The
, Washington
Merry-Go-Round
Bv Drew Pearson
and Robert S. Allen
l WASHINGTON — Behind the
scenes in the U. S. Navy there
are two schools of thought re
garding the danger of war with
Japan. Both agree, however, re
garding its outcome.
One school, made up of young
er officers who have served re
cently in the Far East, has de
veloped a scorn for Jananese sea
power, declares that Japan has
never met a first class navy, that
annihilation of her fleet would be
a matter of two or three months.
They cite especially the Japan
ese effort to reduce the Woosung
forts protecting Shanghai in 19^2
when the aim of Japan’s b’g nav
al guns was so poor that for a
while American photo<jra^l'ers
stood on top of the fortifications
taking pictures of the bombard
ment.
The other school of thought is
composed of older officers who
are specialists in naval tactics.
They have figured out the time
necessary to move the fleet from
Hawaii, to estab’ish a larg~ en
ough garrison to protect the Phil
ippines and to prepare for meeet
ing the Japanese fleet in its own
waters. To do all this they want
at least a year.
Both groups agree that the
United States would come out on
top. but they disagree widely on
the time required for victory.
k DEPEND ON BRITISH
It is extremely important to
note that both groups are assum
ing the British fleet would re-,
main on guard in the Atlantic j
and the United States would not
face the job of protecting Latin
America from Hitler —simu'tan
eously with the Japanese attack.
This is one reason why many
younger naval officers definitely
favor an aggressive policy to
ward Japan now. They argue
that this would be the surest
means not only of helping the
British, but also of polishing off
an almost certain enemy at a
time when the Atlantic still is
protected.
t NOTE: Naval reports indicate
that the Japanese are shying J
away from the idea of invading
the Dutch East Indies, despite
Nazi urging. One deterrent hasi
been the strong defenses of the
Dutch. Another has been signifi
cant U. S. naval moves, partic
ularly storing a large supply of
torpedo tubes in Hongkong, keep
ing a large flotilla of submarines
at Manila, and concentrating the
fleet at Hawaii instead of Calif
if ornia.
I
YOUNG SQUIRT
There was a lot of gay reminis
cing at the gathering of the Roo
sevelt clan for the inaugural
ceremonies and one of the best
stori s was told by handsome
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., who
did his first solo campaigning last
year and is very proud of it.
During the 1936 contest, he re
at:d. while accompanying his
father on his Western electioneer
ing tour, it was young Franklin’s
particular job to appear on th't
back platform to greet the
crowds that assembled at small,
town stop late at night in the
hope of seeing the President. One
night Franklin was routed out of
bed to say a few words to a gath
ring of farmers and ranchers at
an isolated Montana way stop.
Bundled in his bathrobe, he
was in the midst of a polite ex
pression of regret that his father
was unable to appear when an
elderly woman, sitting in a horse
drawn buggy piped up in a loud
voice:
“Say, who is that young squirt
up there? I rode 38 miles to see
the President of the United
States and I want to see him.
Where is Mr. Cooiidge?”
COUNCIL FOR AMERICA
A new organization to be
known as the Council for Am
erica will soon be launched to
ral y public sentiment behind the
President’s foreign and defense
policies.
Leaders of the movement are
prominent liberals whose aim is
to bring together labor, farmer,
literary and similar groups into
a militant organization to oppose
the activities of the America i
First Committee and other iso
lationist units. The Council for j
America will not be a rival of,
the Committee for the Defense of |
America by Aiding the Allies,;
but will work along similar lines!
:hrough elements not reached by I
it. |
The plan is to launch the new
organization publicly on Lin
co n’s birthday with a national
broadcast by Mayor LaGuardia
in Kansas City, or some other
Midwest metropolis.
Among those interested in the
new movement is Mrs. Dwight
Morrow, mother-in-law of Colon
el Charles Lindb rgh.
i
CRACKING PEACE FRONT
Meanwhile, the isolationist
front of tb: strongly pacilistic
Women’s International League
for Peace and Freedom is crack
ing.
Miss Emily Balch, one of the:
revered founders of the organiz
ation, has tendered h er resigna-'
tion from the executive board!
because she disapproves of the j
anti-British aid stand of Miss Dor,
othy Detzer, secretary of the!
League and one of the most ef
fective lobbyists in Washington, j
Miss Balch strongly favors “all
out” aid to Britain.
I
Miss Balch is not the only
league leader who is up in arms
over Miss Detzer’s views and her
undercover brain-trusting of the
Washington isolationists. Eastern,
Southern & Far W- stern branch
es also have voiced sharp opposi
tion, and the inside word is that
a show down on foreign policy '
will soon be forced within the
organization.
