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“GERMANENTOM” \_ OR three hours yesterday ‘the. Charlie McCarthy Reichstag in Berlin and many anxious people throughout the world listened to Chancellor Hitler's guttural thundek, And when he had finished they were not much wiser. as to.hi

immediate plans.

He scarcely dealt with the Austrian situation. As for |

Russia, Italy, Japan, France, England and other topics, what he said was largely repetition. ; : Yet his speech was revealing. He wants peace, he said—but he is prepared for war. German iron and steel will defend the political freedom of race-conscious Germans living beyond the frontiers of the Reich. Here is the all-important Nazi preachment of “Germanentum.” If you would understand Hitler, do not overlook that word. It connotes the political philosophy of a special relationship among all the Germans of Europe, a kinship which binds them into one nation whether they live within the Reich, in Austria, in Czechoslovakia or beyond. : : : Hitler did not mention Czechoslovakia by name. But he did refer to ten million Germans who, before the World War, lived in: the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Czechoslovakia is the home of most of those Germans who do not live in Austria. So his meaning was plain. Certainly it wes plain to Anthony Eden, who resigned as British Foreign Secretary a few hours after Hitler's speech. Eden had stood for British co-operation with France against extension of Germany's political influence over Austria and eastern Europe. A majority of the London Cabinet clearly is unwilling to follow the “strong line” which Eden had urged. cepa With Eden out, the poliey of Prime Minister Chamber- ~ lain probably will prevail. That is a policy of conciliation, toward Germany and Italy. It will mean, we think, that

Britain will not oppose “Germanentum”; that Britain may |

yield to Hitler's demand for return of one or more of Germany’s former colonies; ‘that any action taken by France to oppose creation of a “commonwealth of nations in central “Europe” under Nazi leadership must be taken without England’s support. : Sooner or later, then, it seems inevitable that Czechoslovakia, Memel and even the Polish corridor: will go the way of Austria and Danzig. And the Eden resignation indicates that it may be sooner. ‘For France, with her in- _ ternal troubles; is hardly in a position to risk standing alone in opposition to German aggression in eastern and central Europe. And Hitler said yesterday that he wants none of France's own territory. : In due time, also, if England maintains a hands-off attitude, a German thrust against Hitler's “sworn enemy,” Soviet Russia, may be expected, and then ‘what could be more logical than a resumption of the former Kaiser’s interrupted march along the road from Berlin to Bagdad? Somewhere, of course, Britain may feel compelled to try to call a halt. For the present, however, the two great democracies of Europe apparently will not pursue even a parallel course in opposition to the spread of fascism.

THE DEMOCRATIC FEUD - “ie AUNTING the enthusiastic Democratic banquets and celebrations of the McNutt homecoming has been one unlisted guest—the ghost of the VanNuys-Townsend-Mec-Nutt feud. j While the State Democratic machine drives forward in its determination to punish Senator VanNuys for party irregularities, and VanNuys in retaliation launches his: independent campaign for re-election, Republican Old ‘Guards smack their lips. The opportunity which the Democratic split presents to the Republicans is so obvious and so’ great that even old Jim Watson has hopes of a political comeback. : .

As participants in the -McNutt-Townsend-VanNuys feud self-righteously congratulate themselves on how they are going to knock out the opposing Democratic faction, it might sober them somewhat to consider the possibility that * they may knock out each other, and thus put the Republican .candidate in the Senate seat. :

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SUSAN B. ANTHONY FEBRUARY has given America many an infant destined “= to play a great role in her history—Washington, Lix- ~ coln, Longfellow, Edison, Lindbergh and others. And _ among the foremost of February's children was Susan B. Anthony, the mother of equal rights for women—born 118 years ago last week. : No less than Washington and Lincoln this woman was -a liberator. Against barriers of prejudice she freed her ‘sex from age-old injustices, discriminations and ‘bondage, physical and spiritual. : in . | Few realize that less than 80 years ago in’ this country a man could give away his wife's children, even children ‘yet unborn. No married woman had a right to the money “she earned. No unescorted woman could enter a hotel or ‘restaurant, Few were admitted to institutions of higher learning. No woman could vote, serve on a jury or hold ,< Susan B. Anthony, -a teacher and editor, set herself - the task of wiping out these wrongs. She stumped for “equal political and economic rights for women, for the eighthour day, for women’s trade unions. She lobbied Congress for 30 years, suffered ridicule and ostracism. ~~ How gratified she would be could she return today to find a woman sitting in the Presidents Cabinet, another beIng urged for the Supreme Court, a women’s bloc helping aake laws in Congress and millions taking important part in every phase of the republic's politiéal, business and pro-

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Fair Enough

By ‘Westbrook Pegler

Your Correspondent Is Informed That Night Life in Kansas City Is the Result of Public Demand.

