Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1936, Page 11

-FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11; -1936. - This Changing World THE® EVENING ' ST: ‘News Behind the News WASHINGTON, - D. - C; q'almnm'olfluwm«cmthumcuc their ‘own, not necessarily The Star’s. Such opinions are presented in The Star’s effort to give all sides of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among Machine, Not Headline Folk and What Radio, Swung Election G. O. P. Revealed as Biggest Spender for Time on Air. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. IMULTANEOUS with the an- nouncement of the official vote in the last presidential election comes the information from the two major broadcasting companies that the Republicans bought more time on the radio than did their ad- Versaries, Superficially, this might be construed to mean that the power of the ra- dio in & political campaign is not what it is often represented as being. If the Re- publicans spent more money on radio time than did the New Deal- ers, it is also true that the effort did not pay them David Lawrence. 1o fnal tally of votes. There has been something of & tendency since election to decry the power of the press and to indicate that somehow or another the power of the radio was superior to all other influences in the last campaign. But such a statement ignores the fact that notable radio speakers like Father Coughlin confined themselves ‘almost entirely to radio appeals and did not make any considerable dent on the electorate. Radio Voice Big Factor. It will be contended that President Roosevelt, because of his marvelous radio voice, made better use of the broadcasting facilities than did Gov. Landon, who had a glaringly ineffec- tive radio voice. While this is so, 1t does not prove that the radio hence had more influence but that Mr. Roosevelt was a better radio speaker. The radio was intensively used by the New Deal long before the na- tional conventions of last Summer. This was time and facilities that the administration did not have to pay for. It began with the “fireside” chats almost immediately after the inauguration and continued with the “non-political” addresses even to the extent of an extraordinary night ses- sion for the delivery of the “state of the union” message to a night audience of vast proportions. Like- wise officials, high and low, in the New Deal, were given time on the sir for three and a half years and while facilities were offered to the Republicans, the latter did not begin to make use of them until the year 1936 in anything like a concerted or planned campaign. Public Got Bored. What was the effect of three and 8 half years of radio appeal by the administration? Could it be offset by a short campaign of a few months at a time when the argument got to be s0 much of a bore than many peo- ple turned off their radio instruments altogether except for one or two cele- brities? The big fact revealed by the official returns is that a tremendous vote was cast and that some 27,700,000 persons were influenced in one direc- tion and 16,600,000 in another. It might be interesting to note that in- asmuch as four years ago Mr. Roose- velt had 22,800,000 and his opponent 15,700,000, the total increase in the voting strength of the country in the two major parties was 5,800,000. Political Workers Busy. Who influenced the 5,800,0002 Of this number, the Republicans got only 900,000 and the New Deal about 4,- 900,000. There was a get-out-the-vote » movement on in both parties and it may account for the fact that 5,800,- 000 more Votes were registered than in 1932, but the chances are that ef- fective political organization work by the leaders and workers in the pre- eincts of the Nation did the trick. ‘Too often in American politics, the hard work done by the persons in the local communities is overlooked and some extraneous cause is assigned to explain the outcome of an elec- tion. Irrespective of the influence of the radio and irrespective of the in- fluence of the press, both of which must have played a part in lining up 16,600,000 votes for one candidate and 27,700,000 for Mr. Roosevelt, wise political leaders will probably say that the biggest single influence in the election was intensive organiza- tion for the last three years. (Copyrisht, 1936,) LEE-JACKSON STAMP . HELD DUE NEXT MARCH ‘Army and Navy Memorial Series’ Issue to Carry Portraits of Confederate Leaders. BY the Associated Press. - Roy M. North, Deputy Third As- sistant Postmaster General, said to- day the Lee-Jackson memorial stamp, one of the so-called “Army and Navy memorial series”” would be brought out about next March. - DIAMONDS WATCHES and JEWELRY ~—On Credit —Easy Payments Furor Over Simpson Affair Put at Door of War Fever. BY PAUL IAI.I:::u - . IDICULOUS aspects of the Simpson ve impressed stateamen here. How anything like that could have occurred in & major nation supposed to be as calm and firm as the rock of Gibraltar is some- thing they cannot understand. Ten years ago, they say, the matter would have been handied sum- marily, without such & public ¢isplay. The answer suggested by one official, recently returned from abroad, goes deeper than popular conception of the situation. It is this: The fever of a mafority of people in England is running at 6 wartime temperature. It is even more inced in other nations of Europe. The only thing they seem to be interested in iz arma- ments. They get that idea from statesmen at the top. Anything old, such as customs or ideals, are secondary to immediate nmecessi- ties, such as govern their lives as in wartimes. The only really important thing is guns, guns, guns. They think guns will make them safe. The interpretation is tremendously important to the United States, because it indicates war, but because of present economic effect. It means those gold imports which ‘were worrying President Roosevelt 80 much before he went to South America are not going to diminish and probably will increase. With all Eurcpe' in its present state of mind, there is no logical place for investment to go, except into the United States, where comparative security is offered. A very good reason exists for sus- pecting that the authorities here have consequently decided to approach Britain and invite her to take some action to restrict the export of her capital to this country. It may not be done openly. Such things seldom are. But there are ways for Treasury ;-I::“hf: Morgenthau to communicate with foreign officials outside official nnels, Such & step would offer much better possibilities than amending the capital gains tax or putting & new domestic tax on foreign investments. ©One competent authority says & tax was tried once and resulted in 80 per cent evasions. Lloyds’ reason for banning further insurance against war damage s thl:p ls::;e as is causing secret concern in every war office in the world, the af 5 ‘Technical improvements in war planes are coming so fast that profes- sional war makers, as well as insurance adjusters, have had to revise their plans constantly,. No one knows where the improvement will stop. Oid conceptions of the relative value of men, ships, guns are being changed daily, Old limited fighting zones have been expanded limitlessly, Places formerly considered remote from danger have become vulnerable. The de- structive effect of the bombings of Madrid is said to have frightened Lloyds managers, who envisioned what could possibly be done to London. However, you may have noticed Lloyds is still continuing anti war insurance on the high seas. Apparently the managers did not Jear an immediate war as much as the devastating possibilities of the airplane, if there is a war. The authorities here are somewhat skittish about what will happen next April, when the thaw sets in along the Russian border in the Far East, but they are still banking on no war next year. ot ok kx Some talk is heard about Chester Davis resigning from the Federal Reserve Board and taking Rexford Tugwell’s vacated job as Undersec- retary of Agriculture. It may not work out that way. M. L. Wilson, now an assistant secretary, seems to be first choice. It is not yet known on the out- side, but Davis offered to resign during the presidential campaign. Other members of the board criticized his political activity, which was not in keeping with the official detachment of the board. He offered to quit, but «no one took him up. Possibly they were mindful of the fact that his political energy was being exerted on the right side. However, there seems to be a distinct possibility that he will get out some time. Note—Federal Reserve boarders are not supposed to be in busi- mess either, but Gov. Eccles is still @ nominal head of that sugar company out West . . . the C. C. C. is reported to be trying to decide whether it will be an educational movement or a forest comserva- tion agency. Mr. Roosevelt will decide, undoubtedly in favor of conservation. The National Youth Administration is planning to start a few girls’ C.C. C. camps. The last experiment in that line failed because they tried to run it like a girls’ finishing school, among other things . . . 