Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1940, Page 11

Sherman Act Can Slow Up Defense Change Suggested For Government and Business Co-operation | | By DAVID LAWRENCE, 1 How would you like to be jailed for having been patriotic? ~This | sounds like an extreme question, but every businessman who attempts to co-operate with the Federal Gov- ernment in cut- ting red tape § and getting things done with the aid of his § competitors runs the risk of being subjected to criminal indict- ment under the presentinter- pretation of the Sherman anti- trust law as evolved by the Justice Depart- ment. For a time it was believed that there would be some way by which businessmen would not be penalized for trying to assist in the national defense, but evidently this hope is without foundation. Thurman Ar- nold, Assistant Attorney General, is reported by the New York Times to have said that he will require some sort of certification from the agen- | cies of the Government engaged in national defense work and that he might withhold prosecutions. But there is no certainty about future indictments when the pres- ent emergency happens to be over. The executives of the Middle West- €rn oi] companies thought they were doing something for the Govern- ment when they gathered together to see what could be done about keeping “distress” gasoline off the market so as to help the little fel- lows in the business. But when the oll executives got into trouble, the court wo not accept the explana- tion that what was done came as a result of Government requests. They have now been convicted througt the efforts of the Justice Dep: ment. % David Lawrence. Whim to Decide. Mr. Arnold doesn't want a repeti- tion of that sort of thing now. He is represented as saying that in cases where he does not feel justi- fied in withholding prosecutions, he will ask the courts to enter “consent decrees.” In other words, when it suits the whim of a Government official to prosecute, he will do so, but there is no telling when he will change his mind and start a court proceeding of some kind. The answer to the problem, of course, is for Congress to adopt a brief amendment to the Sherman law exempting any compa from prosecution if and when the Army and Navy or any other govern- | mental agency related to national defense asks that action be taken by competitors to speed up or other- wise effect production results. Such an amendment could be dimited in duration to the period of the emergency as proclaimed or terminated by the President or it could be limited to six months or a year and renewed if necessary. The point is that any exemptions from the anti-trust laws for national de- | fense purposes ought to be a specific | matter of law rather than discre- | tionary power by the prosecuting &rm of the Government. Congress Can Pave Way. There are many things of this kind which Congress can do to pre- pare the Nation for efficient pro- ductive operations in indu Con- gress is being urged to stay on the Job this summer for just such tasks. The Republicans have adopted a resolution placing on record their | desire for a continuous session of | Congress. If the Democratic ma- Jority forces an adjournment and then an emergency arises which de- mands prompt action by Congress, the Republicans will be able to make an issue of the mistake made by the Democrats in forcing adjourn- ment. The British Parliament recesses from time to time and can be called into session overnight. The differ- ence between Britain and America is that only the President can sum- | mon the legislative body. The power to call an extra session of Congress is vested by the Constitution only | in the Egecutive, and hence the en- | tire membership of both houses is | powerless to convene itself. The President, it will be argued, hardly would fail to heed the demand of public opinion for an extra session if an emergency arises, but the coun- try feels more secure in a crisis when | its chosen representatives are on the Jjob and can decide for themselves | what congressional authority should be invoked. May Prove Critical Months. June, July, August and September may prove to be the most critical in | the history of modern civilization. Since May 10, when Holland and Belgium were invaded, so many things have happened inside the United States and particylarly in Washington that it seems almost fantastic. Within a few weeks the | democracies of Europe have been &truck a blow that may prove fatal to them, and the United States may find itself without the protection of the British Fleet in the Atlantic and perhaps powerless to withdraw the | LRI Rk MATTRESS THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C The Capital Parade Declaration of Lima Might Prove Weapon To Quell Nazi Putschists in Latin America By JOSEPH ALSOP and ROBERT KINTNER. The problems of hemisphere policy which