"St Helena."
AHyn Jennings, general superin-
tendent of New York city's parks
since 1936, became the new general
director of New York's famous
Bronx zoo.
Pope Pius instructed his official
nuncio to France, Valerio Valeri,
to give every aid and support to
Marshal Henri Petain's new fascist
government. Generals Petain and
Weygand, two of the triumvirate,
are devoutly clerical. Dark-faced,
white-tied Laval, the third member,
is not.
Oswald Lewis, Tory member of
parliament, suggested that England
sell America at least one of the West
Indian islands for use as an air and
j naval base. This, said Mr. Lewis,
) would cancel that "eternal" war
debt question.
Wilikie, Republican candidate ir;
President, was a registered Dei
crat until two years ago Henry!
Wallace, Democratic candidate
vice president, was a registered
publican until four years ago.
That Wilikie would prefer to IM
the campaign on dnmestic
and that President Roosevelt
keep it on the foreign issue if
ble seemed indicated in the ft;
days of the campaign
But wise William AHen White^
in Me capacity of journalist)
tended both conventions, dew
that neither Wilikie nor Roo#l
would determine the rosults
final election in November. It
be Hitler, he stated
no doubt, that the reper
a complete Hitler Wctq,
versa, would weigt.
American voters that)
both Wilikie and R)
One thing seems cl
Old Guard in both
and the Democratic
at first satisfied
choices. Much may
they ultimately acce;
of their conventions.
H CERMAN
There were twin rui^^^s e
usual rounds in the^^K:s.
One of these rumors pr^^H^e
mass offensive by
against England. Th^^^nr
was of peace. Hitler'^^Ht:;"
against Britain had
various "authorities"^H al
days. These were us
time and again as wer^
guesses.
'NO HASIS':
%yoi; A o A'nzt
Not everyone who
"communist" is one, at)
one who is called a "N§
one. Carl Byoir, New!
cist, is no "Nazi" ref
says the Federal Burca
gation. The FBI investi]
oir's request because
Patman one day got up I
and sounded off against)
enmity between the tv
over another matter,
"chain-store tax" bill
of their feud. Byoir hi
recting publicity agains
man bill. So, among
Patman called Byoir a]
There was "no basis" to f
reported the FBI.
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CUBA HHHH:
Ejections
Col. Fulgencio Batista
tator for seven long ycat'L
Grau San Martin in the Cu
cial governorships, most of the ,v.
orships, and 24 senatorial seat-pre
scheduled for Batista candi d
Washington, D. C.
MOSEVELT KEPT HIS
POKER FACE
CAGO.—There was only one
s ii present when the Pres-
[t ud the first speech at the
riion nominating him for a
itrni.
< itor was Mrs. Ilattic Cara-
Arkansas' witty, motherly
senator, who entered his White
tiltee for a conference just
[ ' ,r Ed Kelly was starting his
xssof welcome. In this, Kelly
Jred that he knew Roosevelt did
t writ to run, but that tie should
[ drafted anyway.
The President was getting the
teeth from a smalt portable radio
Jhisdosk. As Mrs. Caraway en-
! urceted her with a smile,
§t iti in a chair and toned down
radio.
'rom then on he listened in grave
nee. When Kelly declared that
isevelthad to be drafted to "save
heart of humanity," the Presi-
It's face became solemn. Then
Kelly continued, Roosevelt
led to sink deeper and deeper
himself.
,ce or twice he glanced at Mrs.
way, but his face was inscrut- !
It was impossible to tell what j
as thinking.
as Kelly drew to a close, the [
rAident's mood lifted and when the
^tgo mayor finished, Roosevelt {
ltd. threw back his head and j
M. "Well, the mayor is getting to }
quite an orator."
Eat was all. Mrs. Caraway
hed no questions about the con-
htionand the President volun-
p*ed nothing.
'ate—The day the convention
ted, Mrs. Roosevelt told an old
bnd that she was reconciled to
President running again. "If he
W do it." she said, "then there
pithing else to do. I know he
sn't want to run, but there seems
be no alternative."
WHITE HOUSE PIPEHNE
rom the moment Harry Hopkins
ded here last week and that open
e was set up between his suite
10 in the Blackstone hotel and
White House, the President has
n minutely informed of every-
pg that has happened. From ear-
orning until late at night the
has buzzed with reports from
iMgton.