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 21.—Arriving in | Kansas City on a rather indefinite mission to look and listen, your correspondent was greeted by Mr. Otto Higgins, who is famous as a journalist in these parts and

not unknown in some quarters of thg old world, where he spent some time writing one word after another about the great war. Mr. Higgins is now the Director of Police and

t therefore, when he offered to re-

veal the night life of the Gateway to the West, your correspondent was inclined to hedge, not wishing to put him on the ‘spot. TL “What sort of night life?” ._ “Oh, crap games, keeno, anyhing that strikes your interest,” he said. id This candor was a little puzzling, because in most cities the head man of the police force would be astonished and furious to learn that such sports were proceeding in spite of his constant watchfulness. Mr. Higgins explained, however, that Kansas and presently there appeared on the scene Mr. Red Mathieson, a detective lieutenant of the raiding and vice squad, who had a police. car and was about to start his nightly round. ” s #”

T 4 o'clotk your ums ae "had seen the

Mr. Pegler. City was different,

night side of a city whi¢h has avoided pretense and is under the government and discipline of a strong political machine, wh h, either defiant or obedient to a mandate of the people, regards gambling and the vice business as legitimate enterprise. In the morning there followed an interview with Mr. Bryce B. Smith, the Mayor, who is a millionaire, and Henry F. ‘McElroy, the City Manager, & little Iowa Scot who quarrels over requisitions and approwith Mr. Higgins present in the office. In the course of the conversation, which consisted largely of boasting by Mr. McElroy of the city’s. credit and the decline of crime and the insurance rate, and statistics offered in support, Mr. McElroy came to the point of stating frankly that Kansas City is a machine or gang town, run by the organization of Tom Pendergast, and of defending her night life on the ground of public demand. 2 » 2

Te public never had had a chance to vote on a . proposition to.legalize these trades that are as open as the grocery business, but the citizens did - ‘know what the machine stood for and gave -the. machine enough votes to indorse the system. Any ‘time the citizens want to change this, Mr. McElroy said, they can express their prefergnce ab the polls, although it must be admitted titat the factor of fraud might obscure their desires. : Kansas City, it seems, always has been an open town, and a cattle market man remarked afterward that on a few regrettable occasions when efforts had’ been made to close it the‘livestock market showed an abrupt decline, as the cattlemen pushed right on past to Chicago to sell their pets and indulge in a little rejoicing. :

Business—By John T. Flynn 3

New Gold Order Indicates the President Now Apparently Will Attempt

Inflationary Measures, but

"EW YORK, Feb. 21.—The first reaction of businessmen whom I talked to in Cincinnati, Colurabus and New York—which after all is a circumscribed area—to the President’s recent shift from his gold sterilization plan was this: :They have had in their minds for some time the feeling that maybe we are

drifting to inevitable inflation and that the current business decline is just a pause on the way to an-

i§ the beginning of inflation. = : The plan itself is far more important in its implications than it is in its actual direct consequences. It will probably have no actual direct effect, but it may give us a clew to the direction "in which we are going. : fal oie From October, 1934, to last summer, we were under the influence of inflation—inflation. by Government credit. Since then we. have been under’ the

influence of deflation. How far will the deflation |

go and will it ultimately be: succeeded hy a resumption of the inflation? Srl ad : % s = 8 gs OF course the deflation will run along until actual conscious actions of business. or the Government intervene to reverse the influence and substitute inflation for deflation. 'If the Presidential elections were to be held next year, I would think it is an even

haps a conservative Government might v control and organize a deflationary policy. But the elections will not come for two years anc nine months.

This means the President will be in power that long. | ¢ t will happen: is this:

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WANTS WAGES ADVANCED WITH MAN'S USEFULNESS By L. B. Hetrick, Elwood

Recently. an article appeared in the Forum written by Pat Hogan saying “good- workers do not need unions.” There are facts in his argument that can be used also against his point of view, as to work and worth. If all men working at | useful work would get the full value of their work and worth in purchasing power and their wages advanced as they advanced in usefulness. to human society, there would be no need of labor unions. : : Yet the fact remains that there are yet and always have been millions of men doing the most useful work in the world that never get but a small portion of their worth to human society in purchasing power on the. market. When the purchasing power of these millions fails to buy the output of the machine, the machine shuts down for | wet weather, but.the WPA boys want of patronage and that throws | must mess around on the river banks, more men out of work. If it were joy out dirt roads in private plats, not for tpe purchasing power of all | ang the like ? useful workers there would cease t0 | since neither the. little businessbe a demand for so-called skilled | en nor the “big shots” have any plans to re-employ these idle men, why does not the Government give the big and little businessmen orders for goods to produce in their idle factories? The potential need for the goods is staggering; the customers on relief work should produce those goods. Why should not the Government give the orders for the goods these people need and let businessmen give the jobs to these men. How can businessmen get business from those who have no job in industry? If the Government can provide orders for guns and battleships, it can also provide gros for new homes, clothing and Business squawks, Congress chatters, while men and women who could produce are left on the junk heap. ;

