Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 8, Number 5, DeMotte, Jasper County, 30 December 1937 — Page 2

News Review of Current Events CONGRESS DOES LITTLE

President's "Must" Program Virtually Wrecked • • • Panay Bombing Still a Live Issue

Ambassador Hirosi Saito of Japan and Mme. Saito photographed as they were leaving the Japanese embassy in Washington for the White House to attend the state reception for the diplomatic corps. Shortly afterwards Saito broadcast to the American people what amounted to an apology for the bombing of the Panay in the Yangtze river, calling it a “shocking blunder.”

Edward W. Pickard

F.D.R.’s Program Battered CONGRESS, in virtual revolt against the administration, was on the eve of adjournment for the holidays, and the special session in

its month of existence had done almost nothing in the way of carrying cut the legislative program which -the President had laid before it. Once again Mr. Roosevelt turned to Vice President Garner to devise salvage strategy, and summoned to the White House with the veteran

Vice President Garner

Texan were Speaker Bankhead and Senator Barkley and Representative Sain Raybum, majority leaders of the senate and house. ' The topic of their discussion was what should be done with the wreckage of the five-point program in the closing days of the session and how much of it should be demanded of congress in th^regular session in January. ' . It was hoped the new housing bill could be pushed through the senate before adjournment, having been approved by committee after passage by the house, 325 to 23. There was not much opposition to this measure, which administration leaders said would lead to the construction and sale of millions of new homes, most of them to cost about $6,000. Qrop control bills were passed by both senate and house, but they differed widely and early final enactment was impossible because the joint conference between committees of the two houses to reconcile the measures could not get into action before January. —*— Wage-Hour Bill Killed \I7H.EN the bill for regulation of W wages and hours, approved by the senate in August, came up for action in the house the President suffered one of his greatest legislative defeats. Southern Democrats and the Republican minority com : bined to send the measure back to the labor committee, which meant its definite defeat. This bill, which would have set up an administrator with dictatorial powers over labor and business management, was considered only second in importance to the farm bill. It had the support of the C. I. 0., so John Lewis shared in the defeat. The A. F. of L. had offered a substitute which was rejected. as President Green had expected it would be. No action was taken on the President’s other “must” measures, which were for revision of antitrust laws, regional planning and federal government reorganization. Advocates of the ever-normal granary bill, which passed thfc senate, contend it will stabilize both prices and supplies of five major crops and so benefit farmers and consumers. Opponents not only question its efficacy but say it calls for harmful regimentation. Nothing definite was done by congress concerning revision of the taxes which are hampering business and industry. Cummings Accuses Judge ON GRESS was asked by Attorney General Cummifigs to investigate the conduct of United States District Judge Ferdinand Geiger of Milwaukee in connection with the latter’s discharge of a grand jury which was investigating

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the automobile finance industry. 4n a letter to Chairman Sumners of the house judiciary committee Cummings charged that Geiger’s conduct was “so obstructive to the administration of justice that I could not justify a failure to bring it to your knowledge.’’ Geiger, presiding over the Eastern Wisconsin federal district, discharged the grand jury without permitting it to report after a three months’ investigation into the activities of three companies, which, Cummings said, were “identified in interest” with General Motors corporation, Ford Motor company and Chrysler corporation. Cummings charged that the grand jury was prepared to return indictments when it was dismissed. Panay Incident ‘ 7 HILE Washington was await- ▼ > ing a formal reply from Tokyo to the American notes concerning. the murderous attack by