It leaders have kept him
informed of what was being said
and rumored in the hotel lobbies.
And some of the pollticos are in
for a shock when they learn that
certain cracks they thought they
were making in private are tuckcd
away in Roosevelt's retentive mem-
ory. Whatever else the third-term
organization may have lacked, it
was good on "intelligence." Every
delegation and headquarters was
"covered" by a friendly contact who
kept Hopkins and his lieutenants ad-
vised of inside developments.
STAGNANT CONVENTION
It was a good thing that they
were, too. For with time dragging
on their hands, delegates seized ev-
ery rumor and promptly spilled it
to the press.
If administration leaders could
have had their way, they would have
condensed the convention into three
days and wound it up by Wednes-
day. They even discussed doing
this but when it got to Jim Farley
he promptly put down his foot. Bent
on forcing a roll-call in order to have
himself placed in nomination, Jim
warned that he would fight any at-
tempt to short-circuit the conven-
tion.
<jhe admm:stratiomtes couldn't
risk a" open row, so they had to
^orb the opposition's brickbats
and make the best of it. But it
burned them up, and there are a lot
of private scores to be settled later.
K„tc—One Roosevelt leader, urg-
ing Farley to forget his grievances
.fj remain as national chairman,
-id: "Jim, if you quit, the public
^,j][ forget all about you in six
months."
"That's okay with me," shot back
Firley- "When I quit as chairman,
luanttobeforgotten." Inaddition
Reading the Yankee ball club,
Lrley also will take an executive
osition with a nationally known ad-
DYNAMITE USE
IS DANGEROUS
CLASS
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NpTTM: Youtt ATTBNTtON rt.KASH
hint n rt^u ant potson on the niarkut
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Big Aid to Farmer, but Cau-
tion Is Required.
By E. W. SCHKOEOER
While dynamite is a valuable ally
to the farmer in removing stumps
and boulders, it also is dangerous.
Caps or detonators are more dan-
gerous to handle than dynamite
itself, and fuse caps cause
more accidents than electric caps.
Misfires are fewer with electric caps
and can be corrected as soon as
the source of electric current is dis-
connected. Danger from smoldering
fuses is eliminated also, and the
simultaneous firing of several shots
is made possible.
About 250 feet of insulated double
wire is necessary for use with elec-
tric caps, but the cost of blasting
with them is no higher than with
the cap and fuse method once the
extra equipment has been provided.
The current may be supplied by an
inexpensive blasting machine, a dry
cell, or a storage battery. What-
ever device is used to set off elec-
tric caps should be removed from
the proximity of the wires and caps
every time a shot is tired.
Medium speed, 40 per cent dyna-
mite, is the kind most commonly
available for farm use. Most of
these dynamites contain some nitro-
glycerin, but there are 40 per cent
dynamites on the market which con-
tain none of this chemical and con-
sequently can be handled without
danger of headache, an affliction
from which many blasters suffer.
HOTEL
Nt.u H un d.incc. Choice rooms. Daitv
up; weekly $5 up t'au! MarshaM. Mca. Mgr
REMEDY
HOSTETTER'S B!TTERS sheas)
A K,,„d n"M.-ra! tonic. tH'noMcta! !n convatc*-
i cooco ami an mceUont stimulant to tho uppotitw.
Luxurious Scarfs
Kasi!y Crochctcd
Visitors Not Squeamish,
Exhibit Vote Shows
The public is not so squeamish
as some sponsors of scientific ex-
hibit materia! have feared.
In a public exhibition of its work
last spring the bureau of animal
industry. United States department
of agriculture, showed in the patio
of the Agriculture building real-
istic wax models of diseased tis-
sues of animals. Most of these rep-
resented conditions disclosed in the
course of federal meat inspection at
packing houses. This familiar serv-
ice detects diseased meat and pre-
vents it from getting into channels
of trade.
Some members of the department
staff had feared that public display
of these specimens would prove too
gruesome for many spectators. Oth-
ers regarded them as of interest and
having distinct educational value.
To settle the question, visitors to
the exhibit were asked to vote "Yes"
or "No" as to the desirability of
further displays of this collection.