may soon confront the United States are as thornily complex as this country has ever had to solve. South America. States, are directly threatened. Responsible officials here have no doubts abou putsches take place, military and naval expeditions must be sent without delay to quell the putschists and restore truly national govern- ments, free of Nazi influence, in the nations affected. But once | Humpty Dumpty is back on the wall again, how to keep him there? How even to get him there with- out seeming to toss into the discard | the whole good neighbor theory, with its ostentatious rejection of the former reliance on the marines? Hemisphere Strategy The American policy-makers hope, perha; have found the answers to these puzzling questions. the Nazi financed and directed fifth column is the Argentine, Brazil, If Germany is victorious in the war in Europe, putsches are now feared in several important nations of Nazi-inspired Central and The interests, and indeed the security of the United t the first step. If the ps optimistically, that théy The nations where most active are Uruguay, Chile, Mexico and, to a lesser extent, Colombia, No serious trouble is anticipated in any of them unless Germany is victorious or is on the point of victory. the existing If the Germans win, efforts to overthrow sovernments and install regimes responsive to Berlin's com- mands are expected in most, and perhaps all of these nations. With this possibility in mind the administration has already in- cla of joint action in event of e is planned to invoke the formally exchanged views with other American governments, The de- tion of Lima, obtained in 1938 by the shrewd diplomacy of State Cordell Hull, foresightedly provided for mutual consultation and ncroachments on hemispheric independence. It declaration and to present expeditions against | putschists as efforts to fulfill the declaration's commitment. Secretary Acting at the call of the other American nations, we shall not suffer so much from the old stigma of imperia marines. lism which always attached to mere sendings of Unless the putschists are supported from Berlin and Rome, they will hardly be able to maintain themselves against the naval and military power of the United States a considerable interval, French Navies falls into And they cannot be supported. even after unless a substantial part of the British and German hands. months for the Germans to man the Bri As it would take at least 18 tish and French ships, even supposing an immediate Allied defeat. round in. In truth, Berlin is only expected to send fts fifth columns into action so soon because the German need for raw materials will be extremely pressing, even after a victory. If the Germans do get the British and French fleets, however, our we at least have' time to turn problem will not be easy. There are certain strong strategic areas, such as the northern part of Venezuela and the Island of Trinidad, which command the caribbean, of Fernando Noronha, which c lower South America. from which we shall a allowing for sinkage: Although it may be Pacific, we cannot it m; be necessary, and the natal district of Brazil and the Island ommand 80 per cent of the sea routes to These will very probably become American bases, ttempt to defend the entire hemisphere ratio of the existing British fleet to ours is 5-5; between 2-5 and 3-5, and that of the Italians 2- these fleets But the that of the French 5. Combined, even may Therefore as previously stated in this space, to resign the lower part of South America to its fate. The Greatest Optimism ij))cndmg on what happens to the British and French fleets, the putschists will present an easy or an extremely difficult strategic problem. Whatever the strategic situation, however, they wi most serious economic problem. The economies of all the South Ameri- ions are depend ent on Europe, not on the United States. We offer no market for their raw ma- terials. Europe does. And even if the Nazi putschists are quelled by our arms, the governments put in | their places can hardly last long in nations unable to sell goods. In seeking to prevent economic domination of America, our policy-makers dis- play their greatest optimism. For Nazi South constitute a superior force. | posgible to avoid trouble with the Japanese in the stand off a superior force in the Atlantic, 1l always present a | their solution is an inter-American PRI AN RN R S NN E N R F KRN ERR R ington, by which the goods of th co-operative, managed from Wash- e Americas will be exchanged for the goods of a Europe whose commerce will be. managed from Berlin. Clearly, such a co-operative will be difficult to establish certain special interests, such as the American wheat and Who will have to vield the European market to the Argentine. be necessary uniess Germany wins. if the worst happens in Europe, it is the United States. . Clearly, it will enrage meat producers It will not But we may as well realize now that not going to be pleasant or easy for (Released by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) American Fleet from the Pacific if Nazi machinations in Tokio should succeed in developing a war threat in the Far East If ever there was a time for Con- gress and the Executive to stay in the National Capital to protect the national interest, the present situa- tion is such an occasion. It will be recalled that Congress stayed in ses- sion the greater part of the time when the United States was at war in 1917 and 1918 and this notwith- standing the fact that virtually dic- tatorial powers were delegated to the Executive. 