Japanese airmen and machine gunners on the U. S. Gunboat Panay, it was reported that Hirohito, emperor of Japan, had taken personal charge of the matter. If true, this w’ould be a severe blow to the allpoweyful military and naval factions in the Japanese gov-

eminent which have been doing about as they an astonishing development in another way, for hitherto the “Son of Heaven” has always held himself aloof from such concerns. The Japanese cabinet was called in extraordinary session to discuss the Panay incident and determine what reply sholild be made to the American protests. In Washington Ambassador Hirosi Saito added his voice to the many apologies, offered. In a radio address he termed the bombing of the Panay and the Standard Oil ships a ‘‘shocking blunder” and said that “necessary steps are being and will be taken so that guarantees of safety will be assured all foreign persons and interests” in Japan-con-trolled areas of China. Washington's second note was especially sharply worded because of the revelation that the Panay and the boats carrying its dead and wounded to shore were fired upon by machine gunners in Japanese army boats. The stories of the survivors, including several newspaper men, and motion pictures of the attack were all in the hands of the American officials and seemed irrefutable, although General Harada, the Japanese military attache at Shanghai, issued a report which contradicted them in several vital particulars. It purported to be “the sum total of staff officers’ investigation” of the incident. ■ —*— ' China Won't Give Up TN HANKOW, now the Chinese cap- * ital, high officials declared China would make no peace overtures to Japan but would fight to the end. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek was perfecting a new plan for military operations. Chinese blew up and burned most of the Japanese-owned mill area of Tsingtao, the damage beings estimated at 100 million dollars. All of the 300 Americans in that city were reported safe. Three American warships were there ready to aid them if necessary.

terlands the new crop of native orators is a bountiful one; and the typical' silver tongues of the great open spaces—l’m speaking of their neighborhoods although I might include their mouths—are still convinced that the sweetest music on earth is the sound of one’s own voice uplifted in eloquence. An English preacher had the best formula: Stand up to be seen, speak up to be heard, shutup to be appreciated. If he’d left out all but the last part, ’twould have been a perfect recipe. • • ♦ • Tomorrow’s Treasures.' WANT to acquire untold wealth for your latter years, or, anyhow, for your grateful heirs? Then collect things. Collect cheap things which are both common and commonplace. Then sit down and wait for these objects to become obsolete and therefore priceless. Yesterday’s necessity is today’s junk, but will be tomorrow’s treasured antique. Assume you’d saved up old circus bills, or Mississippi river boqt menus, or buggy whips,' or those handpainted slop-jars formerly found in all truly refined homes. Henry Ford or some museum would take a lot at any price. I’m putting aside literary works of a purely imaginative conception. I have one perfect specimen of idyl-, lie creation—a time-table of the old Florida East Coast railroad, also a complete working synopsis of the Townsend plan—just sheer fantasy. But the most fanciful romances are the platform pledges adopted at national conventions of the two great parties during the last twenty years —there’s real fiction for you! * * * Germany’s Colonies. EY/ERY nation is united in the AL magnanimous attitude that to Germany should be restored the colonies taken from her by the winning side in the World’s .war —except the nations that acquired the said colonies in the split-up. That’s the main hitch. It’s more than a hitch. It’s a hard knot, tied originally with hate and sealed now with greed. In other words, sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander—unless it happens to be our gander, which naturally alters the case. Nor seemingly has it occurred to any government that the original owners of Germany’s former territorial possessions might like to have a say about whom they’re going to belong to in future. But then, if ever we started considering the wishes of despoiled native tribes over the world, where would the white man’s noble civilization be? ♦ * * Cosmopolites. 'T'HE last time before this that A Captain Mike Hogg and Major Raymond Dickson returned to their ranch at Cast Blanca, Mex., they were just back from New York. That night, at the bunkhouse, the hands, mostly Texas lads, foregathered to hear the bosses tell about the wonders of the great city. One or two of them had visited New York, so these cosmopolitans proceeded to exhibit their familiarity with its sights. “Major,” said one, “I reckon old Grant’s tomb’s still doin’ business at the same stand, eh?” “And I bet the aquarium is right where she was when I was there,” said another. “And all them tall buildin’s.” There was present one lanky youth who had never been fifty miles away from where he was born, in a bend of the Rio Grande; probably never had seen a town of more than a thousand inhabitants. But with all these seasoned travelers showing off, he didn’t mean, to be left out. He waited for an opening. “Cap’n Mike,” he said, “tell me, is that there same feller still runnin’ the hotel in New York?”