Of nearly 1,000 visitors who took
the trouble to vote only 34 found
the exhibit distasteful and 938 re-
garded it as educational and desir-
able for public display.
In connection with the exhibit, an
ofTlcial statement showed that most
food animals slaughtered in federal-
ly inspected establishments in the
United States are healthy, only a
small fraction of 1 per cent failing
to pass inspection.
'ilic-
6e;)r.
won't work in
our spaccs ate
idential election. Also. [voad and our peoples too many."
the questMm,
Batista had supporting him, p ,es
of the r.ght, left and . ,„ter.,an
Marttn had. supporting hjm ^
parties of the right, left
The communists plumps
ttsta, butsodidsomeoftt-pf -
ero Tories. "'eCafi-
Meanwhile, Generais (;t, „i-
(government candidate) atj
zan (opposition candidate)
to fuss and argue about tli
suits of the Mexican
an
election. Both appealed .,,
and tolerant President C , .
the "honest broker." Just t
Camacho had it in the bug
Rome H HMf.s Rr((,r„
.7^ "f Rome d^„
ed that France give ba<l/
all the art treasures that iJS
carted out of I,a,y.
1<"'' " A —
Ltising firm.
MERRY GO ROUND
Chinese Ambassador IIu Shih says
ttitzkrieg methods -
ar cs- ! China-
While Washington warmly debates
c question, "Will we or won't we?"
old war-time song, "Mademoi-
'".He From Armentieres," is coming
^ A* group of 35 Latin American
ndies of the diplomatic circle put
" white costumes and gather at
Red Cross butldtng to make
bandages.
Beautiful Mrs. Harry Woodrmg,
n,ho has spent all her hfe m Massa-
^usctts and Washington, ts betng
kdded about going out to hve on
e prairies of Kansas. But Helen
^ _ i—— venous intends to
U. S. Farm Families
Have Adequate Diets
"The family of a laborer making
$500 a year might never see many
of the foods served regularly on the
table of a corporation president
with an income of $100,000," says
an article on present-day diets in the
United States in the current Year-
book of Agriculture. "Yet in both
instances the foods comprising the
diets can be classed into the same
dozen or so food groups and the
food values can be translated into
the same nutritional terms," accord-
ing to the bureau of home econom-
ics.
After surveys covering diets of
representative groups in the various
parts of the country, food econo-
mists have translated the items into
nutritional equivalents and they find
that a larger proportion of farm
families than city families have fair
or good diets. This superiority of
farm diets is traceable to the better
supply of protective foods that the
farms furnish—milk, butter, eggs,
; fresh vegetables, and fruits.
In every region of the country
[families living on farms tend to
] rank first in the proportion that have
j good diets. Next in rank as to
] goodness of diet come the families
j in the large and middle-sized cities.
Diets in the villages rank lowest of
all because many villagers do not
have much home-produced food, nor
do they have access to as good an
assortment as is offered in metro-
politan markets.
ctr
Frt.ent:
e ft
-MC she loves Kansas,
have a swell time and do a lot of
^W^ngton'irony: When the cabi-
group met to plan for disposal
" Lhtses of the Western hemt-
"Vre^hV Jlan's author, Dudley
Drepared to leave government
tvicfbfcause congress failed t.
s \!fnriate funds to continue Secre-
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^ THHRHRST THOUGHT TOR
— cOi.DS DtSCOMfORTS
-JOSEPH ASPiRIM
Flighty Will
A boy's will is the wind's will,
and the thoughts of youth are long,
long thoughts.—Longfellow.
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FOR S*<tN IRRITHTtOMS
First Victory
For a man to conquer himself is
the first and noblest of all vic-
tories.
ALL THE FAMILV
"BEATS THE HEAT"
WITH MtLHON-
6PONGE COMPORT
ENJOY BREEZY
COOL REHEF OF-
iEXtMN^POWOER
Greater use of poultry pastures
will lower pullet production costs.
...
U. S. turkeys are evolving towards
birds with larger breasts, providing
more white meat.
* * +
Common barbed wire can be used
in an electric fence. In fact, some
farmers prefer it to smooth wire be-
cause live stock know it and can
see it more easily.
Giving Comfort
A clear conscience is as a soft
pillow to rest upon.
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