8. E. C. Com- missioner Landis does not seem to be dejected by the frosty reception given his speech to the investment bankers, advising them that the coming Boom was their baby. It is apparently destined to be a homeless waif . . . There are about 50 lawyers in Prof. Tugweil's Rural Resettlement legal division who may be candidates for the relief rolls after January 1. (Copyrisht, 1936.) WOODRING PRAISES ADMIRAL STANDLEY one has done more toward this than Admiral Standley.” Acting Secretary of State Moore said “it will be a disappointment to all of us if Admiral Standley is not called on again to serve his Government after his retirement from active duty.” Says Co-operation of Army and Navy Now Is at All- Time High. Co-operation between the Army and Navy is at an all-time high, Secretary of War Woodring told a luncheon given at the Mayflower Hotel yester- day in honor of the retiring Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral William H. Standley. The luncheon was tendered by the Military Order of the World War and was attended by about 100 persons representative of high officials of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and other ranches of the Government. Secretary Woodring, in lauding the mutual understanding between the War and Navy Departments, said “No ‘The _retiring admiral also was praised by the chairman of the Navy’s General Board, Rear Admiral Thomas C. Hart, who was with him at the | Naval Academy, and by Col. George | E. Ijams, former national commander jof the Military Order of the World War. Admiral Standley will retire to his native California, he said, in respond- ing to the good wishes. He gives up his post on January 1, having reached the retirement age of 64. e Princess’ Dolls Shown. Dolls belonging to Princess Elisa- beth and Princess Margaret Ross were shown at the London exhibition in aid of the blind institute. Pre-Holiday Selling RICHLY FURRED COATS , 335 Charge It! Pay $5 Cash, $5 Month, Starting in Jaa. Coats for every type— all luxuriously enriched with select furs. Newest all-wool fabrics. Every themaselves and directly opposed to The Star's. " We, the People Roosevelt Plan of Mutualizing Monroe Doctrine Big Idea Behind Peace Conference. BY JAY FRANKLIN. RANKLIN DELANO VELT Pproposes to * the Monrde Doctrine. That is the big idea behind his mission to Buenos Aires. To do this means that every one of the 21 American Re publics will consider as “an unfriendly act” any aggression on this hemi- sphere by any European or Asiatic powers. Such an understanding also implies prior consultation between the governments of the American Repub- lics whenever a breach of the doctrine appears. If Roosevelt’s move goes across, it will be the most important political development in the Americas since we dug the Panama Canal. Roosevelt is a realist and knows that more than a pleasant speech is need- ed to create a diplomatic revolution. Therefore, unusual interest attaches to the well-timed announcement at Washington that Roosevelt has au- thorized the construction of two big battleships. This move must be taken alongside of his statement at Buenos Afres: “I have done ail in my power to sustain the consistent efforts of my Secretary of State in negotiating agreements for reciprocal trade * * * These policies in recent weeks have received the approval of the people of the United States, and have, I am sure, the sympathy of the other na- tions here assembled.” Taken together, these two things are & blunt reminder that the American Navy for defense of the Western Hem- isphere and the American market ‘or cantinental self-containment, are what the United States can throw into the pan-American pot. Under the Mon- roe Doctrine, the other American Re- publics can depend on our Navy for external defense but cannot be sure that some future administration at Washington will not use it against their liberties, unless it is “mutual- ized” And unless we arrange our tariffs 50 as to admit their raw ma- terials thére is no sense in expecting them to buy our manufactured goods. Roosevelt is playing the pan. American game with blue chipe. Some days ago this column out- lined the struggle for the speakership now raging between Sam Rayburn of Texas and John J. O'Connor of New York. The discussion—like the fight— took little account of the fact that the Rayburn-O'Connor feud is being kept under hatcites by the fact that Speaker William B. Bankhead of Alabama, who replaced the late Mr, Byrns at the gavel, is avowedly a candidate to succeed himself. Both Rayburn and O'Connor respect Bank- head’s candidacy and are concentrat- ing their fire on the post of majority leader, now held temporarily by O’Connor. » much of the power and importance of the will pass to the majority leader. So the Rayburn-O’Connor struggle is & strug- gle for the eventual succession to speakership as well as for active direc- tion of the affairs of the House of Representatives, Mr., O'Connor