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Such opinions are presented in The of questions of interest to its readers, although such opinions may be contradictory among themselves and directly opposed to The Star’s. | By FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. |~ You hear people say that Hitler, 1 | in the event of victory, will be so busy consolidating his ill-gotten s that an “Europa Germanica” preoccupy him for years to come. So we are asked to reas- sure ourselves there’s little or no prospect in the visible fu- ture of a Nazi | peril to the New World. This is wishful thinking of the most dangerous sort, and probably | fifth column-in- spired propa- ganda besides. Frederic Willlam Wile, It is moreover belied by the facts The principal fact is that all Eu- rope will continue to depend for its | existence on obtaining about half | its foodstuffs and raw materials from | overseas, primarily from this side of the Atlantic. That is why a Hitlerized Europe | is bound to covet a foothold in the | Western Hemisphere. Over here— all the way from Hudson's Bay to Cape Horne—in Canada, the United States, the Caribbean islands, Cen- tral and South America—is about everything Europe needs to sustain | human and economic life. Such in- dispensables as wheat, meat, fats, | fodder, fruits, sugar, coffee, cocoa and a nundred other foods exist in- exhaustibly in the Americas. Basic | rawstuffs like oil, cotton, copper, | rubber. tin, nickel and nitrates are | 2qually abundant. Gold and silver, | too. and other valuable metals await | any modern conquistadores who can come and get them, as the Spanfards did 400 years ago. % k% Nazis Eye West Now. Once upon a time, before Hitler and Stalin became bedfellows, the Nazi expansion progra® was easterly in aim. The conquests of Austria, Czecho-Slovakia and Poland were its manifestations. But Soviet Rus- sia remained the particular direc- tion in which the Nazis planned to | gratify their needs for food and raw materials. Not forgotten is Hitler's | boast at a Nuremberg party congress | that the natural wealth of the Ukraine alone would make the Reich | | rich beyond dreams. The day the Germans launched their blitzkrieg in Western Europe marks the turm- ing pomt in their plans for making an Buropa Germanica economically secure. That. in the belief of com- petent Washington observers now concentrating on the subject, ex- plains wiy fifth columns are dustriously at work in Mexico, Uru- | guay, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and | Peru—to say nothing of the United | States—laying deep, and far in ad- | | vance, the foundations for German " “penetration” of the Americas some sunny day. | * xox ok | Nazi Food Situation. | Just before invasion of Holland | and Belgium, Harry L. Franklin, Isemor agricultural economist of the | Agriculture Department, prepared a | striking analysis of the German war- time food problem. It is based on official and other German material in possession of the Office of Foreign Agricultural Relations. Mr. Frank- lin spent 12 years in Germany, one fnr them during the Hitler regime. His report does not suggest the Reich is in early danger of collapse because of food shortage, but indicates seri- ous conditions. Recalling that the Allied blockade in 1914-18, accom- | panied by heavy reduction in farm | | output, was one of the principal fac- tors leading to Germany's break- down, Mr. Franklin points out that JOHN E. BOYLAND 2413 Penna, Ave. N.W. 11 F St N.E. M. J. COLBERT CO. INC. 1908 M_St. N.W THOS. E. CLARK. 