Hirohito

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What Irvin S.Cobb Thinks about

After Dinner Speeches. Houston, texas.—Lately, for my sins, I’ve had to listen to a jag of after-dinner oratory, including plenty of mine. I hope people like to hear me. I do. Feature writers say professional after-dinner speakers are dying out.

That may be true in New York, where folks are anxious to get the dinner, over with so they may hurry to the night-' spots and do some sincere and earnest drinking in an effort to forget what the stock market did to them yesterday and what it’s going to do to them tomorrow. But out in the hin-

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Irvin S. Cobb

IRVIN S. COBB

Washington Digest

National Topics Interpreted

By WILLIAM BRUCKART

Washington.—The hysteria of war is in the air. It has been increasing

War Hysteria

nation unless we watch our step. It is, indeed, a time for all people to keep their sense of direction and to avoid unnecessary and dangerous acts of an inflammatory character. The sinking of the American gunboat, Panay, by the Japanese in the Yangtse river of China apparently has set fire to tinder because there have been outbursts of all sorts since that inexcusable incident of early December. There can be excuse or apology by the Japanese on end, but neither excuse nor apology will satisfy most Americans. They feel properly that Japan is trying to rub our collective noses into the ground and nearly every person wants to do something about a thing of that kind. On the other hand, I am convinced that the answer lies in another direction; it is to be found, I in exacting a promise from the Japanese that they‘will cut out those tactics. If their, promises mean anything, it will be better to accept them and hope that we may not be confronted with another such incident. In any event, there is plenty of evidence that the majority of the American people desire to avoid war. They will continue to cherish peace unless elements in our nation lead us in another direction by use of war propaganda. I include in those elements the government itself. I do so because the government, by use of propaganda, can come pretty close to leading the nation by the nose if it so desires. It can build up sentiment against the Japanese until there is a white heat and a demand for vengeance. I believe President Rooseveilt is try-i ing to avoid war at this juncture. There is a basis for this belief in the fact that the Department of State has withheld some of the facts about the Panay sinking. These facts, as rumored, are of a character that easily could fan flames ofadded hatred. On this basis, it appears at least that Mr. Roosevelt 1 ' is seeking to avoid ill-considered conclusions by the nation. ; But as was said by an earlier President: the "time to prepare for war is while the nation is at peace. That is to say, the nation must have its defenses solid, substantial; it must take nothing for granted in a world that is fraught with unrest and uncertainty, racked by suspicion, permeated to the very core with chicanery and scheming of alleged statesmen. The smallest boy will not “jump on’’ another who will hit him on the chin if the attack is unjustified. That is human nature, -and human nature is about the same over the whole world. A year ago I wrote something in these columns in ‘ support of the President’s program for building up the army, navy and air corps. It seemed then to be wise. It' is certainly shown now to have been . the proper course. . Otir nation is at least partially ready.: to strike back and the progress thus made has been accomplished without the waste that characterized our movements in 1917. Noting that I said “partially ready,’’ I want to call attention here to one way in which we are not ready, a condition in which we are quite vulnerable. We have a great army structure on paper. From it, the army can be expanded rapidly and successfully. The. air corps can be developed quickly. The navy is being built up. The whole program is one of defense. « « • In taking stock of the situation, however, one must give considera-

tion to “replacements.” You can have all of , men and all of tfie

Guns and Men

ships needed, but if guns they use can not be replaced when they are worn out, what good are they? I do not mean that we have no reserve. We have a reserve, but war takes its toll of guns as well as men. Guns are made of steel. Steel is made of manganese, as well as iron. Manganese puts the starch in steel, hardens it so that it is usable for such things as guns along with the million and one other items of tools and equipment that we have to have in our everyday life. No substitute ever has been found for it. The Germans learned this to their sorrow back in 1918. They attempted to use a substitute. Their guns soon buckled. Their heavy artillery was useless. Thus, we must look to our manganese stores stores which might suddenly become nonexistent because 93 per cent of all that we use is imported. International trade started our trend in the direction of buying ore abroad where cheap labor is employed. Secretary Hull’s policies by which reciprocal trade agreements are worked out have finished the job. We find ourselves in a position, therefore, where we could be cut off overnight from our