has written s lively letter to this column, objecting to the unflattering political portrait drawn of his availability for the speakership. There was no desire to impute any personal disrepute or political impro- priety to Mr. O'Connor and if the facts have been wrongly represented he is entitled to an apology. But the same objections listed to his avail- ability for the speakership persist among the New Dealers. Vice Presi- dent Garner has come out for Ray- burn. Those close to the President believe that Rayburn would be better than O'Connor, whose record on utili- ties they don’t like. They know that the majority leader in the next Con- gress will perform many of the more active dutles of the Speaker and may be called upon to replace him at an early date. Magazine articles are not generally revelwed, but such interest attaches to The New Yorker's recent “profile” of Henry R. Luce, publisher of Time, Fortune, etc., that this column feels no hesitation in acclaiming it as the neatest biographical trick of the year— with reservations. It gives a picture which suggests o cold-blooded, scheming young man on the make, a man who from early child- hood valued people for what they could give him, the opportunistic son of a missionary who converted s healthy distaste for poverty into a ruthless successful career in the tricky business of publishing. This is not fair to Henry Luce or to the art of biography. He acts just as The New Yorker implies-he does, but only because he is incurably ro- mantic. He is definitely his own pic- ture of himself as a “captain of in- dustry”—an intelligent, forceful, thor- ough, cool-headed young tycoon, jug- gling with the lives of underlings, hiring and firing pitilessly. It is an uninteresting picture in the manner of the unlamented Frank Munsey. Underneath the young tycoon, how- ever, is a shy, sensitive boy who used to write verse in the Chinese manner and who faced the world with naivete as well as courage. Few, if any, of his business asso- ciates have met this other Henry Luce and perhaps the young tycoon has for- gotten his existence, but it is a nec- essary footnote to the history of one of Yale’s success-at-any-price gradu- ates that he is living out his own boyish dream of himself as a big But Speaker Bankhead is in poor | business potentate. health and even if he decides to retain ' (Copyright, 1936,) —_—_—Y————————— Named President. LEONARDTOWN, Md., December 11 (Special) —Stephen M. Jones has been named president of the Board of Trus- tees of the 8t. Mary'’s Female Semi- nary at St. Marys City. Jones, who lives in Leonardtown, will fill the va- cancy left by the death of Judge B. H. Camalier. Gunman Asks Dance. INDIANAPOLIS, December 11 (#).— Police wondered what to make of this one: Miss Rose Morgan reported that & soft-speaking, neatly dressed man pressed a revolver against her side as she walked along s street near her home and queried, “May I dance with you?” EISEMAN’S by Carol, Similar Sufferer. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN. There {3 no doudt that the new British ruler—far l.ss imaging- and energetic than his elder brother—will pay more attention the showy part of his position and leave his prime minister to rule intry. . Although it was common gossip in Londdn for many years that the Duke of York might become King soon after father’s death; he never believed that Edward would let him Wwith & crown he neither seeked nor The new King is the antithesis sive and liked people—possibly too subjects and would have had still entourage, He remembers how severely he had been snubbed by the late King George and by Queen Mary because of his love affair with red-haired Magda Lupesco and has naturally a strong feeling of sympathy for Edward. It is reported that Carol sent an effusive letter to his British cole league offering him an asylum in Rumanis where he and Mrs. Simpson could live in peace and happiness. Carol, it is said, has offered the royal lovers one of his castles gratis. * k%8 Finland, the only country in Europe which has honored its sig- nature and has repaid its debts to the United States, is celebrating on Sunday the 75th"birthday an- niversary of its President, Pehr Evind 8vinhufvud. ‘The “Kruger of the North,” as Svinhufvud is called by his people, 1s one of the most interesting char- acters in Europe. He comes from an old Swedish-Norwegian family which settled in the fifteenth century and gave the country many prominent leaders. He, himself, s man with simple tagtes suffered in the days when ‘);unmtry was ruled by the Czars the fate of other liberals who lived Because he opposed the illegal action of Emperor Nicholas, who had done away with