WILD FLOWERS

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next generation how simple minded our generation was, in attempting to solve unemployment with pick and shovel puttering jobs. . - Why - not use what money must be spent for work. relief in doing the work: that needs to be done so badly in our cities and suburbs?

building, city streets that are dangerously rough needing repair, suburban streets that are not passable

labor, Individuals may be more able than others, yet they depend on others for their existerrce: whether ‘skilled or unskilled, high or low paid. The corporation I once worked for wasn’t inclined to raise wages on their own initiative, so we organized and from that time on we got good pay and were more respected, our work more appreciated -and we all had a greater desire for effi-

worth holding. Of . course there always were dishonest men that would shirk on the job . and take

I believe that is the trouble with the world today. Some who don’t earn anything get it about all, which is proved by the existing con-

production is charged to the consumer whether skilled or unskilled. Under our present social system it must be or the institution would ‘go

broke. A warm young hand holds today

STRRAE 2 2 WANTS GOVERNMENT ORDERS TO OPEN IDLE FACTORIES By H. L. Seeger ; Your editorial deploring the fact that the Government had not pre-

struggle in my eye, _ Remem] g another day.

~ DAILY THOUGHT And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.— Judges 15:16. :

large increase of unemployed persons in worthwhile public work, merely emphasizes what John T. Flynn says, that neither Govern-

to stop the decline in business and employment. Your staff photographer should go out to the local WPA jobs to get pictures of the men and the work they are doing to show the

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so Serious that one of two courses must be deliberately opted. © ~~ |. . . Ciena : _ One course is the acceptance of the deflation and an organized effort to wring out moribund capital structures and dead mortgages and a conscious effort to adjust prices and ‘costs to the new situation. This would be painful, of course, but as the deflation deepens there will be a growing demand for it; This is the

~~ Sir Charles : "nn 8 : ‘London. Indeed, HE other effort would be to release a new flood wa of Government spending of borrowed or arti

ficially-created funds. Which. of these two methods |

masses of the people and of business to the depres- [1 sion. ‘Will they say—after all, ent Roosevelt | *° “he can get us |

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The shrewd political appraiser mist act the | prophet here and forecast how the people will jump. | On oe sidle ‘I point ouy the forces which clamor for /| inflation are numerous and powerful farmers’ groups which want high prices, etc. On the other hand I that it is going to take an cnormous amount | and borrowing to produce a resumption |

of of the inflation now.

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By MAUD COURTNEY. WADDELL

Their fresh gathered flowers gay. Wh oo my smile end in sigh—

Ol "rill hot tears win. their quick way—

NE to destroy, is murder by the thousands takes a specious name—war’s glorious art, and gives immortal fame.—

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MAE Feb. 21.—I trust it VA Anglo-Saxon race or th general to say that manners than others.

helping when Gaul was These unofficial ambassadors and get away with outrageous things. Higham is a boss advertising man in ; j Ia banquet by the Committee of One | Hundred of Miami Be ‘name implies, is a collection of

PLEDGES SUPPORT TO VANNUYS By A. J. McKinnon : 4 It seems to me it would pay Governor Townsend to look to his own rugged individualism that was brought into existence by ex-Gover= nor McNutt, before he attempts to

] comment on Senator VanNuys.

When did the people of Indiana become bosses of this State, when our national and state legislators are chosen for the most part by powerful politicians in conference? This State is humbugged by many politicians who do not represent, who take orders from Washington. The will of the majority of our people in this State cannot be considered and is not considered by anyone except ‘those of the New Deal, because the New Deal vote is 'a regimented vote. If Senator VanNuys sends me 3a pledge card, I sure will sign it. Let us hope he gets our people organized and let us become real bosses. ” ” ”

LOWER ELECTRIC RATES SEEN THROUGH CITY OWNERSHIP

By a Reader

The gentleman who signed himIf as “A Voice in a Crowd” said that if the City of Indianapolis were to own the electric utility, rates would not be reduced. Of course rates would not be reduced until the city got back some of that purchase money, but prices would eventually be reduced. The argument that the employees would not welcome the change is a poor one. : . The resources of the earth should be owned by the people and not controlled by monopoly, Federal or State.