4434 Conn. A HN T. CO! . NW. 3 & SON 1506 N. Capitol St. ‘Washington Observations Hitler to Covet Latin American Resources, And Soon, If He Emerges as Victor while the Nazis have achieved self- | sufficiency for a few foods, there's | 5till & heavy lack of prime essentials | like meat and fats. He considers the “fat gap” most serious of all, because Germany imports nearly half its normal needs. The report says “Ger- many entered.the present war with a large proportion of the population already inadequately nourished,” and public health “may be seriously endangered during a war of longer duration” Of special peril is the effect of fertilizer shortage on farm output. conquered territory will ameliorate Germany's plight only the future can tell, L Hemisphere Defense. son nearly a year ago blazed the trail leading to discussion now uppermost in public thought—Western Hemis- phere defense. At the University of Virginia last July 4 he said: To maintain our freedom, we must assume certain definite duties. We must be prepared to prevent seizure and occupation of any additional territory in the Western Hemisphere by a Euro- pean or Asiatic power. This means we must be able to concentrate men, guns and planes in adequate force at any vulnerable point in the three Americas, from Point Barrow to Tierra del Fuego. To To what extent food from | Assistant Secretary of War John- | JUNE 5, 1940. This Changing World Weygand Faces Bigger Task Than Joffre Did in This Probably Crucial Battle of War By CONSTANTINE BROWN. most important battle in this war. |of the U. 8. 8. R. It is belleved in Washington that the attack was | the German Armies to his allies in order to keep them in line. Following the usual tactics, the German high command is hurling hundreds of thousands of men against the French lines with a total | disregard for life and materiel. The “slogan “nach Paris” has a more to face with the most powerful enemy they have ever met. Gen. Weygand has not the advantage Gen. Joffre had at the Marne— the onslaught of Gen. Samsonoff’s armies in East Prussia which com- pelled the German high command of those days to divert forces from the western front. Weygand doesn't even have as big a British force as Joffre had 26 years ago. The British are re-forming in England and won't be ready to send reinforcements for many weeks. onslaught single-handed. Weygand Fully Expected Attack. | The new German attack was fully expected by Gen. Weygand. | According to reports from Paris, the French generalissimo made up his mind that the Germans would continue their drive to Paris as soon as they finished the operations in Flanders. He realized that this second blow would be more powerful and spectacular, | This consideration made him decide to abandon the Flanders armies | which he could have rescued—but only at a terrific price. The general staff decided that, painful as it was, to let the Germans establish them- selves in the Channel ports. This sacrifice had to be made in order to thwart Hitler's main purpose—the occupation of Paris and the complete de“"’l“h:”l“ri’:é;f’lmve worked like ants in the Aisne-Oise sector to throw up fortifications to meet the new German onslaught. . g | The best French troops with the most modern equipment are now | there. Every man from private to general knows that unless the Germars | are stopped now the chances of France’s surviving will be slim. The Will of the Men Is Held Vital. vy i i V! V] p hine plays Weygand believes that even in this war whgre the mac I such an important role the will of the men to stick it out to the bitter end is important. This has been shown in the Dunkerque area where | the determination to die rather than yield held the German tanks and dive bombers back unti! the bulk of the Allied forces had been evacuated The blitzkrieg started this morning by Hitler is likely to prove the | On the success or failure of the | | German attack depends the future action of Italy and the future attitude | | hastened because Hitler feels he must demonstrate the invincibility of | | ominous meaning than it had in 1914 because the French are alone, face | Part of the British aviation is | fighting with the French, but outside this the French must meet the | do so, we must have adequate force on land, at sea and in the air. * ok k% Origin of “Fifth Column.” be considered. Mussolini, who is a Latin, also realizes this in- | Curiosity persists as to the pre- cise origin of “fifth column.” Best | evidence is that it comes from words Llano in 1936 respecting the siege of Madrid. He was Franco's official broadcaster from Seville. While four insurgent columns were marching | against the capital, Gen. de Llano proclaimed by radio that inside Madrid was a “fifth column,” which [n! the psychological moment would overwhelm the defenders. Its main Jjob was to sabotage public services— water, light, communications, etc.