Finland’s autonomy, which had eristed since 1309, Svinhufoud was sent to Siberia in exile, % ‘The collapse of the Russian Empire in 1917 opened the gates of the 8iberian prisons and all the political prisoners returned to their homes. Svinhufvud became the head of the Finnish government in the Pall of 1917, prepared the proclamation of independerce and in 1931, after having been prime minister for a number of years, was elected President of one of the most progressive ¢f the new European states, *x % ¥ When the German-Japanese anti-Communist agreement was signed, Foreign Secretary Arita, in & moment of enthusiasm, took Hitler's picture, which he had received by diplomatic pouch, and squeezed it hard against his heart. Those who believe in signs think that this was an inauspicious gesture of the Japanese foreign secretary, and they are right. Arita has been forced to resign this week. * * * % A glance in the balance sheets of the nations throughout the world shol'fmt’mt the financial strain due to rearmament is quickly approaching the limit. The French budget this year de- mands an expenditure of close to $6,000,000,000. Of this amount, 2695 per cent is being spent on destructive weapons. Next year's requirements will be even greater. Germany is said to have been spending this year over $2,200,- 000,000. It is impossible to ascer- tain the exact figure because Hit- ler is not compelled to show his accounts to the people, who have the right to pay, but have no right to ask how their money is being spent. The United States armament erpenditure probably will be close to $1,300,000,000. About $100,000,000 will be devoted for the purchase of supplies needed for the manufacture of armament but not available in this country. They will be stored to be used only in case of an emergency. LR Kemal Attaturk, the dictator of Turkey, has ordered s law to be passed by his Parliament ordering the conscription of women in the army in the event of & general mobilization. Women will be conscripted for active duty between the ages of 20 and 45. Those between 16 and 30 and those over 50 will have to answer the war department’s summons and work in factories, SEVENTH & F They Do Schacht Has Upper Hand on Food Situation, BY LEMUEL F. PARTON. nomics, wears the highest and stiffest Berry Wall collar in Europe, which may explain why he dares stick out his neck the way he does. He has spoofed the new Nazi tin gods and he has talked back to Adolf Hitler. “You /47 need me.” he told Hitler, “for two or three years at least. You may shoot me later on, 3§ but you can't afford to shoot me now.” Currently, Herr Schacht asks the rest of the world, in effect, “when do we eat?” He says Germany must get colonies or blow up. He Schacht. disregards pre- vailing diplomatic obfuscation, and the world always knows what he means. I have heard expressed today the sug- gestion that Herr Schacht timed his remarks for the critical moment in England's King trouble. This view is not held by informed persons. A friend who has studied Germany closely, and who has interviewed Herr Schacht, tells me that his statement may be attributed to the present crisis in German finance and economics and to nothing else, “The best brain in Europe, when it comes to finance,” my friend said. I also asked my friend, James Garfield Buell, Oklahoma oil operator. about Schacht. Mr. Buell has been in Europe, sitting in with the financial poohbahs on world finance. “Schacht is a world genius in money and finance,” said Mr. Buell. “His ex« pedients in saving their economy from a complete collapse have been nothing short of amazing.” Outsice of finance, his absorbing life interests are raising pigs and writing red-blooded impromptu verse about “steering the chariot of fate” rather than let it drift. He mixes his meta- phors, but never his figures, I saw him for a few minutes at Lausanne, 12 years ago—sa tall, gangling man, with his frowning Teutonic face perched on his skyscraper collar like an apple on a pint cup. His severely brushed hair, parted in the middle, his rimless spectacles, his prominent nose, his clipped mous= tache, his always narrowing, steely blue eyes seem to be lined to a focal point about 2 feet ahead—possibly the point of a sharp pencil. That's | the point around which this inexore able master of figures swings his unie verse. His brother was born in Brooke lyn. He was born after the family's return to Germany and was named Hjalmar Horace Greeley Schacht. His most definite concession to nae tional socialism was to drop the Horace Greeley, with its connotation of decadent liberalism. He has vig- orously assailed the Nazi Jew baiters. 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