” » ® SEES WEALTH BLOCKING LIBERAL LEGISLATION By Citizen By now it is apparent that the inactivity of Congress has a deeper significance than mere stupidity, stubbornness, or Wwhat-have-you among certain Congressional blocs. Our national oligarchy of wealth is busy by means of its dollars, sabotaging legislation in the interests of farmers, labor and consumers. While the Supreme Court, under the leadership of the former corporation counsel, was the bulwark of our wealthy oligarchy, legislation in the interest of the public was blocked that way. - Now that the Supreme Court is liberal, the fight has changed to an-

senatorial minority from passing legislation conceived by liberal Senators. Result: Inaction on anything not favorable to Big Business, whose spokesman is Wall Street.

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Gen. Johnson Says—

The U. S. Is Willing to Fight for

‘Security on This Continent, but Whether She's Ready Is Doubtful.

VV ASHINGTON, Feb. 21.—“If you're not : willing and ready to fight for it, you can’t have it. If you're willing and ready to fight for it, you can have anything.” Isn't that the rule of international relations in the

world today? |

France had Germany virtually disarmed and was

so powerful herself that she could have sliced through the Fatherland like a hot knife through

butter. But when Germany began to arm, although France knew that an armed Germany has been a constant and bitter menace to her for centuries, France, though ready, was not willing to fight for _-her-own security. Hitler ched into the Rhineland and continued arming, and now it is grave ques tion whether< France is either ready or willing to fight for it. She grows weaker and Hitler stronger, with every passing year. Soon there wil be no : Snesion h that France is neither. y nor Hugh Johnson Cing to fight. . Hitler knows this and knows that he is both ready and willing.

MESSoLt wanted Ethiopia. He was both ready and willing to fight for it. England didn’t want him to do it and thought she was ready to fight for her life line. She concentrated nearly her whole fleet in the Red and Mediterranean Seas. When she got it there, and learned more about Mussolini's air’ power, she found that her pacifist program had so weakened her that, however willing, she wasn't’ ready to fight for it, and Mr. Mussolini took it: = However willing, China was never ready to fight for her own territory. Japan was both ready and willing to fight for it and iso she took it. Here we have three degrees of being too proud— or something—to fight. In the case of France there is no question whatever that if she had marched into Germany at Germany's first defiance, she could have squeezed resistance flat. Now it may be too late to fight. : a Unless Russia pitches in, China, fighting perately, seems to have little chance. # os »

T is probable that England could have Mussolini out of the Mediterranean, thought the risk to her great Navy too big. 2 If that is the state of the world’s diplomacy, ‘we can’t be blind to it. Two things are quite clear. We are neither ready nor willing to fight for anything " jn Europe, or Asia. We are willing to fight for our ‘own security on this continent. The only term of

) so clear, is whether we are

the formula that is not ready ‘to fight for that. As far as the Army is con-

sidered, it is not ready except in the air. As long as the Navy is completely ready, the Army doesn’t have to be. ir single vital question, therefore, is: “Is the Navy@eady?” di: The Navy says not and the Administration says not. any peace societies, Prof. Beard, Rep. Fish, some

radical groups and a columnist or two, say the Navy is ready.

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As between ‘the two sets of experts, bet is on Admiral Leahy. :

S Et ng to Heywood Brotin—

Higham Were Bad Enough as He Attacked

Roosevelt, but Those of His Miami Beach Audience Were Even Worse,

is not an attack on the e British Empire in some visiting Britons have better But the talking Englishman ession that he got the first divided into three parts. of good will both say

he is almost a British Bruce

Beach. The -organization, as the the best minds to be h. oi was not a volunsand strip had

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the manner in which they should | Englishmen franchise

opinion members of the American Senate and House of Representatives are “so: incompetent they can’t: make a living anywhere else.” : ~~ One of the local papers did make an editorial comment in which it Suggested that possibly Sir Charles had been a little tactless. I would be inclined to say, «Tactless be blowed! The blighter was downright impertinent.” : ie bo 2 = =

UT if Mr. Higham’s manners were bad I am sorry to report that the behavior of the Committee of One Hum of Miami Beach was even worse. Some conservative on the committee—if there are such— should have risen to his feet and coined a phrase by saying: “Why don’t you go back where you came

from?” 5 : Certainly it was a time for the Republicans, ReLiberals ang Communists of the Miami: ttee to form a united front and walk: out in.a body. They did nothing of the kind. Instead they applauded rapturously. : Naturally I am not contending that this President of the United States or any other should be une from criticism. Mr. Roosevelt has had his raps. I think that some of the attacks in which Mr. Roose-: velt relatives have been used as missiles touch a new low. - Still I suppose that comes under the head of

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