— and, by generally disorganizing Ma- | drid’s normal life, make its capture comparatively easy. Origin of another current phrase. “fellow travelers'—sympathizers not | formally identified with Commun- ist, Nazi or Fascist organizations—is not so clear. I get many inquiries, even yet. about “blitzkrieg.” It is a double-barreled German word mean- | ing, literally, “lightning war.” Tt was first used, I think, by Goering. to indicate the kind of tactics the Nazi air armada would employ. * ok % % Grew Stays on the Job. While it would be silly to say that the battle of Dunkerque was a victory for the Allles, there is no doubt that it proved one thing—the machine is not the king of battle yet. The human element must still His desire to hold back his men for a little while is undoubtedly prompted by this consideration. Flanders has not convinced him yet that the Germans have won this war, The confidence of the French high command that it can resist the first used by Spanish Gen. Quiepo de ' attacks of the Germans is said to have impressed him If the reports from Europe are correct, I1 Duce has decided to throw his lot in with the Fuehrer only when convinced the French are demoralized. Quite the contrary. Of course the French lack airplanes no such indication yet. There is . Their losses in the Belgian and Flanders campaigns were serfous. But Weygand, by puliing his punches in leaving the trapped armies to their own devices, has saved the French aviation, which is still in line best and most modern part of the and ready to meet the Germans. Yale President Woul& Let Americans Fight for Allies By the Associated Press NEW HAVEN. Conn. June 5-- President Charles Seymour of Yale, stressing that the triumph of Ger- many “would not merely threaten our material security but would en- danger the highest ideals of man- kind.” urged yesterday that Amer: cans be permitted to enlist “in French and British forces.” Dr. Sevmour asserted in a speech prepared for delivery before the New Ambassador Grew planned a sum- Haven Rotary Club, that “in this FederalfiMediaiors Join G. M. Parley With Union By the Associated Press. DETROIT. June 5.—Aided by two United States Labor Department mediators in their efforts to agree on contract amendments, officials of the United Automobile Workers (C 1.0) and General Motors Corp. arranged to resume their confer- ences this afternoon James F. Dewey. a frequent con- ciliator in Detroit labor disputes and James Fitzpatrick were named by Secretary Perkins to try to avert mer vacation in the United States, g but, on account of possible European ought to contribute just so far as war developments in the Far East, will remain in Japan. Alcatraz Lifer Again |Seeks Freedom Writ By the Associated Press. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5—Har- | old Martin Brest, Pennsylvania des- | perado who once won release from Alcatraz Prison on a writ of habeas | corpus only to have his sentence lengthened five vears, made another bid for freedom yesterday He filed his third petition for a writ of habeas corpus, charging Federal officers trampled on his legal rights in securing his convic- tion and that they once “kidnaped” | him from Alcatraz Brest entered Alcatraz in Jan- uary, 1937, sentenced to life for a Pennsylvania kidnaping and to 50 ars for robbery and auto thef any difficulty in General Motors labor relations that might affect the impending national defense program. The Federal intercession came after the General Motors council of the U. A. W.-C. I. O. rejected a corporation offer of a contract which provided a vacation bonus based on 2:; per cent of the worker's annual earnings. The union has sought a general wage increase and grievance procedure changed. Executive Board members of the union have authorized R. J. Thomas, president, to take any action neces sary to bring about a satisfact settlement struggle for human freedom we our resources permit.” | He suggested that America “refuse ‘exparts to those powers which are obviously aggressive; hasten our manufacture of airplanes for export !to the French and British: open to them extensive credits by the repeal of the Johnson Act: if necessary make them free subsidies; permit | enlistment of American volunteers n French and British forces. “Always,” he asserted, “we should be grateful to those who carry the brunt of this awful attack. mindful of the awful future which would con- front us if they cannot break the S = J. M. Murphy to Get Degree Gen Jordana Named John Montague Murphy, son of Dr. and Mrs. John P. H. Murphy | MADRID, June 5 (# —The Span- of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, will re- ish cabinet has named Gen. 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P. leaders and get some ideas for his State platfoym. He wanted to make sure it | &, would be in har- i3 mony with the 1 A - platform to be | & 4 adopted at Phil- k adelphia. | The inquiring | Charles G. Ross. chairman was told that the national platform would be drafted on the theory that Roosevelt would be the Democratic nominee. This assumption would color the speeches at the convention and—unless and until disproved— determine the party strategy. The iplar(arm would crack down hard | on the Roosevelt domestic policies— not on their objectives, but on methods, trends, the danger to private enterprise, etc. There would be a sound wallop at the reciprocal trade treatles, but in no case would the