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under the dome
Lanky, curly-haired Rcprcsenta
five Carl Durham of North Caro
lina is one of the top golfers in
Congress. H consistently shoots
in the low 70’s. . . Tobacco-chew
ing Senator Bill Bu!ow of South
Dakota, who spor‘s the biggest
hats on Capitol Hill, also has the
largest collection of them. He has
an even dozen, super-size cowboy ;
chapeaux. . . Young Repr senta
tive Lyle Boren of Oklahoma
claims the title of "fastest read
r in Congress.” He can finish an
ordinary book in a couple of
hours frequently goes through 3
in a night. . . Repres- ntative J m
Scrugham of N vada has had a
bird’s eye view of an earth
quake in action and has the evi
dence to prove it. In his office
hangs a picture lie took in 1929,
when as a newspop* r man he
flew over the Sierra Nevada
moun.ai s and snapped a quake
just as it opened a huge fis.-ure in
the mountains below. . . Tax ex
perts ra n R presentative Rich
ard M. Duncan of Missouri the
best in-fern . d authority on busi
ness taxes on the House Ways
snd M ans Committee, which or
iginatec al revenue legislation.
Lenten Canned
Salmon Selling
C
Drive Starting
SEATTLE. Feb. — Opening the
strongest Lenten Canned Salmon
sel ing drive since 1937, nearly 8
and a half million- advertising
messages on this Alaska product
wi 1 go to America’s housewives
this month—right when consum
er demand for attractive Lenten
d:«hes is rising to a peak, salmon
brokers, jobbers and retailers
throughout the United States
have been advis- d by the Can
ned Salmon Industry tabloid
newspaper, Salmon Sp'ashes.
“Eye catching color advertise
men's in Ladies’ Home Journal,
McCall’s and True Story wi 1 of
! r the answer to this demand by
f aturing attractive. delicious
Canned Salmon main dishes. Em
phais in this advertising is also
given to the unique health val
ues of canned salmon and to the
case of preparation,” Salmon
Splashes reports.
"Following this initial barrage,
another strong selling color ad
wi 1 app- ar in the April issue of
McCall’s,thus giving sustained ad
veriising support of canned sal
:non throughout the Lenten per
. >d, February 26 to Apri 12.”
The Canned Salmon Industry
statement points out that the
canned salmon advertising pro
gram is now entering its sixth
year. It is not only the largest
industry promotional campaign
currently supporting the sale of
canned fish, but is also the old
est sustained industry cooperat
ive advertising program in the
canned foods industry.
In addition to th._ salmon mes
sages direct to consumers thru
the national magazines, the indus
try advertising office is supply
ing colorful store banners to re
tailers to carry the program into
grocery stores.
The Senate foreign relations committee began its hearings on the Administration’s British aid bill with Secretary of State Cordell
Hull as the first witness. Meeting in the arge caucus room in the Senate office building, spectators and reporters were barred a few
minutes after this picture was made while the Secretary of State testified behind closed doors for two hours. Picture shows Hull
(right) in the witness chair as he began testimony. Members of the committee at long table at left are: Senators Theodore F. Green
(D-RI); Pat Harrison (D-Miss); Chairman Walter F. George (D-Ga); Hiram W. -Johnson (R-Cal); Robert M. LaFollette (Pi'og-Wis)
Arthur H. Vandenberg (R-Mich); Wallace H. White, Jr. (R-Me); Gerald P. Nye (R-ND); Arthur H. Capper (R-Kas). Continuing to
right: Alben W. Barkley (D-Ky); Carter Glass (partly hidden) O(V'a); James F. Byrnes (D SC), and Bennet Champ Clark (D-Mo).;
/^SURE, WE'RE HELPING^
EVERY ALASKA
YOUNGSTER GET A
^GOOD START IN UFEjy
ALASKA SPENDS OVER V2 MILUON
DOLLARS every year on her schools—to
keep them up to high educational stand
ards. And Alaska’s Canned Salmon In
dustry' does a lot to help foot this bill!
More than 70% of all taxes collected by
the Territorial Treasury... plus additional
Federal taxes, which help incorporated
towns support local schools—come from
the Canned Salmon Industry. More than
$1,000,000 in taxes is paid annually by the
Industry. This important revenue contri
buted by Alaska’s biggest taxpayer helps
Alaska give its children a fine education.
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FORECAST, NOME AND VICINITY
Partly cloudy and slightly colder tonight; Tuesday increasing
cloudiness followed by snow Tuesday night.
Data For 24 Hours Ending 1:00 pm Today
Highest temp — 31 Lowest temp — 24 Precipitation — 0.02
Total precip this month 0.65 Total since Jan. 1, 1940, 0.84
Temp. Humidity Wind Weather
l2 Midnight .—— - 27 88 SW 2 Snow
i a m--- . 27 90 ENE 11 Cloudy
12:30 p m---- 25 98 ENE 15 Snow
Tomorrow: Sunrise 7:51 a. m. Sunset 4:43 p,m.
One Year Ago Today
Highest temp — 22 Lowest temp — -9 Precipitation _ 0
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