in tempo and it may throw us out of our sense of equilibrium as a

supply of a material necessity for defense. This tragic condition exists even when we have vast untapped stores within our own borders and more in Cuba, 90 miles away from our shores. It is true, the bureau of mines tells me, that our ore is a lower grade than that imported from Russia, or from the gold coast of Africa, or from Brazil. It is true moreover that American ore must be treated by a special process before it can be: used. Tt seems to me nevertheless that our nation ought to be made self-sufficient where that can be done and present policies distinctly do not do that. Political and economic views prevent it. v Let us examine this situation in more detail. The great source of manganese at the moment is Soviet Russia. Fifty per cent of all we use is imported from Russia. It is a fact that this is the finest manganese .to be found, and it is a further fact that American steel companies sell vast quantities of steel to Russia because they buy manganese there. On the other hand, I believe it is inevitable that Japan and Russia will have to fight it out sooner or later. If they go to war, there is not a chance that we can buy any manganese from that quarter. It will be the long haul Africa or Brazil thereafter —and a long haul in wartime means grave dangers. With Brazil under a dictatorship, none can foretell what would confront us in that direction. « • « stow, I included Cuba as a source of supply. It is only because

Cuba Shut Out

nese deposit. The Cuban-American Manganese corporation has expended large sums for establishing the beneficiation process on a permanent basis. The bureau of mines tells me that corporation has succeeded, but due to Secretary Hull’s reciprocal trade policies, even that can hardly get into the American market, You see, Secretary Hull made a trade treaty with Brazil that reduced the tariff duty by =SO per cent. When that was done, the reduction in duty immedh ately became available to all nations since we must treat all of them alike. The treaty by Secretary Hull ' which was approved by President Roosevelt, therefore, spelled death for the chances of. development of the manganese mines within .Pur own borders. To show further how these reciprocal trade policies ha've ruined our own chancels, let me call attention to the fact that the government ithas developed an electrolytic process at- the great Boulder dam that will make high grade .manganese from the ore in this country. So here we have a govbrnmentowned project and a great reserve from Cuba available and nothing can be, done about it simply because they can not compete with the cheaper ore from 1 abroad—cheaper because o? cheap or forced labor and Secretary Hull’s unexplainable cut in tariff duties. Our national policy always insisted on an American standard of living for Americans. That means higher wages. It is a correct policy. But why, I ask, does Hull destroy a home industry on the one hand and provide for profits of foreigners on the other when we cling to a policy of the kind mentioned? Of immediate urgency, however, is a "supply on , hand. Congress

Stock-Pile Needed

der ownership of the government itself. That law provided for investment of $40,000,000 which would acquire approximately 1,000,000 tons of manganese. The War department ! called fbr_. bids. Americans, of course, could not compete with foreigners. Even the Cuban company could not make an offer within reach. Something has held up the contract award, however, and there has been delay. I am fearful that some of our steel companies have urged War department specifications that would not permit Americans to participate in the contract because of the low grade ore in . this country, but in any event' the Hull tariff reduction would hold our mines outside. I am all for that stock-pile idea. It would be one foundation stone in the wall of defense which I bfelieve the nation ought to. have. But that alone would not solve our general problem. We can not continue forever with the present policies. Some time in the future, there will be a ! war in whic,h this nation will have a part. There can be no doubt of I that. So while all of the various planning by the New Deal goes on, why not give thought to development of a defense as well as the more abundant life or protection of the underprivileged. C Western Newspaper Union.

American capital has persevered in making available the Cuban manga-

passed legislation to provide for a stock - pile, a reserve on hand un-

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