platform demand the repeal of social-reform legislation such as the Wagner Act, the Social Security Act, the law creating the Securities and Exchange Commission. Better administratien would be demanded, changes here and there in the inter- est of stimulating psivate industry and improving the relations between business and Government—but not repeal. In this respect the platform would take its cue from the Glenn Frank report Anti-Third Term Theme. Dominating the whole would be an attack on the third term. So, if Roosevelt should run, the opposi- tion party would have lost no time in bringing up its heavy artillery; if he should not run, it would be in a position to claim that its salvos had driven him out All this seemed perfectly clear and logical to the State chairman, and he indicated that he would be guided accordingly “But.” he asked, “what are you going to say about foreign policy? “God only knows,' was the reply. Now the most amazing phenome- non in current politics—if vou b the increasing probability that the third-term tradition will be chal- lenged—is the growing strength of Wendell Willkie as & Republican candidate. As Dewe: has gone down in the polls, Willkie has come up. It would be foolish to say that Dewey is out of it or that Willkie is the probable nominee. It would be fool- ish at this stage to make any sort of prophecy as to the Republican nomi- nation. All that is here intended is to underscore the fact that What started out as the tiniest of boom- lets, without any political support whatever. has developed into a force | that may have to be reckoned with in the Republican convention. | Almost Incredible Rise. Even if Willkle getr no farther than at present. the comment stands that we have seen a development in American politics that a few short months ago would have seemed ine | credible, the rise of the political out= sider Willkie—of all things, a public utility magnate—to a degree of strength as a presidential candidate that is causing him to be talked about as a serious challenger. His boom may collapse utterly, but he has already achieved the impossible The rise of Willkie is a perfect illustration of the strangeness of these political times. What would have strained the imagination a little while back—a race between Roosevelt and Willkie—must be put | down today as among the possi- | bilities. | In the chat between the Mid- | western State chairman and the master minds at Washington it seems to me that we can find one of the reasons for the increased attention that is being paid to Wendell Willkie, As it appears today, the Republicans | must wage their campaign on do- | mestic issues if they are to have an; chance of success. I say “as it ape pears today,” for none can tell what will happen from month to month, | from week to week. As of today, as | probably also of the period of the | Republican convention, where is | there any nourishment for the oppo= | sition in an attack on a foreign | policy which, unless all signs are at fault. has commanded increasingly the support of the pecple? It is & policy against the sending of troops abroad. anc yet it is a flexible policy designed to safeguard this country against all conceivable dangers. In the preparedness meas= | ures now going through Congress, there is certeinly no issue between | the parties. It is to ba doubted that | one will arise before the Republicans meet to draft their platform and |name candidates. The best guess today is that they will adopt a flexi- | ble foreign policy plank, not a rigid | or doctrinaire plank. but one that | will take full account ot the realities of the situation. If this turns out to be true, then | the lines will be drawn for a battle over the domestic policies of the Roosevelt administration—and, of course, if he runs, over the third term. likie Foreign Vicws Similar. How are the chances of Willkie affected by this prospect? They are affected favorably by the fact that if he should be the candidate, the issue of foreign policy would be largely cancelled out, for the views of Willkie in this field are close to the views of Roosevelt. Should these two oppose each other, the decision would have to -be—as it now ap- pears—on domestic issues. On this prognosis, Taft must be bracketed to a degree with Willkie. Taft, too, has a flexible attitude to- ward foreign affairs He is not as close to Roosevelt in this respect as Willkie is, but ne is closer than either Dewey or Vandenberg. Each of these two has taken a position that would inevitably make foreign affairs a | leading, perhaps the dominant, issue in the campaign if he were nomi- + nated. They are not to be read out of the race, but the present shape of things is hurting their chances and helping the chances of any whose nomina- tion would tend to take the emphasig away from foreign relations. Of the latter group are Taft and Willkie. \